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Short Barrel Ranch Rifle Cartridge Choice

To me, recoil isn't much of a factor since a big magnum is out of the question. I also don't consider modern Creedmoor-class cartridges in <22" barrels to be hearing safe, even with a suppressor. So additional hearing protection is mandatory (for me)... and since I'm doing that, I might as well save myself the 4-6 inches and leave it off. YMMV.

Having farted around with "ranch rifles" and truck guns for a while now myself, I will trade a little portability for MPBR and faster follow-up shots - because you'll likely not have time for application of a rangefinder... So the braced 10.5" ARs and 16.5" bolt guns aren't for me either. Again, YMMV.

If someone told me that I had to build another ranch rifle tomorrow, I'd end up with an 18" 22/6 ARC on an AR. You could go a step further and put a folding stock adapter on it too if you wanted. That is still short enough to fit perpendicular next to you in the cab of a truck or SxS, but long enough to get some velocity with the right bullet.
I have to say, I just chambered a 22arc for a friend of mine on a ruger american, and I was pretty impressed. Finished it at 18"

Not sure what factory fodder would do but he's loading 80's running 2900. About to do another one for my brother on a tikka. I think he's going to use the full blank. May cut it down to 24" but he doesn't want to go under that. It ought to be pretty fast.
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Suppressor with a brake on it, does it help or not?

I have shot with 2 different, a Norwegian company suppressors, that has a muzzle brake end of the suppressor.
This one is the old version, that has a normal type of brake ports on side, only PITA was these ports timing, there is a nut on the suppressor thread, that you need to tweek and then tighten it, when the ports were equal to side, but then when you did that, the suppressor did moved a bit, and having the ports 50/50 on each side, it was a nerves wracking job.
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The new version of this suppressor has a no timing on the brake, and i can not say, that it is a brake no more, kind of a
muzzle device that blast the gas 360 degrees, it does work, but not if you do shoot from the prone, it does throw the dirt and
stuff all over, including to the shooter face, this is not good, and it should be a PRS suppressor.
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I did received a prototype from a Finnish manufacturer, i did shooted once, and it needs to go back to the design table, it was a
proto type anyway, but there were only a ports in one direction, it was made like those 9mm carbines, that the ports are up, and
no other ports.
6.5 Creedmoor etc has so much more gas and pressure coming from the suppressor, that the brake is pushing the barrel downwards, you really can feel that, it was like a punch, the rifle did almost like jump a bit of the ground :D

I hope that i am receiveng the package from South-Africa at next week.

APW Warbird suppressor that has a muzzle brake on the can, it is designed on PRS shooting, and i have seen videos of it, and it does look good, killing the last recoil, also moving the gas out of the field of view, so that the vision thru the scope is clear all the time.

In Finland, i hope that some one would also start doing these braked suppressor, for sure these are not for every one, but those
who want´s to have a can, that has a brake, that will make the rifle as stable as it can be, who would not want that??

Since the suppressor is reducing the sound pressure, the brake on the suppressor is not making more sound to the shooter
ears, i kind of like that there would be a option, you could mount it by your self, if you need it, and if not, you would not need to get one.
But then again, how easily it could be mounted, there are so many type of people, some of these can do it right, but then there are
also people who do not know what they are doing, even they do think so by them self, and then the excidents can happen.
So would it be best that it is mounted in the factory, or a service on the local gunstore, where some one who has the license from the manufacturer, that can do it and do it right.

PS: sorry if my English is not the best one, but i hope you do get the point of my writing.

6mm max

Price or technology wise? Not seeing what SOLGW has in their engineering that comes close to HK or KAC.

Hodge doesn’t really either. Baseball bat aluminum, neat.

Price mostly. Hodge has their forends (which Hodge farms out and SOLGW uses) and alloys and tight tolerance. It’s nice for building a good, traditional AR that’s not fugly as hell. The only thing Sons is doing is sourcing Armet bolts and laser texturing hand guards. I’ve heard they have “things in the works” but no clue as to what.

As to the vid if it’s in relation to Mihalski, there were questions early on about his past/character. (ETA: after watching, it do)

Ideal Backcountry Rifle weight?

Had this one built to be my dedicated backcountry rifle but didn’t want to give up the accessories I like my heavier rifles to have. All in I think it’s at 11.2 lbs if I remember correctly. That includes rifle, scope, Arca rail, bipod, suppressor, two round ammo holder with anmmo, two rounds in rifle and sling not pictured. Not ultra light weight but definitely better than hauling my 14 and 16 pound rifles out there.
How do you like the Whiskey 6?

MK 12 Picture & Discussion Thread

A friend of mine sent me a Bootleg adjustable BCG to try out for a few weeks.

I put it in my DD Mk12 pictured above and was pleasantly surprised about how it felt.
The AEM5 style suppressor is very gassy, as most of you know. The Bootleg handled it well and the felt recoil was very low as a bonus.

On the next range trip I will put it in my Mod-H (ish) build and see how it does there.


How much extra fouling was on the rounds in the mag? Any issues at all with functionality, specifically going into battery?

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Victory Performance center or Buck Mark Field Target Vision

You are right about the PC shop products. My experience with them has been uniformly disappointing, especially with the revolvers marketed for competition. I steer clear of the Performance Center and Pro Series now as neither are worth the premium price. I do all my own work to get plain jane S&W products to perform properly.

As I understand they lost the bulk of their experienced smiths around 2017 or so to retirement. I worked in a gunshop back then and would rotinely see 1 in 3 PC pistols come right out of the box with clocked barrels, bad timing, crocked forcing cones...... ( Losing tallant is one thing but nn existant QC is another.) I'm not sure if that's still the case but I was screwed 3 times (also with competition revolvers) and won't buy anything PC again.

Being honest I was leaning heavy on the Victory PC with stainless fluted barrel. But you both have me seriously reconsidering to the Buck mark Vision Field & Target model.

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Short Barrel Ranch Rifle Cartridge Choice

To me, recoil isn't much of a factor since a big magnum is out of the question. I also don't consider modern Creedmoor-class cartridges in <22" barrels to be hearing safe, even with a suppressor. So additional hearing protection is mandatory (for me)... and since I'm doing that, I might as well save myself the 4-6 inches and leave it off. YMMV.

Having farted around with "ranch rifles" and truck guns for a while now myself, I will trade a little portability for MPBR and faster follow-up shots - because you'll likely not have time for application of a rangefinder... So the braced 10.5" ARs and 16.5" bolt guns aren't for me either. Again, YMMV.

If someone told me that I had to build another ranch rifle tomorrow, I'd end up with an 18" 22/6 ARC on an AR. You could go a step further and put a folding stock adapter on it too if you wanted. That is still short enough to fit perpendicular next to you in the cab of a truck or SxS, but long enough to get some velocity with the right bullet.