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New here from Charleston SC

I found you guys from a recommendation from a PRS group on FB..So my daughter started shooting NRL22 this season so we have had a bunch of learning and listening to do as we have never shot precision rifles before..Many years off turkey shoots and plinking,but never to this level..So I am here to pick up some knowledge from you guys and prob some parts as well .We are already down the rabbit hole with this rimfire stuff so we will be around a while .lol
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Firearms Solus barreled action 6.5 Saum

6.5 same barreled action put together by SJA , between 3/400 rounds i need to recount. 20 inch barrel in sendero contour. Still plenty of life left, shoots .5 moa with me behind it , triggertech , solus action. Pretty clean setup, it’s been used but not gouged up or beat to hell. Doesn’t come with optic or cherry bomb. 1600$ shipped overnight / 1500$ picked up local in South Georgia.

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MRAD vs Custom Build

I’m looking at purchasing a Barrett MRAD in 300 Norma Mag and 6.5 Creedmoor versus building a custom rifle selecting quick change action like a Terminus Zeus, Bartlein barrel, MPA chassis and trigger of choice.

Barrett, AI and others with multi-caliber rifles allow shooting calibers from short action (6.5 Creedmoor) to long action calibers (300 Norma Mag and others). I’m not sure if quick change actions from Terminus and others offer the ability to shoot both short and long actions. If not, this is a benefit to the Barrett and AI variants.

Precision. Is there a precision advantage to the custom builds (excluding custom cut chambers) over multi-caliber rifles from Barrett, AI and others? While I have several custom bolt guns, several with custom non-SAAMI spec chambers for specific bullets and optimized freebores, these rifles require the action to be removed from the stock, locked in a gun vise with barrel wrenches to remove the barrel. Also, they don’t come with adjustable bolt faces to accommodate short vs long action cartridges that I’m aware of.

I do handload and plan to work up loads for the calibers I purchase.

My question is how much precision if any should I anticipate losing with a multi-caliber rifle like an MRAD over a custom bolt gun using premium components and barrels from Bartlein. Most reviews of the MRAD and AI I’ve seen were done with factory cartridges and performance was said to be sub-moa. I’m really hoping to consistently be under .5 MOA with handloads which I’m able to achieve with my custom builds in 6mm variants using Impact Actions, Bartlein barrels, Foundation stocks, Spuhr mounts and Nightforce ATACR optics as a general description. Some with custom chambers for the Berger 105 grain Hybrid Target on a good day are in the .25 MOA range.

Has anyone been able to achieve consistent sub .5 MOA with any load, factor or handload with multi-caliber rifles from MRAD or AI? I’m buying the MRAD because I don’t own one and I just want one and hoping they can deliver better precision that sub-MOA which to me means just under one-inch groups. The ruggedness of the MRAD is a cool feature I’m likely not to need since I’m not an operator in a war zone, but cool, nonetheless.

If you were to build a custom multi-caliber rifle, what action would you use and why?

Picked up a GAP10 G2 in .308

I wanted to shoot factory 175 FGMM for function check as this was purchased used. I could only get my hands on a PMAG for now but have a knights mag on order. Function check, check! Shot a decent group at 750 with 2544 avg speed.

I then loaded the once fired brass bumping the shoulder 5thousands. I loaded Fedral match 210m primers and 41g of IMR 4064 with a 175g Smk.2.80 oal. Shot a .55” 5 shot group at 100y. I feel the load may still be a little hot as the primers are pretty flat. and the is an extractor mark. This is 1.3g under by bolt gun load.

Anyone with a GAP -10 have a pet load?

Optics Kahles k328i dlr skmr+

Looking to sell. Has been taken out of box and not even put on a rifle. Mint condition. Comes with box and everything from factory. $3500 shipped conus. Prefer PayPal F&f but can discuss others. Look at photo of box for all details.

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GEISSELE MRGG 6.5 CREED WRITE UP AND REVIEW

I knew when I first heard some of the bold claims about the Geissele mrgg rifle that I was going to want one to try myself. When they started showing up at Euro and a few other places I went ahead and put an order in. Initial impressions were positive. Fit and finish is unreal. I personally think it’s a super sexy rifle.
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Rifle ships in a nice pelican case with gun lock, manual, and a sweet beanie. Which brings up my first complaint. Give me a freaking magazine with my 6k rifle geissele. Yes I have plenty but it should be standard. Yes I understand ban states etc but literally every other company makes it work. Let’s start back to front.


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STOCK-Ships with a Magpul prs lite. I honestly thought I would change this out. I like a short lop on my rifles but after shooting with it I believe I’ll keep it. No complaints.

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PISTOL GRIP-I like the grip they use on their rifles and it will stay on my rifle. If anything I wish it was a hair more vertical. It fits the hand nice though.

TRIGGER- Comes with a geissele ssa-e trigger which is my favorite offering from geissele. No complaints.

RECEIVERS/CONTROLS- The receivers are machined beautifully. Like work of art beautiful. One complaint I have, and this is carried over with the gfr. They’re to tight. I like a tight upper/lower fit with minimal wobble. What I don’t like is having to use a plastic punch to pop the pins out to field strip. There is a spring loaded plunger in the lower that keeps fitment tight. Maybe a little less powerful spring would split the difference?

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The left side ambi controls are great. I have zero complaints there. The right side is growing on me. The right side bolt release is pretty stiff but has seemed to wear in a little and I can now depress it with my index finger. I do on the other hand struggle to reach the dust cover which actuates the catch on the right side without breaking my grip substantially. With that said I have the hands of an 8 year old girl.


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HANDGAURD- I love the handgaurd. Super solid and has a tab at the 12:00 that interlocks it to the receiver. Full arca rail with mlok slots on the bottom. Two steel qd cups that are positioned closer to the receiver and an included geissele mlok qd cups.




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BCG- The bcg has nice machining and a slick finish. I’m a fan of the nano coating as it cleans up great and has a natural lubricity feeling to it. Bolt has dual ejectors and gas key has good staking. It appears the carrier has some sort of plug/weight? In the rear. Not sure what this is maybe someone will chime in with the answer on that.

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CHARGING HANDLE- Comes with a nice Geissele charging handle. No complaints.


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BUFFER/SPRING- The Mrgg uses geisseles super 42 braided spring and a h2 buffer.
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Geissele advertises the barrel as “user changeable” (isn’t that every ar?) . Here’s the barrel nut pictured. The handguard screws are captured which is nice.


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I struggled to get pics of this but the Mrgg has two sets of feed ramps. One in the normal spot that interfaces with the receiver and another set before the chamber. I assume this helps with bullets not getting deformed.

Now for the accuracy portion. All groups were shot from a bench. A bipod and rear bags were used for all shots. Upon getting the rifle I fully cleaned the bore and shot 10 rounds to zero and season the bore. A Schmidt 5-20 ultrashort was used in a badger comm mount. I want to also mention I tend to shoot much better with a suppresor. All these groups were shot with the hux brake.(haven’t decided if I want to order a hux flow or not)

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Hornady 140 eld match
0.760 moa avg
Avg velocity-2485.1
Extreme spread-92.7
STD dev-27.1
Group 2 the 5th shot was the flyer. Unfortunately it still counts but I will say that shot didn’t feel good. I still included what the group would have measured as a note in the target. 😥


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Hornady 147 grn eld match
1.01 avg moa
Avg velocity-2587
Extreme spread-57.1
STD dev-13.4
It definitely seemed to like the 140s better. I was also a little fatigued trying to make y’all proud and the rifle was hotter. I noted two groups that I didn’t wait as long to shoot on between 5 rounds. Being a gas gun I wanted to see how it did a little warm.

I REALLY think this rifle has potential. Keep in mind this a chf chrome lined barrel! Geissele has their barrel making down. So far I LOVE THIS GUN. Will definitely pick up a 16 inch and 14.5 when they drop. I plan on shooting more when I get a suppresor mounted up. Will get some more factory match ammo options and post up results. I experienced no malfunctions as one would expect. It has a really nice recoil impulse that seems “slower”. I’d encourage anyone who has one to post your findings and results! If anyone has questions for wants info on something specific just ask!

Disclaimer !!!- I typed this out on my phone and I’m not the most literate person. Most likely spelling mistakes and run on sentences throughout.

Rifle Scopes S&B PMII or M7XI

Just picked up an AXSA and looking for a good optic. Looking at the M7XI and the PMII- havent quite landed on the reticle but I am a fan of the MSR2 and the P5FL reticle for SB. Im kind of leaning towards finding a used M7XI at $2500ish and spending the rest on a can. Otherwise- I could spend about $3500 on the PMII- worth the coin + difference?
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FN SPR A5M XP?

Went to a few shops local to work hunting down a G/elE prefix 700 and ran across a dusty/dirty FN SPR (with a pos bushnell 22 scope on it) in a rack.

Wanting 2500 said it was brand new/still had the box. Bore looked new, just finger fucked a lot over the years.

I’m tempted to go grab it, 2500 seems steep. After my discussion about a 700p with a with an vx3 with premier reticle my odds aren’t good of getting more than 50.00 off. 2500 too much?

Suppressors OCL Polonium 5.56 or B&T PRINT-XH RBS 5.56

Suppressor Summit 2024 numbers for these two are very comparable.

OCL is 17-4 stainless, 5.8" long x 1.625" diameter, 14.5 oz.

B&T is Titanium & Inconel, 7.28" long x 1.73" diameter, 17.3 oz.

For use primarily on an AR, is the B&T worth 2x as much?

I'm not planning mag dumps or full-auto. Range training and a little hunting.

I might put 1k rounds down-range with this rifle, in it's current/non-suppressed configuration, per year.

Will the B&T outlast the OCL due to materials?

How many rounds (and at what rate of fire) would it take to realize the difference?
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SOLD S&B 4-16x42 PMII LP P4F CCW Mil

Catch and release, this ended up being a bit heavier than I wanted for a hunting rig.

Great condition S&B 4-16x42 PMII. Illuminated P4F reticle, CCW turrets, mil adjustments. Comes with original box. Glass is excellent with no marks/blemishes. Very light scope ring marks, you can hardly see them at all.

$2200 shipped, PayPal F&F, Venmo, Zelle, USPS MO
. SOLD

Will also consider partial trade on a NF NXS 2.5-10x32 or 2.5-10x42 (and maybe a TT315M).

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Scope question

I’ve been shooting MK5’s with no issue. Thought of trying a MK4HD, for Brenda ‘s 22. However, my Brenda is a world class comparison / bargain hunter. She is not your typical female bargain hunter / shopper. She gets results. Like saving thousands on new vehicles. Plus she keeps me solvent. Hangs on to pennies like they are gold bars. She makes mr. Tightwad, Scrouge McDuck look like a binge spender.

So, she was wanting to know what other scopes are equivalent to the MK4 in terms of glass quality, field of view and of course, PRICE. I apologize for being dumb on this matter. I can tell you exactly what high end scopes have/don’t have cost etc, but I have never really explored mid range scopes because the MK5 has met my needs.

New Tripod Packages from Really Right Stuff Soar in stock now!

RRS has recently added two new preassembled tripod/adapter/head configurations to their lineup that we are stocking, these are in stock NOW and will ship same day or at the latest by the next business day directly from us via UPS Signature required. RRS inventory is live so if you can purchase it from our website then it is in stock and will ship immediately, if we are out of stock on something the website will show out of stock and not let you purchase the item. Feel free to ask me any questions I'm available via DM here, or you can email me at [email protected] or my number is at the top of the website if you want to call or text or you can also email via the contact us tab at the bottom of the website.



Also TVC-22i are back in stock as well as the Compact versions.