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Compass Lake upper is in.

MJF

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  • Jun 14, 2005
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    My new upper arrived this afternoon. CLE upper with a 16" Krieger barrel, 1-7.7 twist, Wylde chamber. This will be light carbine with a LPVO. Compass Lake was a joy to work with. Great communication and fast service.

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    Would love to hear how it shoots. Compass Lake was a very close runner up to the recent WOA upper I just built.

    Will you be handloading for it?
     
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    @MJF - did you go mid gas and an adjustable block or something else?

    I was just about to order parts to put my own together (just need barrel and matched bolt) and bought a full rifle instead.

    Looks darn good, stoked to see how it shoots!
     
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    Mercervillerental - I'm going to handled for it. I have a bunch a 55g Vmax loads for my varmint gun I'll use to break in the barrel. After that I have 77g SMKs and 8208 XBR . I got lucky and was able to purchase 500 pieces of .223 brass last week. I'll load up some for the ladder test once the barrel is broken in.

    Powdahound76 - I went with the standard gas block. I'm behind enemy lines so no suppressors for us.
     
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    The 77 smks are shooting good for me as well, pretty consistently half moa with 24 gns of varget, didn’t do as well with h4895. I want to try the Berger 77 otms and maybe 70 gn vlds. My is an 18’ Douglas 7 twist. I’m planning on using it at mammoth as the secondary rifle
     
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    Nice looking rail.................1st one of CLE's that I've seen.

    Can you tell us what the diameter measurement is across the flats?

    MM
     
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    It is pretty small at 2.0". It's perfect for me as I am making this a light one.
     
    That's not small, today................BCM, SLR, Geiselle, WOA are all 1.5-1.6" outside.

    But thanks for the info.............it looks smaller than 2"

    MM
     
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    Outstanding, 5pins. Simply outstanding.
     
    Damn, might have them spin up a 6.5 CM barrel for me now.
     
    Here are the other five groups I shot at the same time. The top three are Winchester 69gr and the bottom three are the Laups 69gr. Mine is a 20in with a 1/7.7 twist. The upper is a Vltor MUR with an unknown bolt and handguard. As you see I kind of lost it at the end.

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    Great shooting! Today I'm giving the upper a Dura Coat camo job to match the lower it is going on. If I am not working next Sunday I'll head to the range and try it out.