Compass Lake upper is in.

[MJF]

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.

 

[mercervillerental]

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?

 

[Bakwa]

Standing by for the AAR.
Shoot the crap out of it and come back with something erudite for us.

 

[codym]

I’m still doing load development on my compass lake rifle but I will say it has potential...

 

[mercervillerental]

I’m still doing load development on my compass lake rifle but I will say it has potential...

How many rounds in that group and what was the load?

 

[codym]

4. 24.6 gns of varget 69gn SMK LC brass and fed 205 AR match primer

 

[powdahound76]

@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!

 

[MJF]

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.

 

[codym]

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

 

[Bonjourjr]

I love me some CLE. I used one of their uppers to go distinguished and earn my high master card. Still hunting for the p100 though. I will be using a bartlein barrel I got from them while I try.

 

[MJF]

I love that it is so much lighter than my varmint upper. I have an NX8 1-8 X 24 headed my way to complete the package.

 

[MontanaMan]

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

 

[Constructor]

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?

Funny, Frank(CLE) taught John(WOA) how to make barrels and use to make all of his barrels before John started to do it in house.

 

[MJF]

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

Are you looking for the diameter of the hand guard?

 

[mercervillerental]

Funny, Frank(CLE) taught John(WOA) how to make barrels and use to make all of his barrels before John started to do it in house.

That's awesome, I had no idea

 

[MontanaMan]

Are you looking for the diameter of the hand guard?

Yes, sir.

MM

 

[MJF]

It is pretty small at 2.0". It's perfect for me as I am making this a light one.

 

[MontanaMan]

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

 

[5pins]

My CLE- Krieger shoots much better then I do. This is 5 rounds of Lapua 69gr factory at 100 yards.

 

[MJF]

Nice!

 

[Bakwa]

Outstanding, 5pins. Simply outstanding.

 

[Mk32784]

Damn, might have them spin up a 6.5 CM barrel for me now.

 

[5pins]

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.

 

[MJF]

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.