I went and did it this time

[Broncovan]

I've been snooping around here awhile and decided that I wanted to get into a longer range AR and have been trying to put together a DPMS 308. Started buying lower parts and got my stripped lower in early last week, but my FFL told me about this baby coming in Friday or yesterday. He called me Monday morning and I took off work early to get it. Can't wait to get out and break it in, the weather has been crap here the last couple days.

It's a Rock River Varminter, 26" barrel, RRA 2 stage trigger, ambi bolt and mag release, FN/FAL magazines (both kinds). Nikon Monarch 6.5-20 sitting on it right now, may swap it out with my 6.5-20 Zeiss, but it's silver and I'm not sure I like that on a tactical rig. The other new toy is a Para lower with a colt upper, 14 rounds of .45 makes me smile.

I'm thinking about cutting 2-4 inches off and threading it to put a Levang on it or something else that's removeable for a suppressor.

 

[MG-70]

Re: I went and did it this time

Two interesting pieces! Let's hear how the rifle shoots.

 

[younggun22]

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wait you said both mags? huh?

sorry if its a stupid question it's late

 

[Badshot308]

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Very interested in how that rifle will shoot. I think what he means by both mags is that the rifle will accept both metric and inch pattern magazines.

 

[Broncovan]

Re: I went and did it this time

Looks like she's going to shoot good enough. I got out Saturday morning and put some decent groups together. After putting about 10 rounds through it, I went to my loads I had worked up. Hopefully it'll be decent enough tomorrow so I can get back to the range and stretch her legs some. Our range has 200 and 450 yard stops for longer range shooting.

I forgot to add the particulars. All 5 shot groups. Sunny, 70 very light breeze to no wind.
Lapua once fired brass
Hornady 150 grain interlocks (all that I could find locally)
46.2 grains Varget
Winchester Large rifle primers

 

[ecdbcd]

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Looks like she shoots! I love Rock River stuff. I've got a heavy barrel 16" from them that is an absolute tack driver. How do you like the grip on the 1911?

 

[Broncovan]

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It's not really a 1911, it's a Para Ordnance lower with a 1911 upper. I like the grip, but my fingers are fairly long and fit around the double stacked grip nicely. A friend of mine has shorter fingers and doesn't like how much fatter the grips make it. I really like Hogue grips over the Ergo and even the Magpul MIAD grips. I have them on my 5.56 as well as the LAR-8 too.

 

[ecdbcd]

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Interesting, i'm the same way. With larger hands, a 1911 is difficult for me to aim comfortably. I've tried the Ergo and currently run the MIAD on my AR's and dig them. The Ergo was just average. I may have to give the Hogue a spin.