Re: PMags in the LMT .308 MWS??
Did some quick testing today...rather pleased with the results.
For those joing us late this is in regards to the 13.5" CL barrel project.
First thing we did was blast off some 147gr dag ammo running double tap drills. As previously reported the BABC works as advertised great peice of gear well worth the money.
Next I ran 6 rounds of my 175gr handloads over a chrono and rough sighted the 3.5-10X Loopy MK 4 at 25yds. Elevation at home range is 360' temp was 45 degrees. Average vleocity was 2410 FPS with a spread of 28fps. Not too bad as my initial guess was that I would end up hovering at or around 2400 fps.
Moved over to 100yds, dialed in 2" from my 25yd zero and fired 2-5rnd mags to walk onto zero. This is why you should never buy an optic without matching ret and knobs! I will say I'm a bit attached to this particular loopy as its an older (MADE IN THE USA) model, otherwise I'm a blatant loopy hater lol.
Sun was going down quick so I didnt have much time to do anything impressive but I'm not dissapointed with the results.
5rnd group 1" (paster is covering a flyer from the sight in shots)
Shot two rapid fire (1 min limit) 10 rnd groups which were both 3" which I will confess were due to flyers caused by the Indian not the bow. I was having difficulty seeing down range as the sun was going down, I forgot my bipod so I was shooting off an improvised rest and I'm pretty sure I had some sand in my vajayjay
Seriously though I'm looking forward to getting back out there and getting OCD with a bipod and rear bag when I'm not racing against the sundown.
We had one FTF with the DAG ammo which I beleive was due to the hard primers, as I recall this ammo was intended for use in HK's correct? I imagine they have harder primers than LC ammo.
Overall I think this configuration has some serious potential. I picked up a Vortex SPARC yesterday from Rainer Arms and for those of you tracking weights its came out to 9.5 with the sparc.
One serious drawback I have found with this set up is the mirrage off the babc due to its proximity to the scope objective and aside from the sundown, lack of bipod and sand in vage the mirrage really hindered a clear sight picture.
So there ya go 2400fps 175 smks 1 MOA 13.5" 12lb rifle (with 10x scope and mounts).