During the Florida Blogshoot, I had the opportunity to shoot Dave of Ammoman's Scout Rifle. I was amazed at how much lighter his rifle was, and how little felt recoil there was. I knew right then and there that I would have to build one of my own. In keeping with his ScoutRifle 2.0 theory, I began thinking about what I wanted to do with a new rifle.
I want something that is going to be more suited to a militia kind of battlespace:
I need my rifle to be relatively lightweight, right around 8 pounds carried weight. My Oracle is too heavy at 9.3 pounds unloaded with an ACOG on top.
I want a rifle that had more power, more range, and fires a larger bullet than the 62 grain 5.56mm that my AR15 uses.
I also want to stay with the AR platform.
I reworked it by replacing the 16 inch heavy barrel that came with the rifle with an 18 inch Faxon pencil barrel. Then I added an EDGE 15 inch Carbon Fiber handguard from Brigand Arms, an adjustable gas block, a Nitromet gas tube, and a Gemtech compensator. I also replaced the bolt carrier with a low mass bolt carrier from JP rifles.
Here it is, pictured above my AR15 for comparison. The AR-10 only weighs 3/4 of a pound more than its 5.56mm cousin. I am now (no so) patiently waiting to take it out to the range on Saturday. I need to tune the gas block and get the scope dialed in.
Outstanding! You gonna bring it to the next meet?
ReplyDeleteHere's some advice on how to keep your adjustable gas block functional.
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Not bad on the weight, just checked my 5.56 "lightweight" pistol build, 14.5" with red dot and light is around 6lb.
ReplyDeleteAnd my midlength 16" 5.56 is at around 8.5lb with light, red dot, and 3x magnifier.