Posted: 12/20/2017 5:43:19 AM EDT
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Flew a buddy in for a week of 260 UU kits fun. Some pics and data from our shenanigans.
The Rifles 2 BLK Ultimate upper kits, 260 obv 2x 5-20x50 Razors, 35mm awesomeness 1x Magpul PRS stock 1x Magpul UBR Gen2 2x Geissele National Match Triggers, love my MBTs but these were given to us 
2x form1 cans First day of shooting we worked on some loads and got the two UU's sighted in, was a balmy 32deg. My first grouping, 41/41.5/42/42.5/43g of H4350 under a Hornady 130g ELD-M. With one that decided it did NOT want to be a part of the group.... @100y (measured in inches, not moa) 
InfiniteGrim's First, Sierra 130g TMKs at 41/41.5/42/42.5/43g of H4350, @100y 
Our Awesome setup, magneto did not miss a beat but boy does it shift POI(about -.6moa)  We then pushed out to 300/500/700y to ring some steal, my wifes Cherokee makes a decent shooting platform, bit shaky when two are shooting from it though. 300y 
300y steel group by me, top three not the bottom one 
300 or 500 ringing steel, dont remember. It was dark but still able to see with the Razors 
500y 
MOA Freedom wheel @500y, much fun with that! We also had fun tag teaming it. 
708y, got my first 700y first round hit here
 Have some plates from an order that was wrong, what do you do with plates that are wrong? Shoot them!  hesco 260rem Seems my new phone does a decent slowmo  260 Hits w Text High-tech testing Fixture 
Don't think these will be fixed under warranty 
We also shot the plate with some M80A1, this is the mag from that, still runs!  We decided to hit an actual range and do some 300y groupings on some of our refined loads. This is a county range that I had not been to in over 20 years, cheap and relaxing except for the 37deg day. We brought 130g ELDM and 140g Nosler RDFs to group with us, a bit over 150 rounds for the day. Most of our groups were .5-.7 with a few around .9 and a couple in the low 1.0s, all at 300y The setup 
It is a Hot range so you shoot the targets they have up. What do you get in December in Washington? Wet faded crap targets..... we did well surprisingly 
We were able to grab our targets when the range closed, this was the best group of the day by InfiniteGrim. This is 42.5g H4350 and a 130g ELDM  Sunday we had family day, failed at pics..... But my wife fired her first ever 500yard shots on her tippy toes over the hood of her Cherokee, 4 rounds fired and 4 hits on the 10x20 plate  The Larue + 260 do make this pretty easy!Today we went back out to the Mountains to have some fun, was a down poor the whole day and COLD! Majority of our shooting was at 718y at a 10x20 plate and some refreshments.  Me 
More Me 
And......Me 
Nice View 
Ryan making it look easy Me making it look hard Our mostly faithful companion on our range trips, tuckered out!  Some load data, mostly greek to me. UUr is Infinites rifle, UUs is mine Hornady 130g ELDM 
Nosler 140g RDF 
Sierra 130g TMK  Some observations/issues, and some extra for the Drama! We did nothing except build then shoot these, didnt even clean the barrel and my first group was .482moa, was expecting 10moa but Oh-Well. CCI and S&B Primers seem to be the same. Lapua brass avg about 20fps faster then the Starline brass with the same load. InfiniteGrims rifle had 2 failure to feeds from an open bolt, released from the bolt stop. Around 300 rounds on that rifle at that time with no cleaning, fed another 100 or so after that with no issue or cleaning. I had 2 failures to fire, neither had primer strikes(light or anything). Re-fed both and they fired, continued with the day and no further issues. That evening we opened mine up and found that the cotter pin retaining the firing pin had broke, a small piece was lodged under the extractor(explain that one) and a larger piece of it was under my firing control group. 
Both of our rifles have a case of the Yeast infection. No idea what is casuing it, some sort of reaction or salts from the anodizing? Once wiped off it does not return(so far) 
Both of our rifles short stroked a bit unsuppressed, this does not bother either of us as we are only running these suppressed. I had bought 2 SLR adjustable gas blocks for these but they have run so well suppressed we are not putting them on, and neither of us have gotten gas to the face. Resizing Prime, Lapua and Starline brass fired from both of these has been uneventful with an RCBS FL die as well as a Redding and Hornady bushing sizer. So much for that xtraxn chamber causing issues 
Cherry Balmz is the shit 
Rain is cold AND wet... Incase you people from Texas didn't know 
Really should have submitted our first targets to the MOA all day, just an observation.... The end 
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Flew a buddy in for a week of 260 UU kits fun. Some pics and data from our shenanigans. The Rifles 2 BLK Ultimate upper kits, 260 obv 2x 5-20x50 Razors, 35mm awesomeness 1x Magpul PRS stock 1x Magpul UBR Gen2 2x Geissele National Match Triggers, love my MBTs but these were given to us
2x form1 cans First day of shooting we worked on some loads and got the two UU's sighted in, was a balmy 32deg. My first grouping, 41/41.5/42/42.5/43g of H4350 under a Hornady 130g ELD-M. With one that decided it did NOT want to be a part of the group.... @100y http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20stus%20first%20groups.jpg InfiniteGrim's First, Sierra 130g TMKs at 41/41.5/42/42.5/43g of H4350, @100y http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20tmk%20first%20group.jpg Our Awesome setup, magneto did not miss a beat but boy does it shift POI(about -.6moa) http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/chrono.jpg We then pushed out to 300/500/700y to ring some steal, my wifes Cherokee makes a decent shooting platform, bit shaky when two are shooting from it though. 300y http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20reasons.jpg 300y steel group by me, top three not the bottom one http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/300y.jpg 300 or 500 ringing steel, dont remember. It was dark but still able to see with the Razors http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/night.jpg 500y http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20500y.jpg MOA Freedom wheel @500y, much fun with that! We also had fun tag teaming it. http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20500%20freedomwheel.jpg 708y, got my first 700y first round hit here
http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20708y.jpg Have some plates from an order that was wrong, what do you do with plates that are wrong? Shoot them!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ3l-rZ-vDw
Seems my new phone does a decent slowmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnqEae2xRnU
High-tech testing Fixture http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20testing.jpg Don't think these will be fixed under warranty http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20test2.jpg We also shot the plate with some M80A1, this is the mag from that, still runs! http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20troymag.jpg We decided to hit an actual range and do some 300y groupings on some of our refined loads. This is a county range that I had not been to in over 20 years, cheap and relaxing except for the 37deg day. We brought 130g ELDM and 140g Nosler RDFs to group with us, a bit over 150 rounds for the day. Most of our groups were .5-.7 with a few around .9 and a couple in the low 1.0s, all at 300y The setup http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20whatcom%20range.jpg It is a Hot range so you shoot the targets they have up. What do you get in December in Washington? Wet faded crap targets..... we did well surprisingly http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/shitteh.jpg We were able to grab our targets when the range closed, this was the best group of the day by InfiniteGrim. This is 42.5g H4350 and a 130g ELDM http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20tmk%20group.jpg Sunday we had family day, failed at pics..... But my wife fired her first ever 500yard shots on her tippy toes over the hood of her Cherokee, 4 rounds fired and 4 hits on the 10x20 plate The Larue + 260 do make this pretty easy!
Today we went back out to the Mountains to have some fun, was a down poor the whole day and COLD! Majority of our shooting was at 718y at a 10x20 plate and some refreshments. http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/last%20day%20range.jpg Me http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20stu%20prone.jpg More Me http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20stu%20260rem.jpg And......Me http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20prone%20both.jpg Nice View http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20scenic.jpg Ryan making it look easy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk5UTX5zR7I
Me making it look hard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOCbp9r74kA
Our mostly faithful companion on our range trips, tuckered out! http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20rough%20range%20day.jpg Some load data, mostly greek to me. UUr is Infinites rifle, UUs is mine Hornady 130g ELDM http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/260%20Hornady%20130%20ELDM%20chrono.JPG Nosler 140g RDF http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/260%20Nosler%20Chrono.JPG Sierra 130g TMK http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/260%20Sierra%20130%20TMK%20chrono.JPG Some observations/issues, and some extra for the Drama! We did nothing except build then shoot these, didnt even clean the barrel and my first group was .482moa, was expecting 10moa but Oh-Well. CCI and S&B Primers seem to be the same. Lapua brass avg about 20fps faster then the Starline brass with the same load. InfiniteGrims rifle had 2 failure to feeds from an open bolt, released from the bolt stop. Around 300 rounds on that rifle at that time with no cleaning, fed another 100 or so after that with no issue or cleaning. I had 2 failures to fire, neither had primer strikes(light or anything). Re-fed both and they fired, continued with the day and no further issues. That evening we opened mine up and found that the cotter pin retaining the firing pin had broke, a small piece was lodged under the extractor(explain that one) and a larger piece of it was under my firing control group. http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20brokeit.jpg Both of our rifles have a case of the Yeast infection. No idea what is casuing it, some sort of reaction or salts from the anodizing? Once wiped off it does not return(so far) http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20coke.jpg http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20coke2.jpg http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20coke3.jpg Both of our rifles short stroked a bit unsuppressed, this does not bother either of us as we are only running these suppressed. I had bought 2 SLR adjustable gas blocks for these but they have run so well suppressed we are not putting them on, and neither of us have gotten gas to the face. Resizing Prime, Lapua and Starline brass fired from both of these has been uneventful with an RCBS FL die as well as a Redding and Hornady bushing sizer. So much for that xtraxn chamber causing issues
Cherry Balmz is the shit http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20cherries.jpg Rain is cold AND wet... Incase you people from Texas didn't know http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20rain.jpg Really should have submitted our first targets to the MOA all day, just an observation.... The end http://www.pictures.esstac.com/260rem/qq%20end.jpg |
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So how much cleaning and break-down is required after shooting them in the rain all day? How long can you run stuff like this wet without rusting it? Quoted:
So how much cleaning and break-down is required after shooting them in the rain all day? How long can you run stuff like this wet without rusting it? I used to be anal since a good portion of my shooting life has been in the rain, best time to shoot here as no one else is out to bug you. Now I just make sure to let them air dry completely before putting them away. Quoted:
Awesome post. I didnt realize you were so close. If you ever pass through southern Idaho, let me know! I will show you where most of the Dillo Herders you made went :)
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I’d guess that substance where your hand guard meets your upper is gas blowback from shooting suppressed. Probably stopped because it has built up inside now. |
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You two guys have always been serious. This is one of the better posts I've read on this site in a long time. Thorough would probably be understated. And of course this whole shindig speaks to the rifles, and the dude turning them out.
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You two guys have always been serious. This is one of the better posts I've read on this site in a long time. Thorough would probably be understated. And of course this whole shindig speaks to the rifles, and the dude turning them out.
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