What have you done to your AR(s) today?

[Hammertime]

You guys are somewhat motivating. Bought 5,000rds of ammo (steel case) and some muzzle breaks (Surefire Warcomp and Odin Atlas). Brought in with some inventory and kept a few goodies for myself!


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[Evel Baldgui]

I just added an aim point H1 and to newly purchased 6920.

[Aetius]

Installed a Vltor A5 buffer tube and Noveske QD plate, torqued castle nut and staked it

[Delta-3]

Removed my Leupold 1-4x firedot scope & replaced it with an Aimpoint M4s on a Larue QD mount.

[mr.tickle]

Took my new Colt 6721 to the range and got it zeroed.

[Duffy]

Added my adjustable sling tie I call Sling Keep to my ARs

[Diamondback]

Started compiling construction/firing/maintenance logs for 'em in Excel. Plan is to assemble a dedicated "Support Data" flashdrive or SD card for each firearm I build, then keep it stored somewhere on the firearm.

First tab, Construction/Configuration: Current setup with installed parts, price paid, vendor/invoice # and part it replaced where applicable with replacement date.
Second tab, Operation: Firing date, number of rounds fired, manufacturer/load/lot #, observed function/malfunction.
Third tab, Maintenance: Date, Round Count, Procedures Performed.

I'd appreciate any ideas you guys might have about refining this--what I'd REALLY love would be to know, to the extent possible without Classified Materials, how DOD armorers and depot-level guys have their recordkeeping systems set up and build on that right down to the software used, round-counters and QR codes so I can ideally set up a dedicated armorer's-bench tablet or laptop.

[26 Inf]

Yesterday I fired the first rounds through the LaRue 6.5 Grendel Ultimate Upper Kit. I've outrun my budget for a while so I have to take an optic of another rifle. I started at 100 with a M4 zero target pasted on an IPSC backer. The first three rounds were low left so I adjusted and shot the group of the day, unfortunately not where it needed to be. I managed to adjust windage without screwing anything up, when it came time to crank the elevation up, I started to unscrew the elevation cover which was a bad deal because it has a target turret cover and I twisted lord knows how much elevation into. Kind of twisted it back and fired one to see where we were. A little right, and high, adjusted of that shot and the next three were good for me.

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On to 200:

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Then 300:

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Obviously the rifle shoots better than I, but I'm happy with the first box of shells through it.

[26 Inf]

Today I wanted to stretch the Grendel to 600 yards but it was too windy. I had taken a Burris AR-332 3X Prism off one of my rifles and replaced it with a Vortex Spitfire Prism. I shot 3 rounds at 50 to see where it hit then zeroed at 100. Then had some fun hitting metal at 200.

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After about 30 rounds and six or so trips back and forth, someone else arrived and I headed home. Generally speaking when I'm on that portion of the range, when someone else shows up I leave unless I have someone to watch my back and my gear when I go down range to look and paint.

[hdrolling]

Upgraded my smooth leg Harris bipod with a new Atlas QD PRS, time to see what all the fuss is about and if it's worth x3 as much as what I paid for the harris!