Sticks
03-11-12, 05:30
Not sure what subforum this would fall under, so I'll try it here.
My Christmas gift was an AR, and I chose to buy a variety of components and do the assembly myself.
Upper consisting of the following;
Centurion 16" CHF barrel - 1 in 7" w/A2
Centurion 12" C4 rail
Badger low profile gas block - mid length
Vltor MUR-1A receiver
PSA auto BCG
BCM Gunfighter med. charging handle
Lower -
PSA stripped lower.
PSA LPK
Magpul MIAD
Troy ambi mag and bolt release
Ambi selector
Vltor eMod A5 receiver extension and stock.
Add ons -
Troy folding BUIS
Troy PRO sling mount and swivel
BFG VCAS padded sling
Aimpoint PRO
KAC Rail covers
Magpul AFG1
20 & 30rd Pmags
Streamlight TLR1-S
Gear -
Tactical Tailor MAV with triple mag shingle, one tripple mag pouch (loaded out with 2), and the 2 grenade pouches for little things.
I had shot 380 rounds pretty much static (prone/bench) sometime in January, and another 100 or so testing ammo loads. I have only had 2 fail to feeds/borderline double feed on the same string (my first shooting trip), and I am not entirely convinced it was not the mag.
There was a toss up between a private range membership, and the Mike Pannone 2 day advanced carbine class going on in March (as in right now), so guess what won out. AAR started and in progress in the Grey Group training section.
Also new to reloading 5.56, and after some very brief testing, I loaded up 1200 rounds with Hornady 55gr and 23.6gr of AA2230 for the class.
Yesterday was the first day of the class, and the only "malfunction" that I had was me. It does help to rack the bolt on a reload/empty chamber/closed bolt.
The day before the class I pulled and disassembled the BCG, gave it a couple squirts of Gunzilla, assembled, and gave the whole BCG another spray then put it back together.
Range conditions is pretty much the consistency of road base. Pea gravel and fine powdery dirt.
Halfway through the class, my black rifle began to acquire it's own custom camouflage coating of dust from the first 3 hours of mixed drills with drop to prone shooting.
Towards the end of the day we did some reload drills consisting of 10 - 1 round mags. Fire, reload, repeat (I ran this 5 times) with all the mags landing in the flour that became my shooting area. Three of the reloads were from kneeling and grabbing the mags off the ground. Not one single mag failed to drop free of the PSA lower, and only one Pmag started getting bitchy about getting loaded (wonder where that dirt came from?). Other than a couple taps on my knee after the round was placed, that is about all the cleaning the mag got before being stuck back in.
Having never taken a class before, let alone set up an AR for operational use, I did not locktite a damn thing on it in case I was instructed to rearrange or relocate something. The only thing that came loose was my rear BUIS, which is getting loctited this morning (along with everything else).
In total I am about 1200 rounds into my rifle with the last cleaning at 380. Today before the second day of the class, she is going to get a quick wipe down in the magwell and chamber, the BCG is going to get a wipe down and fresh lube.
Given that the primary operational components of the gun is PSA, whose quality and reliability has been in question of late. Mine has done very well I think. I will try to pay attention and see how the trigger feels today (any creep).
Later on this week, I will do the complete cleaning and take some pics of any wear areas, along with an assessment of component fitting. I know that when it was brandy new and shiny, the upper mated to the lower piss perfect with no slop.
My Christmas gift was an AR, and I chose to buy a variety of components and do the assembly myself.
Upper consisting of the following;
Centurion 16" CHF barrel - 1 in 7" w/A2
Centurion 12" C4 rail
Badger low profile gas block - mid length
Vltor MUR-1A receiver
PSA auto BCG
BCM Gunfighter med. charging handle
Lower -
PSA stripped lower.
PSA LPK
Magpul MIAD
Troy ambi mag and bolt release
Ambi selector
Vltor eMod A5 receiver extension and stock.
Add ons -
Troy folding BUIS
Troy PRO sling mount and swivel
BFG VCAS padded sling
Aimpoint PRO
KAC Rail covers
Magpul AFG1
20 & 30rd Pmags
Streamlight TLR1-S
Gear -
Tactical Tailor MAV with triple mag shingle, one tripple mag pouch (loaded out with 2), and the 2 grenade pouches for little things.
I had shot 380 rounds pretty much static (prone/bench) sometime in January, and another 100 or so testing ammo loads. I have only had 2 fail to feeds/borderline double feed on the same string (my first shooting trip), and I am not entirely convinced it was not the mag.
There was a toss up between a private range membership, and the Mike Pannone 2 day advanced carbine class going on in March (as in right now), so guess what won out. AAR started and in progress in the Grey Group training section.
Also new to reloading 5.56, and after some very brief testing, I loaded up 1200 rounds with Hornady 55gr and 23.6gr of AA2230 for the class.
Yesterday was the first day of the class, and the only "malfunction" that I had was me. It does help to rack the bolt on a reload/empty chamber/closed bolt.
The day before the class I pulled and disassembled the BCG, gave it a couple squirts of Gunzilla, assembled, and gave the whole BCG another spray then put it back together.
Range conditions is pretty much the consistency of road base. Pea gravel and fine powdery dirt.
Halfway through the class, my black rifle began to acquire it's own custom camouflage coating of dust from the first 3 hours of mixed drills with drop to prone shooting.
Towards the end of the day we did some reload drills consisting of 10 - 1 round mags. Fire, reload, repeat (I ran this 5 times) with all the mags landing in the flour that became my shooting area. Three of the reloads were from kneeling and grabbing the mags off the ground. Not one single mag failed to drop free of the PSA lower, and only one Pmag started getting bitchy about getting loaded (wonder where that dirt came from?). Other than a couple taps on my knee after the round was placed, that is about all the cleaning the mag got before being stuck back in.
Having never taken a class before, let alone set up an AR for operational use, I did not locktite a damn thing on it in case I was instructed to rearrange or relocate something. The only thing that came loose was my rear BUIS, which is getting loctited this morning (along with everything else).
In total I am about 1200 rounds into my rifle with the last cleaning at 380. Today before the second day of the class, she is going to get a quick wipe down in the magwell and chamber, the BCG is going to get a wipe down and fresh lube.
Given that the primary operational components of the gun is PSA, whose quality and reliability has been in question of late. Mine has done very well I think. I will try to pay attention and see how the trigger feels today (any creep).
Later on this week, I will do the complete cleaning and take some pics of any wear areas, along with an assessment of component fitting. I know that when it was brandy new and shiny, the upper mated to the lower piss perfect with no slop.