Hey guys,
As some of you know I enjoy keeping notes on shooting my various guns. I started doing this over on HKPRO with my P2000 and then HK45. I have done a few more on J-frames, Wilson combats etc. I am not actively trying to destroy the guns, it is really just a collection of experiences and data points. One thing I have never done is really keep up with my rifles. I sold all my assault rifles a few years back to make some money during one of the various panics so my oldest current AR is this 6720. It is my training carbine and I basically treat it like garbage. I have another 6720, a DD LW, SCAR-17 that I baby, but I don't clean or do much for old Mildred.
Here are things I have changed.
Of course I added a T-2 as soon as I could. In fact, I found the T-2 for a good price and then I bought the rifle to have something to put it on. Then I bought one of the magpul SL forends because I originally planned to skip rails. I put a Arisaka Scout light on it, DD rear sight, vickers sling BCM stock and probably should have kept it here...
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Well, because I am an idiot I decided I needed a keymod rail. I picked up one of the DD rails and grinded down the front sight post like an idiot. What a bunch of hassle. I would totally go with adco to shave down the FSB next time. After I put the DD rail on I then stripped out the screws like a dumbass and had to wait for replacements. After that I bolted on a DD front and put an old X300 I had laying around. This is how it looked for most of its life...(at some point I swapped the T-2 onto my DD and put an H-1 I got on sale onto Mildred....
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Well, I got bored with it a month or two ago and spray painted it....
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And now I added a BCM forgriq, pistol grip and an aim point cover so I could just be a complete Larry Vicker's fanboy. I am just figuring out where to put it so I haven't put my keymod covers back on the bottom yet. I have resisted fore-grips for decades but here it is....
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At this point the carbine has 3352 rounds through it. This includes Various types of 55 grain XM193s, 855s, 77grain CBC, and a mother crap ton of steel cased TULA and Monarch ammo. For the last 800+ rounds I have stopped cleaning it because I am lazy. I still spray rem oil on the bolt and work it back and forth.
The gun functions perfectly and...wait for it...has never jammed. I am sure someone will call BS, but it just hasn't. I have a buddy who is into AKs and is constantly telling me about how reliable they are vs ARs and I keep asking him when he can recall on of my AR's jamming. At some point soon this one will because I have decided not to clean it until something stops working.
I wish I had recorded a series of groups with it when I first bought it but I didn't However, I have done a series of groups recently with
American eagle Xm193 3 groups of 5@ 100 yards (3.6 average)
CBC/Magtech 77 grain 3 groups of 5 @ 100 yards (1.42 inch average)
All groups shot off Caldwell shooting bag.
Before you scoff at my pitiful groups remember 1. I am not a ninja, 2. these groups were shot with a 2moa dot, 3. this has a mil-spec trigger, 4. I don't cherry pick or toss out fliers.
I will continue to shoot about 200 rounds a week of steel through it and try to monitor the groups with the steel stuff over the months.
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