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Thread: Spikes/AimSurplus CHF upper - Has anyone shot this yet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wolf_walker View Post
    4.2 LBS was quoted as the upper weight as delivered. I'd measure but I don't have a scale of any sort.
    thanks wolf. one poster said the upper was between his middy and a LW in weight. another said it was about equal to his 14.5".

    this all tallies with the posted weights of the barrels themselves as posted by Spikes but I wonder about the weight spread. they have the gov't. countour, the Optimum, and the lightweight barrels only about an ounce difference from each other. my BCM gov't. and LW middies are almost 5 ounces difference...
    never push a wrench...

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    I can't feel that little difference myself either way. Feels just like the last middy 16" standard barrel I had with MOE hand guards. My arms probly need calibrating. I'm so used to FAL's and M1A's and old bolt guns they all feel like nerf guns to me, I dig it. If nobody ever measures the thing for you I'll get my caliper from the shop and do so sometime this week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wolf_walker View Post
    I can't feel that little difference myself either way. Feels just like the last middy 16" standard barrel I had with MOE hand guards. My arms probly need calibrating. I'm so used to FAL's and M1A's and old bolt guns they all feel like nerf guns to me, I dig it. If nobody ever measures the thing for you I'll get my caliper from the shop and do so sometime this week.
    not necessary but thanks. I've got a feel for it now I guess...

    edit: Ken6PPC posted on TOS 0.670" under the handguard, and 0.643" in front of the gas block. gas block is .750"

    another poster questioned if he got it backwards and says it is thinner under the HG. tracking... waiting for accuracy reports...
    Last edited by ra2bach; 08-02-11 at 00:04.
    never push a wrench...

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    I got mine in last Friday but unfortunately I had to leave the next day for vacation. Ill be home shortly and will hopefully be able to shoot sometime next week.

    I did get to slap on an M&P lower on it and see how it felt. I can definitely feel a weight difference between this upper and my M&P OR upper with a DD Omega 7.0 rail (when comparing the two uppers I used the same lower). According to DD and Magpul the DD Omega 7.0 rail weighs 7.6 oz. And the MOE mid-length hand guard (which comes with this Spikes upper) weighs 8.74 oz. This Spikes upper feels lighter. Not by a ton, but I can feel the difference.

    In 2-3 weeks I will hopefully have a LaRue 9.0 rail on this ST upper.

    I will first shoot it with the MOE on it and zero in the irons. Then put my Aimpoint M3 on it and shoot it. After that I will give a range report. And will hopefully be able to help some of you gents out that are interested in this upper.

    Then hopefully by the next week or so (2-3 weeks from now) I will have that LaRue 9.0 rail on it and will shoot it and see if there is a difference from the MOE (I doubt there will be much of a difference, but its worth trying out).

    Can't wait to get this baby out to the range and put it through its paces.

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    Ray,

    I've got just under 2K rds on my Spike's NiB/FZ BCG.

    It's GTG and is REALLY slick in operation. PM me if you have more questions about it....discussing it turns into a shitstorm quick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BufordTJustice View Post
    Ray,

    I've got just under 2K rds on my Spike's NiB/FZ BCG.

    It's GTG and is REALLY slick in operation. PM me if you have more questions about it....discussing it turns into a shitstorm quick.
    That's encouraging. If they come up with a Troy extreme version with LPGB I'd be very tempted.

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    I just got mine in the mail yesterday. I cleaned and lubed it, ordered some irons, and I'm gonna be taking it out this weekend. I'll let you know how it is. So far I'm already impressed with build quality.

    I paired it to a Superior Arms lower with adjustable trigger and aftermarket grip. Hopefully all goes well!

    The Nickel Boron BCG is actually pretty slick looking I must add

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    Well I finally got 2 range trips out the past 2 weeks.

    First range trip got to the range with about 45 min of light left. Got my irons zeroed in (1 1/2" groups. 50 yards). And got my Comp M3 to a "battle" zero before it got too dark to see my targets (shooting about 3 - 3 1/2" groups. 50 yards) Only got 80 rounds off, no problems. Ammo used WPA 55grn. I like this stuff because as long as I have shot it I have gotten decent groupings (with my S&W upper on good days I got about 1" groups out of it) and have had no malfunctions with it, and I don't have the money to shoot brass (all my brass I test and save for a rainy day) every other week so this is why I shoot WPA.

    Second range trip started off not as a good day. On this trip I was going to my "other" range (friends property) and I had hours of time to shoot so no rushing this time. I decided to give my barrel a quick clean with a patch before going out. Well for the first (and hopefully last) time my cleaning rod got stuck (and I mean stuck) in my barrel I was all ready to go and then this happened, I was pretty upset. Thankfully Robb Jensen works close to me so he got the cleaning rod out for me. THANK YOU Robb!

    So I finally got to my friends property and started to "fine tune" my Comp M3. Well unfortunately I was having an "0ff" day and I couldn't get better than 2" groups (Ammo: WPA 55grn. at 50 yards). After realizing I wasn't going to get any better groupings on this day I decided to do some shooting drills (25 yards and closer). Shot fine and love the mid-length profile. I also shot a box of XM855F, groupings on this stuff was worse than my WPA lol but like I said I had an "off" day and could not hold a steady group. I shot 200 rounds of WPA 55grn. and 20 rounds of XM855F. All shot fine with no hiccups.

    The Nib BCG is definitely easier to clean. I really do like it. Not a necessity, but heck it came with this upper and I love it.

    All in all I have shot 300 (280 WPA 55grn.) rounds through it and so far no problems. Only time will tell how this upper will preform. Hoping to get 1,000 rounds through it before fall. Depends on my schedule. So far I love this upper and I am looking forward to running it hard and hopefully getting it in a class this winter.

    Hope this helps some of y'all.

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    I finally got a chance to do more than some brief plinking today as well. Range was absolutely packed and I had other shooters with me, but I got a good start on an extended function check, about 4 mags worth of PMC at 2 second intervals. Zero function problem, group at 50 yards as tight as I usually am with irons, brass ejected consistently at about 2 o'clock fwiw. It is almost comical how easy it is to shoot these things, and how smooth the midlength is. Nothing worth reporting on group size as the time between cease fires was too long to get down there and pick them out (i need a spotting scope), but I suspect it will group nicely from limited observation.
    Also my NiB coated LWRC trigger group was outstanding, I'm very pleased with it in general. It was even better when the SCAR next to me jammed somehow or another.

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    Planning on getting this upper for one of my new spikes lowers I built up. I currently run a spikes NiB bcg in another build I thought I had some premature wear on the cam pin(905rnds on bcg) but upon further inspection it wasn't what I misperceived, spikes still sent me a new NiB cam pin which is nice because they probably cost $6-$7 more than a plain ole' parked cam pin. Any way function of the bcg lubed and unlubed has been great, cleaning easy, HPT/MPT. Is it the best bolt you can get? Well I have a parked, HPT/MPT Rainier Arms "Thunderbolt" that has had no problems to date either and cost $100 less, I like my NiB bcg though.

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