Nice looking rifle. I was doing the same thing this weekend, testing ammo in a new 6.8 build. If photobucket doesn't freeze up on me, i'll post my results later tonight.
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Range Report
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Finished up my first AR build and its a 6.8 Spec. Thanks for the info provided here, really helped me out.
Anderson upper, lower, and parts kit. YHM 16" barrel, gas block, and flash hider.
Here she is at the local range with the three type of ammo fired. Scope for the test is a cheap Bushnell that I had laying around. I actually think its a $50 black powder scope, so not the best choice for accuracy, but it is what I had onhand. The scope mount is a Redfield that I found on Cabella's website on sale for $19. Seems like a decent mount.
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First round, dont know where the casing went, never found it, but at 25 yards, the hole was next to the bullseye. Fired two more rounds, casing were dropping beside the gun. Looked at the target, and the first hole enlarged a bit, no other holes.
Moved to the 100 yard target and this is the first 3 round group on paper using the American Eagle. There was a 3 round group at the top where I had to adjust the sight down about 8"
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Patched those holes up and tried the Hornady 110 gr V-max black on the left and 120 gr SST on the right. I shot a 3 round group for each, adjusted the sight and shot another 3 round group of each again
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Considering a standard trigger, I am pretty happy with this grouping. I finished up with shooting 10 rounds in two strings at this target.
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After the first couple of shots, the casing were ejecting to the 2:30 position and landing about 4 feet away. Really happy with this build. I will be upgrading the scope and trigger this summer, and hope to be into reloading also.
Anderson upper, lower, and parts kit. YHM 16" barrel, gas block, and flash hider.
Here she is at the local range with the three type of ammo fired. Scope for the test is a cheap Bushnell that I had laying around. I actually think its a $50 black powder scope, so not the best choice for accuracy, but it is what I had onhand. The scope mount is a Redfield that I found on Cabella's website on sale for $19. Seems like a decent mount.
First round, dont know where the casing went, never found it, but at 25 yards, the hole was next to the bullseye. Fired two more rounds, casing were dropping beside the gun. Looked at the target, and the first hole enlarged a bit, no other holes.
Moved to the 100 yard target and this is the first 3 round group on paper using the American Eagle. There was a 3 round group at the top where I had to adjust the sight down about 8"
Patched those holes up and tried the Hornady 110 gr V-max black on the left and 120 gr SST on the right. I shot a 3 round group for each, adjusted the sight and shot another 3 round group of each again
Considering a standard trigger, I am pretty happy with this grouping. I finished up with shooting 10 rounds in two strings at this target.
After the first couple of shots, the casing were ejecting to the 2:30 position and landing about 4 feet away. Really happy with this build. I will be upgrading the scope and trigger this summer, and hope to be into reloading also.
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