Hunting AR Thread, Built!

[pianoman9701]

Looks great. Congratulations!

[h20hunter]

Thanks Pman....itchy to get my hands on it.

[Buckmark]

Eww, its so black and scary looking 

Nice, you going back to the dark side?

[h20hunter]

Nope, just figure i needed a new boom stick! Besides, now i can shoot a billion yards and call myself a long range shooter since i have a fancy scope!

 

[pianoman9701]

Thanks Pman....itchy to get my hands on it.

Walgreens has a cream for that.

[yorketransport]

Nice rifle, lame chambering......

[h20hunter]

Yeah yeah yeah.....

Had some good reports today. My smith was out at the range with his gun....same barrel, my loads. He is a far better shot than I and yes, of course its not my rifle....but.....my test rounds were holding a half inch group at 100m and he shot a half inch 3 shot group at 300m. Gives me some good hope that my rounds are shooting as I expect them to. Next time out we will take my now proven rounds and my new rifle and see what we can get done.

[Antlershed]

Nice looking build. What trigger did you end up with?

[h20hunter]

I hope to post the build sheet this weekend. Builder and I hitting the range Saturday to do some shooting. Weekend cant arrive soon enough.

[Yondering]

Have you thought about a reduced weight bolt carrier for that yet? It's not a huge difference, but less reciprocating weight does make these 308-sized ARs less sensitive to variations in shooting position/technique, IMO.

I'd guess your gunsmith is on top of getting the gas system tuned for your loads, but if not, that's a big factor in making these shoot easily too. Seems that a lot of 308 AR barrels come over-gassed, so ejection is harsh even to the point of ripping case rims off in some guns, but restricting the gas down takes care of it nicely. They can be a real *censored*cat to shoot when tuned right.

[h20hunter]

Ok friends and neighbors, finally got my hands on the gun and could not be more pleased. It is tight, dialed in shoots like a dream, and is more accurate than I am. I've done a very basic level of shooting at ranges of usually 100 yards as that is typical of the range. I needed 6 shots to bring it to a decent 100 yard zero then proceeded to shift to the steel at 250 and hit 3 dead on to keep it swinging. For me, first time out, I was happy to begin with that. I have a lot to learn about shooting better, at longer ranges, and learning thy weapon. Right out of the gate though I would take this and shoot game at 300 yards with complete confidence. Here is the basics....

Titan Firearms, builder was Seth Bullock

.308 Win

Aero Precision M5E1 upper
Aero Precision M5 lower, stripped
Leupold Mark 4.5x14x50mm LR/T M1 Mildot
Aero Precision charging handle and BCD
M5 buffer kit/lenhanced lower kit
Aero Scope mount
Ballistics Advantage via Aero 18 Stainless match barrel
VG6 Gamma 762 break
Black Rain Ordnance drop in trigger

Like I said....could not be more pleased with this build. Shoots great, is a bit lighter than I expected, and is going to be deadly in the field. 

[h20hunter]

Here is a little better picture to go with your second cup of coffee this morning.

If anyone is interested I'd be happy to provide more information. If you are considering having a build done....AR or bolt I would highly recommend Titan Firearms. They are easy to work with, very straightforward, and frankly I think a little underpriced!

[yorketransport]

Looks great, but I'm curious about the mount. Did you try mounting the optic using standard rings before going to the cantilever style mount? I just ask because I got the Mk 4 mounted on my AR just using my standard Burris Signature Zee rings with no problem. Is it a head position thing?

[h20hunter]

Went with what was suggested and fits me great.

[hunter399]

The cantilever scope mount is to put scope off the rail enough to grab your chargeing handle better.but I have both regular rings and his type on my ar's, so it's what ever feels better to you,but they both work just as good .