Splatt Report post Posted February 4, 2018 Tightened it all up today, and ran 5 rounds through it. Got real lucky on the bore sighting ! Sst's shot real well. Lookin like I'll have a new coues rifle for this year ! I'm going to load 120 gr ballistic tips. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaffer62 Report post Posted February 4, 2018 Very nice. I have been really pleased with mine Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WampusCat Report post Posted February 4, 2018 Looks real good! What kind of velocity are getting/expecting from those 120s? 20" barrel? I have a question regarding spent brass, specifically ejected brass. It is the only thing that keeps me from putting together a hunting upper in chamberings other than .223. I prep hundreds of LC brass at a time and when shot in the field I spend a few seconds looking for the brass and if I can't find it, I just chalk it up without much worry. Maybe its just in my head but I don't think I could just keep walking away from prepped grendel brass a slung all over on coyote stands. I suppose it wouldn't be so bad just filling one Coues tag a year. Do you have any plans to add a catch bag or similar for field shooting? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Splatt Report post Posted February 4, 2018 I'm not planning on using this for anything but range duty, and deer hunting. A cheap brass catcher off EBay is next on my list. About 8 bucks for one that velcro's around the end of the hand guard. If I take it deer hunting, if I find any brass, great, if not, oh well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WampusCat Report post Posted February 4, 2018 If I take it deer hunting, if I find any brass, great, if not, oh well. This is the correct answer. I need to just shut up and do it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Splatt Report post Posted February 4, 2018 It's not a super cartridge. I have too many 5.56 or 223 AR's. I wanted something different. This isn't a go out and blast rifle for me. I could buy steel case wolf, and blast, but I wanted a precision shooter. 18" barrel, is long enough to keep a 120 gr Ballistic tips, at 2500 fps, but short enough, to be portable. Same with why I went collapsible, sopmod style stock. I haven't weighed it yet ? It'll be a decent up to 400 yard, deer rifle. Not sure how well a ballistic tip will expand under 1800 fps ? So after about 400 yards it will start being under that. A coues may not need a lot of expandedness of bullet to get dead, but I owe it to the deer to have a bullet that may not act like a fmj. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke-BE Report post Posted February 4, 2018 Looks sweet! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Splatt Report post Posted April 7, 2018 The way I want it ! Here's first groups with 100 gr ballistic tips. Got some work to do. Hoping for close to 2700 fps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
