Gratuitous Gun Pron

aepilotjim · March 21st, 2008, 06:01 PM

After 14 months of searching for parts, waiting on the receiver...

IT'S ALIVE!

Kudos to all the people at the gun shows that put up with me fondling their parts (gun parts... don't go there). Kudos to the people at OPS in Tulsa for doing the FFL transfers for me. If anyone is looking for a great bunch of guys at a gun shop, go see them. Big kudos to the armorer who did the initial build. This guy did one top notch job. From big things like the head spacing and indexing to little things like rasing all the lettering with gold relief, he did one of the best jobs I've seen. And he did it in like a twelth of the time one of the "big" guys could have done. And since this thread is worthless without pics I've snapped a couple with my phone's camera. As soon as I can borrow my friends good digital camera I'll post some better one.

aepilotjim · March 21st, 2008, 06:21 PM

Fixed the pic links..

aepilotjim · March 21st, 2008, 08:55 PM

Quick range report. I went down today to get the iron sights set. After an embarrassing round of moving the sights the wrong way, I got her sighted in with 1/2 in. groups from prone unsupported at 100 yards. w00t! I'm sorry I wasn't thinking and threw away the targets when I left the line.

flagflyfish · March 22nd, 2008, 10:28 PM

Nice!

CopperKnight · March 22nd, 2008, 10:34 PM

Very good. The gold lettering seems to stand out nicely.

HotGuns · March 23rd, 2008, 12:55 AM

1/2" groups, prone,unsupported,with iron sights?

Thats a bit hard to beleive.

You definatley have better eyes than me and may have one of the finest shooting semi autos in the history of the world. You need to keep it. A scope would be a waste of money.

Skygod · March 23rd, 2008, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aepilotjim

Quick range report. I went down today to get the iron sights set. After an embarrassing round of moving the sights the wrong way, I got her sighted in with 1/2 in. groups from prone unsupported at 100 yards. w00t! I'm sorry I wasn't thinking and threw away the targets when I left the line.

I too find that hard believe. Call me a skeptist, but since I've heard more BS and gun shop gossip than I care to ever remember I almost alway's take what I've heard and just throw it in the gossip trash can with a smirk on my face.

What type of chamber, what type of rifling cut ? what twist rate ? and finally, what type ammo ?

You conveinently forgot the targets ? How many real shooters leave their test targets for someone else to claim ?

It's a nice rifle, but never saw any M1A/M14 ever put those groups together. Especially unsupported.

remingtondude58 · March 23rd, 2008, 01:20 AM

Thats very nice!!!

SonofASniper · March 23rd, 2008, 02:22 AM

Its not impossible, and I have seen shooters do it before under the conditions he specified.

However, we may have some differing interpretations of what is a 1/2" grouping.

I know my interpretation is the grouping is no more than 1/2"diameter which would put the bullets into a clover leaf pattern. Also, a 1/2" group does not count if you fired 10 rounds and two of the bullets happened to hit the same hole with the other 8 forming a 10" - 12" group. That would be a 10"-12" group.

My rule of thumb for claiming a group measurement is 3 rounds fired on the same target. Take that diameter and you have your measurement. If the OP here is shooting a 1/2" group, then that means he is consistantly shooting 3 bullets into an area the size of a penny at 100 yds. It is not impossible, but the people I have seen do it are world class shooters and have probably forgotten more about shooting then I will learn in a lifetime.

SIXTO · March 23rd, 2008, 02:53 AM

Well, it is gun porn guys... a 12" can be 1/2" or 1/2" can be 12" if thats what he wants.

March 21st, 2008, 06:01 PM	#1
aepilotjim Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tulsa OK Posts: 232	Gratuitous Gun Pron After 14 months of searching for parts, waiting on the receiver... IT'S ALIVE! Kudos to all the people at the gun shows that put up with me fondling their parts (gun parts... don't go there). Kudos to the people at OPS in Tulsa for doing the FFL transfers for me. If anyone is looking for a great bunch of guys at a gun shop, go see them. Big kudos to the armorer who did the initial build. This guy did one top notch job. From big things like the head spacing and indexing to little things like rasing all the lettering with gold relief, he did one of the best jobs I've seen. And he did it in like a twelth of the time one of the "big" guys could have done. And since this thread is worthless without pics I've snapped a couple with my phone's camera. As soon as I can borrow my friends good digital camera I'll post some better one.

March 22nd, 2008, 10:28 PM	#4
flagflyfish Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Flagstaff Az. Posts: 864	Nice! __________________ "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." -- Thomas Paine (The American Crisis, No. 1, 19 December 1776)

March 22nd, 2008, 10:34 PM	#5
CopperKnight Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Spokane area, WA Posts: 4,693	Very good. The gold lettering seems to stand out nicely. __________________ Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect, but that you've decided to see beyond the imperfections. The only thing that stops bad guys with guns is good guys with guns. SgtD

March 23rd, 2008, 12:55 AM	#6
HotGuns Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 5,184	1/2" groups, prone,unsupported,with iron sights? Thats a bit hard to beleive. You definatley have better eyes than me and may have one of the finest shooting semi autos in the history of the world. You need to keep it. A scope would be a waste of money. __________________ AR. CHL Instr. To achieve world government, it is necessary to remove from the minds of men, their individualism, loyalty to family traditions, national patriotism, and religious dogmas.' Dr. G. Brock Chisolm

March 23rd, 2008, 02:22 AM	#9
SonofASniper Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,011	Its not impossible, and I have seen shooters do it before under the conditions he specified. However, we may have some differing interpretations of what is a 1/2" grouping. I know my interpretation is the grouping is no more than 1/2"diameter which would put the bullets into a clover leaf pattern. Also, a 1/2" group does not count if you fired 10 rounds and two of the bullets happened to hit the same hole with the other 8 forming a 10" - 12" group. That would be a 10"-12" group. My rule of thumb for claiming a group measurement is 3 rounds fired on the same target. Take that diameter and you have your measurement. If the OP here is shooting a 1/2" group, then that means he is consistantly shooting 3 bullets into an area the size of a penny at 100 yds. It is not impossible, but the people I have seen do it are world class shooters and have probably forgotten more about shooting then I will learn in a lifetime. __________________ The unreasonable person will determine what the reasonable compromise will be.

March 21st, 2008, 08:55 PM	#3
aepilotjim Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tulsa OK Posts: 232	Quick range report. I went down today to get the iron sights set. After an embarrassing round of moving the sights the wrong way, I got her sighted in with 1/2 in. groups from prone unsupported at 100 yards. w00t! I'm sorry I wasn't thinking and threw away the targets when I left the line.

March 23rd, 2008, 01:20 AM	#8
remingtondude58 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: michigan Posts: 18	Thats very nice!!!

March 23rd, 2008, 02:53 AM	#10
SIXTO VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Here and There Posts: 10,087	Well, it is gun porn guys... a 12" can be 1/2" or 1/2" can be 12" if thats what he wants. __________________ In a land of sheep, even a toothless wolf is king. Wake Up! The zombie invasion has begun years ago.

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