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The reamer showed today and I got the barrel fitted, chambered and installed. We fired just a few rounds to test the chamber and it works great but we had no chrono available . I was concerned because a friends AR had some issues with the necks on military brass being too tight. The Manson reamer seems to be on the bigger side so its not a problem. I really don't want to neck turn 1000 cases or be stuck using commercial brass. . .
I don't have the supressor done yet but I hope to have it ready to test this weekend. I have a barrel length of 16.5" with the barrel tensioned and the suppressor will be about 6 or 8" to start with. I'll fiddle once I get it built. (Its nice to be a C2 and not pay the making tax on each item....)
We loaded 150gr .308 tracers because I had them handy and used 9.0gr of H110 to send them. To my surprise they all lit. I couldn't detect any sonic crack but we really need to get a chrono to do loads that are proper. We fired a few rounds of the Corbon 220gr stuff too and it didn't crack either. I can't wait to get a scope mounted so we can do some hole punching that makes sense....
The guys who looked at the rifle were pretty impressed with the action and it was pretty easy to work on. I think this will be a good one if the groups are decent.
I'll update as I get more info....
Frank
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