Gun Owning Smokers

[Eville]

Got a chance to shoot my SR556 and M1 over the past few days. Both are EXCELLENT firearms. I only have 3 complaints about the Ruger. The firing pin retaining pin that came with it was to big and protruded from the side of the bolt carrier. About 10 minutes with a vice, hammer, and some files fixed that issue. The second complaint is that the aluminum hand guard gets hot; FAST. 60 rounds in and it was almost too hot to hold. I'm going to have to get some rails and heat shields put on ASAP. Thirdly, the front site that came with it does not adjust in increments. On a milspec sight, there is a pin that allows you to adjust the elevation in "clicks". X number of clicks = Y inches at Z meters. The Ruger's is just a straight screw, so there was a lot of guesswork to figure out how much to turn it to get the desired result. Other than that, shot like a dream. The Burris Fast Fire 3 site was a bit of a pain to zero, but she works like a charm now.

Then there is the M-1. Semi-auto, .308, smooth as silk with an ever so satisfying "PING" to let you know you just sent 8 rounds down range. What more can I say about it?

[Mangyrat]

Eville I see you have the UTG riser on it. "they are cheap but work great"

I put one on both my AR's and it makes a big difference for looking in the scope with bifocals on.

Mine stays cool after a 30 round mag dumps, I haven't tried back to back mag dumps yet to see if it gets hot.


Yea Will that's one of the pardons form your last box split, I had to have a good cigar after completing the build.

[Eville]

I almost dropped $50 on some other riser before I saw the UTG. I can't say I see the advantage of getting a more expensive one than the UTG.

The heat yesterday could have had something to do with it. 102 degrees at the range.

[Mangyrat]

Just got back form the range the 300 AAC works great but I do have to step up on my load to 17.5 grains of H110.
I had 3 failure to ejects out of the first 50 rounds with 17.2 gains.
The last 50 rounds ran flawlessly they were a little hotter.

I didn't have a spotter scope with me so I could not see where I was hitting at 100 yard so had to sight in at 75 yards.