TheBelly's Builds (.308 AR)

[TheBelly]

Looks great! How does it shoot?

Thanks everyone! It balances nicely now with no optic or bipod.

Unfortunately I haven't shot this yet. I'm going to borrow a go/no-go gauge set and make sure it all spaces right. It's all DPMS pattern, but I'm going to double check it before I pull the trigger.

For now, I lubed it up and dry fire it. A lot.

[TheBelly]

It ran pretty darn well. As part of the 'break-in', I was just getting the gas dialed in. This thing needs wide open to run without a suppressor. I attribute that to the slash's heavy buffer system. If I had an low mass operating system, I don't think I would be able to get the gas turned down enough if I wanted to use a suppressor.

suppressor use was pretty sweet. Turned the gas down a couple clicks, and all was well. No over pressure signs on the brass, not too much blow back.

the bad..... My scope decided to take a crap before I got it really zeroed in. So, broke scope drill it was for the remainder of shooting.

The accuracy? I have no idea what it will be at the 100 yard line. I was able to predictably hit a 12" gong at 600 with it, so its at least 2-MOA. The barrel comes with a sub-MOA guarantee, and I look forward to seeing what it will do when I get to that point.

BUT: I gotta get a new optic first.

[Dinosdeuce]

That's too bad about your scope. There are a lot of really good scopes available now. Going to be a tough choice unless you already have one in mind.