...to all of the vendors and 'Hide members who answered my questions until I got this build figured out. Especially to George's crew at GAP and Marty at Badger Ordnance! I can't say enough about how much I appreciate their patience and workmanship.
This is my first custom built rifle and I can't believe how well it shoots.
First the specs;
AICS 1.5 S/A OD green
Badger M2008 S/A
Huber Concepts 2 stage trigger
Bartlein, Med Palma, 24" fluted, .308 Win, BO FTE break
USO SN3 T-Pal 3.2-17x44, mil/mil, GAP reticle, illuminated
Atlas bipod
The rifle is setup to run AIAW double stack mags.
On initial sight-in, I used 2 rounds to get on the paper at 50 yards and then moved to 100 yards where I fired these 3 rounds in to a .130" c-t-c hole.
I went on to finish the GAP barrel brake-in process and fired a total of 50 rds in 5 shot groups. The largest group was .724" and the smallest was my new personal all time low of .234".
The rifle averaged 5 shot groups at .487" over all of the 50 shots, even though they were comprised of 5 different powder charge weights.
I know, this was from a completely supported bench at 100 yards, but I have never shot like this!
And yes, MY M2008/AICS looks like everyone else's, but THIS one is mine!
Thanks again to all who helped me complete this journey!
Enjoy!
PS Sorry for the crummy pics.
This is my first custom built rifle and I can't believe how well it shoots.
First the specs;
AICS 1.5 S/A OD green
Badger M2008 S/A
Huber Concepts 2 stage trigger
Bartlein, Med Palma, 24" fluted, .308 Win, BO FTE break
USO SN3 T-Pal 3.2-17x44, mil/mil, GAP reticle, illuminated
Atlas bipod
The rifle is setup to run AIAW double stack mags.
On initial sight-in, I used 2 rounds to get on the paper at 50 yards and then moved to 100 yards where I fired these 3 rounds in to a .130" c-t-c hole.
I went on to finish the GAP barrel brake-in process and fired a total of 50 rds in 5 shot groups. The largest group was .724" and the smallest was my new personal all time low of .234".
The rifle averaged 5 shot groups at .487" over all of the 50 shots, even though they were comprised of 5 different powder charge weights.
I know, this was from a completely supported bench at 100 yards, but I have never shot like this!
And yes, MY M2008/AICS looks like everyone else's, but THIS one is mine!
Thanks again to all who helped me complete this journey!
Enjoy!
PS Sorry for the crummy pics.
