I recently got rifle ADD and decided that I really wanted to just stick with all gas guns for my coyote and long range rigs. I had gotten a new 243 bolt gun rigged up for shooting the precision rifle competitions. When the ADD kicked in I was given the opportunity to get a rifle that was built by GA Precision rifles in Kansas City, MO, so I jumped on that like a chicken on a June bug.
I am proud to own one now and picked it up a couple weeks prior to Christmas so Merry Christmas to me and thanks to all the guys at GAP rifles who are just awesome. Mine is the GAP10 and the caliber is a new wildcat called the 6mm Creedmoor. It is simply the 6.5 Creedmoor necked down to the 6mm bullets. Those who know me know that I have a love for the 6mm bullets. This fits the bill nicely. If you don't know what a 6.5 Creedmoor looks like then you can think of it as a shortened 243. The advantage for this 6mm Creedmoor is evident in gas guns more so than in bolt guns and this is due to the magazine lengths that you are forced to use in the AR10 platform. You can load the very long bullets out to maximum length and still easily fit into the mag for the GAP10. This means you can put maximum powder to get velocities similar to the 243 while having low recoil and such. Sure a bolt gun 243 can out run this one, but in a gas gun the differences go away and you get 243 statistics with less. I think it is the ultimate long range caliber for the gas guns.
The rifle is built using a billet POF upper and lower and a POF hunter sniper handguard that extends all the way back to the charging handle to give an elevated optics mounting platform. The barrel is a Bartlein 5R with a GAP Titan brake on the end and is 23 inches long before brake. The trigger is a single staged Timney set at a crisp 3.5 pounds. The stock is the MagPul PRS and I put an Accushot monopod on the stock rails. Grip is the Magpul MOE. I have a Phoenix Tactical DLOCed Harris S-BRM with pod lock up front. The mount is a Badger Ordnance 34 mm one piece ring set. Badger also provided a universal safety. The trigger pins are all locked in place. The scope is a new Bushnell Elite Tactical 3-21x50 34mm tube with a custom GAP G2 reticle inside. I am starting out using custom manufactured ammo until Hornady releases the dies for individuals to use.
I only had 19 rounds to begin with so I put 5 of those onto paper for a zero and then all the rest thus far have went onto fur. I ran out of bullets killing coyotes. I have received some more ammo today from Copper Creek Cartridge Company so will be able to "waste" ammo shooting for groups and learning the ballistics. I am starting off shooting the 105 grain Hornady BTHP match bullets with the AMP jackets. The ballistic coefficient on these is .530 and I should be launching them around 3050 fps or so. I will also be testing the 105 Berger hybrids, the 107 Sierra MatchKings and the 115 DTACs out of this rifle. I will report back once I am able to run the testing properly.
Here are a few pics of the rifle as it is now. The paint is cerakote and was applied by myself. Nothing too fancy for this, just effective. I will continue with more information as I get it. This will be my primary long range precision competition rifle. It will get limited use for coyotes. It is a bit much on them for my tastes, but there are times when too much is just right.
I am proud to own one now and picked it up a couple weeks prior to Christmas so Merry Christmas to me and thanks to all the guys at GAP rifles who are just awesome. Mine is the GAP10 and the caliber is a new wildcat called the 6mm Creedmoor. It is simply the 6.5 Creedmoor necked down to the 6mm bullets. Those who know me know that I have a love for the 6mm bullets. This fits the bill nicely. If you don't know what a 6.5 Creedmoor looks like then you can think of it as a shortened 243. The advantage for this 6mm Creedmoor is evident in gas guns more so than in bolt guns and this is due to the magazine lengths that you are forced to use in the AR10 platform. You can load the very long bullets out to maximum length and still easily fit into the mag for the GAP10. This means you can put maximum powder to get velocities similar to the 243 while having low recoil and such. Sure a bolt gun 243 can out run this one, but in a gas gun the differences go away and you get 243 statistics with less. I think it is the ultimate long range caliber for the gas guns.
The rifle is built using a billet POF upper and lower and a POF hunter sniper handguard that extends all the way back to the charging handle to give an elevated optics mounting platform. The barrel is a Bartlein 5R with a GAP Titan brake on the end and is 23 inches long before brake. The trigger is a single staged Timney set at a crisp 3.5 pounds. The stock is the MagPul PRS and I put an Accushot monopod on the stock rails. Grip is the Magpul MOE. I have a Phoenix Tactical DLOCed Harris S-BRM with pod lock up front. The mount is a Badger Ordnance 34 mm one piece ring set. Badger also provided a universal safety. The trigger pins are all locked in place. The scope is a new Bushnell Elite Tactical 3-21x50 34mm tube with a custom GAP G2 reticle inside. I am starting out using custom manufactured ammo until Hornady releases the dies for individuals to use.
I only had 19 rounds to begin with so I put 5 of those onto paper for a zero and then all the rest thus far have went onto fur. I ran out of bullets killing coyotes. I have received some more ammo today from Copper Creek Cartridge Company so will be able to "waste" ammo shooting for groups and learning the ballistics. I am starting off shooting the 105 grain Hornady BTHP match bullets with the AMP jackets. The ballistic coefficient on these is .530 and I should be launching them around 3050 fps or so. I will also be testing the 105 Berger hybrids, the 107 Sierra MatchKings and the 115 DTACs out of this rifle. I will report back once I am able to run the testing properly.
Here are a few pics of the rifle as it is now. The paint is cerakote and was applied by myself. Nothing too fancy for this, just effective. I will continue with more information as I get it. This will be my primary long range precision competition rifle. It will get limited use for coyotes. It is a bit much on them for my tastes, but there are times when too much is just right.
