So after getting sick of looking at my SBR just sitting in the safe I decide to build up a SPRish upper. Ended up with:
16” WOA 1-7 midlength 223 Wylde barrel
BCM assembles upper
13” Giessele MK13 rail
Vortex 2-10 PST Gen 2 in a Vortex Pro Mount.
Lower already had a Giessele SSA and a BCM Gunfighter Mod 0 SOPMOD stock so we were good to go there.
First 5 initial rounds were just some PMC Bronze 223 to get the scope close. Here is the first 3 rounds of the ammo I plan on exclusively shooting out of this gun. CBC/Magtech OTM 77 SMK factory ammo.
Was obviously super impressed with the accuracy right out of the gate. Went on to zero it up and I don’t think any group went outside 3/4” even though I don’t think I shot any more than 30 rounds while on my belly. Next order of business was some chrono numbers. Was hoping and praying for 2700 but not holding my breath.
So now it shoots and it’s pretty damn quick when comparing to my expectations. I did happen to have my last 5 rounds of Black Hills MK262 with me and the average for those 5 rounds were 2703 with an SD of almost 20. So I’m happy I’m sitting on a pile of the CBC/Magtech stuff.
I’m also very pleasantly surprised with this 2-10 PST Gen 2. The center of the reticle is definitely fine enough to allow you to shoot little groups at 100 if that’s your thing, and while looking at objects in the 500ish range hitting small targets at that 500-700 will not be hard (or at least it won’t be the scopes fault if it is lol). I’m very happy with the glass. I do wish that when doing more precision work on 10x it had the EBR2C Xmas tree reticle, but the way this particular reticle lights up and looks at 2x it makes it very easy to pick up down on low power. It’s a great little scope and damn near perfect for this particular rifle. I have a Gen 1 PST 2.5-10x44 on a hunting rifle and I can see that being upgraded to a new 2-10 Gen 2 in the future.
Overall I’m super happy with what I ended up with. The upper and barrel fit was exceptionally tight and I needed to break out the heat gun to get the barrel installed so I already was having high expectations from that and reviews here on the hide of the WOA. Using a H2 buffer and a SpringCo blue buffer spring and it locked back on empty mag even with the 223 PMC. I might try a red spring I have laying around here but with my previous experiences it was slightly too strong for anything other than the 14.5-16” carbine gassed barrels. The small grip wasn’t cutting it and already have a BCM FDE Mod 2 on order along with some BCM Mlok FDE covers. I’m already itching to get some steel up and stretch the legs on this little guy!
16” WOA 1-7 midlength 223 Wylde barrel
BCM assembles upper
13” Giessele MK13 rail
Vortex 2-10 PST Gen 2 in a Vortex Pro Mount.
Lower already had a Giessele SSA and a BCM Gunfighter Mod 0 SOPMOD stock so we were good to go there.
First 5 initial rounds were just some PMC Bronze 223 to get the scope close. Here is the first 3 rounds of the ammo I plan on exclusively shooting out of this gun. CBC/Magtech OTM 77 SMK factory ammo.
Was obviously super impressed with the accuracy right out of the gate. Went on to zero it up and I don’t think any group went outside 3/4” even though I don’t think I shot any more than 30 rounds while on my belly. Next order of business was some chrono numbers. Was hoping and praying for 2700 but not holding my breath.
So now it shoots and it’s pretty damn quick when comparing to my expectations. I did happen to have my last 5 rounds of Black Hills MK262 with me and the average for those 5 rounds were 2703 with an SD of almost 20. So I’m happy I’m sitting on a pile of the CBC/Magtech stuff.
I’m also very pleasantly surprised with this 2-10 PST Gen 2. The center of the reticle is definitely fine enough to allow you to shoot little groups at 100 if that’s your thing, and while looking at objects in the 500ish range hitting small targets at that 500-700 will not be hard (or at least it won’t be the scopes fault if it is lol). I’m very happy with the glass. I do wish that when doing more precision work on 10x it had the EBR2C Xmas tree reticle, but the way this particular reticle lights up and looks at 2x it makes it very easy to pick up down on low power. It’s a great little scope and damn near perfect for this particular rifle. I have a Gen 1 PST 2.5-10x44 on a hunting rifle and I can see that being upgraded to a new 2-10 Gen 2 in the future.
Overall I’m super happy with what I ended up with. The upper and barrel fit was exceptionally tight and I needed to break out the heat gun to get the barrel installed so I already was having high expectations from that and reviews here on the hide of the WOA. Using a H2 buffer and a SpringCo blue buffer spring and it locked back on empty mag even with the 223 PMC. I might try a red spring I have laying around here but with my previous experiences it was slightly too strong for anything other than the 14.5-16” carbine gassed barrels. The small grip wasn’t cutting it and already have a BCM FDE Mod 2 on order along with some BCM Mlok FDE covers. I’m already itching to get some steel up and stretch the legs on this little guy!
