Ok I've been meaning to do this for some time now,and I just got around to it.I make no claims to fame for great photography,but you can get the general idea.Everything you see is not set in stone.In other words I've been meaning to change this or that on some of them,but time and financial restraints have not allowed them YET.
The first two are my (top) PTR-91K with a Simmons AETEC 4.5-14x40 and my Lancaster AK,built from a Romanian "G" parts kit on a Nodak receiver.This thing will change your mind about poor AK accuracy.I want to change the Tapco stock out for an ACE in the near future,although for a cheapy,it's tolerable
The top one is my Armalite 180B.It's currently wearing a leapers compact 3x12x44.Not a terrible optic for the money.The stock is a CAA using an ACE M4 folding adapter and it has a Midwest forend 1913 rail.The rail makes it a little heavier but it's forward so it balances nice offhand.I want to get the barrel cut to 16 inches and re-threaded for a flash hider.
On the bottom is my old mini-14.Not the tackdriver all of the others are,but it works everytime you pull the trigger.It's wearing the same optic.I got the Advanced Technologies stock awhile back and it much improves the ergonomics.I need to blacken the barrel shroud,but haven't gotten around to it yet.It's more of a playtoy,and I just can't bring myself to part with it.
Cool. Thanks for sharing. I've got a mini-14 that I bought when I was a teen back in the 80's. I pimped it out by polishing the stainless steel. It's got some old folding stock on it. I too can't part with it. It's the first rifle I owned. I was thinking about sending it off and having it accurized. They'll shoot sub moa with work on them.
Thanks guys,It ain't the biggest or the baddest collection around,but they all work well.The PTR is astonishingly accurate for a rifle of it's type,switch out optics and it would be very handy for close work.The AK is a wicked little sleeper too,it will do it's part if you do yours.Damn fun gun to shoot,It's so much nicer than the century AK's that it's hard to believe the difference until you compare the two.The 180"bravo" is a gas piston gun with an AR style bolt head,stamped upper receiver.polymer lower.It's also very accurate,the only thing I don't like is there is no bolt release,it locks open though.The mini is like an old farm tractor,not very modern or "pretty",but you just know it's going to work.The XCR...what can I say...I'm no expert,but IMO it's the best thing out there in it's class right now and worth more than you pay for it.Damn fine rifle.
That's the key right there... what you've got works well. I've had several more guns in the past than I do now but some stuff gave me more trouble that it was worth. Hell I still can't get everything to run right all at the same time.
m118sb, I love my 180B. 6 pounds light, balanced just in front of the Mag Well, SPR length with carbine handling, 100% reliable with very good accuracy, very solid stock. It gets used.
The 180B is a solid rifle.I think this would be the backup to the XCR,for several reasons,magazine interchangeability being one of them.Very reliable,very accurate,easy to clean.Takedown is similar to the XCR in that it uses a button to open the upper.It isn't exactly a button but it negates the rear pin.The rail does make it not as light as stock but it's a fair tradeoff.Parts kits are inexpensive as well.
The new stock for the XCR,pending what it look like,will be my next addition.
This is my "homemade" sniper rig,Remington model 700 BDL Millet base,Leapers 6x24x56 dual illumination scope,My "custom" bolt handle,and a Houge overmold stock.It's chambered in 25-06.
And my trusty Benelli Nova 12 gauge 3 & 1/2 inch magnum tactical,extended magazine,side saddle,and factory ghost ring sights.The action on this thing is slick as a greased possum's ass.
I had some targets that were shot last summer.I'll try to dig them up if I can find them.As I've said before I don't have the greatest eyesight,but for what I have the rifle,in my opinion,is exceptional for a factory barrel.Even with the cheap Privi Partisan I use to plink with and for practice,I'm sure it will go under one M.O.A..I would think with the right person behind it and good handloads she will do maybe half of that.It likes the Winchester ballistic silvertips,and Hornady SST's very much too.I'll let you shoot it yourself and see what you think.
d_t_o_m the bolt handle on your remmy 700 is fantastic. details please. how did you make it? how is it installed? any pics of the fabrication process? inquiring plagiarizers want to know ;D
You won't believe this BUT,I feel the The factory bolt handle stem and knob are not very aesthetically pleasing nor very comfortable.I especially dislike the flat oval knob shape.Also
I don't care for the squareness of the factory bolt handle stem,I have always preferred the model 70 Winchesters round handle stem.
Well I took the bolt to work with me,and used a large buffing wheel mounted on a table grinder to contour the square edges of the stem.I looked all over for a bolt knob that I liked that didn't cost and arm and a testicle and then I had a brainstorm.I had bought a tube of Quicksteel at Wal-Mart awhile back and had been messing around with it.This stuff is similar to J.B.Weld,two parts,and you just knead it together and it gets warm kinda like Bondo.Then while it's still soft you mold it the shape you want it in.
So I just wrapped a ball around the old Remmy bolt knob and formed it into a teadrop kinda shape(vinyl gloves might be a good idea,this stuff smells funky)then after it had set up(this stuff get hard as hell)I used the same buffing wheel to contour the shape the way I wanted it,and used a flat sanding belt to flatten the bottom.It smoothed into the factory stem so well you cant tell where they come together.
If you try this make the original ball of material plenty big so you have something to shape,It doesn't stick to itself that great after it has set up so make it plenty big enough to start with.You can file,sand,drill or pretty much do anything to this stuff.To save yourself some sanding or buffing,try to shape to material around the knob into a larger version of what you want the shape of it to look like.This stuff has a gray color so I just taped off the rest of the bolt and sprayed it with flat black Alumi-hyde II.I know I'm a cheapskate,but it works great and don't look half bad either. ;D
Pretty smart if you ask me. I may have to try this when i get home. I think I will experiment on something other than my Model 700 though. I am not sure my results would look that good with tool I have at the house.
That buffing wheel in the maintenance shop at work kicks ass.It's Nothing special,just an old bench grinder with that on it,but I can't find those wheels anywhere.I've asked the shop supervisor where he gets them,but he can be weird at times.It's probably something he got from an industrial supplier.I need to check into it again.It works really well for taking the old finish off old magazines for refinishing or bad rust,hell all kinds of stuff.I did the final smoothing of the knob with I think 150 grit sandpaper.
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