6mm ARC with faulty G$ mag. Bullet lodged under/into round in chamber while remaining stuck under the feed lips. Took a rod down the muzzle and a lot of magazine wiggling to get it dislodged. Swapped to a different G$ mag and runs like a champ
Good morning, looking to get a 6ARC build out together. I get fairly good discounts on both brands. But I can’t see me to find anything about proof vs the DDF barrel. Anyone have any experience with both?
Would you buy a Faxon 20” Match Heavy Fluted or the Ballistic Advantage 20” DMR Fluted barrel?? Both are under $280 right now. I am not sure how much it will be used we try shoot long range once a month but life happens. Our range is out to 1000 yards right now. I currently shoot a 556 20” bull barrel out to 600 yards. Thanks in advance!!
For those of you who need mags primary arms has G$ mags on sale. Not much but I also know those are hard to find at times
Hello all! Here I am doing more weird shit to my lever gun. I decided i wanted to replace the wood stock and found RPP had a pistol grip w Pic rail, which i love. So now im looking for which stock I want to put on it.
So here I am, reaching out to the various collectives to see what folding stocks are recommended. I have included some options I gave found and think I like, but feel free to add more to look at. I am hoping this to be an ELR build, and I would prefer a minimalist looking stock. I would need some real good reasoning to want to go over $350-$400 for a stock.
The first picture is the rifle: a henry lever action supreme, converted to 6ARC by line49, with their 16in medium weight match barrel, in RPP furniture. Currently with a magpul UCS folding stock. This works fine but is a bit thick for what I want.
2nd is probably my favorite; Midwest industries alpha series stock. This has a lot of adjustability, a solid looking cheek rest, and it's pretty thin and flat when folded.
3rd photo is A3 industries ALM with an offset. This is probably the most minimalist stock I like and is incredibly adjustable. I like the offset, but you could get it with a straight arm as well. The xeno cheek rest is not my favorite, but it is very functional.
4th is what appears to be a fairly new option: Samson's SAS. Very minimalist, probably the least adjustable of the ones i like. Comes in a -K version that I would probably get for the shorter length.
5th is the magpul Zhukov. It's a little slimmer and slightly more adjustable than the UCS i have, but it's still not great.
If you have other favorites or ideas, please let me know.
Hornady match 108gr. Bottom left was last group.
Ran a bolt originally, built this last week and am pleased with the results
Any word if it will be gracing our shelves anytime soon?
I’m building a 6mm arc upper off a Geissele super duty upper kit. I was wondering if anyone has put rounds through the Criterion barrels sold by ADM yet. Is it worth it to snag one of those when they are back in stock or just shell out for a Craddock, Proof, or another barrel?
I mounted the Spiro-hub up to my 6 ARC Seekins build and took it out to group some hand loads today. Here's my non-scientific and non-professional thoughts.
Rifle Details:
-Receivers: Seekins Precision (IMRT Upper with 15" handguard)
-Trigger: Geissele SD-E
-Pins & Detents: FCD
-Barrel: Proof 18" Stainless Steel
-Muzzle Device: TBAC Compact Brake (CB)
-BCG/Bolt: JP Enterprises FMOS Type 2
-Buffer: JP Enterprises Silent Capture System
-Stock: B5 Systems Precision Stock
-Bipod: Atlas
-Scope Mount: Nightforce
-Scope: Nightforce ATACR 4-16
POI vs. POA:
There was little to no POI shift. I forgot to check my windage and had .3 mil R dialed on so the impacts were right of my POA. Elevation wise, it was right there (see Pic 1).
Sound Signature:
It's a relatively short silencer on an 18" barrel. It's still loud but not horrible. I removed one ear plug and fired a single shot. It was loud but nothing like shooting unsuppressed.
Grouping:
I was load testing today while shooting the Spiro and had a few groups right around .5 MOA at 100yds. In both cases I dialed .3 mil up to preserve the POA. Two of those groups are attached. One group was shot with the Hornady 105gr HPBT and the other with the Sierra 107 SMK HPBT. Load details below:
Hornady 105 (5 shot .538 MOA)
-Hornady once fired brass
-Federal GM205AR primer
-CFE 223 @ 27.5gr
--ES: 19.4
--SD: 6.4
--Avg. FPS: 2469.5
Sierra 107 (5 shot .523 MOA)
-Hornady once fired brass
-Federal GM205AR primer
-CFE 223 @ 27.5gr
--ES: 22.4
--SD: 8.3
--Avg. FPS: 2376.9
Comparison:
Prior to the Spiro I was using an OCL Polonium on this rifle. The OCL is a high back pressure silencer and as a result I had to tweak the buffer weight and gas system dramatically to get the rifle to cycle suppressed and unsuppressed. The rifle has a Superlative Arms AGB and was set to the bleed off position. In order to get the rifle to cycle with the Spiro I had to put 8 full turns into the AGB. I'll redo the buffer weight and spring as well for further testing and see if I can't get it shooting a bit softer now that there is less back pressure.
The OCL is a decent silencer but being a high back pressure silencer there was a lot of gas directed back towards the shooter. The Spiro doesn't have this issue and the rifle was actually pleasant to shoot.
Conclusion:
Overall I'm happy with the silencer. It is what I hoped for from TBAC in regards to accuracy and POA/POI shift (minimal). Granted my TBAC experience before the Spiro was only the Magnus S RR SR on my 6 ARC bolt gun. However, I am happy with the overall performance.
Just picked it up today. It spent four days in jail, not bad. Hopefully I'll get a range trip in sometime in the next two weeks. It's sitting on my 6 ARC gasser build I did based on Seekins receivers.
18” PXT CF wrapped in all G$ frame & lower. Just waiting on VB6 to arrive. SA AGB, Noveske Enhanced BCG, Leupold mk5 3-18 PR2. Omega 36m can used for this grouping.
100° Arizona day. All groups were all printed within the first 50rds through the new barrel. I’m certainly not a professional, definitely some user error in these groups sizes. I do not have a chrono unfortunately. Shot off a bench with bipod and rear bag @100yards (5-shot groups)
Ammo used is all Hornady factory ammo, 108, 105 & 106 mil match.
I’m confident that a better shooter with more refined mechanics and a better bag can produce better results. It seems to really like the 106gr stuff. Excited to see what the NAS3 offerings will produce.
My takeaway: I was shooting out to 985yards, was zoomed all the way in, with a 9 mil elevation hold. 9 mils is at the very bottom of the sight picture when at max magnification. I was still able to follow my impacts with ease. The felt recoil is much lighter allowing for quicker follow up shots. The difference in point of impact across all ammo grains is also much improved as well, compared to my other barrels.
I’ll be giving it a cleaning and taking out again soon. Hopefully I can get a chrono and I’ll post more groups.
This was what I got for 106 gr MilMatch running out of a 12.5 Faxon barrel. Pretty decent numbers.
Does anyone chronograph some of the 2026 lots for Hornady 108 ELDM? The lot number is 3260464 indicating 2026 production, I got a new 21" barrel and I'm getting on average 2720 FPS out of the barrel over 20 shots. No pressure signs from what I can tell, accuracy is also reasonably good averaging about .9 MOA over the four 5-shot groups. Velocity SD is also pretty decent hovering around 10 FPS for 5-shot groups.
From looking online that seems really hot though for factory ammo which is supposed to be gas gun pressure even for a 21 incher and I've not had the opportunity to handload yet so I'm wondering if it's the barrel or the lot or if anyone else has had experience with new production stuff?
The next piece of my 6arc build is going to be a muzzle brake/supressor. Since weight can't be increased much on my rifle (henry lever action supreme), I would like to use a muzzle break to help control what little there is.
From my research, the lantac dragon seems like my target brake, but it comes in a short and long design. I am hoping someone might be able to explain why I should pick one over the other?
For supressors, im considering a 36cal supressor, probably a otter creek universe (i had heard i should be looking at inconel?) Is the only issue with a larger supressor that it reduces sound less?
As I understand, these two would work together, but I would love advice or suggestions if you have them.
Thank you all for your time.
Need y’all’s constructive feedback because I’m not sure yet. Aside from the barrel and BCG, everything in this build was stuff I had laying on the shelf or in my spare parts cabinet.
It’s an 18” 6MM ARC barrel, 6ARC BCG, Aero upper, Bushmaster lower (long story on the lower - don’t ask), RA-535 trigger, Harris bipod, Trash Panda, etc.
What I’m not sure I like is the glass. It’s a Vortex Venom 5-25x56. Being an 18” 6ARC, I know it’s good for 1000+ yards, it just seems like a lot of glass for an AR15.
The only other glass I had on the shelf was a 1-6 Strike Eagle or a 3x Swamp Fox, so this seemed like the best bad idea. There’s a gun show tomorrow in Ft. Worth, so I’ll look around and see if something else blows my skirt up.
I just finished building it about half an hour ago, and I’m still waiting on the mags and ammo to come in, so no, I haven’t shot it yet. Once I get it tuned, I might swap out the handguard and bipod, but we’ll see.
Just what the title says. I have a 6 arc single shot cva scout and looking for the absolute lightest suppressor I can throw on it(short is benefit too, but weight is primary). Obviously not worried about gas and back pressure.
For mostly deer, but if I see hogs, they are getting hit.
Id like a projectile that maximizes performance at lower velocities to stretch out the builds effective range.
Im considering ELDMs, ELDXs, TMKs, game changers, and LRXs
Thanks!