BigUglyOne - Aug 03 - [Champ]

[BigUglyOne]

So, here it is, 0900, and I am sitting on the concrete bench at the range, sand bagging my mini. I have a target at 25 yards to sight in with (I haven't shot it since I shortened the barrel, modified my flash hider into a brake and put on a Hogue stock) and 250 rounds of ammo (55 gr HP and 62 gr FMJ from Wolf). I fire three rounds into target 1 ... pop, pop, pop ... the brake reduces recoil to about nothing and I am a happy camper ... I fire three more rounds into the next target ... pop, pop, POW!! Hmmmmm, thinks I, that can't be good. So, I unload, unmag, safe the weapon and look at the end of the barrel :( my brake has failed and the end that I had had welded on is wayyyyyyy far away somewhere LOL

Dejected I walked to the target and to my wonder what do I find ?? Three little holes, touching, dead center, two inches low on both targets. No Way, thinks I as I run for more targets .... the rest is history.

[BigUglyOne]

20 rounds of Wolf 55 grain JHP at 25 yards using peep sights

[BigUglyOne]

The odd thing is, as the barrel got hotter the groups got smaller... at about 160 rounds I'm shooting about a half inch group at 25 yards with a blown out brake and the barrel is hot enough I can't touch it at all. So I let it cool some and settle in to try to shoot for score.

[BigUglyOne]

5 rounds, 50 yards, 55 grain JHP, Wolf, peep sights ... best of about 25, 5 shot groups

[cjmkerns]

Well, Big Ugly,

THAT! is some mighty fine shooting! That 50 score might be tough to catch. <_<

Tomorrow I'll be at the range and just might give it a try. ;)

Congratulations on the terrific results from your mods.


Good Shootin'

Carl

[BigUglyOne]

The funny thing is that the only mod that really counts is the barrel shortnin', my brake self destructed and the stock is drop in .... I guess stiffening the barrel up really helps

[cajungeo]

Wow! The first perfect score! I had to check the group size. By scaling I get a group size of .487". :D

Guys we have our work cut out. I'm working up some reloads now ;)

[Pdaddy]

"BigUglyOne"
Great shooting :ar15:
How much did you shorten the barrel?
Next week i will get my mini, i have alredy worken out nice blue prints on my barrel stabiliziser and Muzzle brake. Im going to pin on a thred adapter instead of the front sight.

Put a scope on yours and do some 100 yard shooting :D

Heeey guys... how much is 20 ounces in Kg or gramms ???


Marcus

[cajungeo]

I belileve 20 ounces = 567.05 grams.

[BigUglyOne]

Thanks Pdaddy,

I cut the barrel down to 16 1/4" then crowned it using a conical grinding wheel in an air grinder, course then I had to re-cut the sight pin hole, too.

[Pdaddy]

---Roger that----

Thx guys :)

The weight there is the weight of Clarks barrel stabilizizer. First i thought of making mine in almost just Aluminium, but if it's 500 grams i need to make most of it in steel. I'we gona make 2 diffrent brakes for it, one like a AK style and one like the ones with alot of holes all around..

C ya later

Marcus

[Bear 1769]

Nice target!!!!! ;)

[reloader]

Do we need targets with X-rings now? If...I say again, if somebody else wrings out a 50 with their mini we might need to do some hair splitting.

Good shooting man! That's what'll make a guy grin for days right there!

[BigUglyOne]

Thanks guys,
Cudos form y'all mean something

[cajungeo]

Hey Big guy. A perfect score! You steped up to face the challenge in spite of dificulties. You are the "Mini-14 Shooting Champ Iron sight Class". A title well deserved. Please update your signature to reflect your accomplishment. Excellent Job! :D

[BigUglyOne]

Thanks Cajun ... I just got a new 4-12X scope to replace that Simmons that self destructed so hopefully I'll be able to put something on the board for the scoped class, too.

[Carnifex]

Congrats on the win BigUgly! I was gonna shoot iron sight but I ran outa ammo before I got it sighted in :( Maybe next month ;)

[cajungeo]

The mini is tough on scopes. I'm changing ranges middle of this month. The new range takes a month to become a member, as they run backgroud checks, and a pannel votes whether to accept ya or not. The old range would only let us shoot a couple times a week, as the Shotgunner's rule. So I may only get to shoot a couple times this month.

[BigUglyOne]

I'm on a waiting list for one here too. 6 months to a year wait - have to be sponsered. sheesh

[BigUglyOne]

Thanks Carni ... Once I get this scope sighted in I hope to shoot in that catagory , too.

[BigUglyOne]

Shot over the weekend and burned my targets in shame .... I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn from the inside. I better stick to iron sites LOL