Project Urban Sniper: Complete

After a long while of talking, planning, gathering, machining, and procrastinating, my urban sniper is now complete. This one took a while to finish but I'm glad its over. Some of you may be wondering "Hey! This guy promised perfection!" I'll tell you this much kids, perfection lies not in the part but in the whole. A 260 rem may make a better shooting rifle, but since i wouldn't be shooting it as much it would take out of me learning to be a better shooter, and that my friends is what separates safe queen hoarders and those who want to progress in their craft.

Well thats enough bullshit. On with the pics!Yes! Those are 5 lowers ready for the anodizers. And how pretty they looked when they came back. After the rifle was assembled, tested, sexually assualted, and put away, it was time to really test it. Which takes us to..............

The Mojave Desert. A cruel bitch when it comes to weather conditions. But not when shooting is involved! Its like Disneyland......... But with guns!!!
All the guys came down for Randall's class. The drive was okay.

After setting up and breifing it was time to shoot.The guys had some pretty nice rigs, almost all of them were bolt actions.
Mine however was not quite the norm. I went with a collapsible stock for mobility and surprisingly enough the recoil was less than a full size buffer in an A2 stock.shooter to my right. Howdy!shooter to my left. Nice AICS stock. several shooters had aics stocks on their rigs that day.Randall was spotting for the first half of the shoot. We zeroed at 100. and took down the come ups for several targets between 250 and 1005 yards.
these were the 100 yard targets at the bottom there. im not even going to attempt to show any target beyond 600 yards. Way to far! But me being the only inexperienced long range shooter there, the other shooters had to direct me to the targets. Wow it was far!Amongst the 100yard targets the first one was the pool ball target. You had to shoot stripes or solids when the round started and short time to complete it. The winner of the match and his rig. He did pretty damn good. He did get a stuck casing off a bad round. But that didnt stop him at all. He got a camel-bak from another shooter for winning. Thats the other thing about the guys I shoot with, all a bunch of class-acts!And there I am. In all my glory! Well thats it for this rite up. I will be taking this puppy to test at a 3-gun match so i'll take pics of that one.

The last leg of the race..

Seems that when you're close to completing something the last bit of it just seems so friggin long. The last bit of oxidizing, anodizing, engraving, and testing is about to take place. Sticking to .308 was painful for me, but if i'm going to be shooting with other people then there is no other choice. I hope one day the .260 rem will get the respect it deserves, but till then, make mine a 308.

pics of the setup when milling the lowers

yup.... milling aint easy..... if you dont have the right tools.

Ohh have you not heard?, it was my understanding that everyone had heard.....

The Bird Is The Word!!!

Range Report

Well it was time to try out the upper. So off I went to "A place to shoot". My first time there it was small compared to "West End" over in Fontana, But was still nice though.


My buddy brought her over. Mind you she still aint done so don't give me any $hit.
That Leupold has a Premier Reticles Gen2 reticle, it looks awesome.

Picture aint that clear but you can kinda see the hash marks between the dots...... Well no I guess you can't. I'll get a better pic later.

My buddy prepares to drill the gas port larger. Damn thing was short stroking as soon as I put the Sass gasblock on.

The green circled ones are the first few shots while I was testing the cycling of the upper. The red circled groups are what I was zeroing with. After I get the barrel painted I'll do a final zero and do my best at printing a small group.

And here's one more pic. Yup she's almost there, just a few more parts to go.

Decisions Decisions

Well the AR10 project is almost complete and it seems that I'm back to square one! What I ended up building was an Armalite Super SASS! Hmmmmm, not so great for the "ultimate" urban sniper rifle. Don't get me wrong, .308 is the perfect round in the long run, but as for perfect its far off. My parameters were clear when it came to what I wanted out of this rifle, and it does meet the standard. Only problem is there are rifles that already meet this standard and thats not what I'm about....

I'm about exceeding expectations.

SO!!!!..... I've got to start thinking of a new upper, rather a new caliber.

Theres the 7mm wsm. It shoots flat and has enough energy at the longer ranges for good knock down power. The 338 RCM. The same external ballistics as the 168gr 308 win but with a 225gr bullet. Hmmmm. This requires more thought.

Anyway, Been trying to get in shape for the Run N' Gun N' the Sun event down in Texas. Heres roughly what i'm trying to go for.......

Yeah laugh it up, but I'll get there. Just need to cut out my daily intake of bacon and twinkies!

Another thought. A good 3-gun combo. I was thinking a benelli, an mk23, and an AR10. Obviously I'm thinking heavy metal class. (excuse the ar15 pic, just use your imagination)

But heres the kicker, This combo isn't a true heavy metal class. "why" you ask? Well for one thing the optics not allowed, the pistol has to be single stack, and the shotgun has to be pump! What a load of crap! What old fatass came up with this rule? Theres nothing remotly realistic or tactical about those restrictions.

Oh in other news. I've got a pic of the new LMT 308. Its by SMGLee from the Arfcom forums. (credit where its due). I just had to show it.

SEXY!!! The only problem I see with it would be the lack of different caliber barrels...... Which only LMT can make! weak. I mean cmon, your gonna make a propriatary quick change barrel and only offer one, maybe two calibers and different lengths? LAME!!!! Like I'm Gonna burn a 308 so fast I'd need the quick change feature. Otherwise a very sexy rifle.

Oh a little heads up for those coverting an AR10t upper into a sass one. It seems that...

1. The gas port on the barrel has to be drilled bigger. (no duhhh)

2. The sass gastube is shorter! (whaaaaaa!!!!)

Let me show you!

Yes yes, I measured again and again. Thats not an optical illusion, the gas tube is straight. And yes it didnt go as far into the receiver. But hey, it works anyway.

Well untill next time, Ciao.

Gun Control. Shatner style!

AR10 Project almost complete...... Maybe?

With the scare of a new assualt weapons ban looming on the horizon, demand and prices have risen greatly. There are only a few more parts to go before i'm done but this is crazy. Prices have almost tripled across the board. And there are some sleazy retailers out there taking advantage of us shooters. I've also seen ads on popular forums with the same type of overly inflated prices. This type of behavior is disgusting.

I just hope that shooters out there dont get desperate and pay these shysters.

Stay strong people, because this too shall pass!

My rant on Reality Television

Ever since the first "Survivor" episode all those years ago I thought that reality based TV was supposed to be a valid replacement for the unbelievable plots, boring shtick, and redundant cliche's that had plaqued television since the god awful 80's.

Now I'm sitting here watching even more cliche's, shtick, and absolutly no plot at all. No story to be told. No happy or sad ending. No morals to be taught. Just a bunch of hateable characters, an evil producer running the show, and some jackass on a synthesizer making up crappy music as the show progresses. Theres so much to hate for todays reality TV programming that I've automatically written off the entire decade as being the 80"s all over again.

And if your still wondering....... YES...... I did hate the 80's!!!!!

There was so much potential. But the powers that be decided that good storytelling wasn't true entertainment anymore. They decided that my life would be enriched by watching "the hills". All of that drama! WOW! Watching other people in petty squabbles over and over and over and over again. Like I didnt see that on a daily basis by the mental defects that surround me. And then a review of the show???? With an audience? WTF???!!?!?

What the hell is wrong here?

The ruger MKII

For a long time I meant to give this blueprint to everyone else but never had the time, or energy, or will, hell I never even wanted to.... I was THAT lazy! But It seems that I haven't given back as much as I should have so here it is.

I modified the plans for an MKI receicer into an MKII. I know its not much but now everyone can have the file for their collections. Enjoy.

A new combo.

A while back I was thinking of setting up firearms to compliment each other. IE: each firearm accomplishes a different task towards an overall scenario. Granted no one can pick the best combo and you can only really come close to it. And of course no one should be picking firearm combos before actually knowing what they're getting into. With that being said here is my perfect combo......... for this week.

Desert Tactical Arms : Stealth Recon Scout

Dimensions:
Caliber: 338 LM
Mag Capacity: 5 rds
Weight: Approx 11.6 lbs
Barrel Length: 26"
Overall Length: 37.5"

Features

• Quick Barrel Conversion
• Fluted Match Free Floated Barrel (Threaded for Suppressor 3/4" x 24")
• Adjustable Match Trigger Tapered 34mm One-Piece Rings (available in 20, 35, and 40 MOA tapers)
• Pictanny Accessory Rails with Integral Flush Mounted Sling Points

The reason I picked this one is that its a bullpup, and a lot cheaper that the DSR-1. Now don't get me wrong i like the DSR-1 and all but have you seen how much that damn thing is? Please!
Top this baby off with an S&B, maybe a pvs-22, give it an AWC can and BLAMMO! You got a very portable, flat shooting, sniper system.

Bushmaster ACR or Magpul Masada
I got this pick from Zack Smith's website. Sorry but it was the only place I could find the configuration I liked (7.62 and long handguard for "integral" look suppressor). I would love the masada in 7.62x39. The ammo and mags are cheap and plentiful. True that I could have picked a regular AKM and have been done with it but the top rail just makes for better mounting options.
Oh and forget the 6.8 spc. Dont even mention that round here. If it actually makes it down to a dime a round then I'll consider it in an AR15. Till then its all about the Masada.