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smells things
Thinking about tossing together a target upper. Never really fiddled around with the concept of 'accuracy' before.
on the upper itself, I've heard of people saying that the interface between barrel nut and the flat top upper's rail is rather flexible. I've seen the monolithic uppers and one steel upper that seem like they'd alleviate this concern. Maybe it's nothing to be concerned about. Just easy enough to see force on a float tube acting on the barrel through the barrel nut, with the scope on the upper... Dunno, man. A $50 generic flat top 99% just as good?
barrel, assuming 77gr stuff wants a 1-8 or 1-7 twist. Chamber, the 'new hotness' when I last looked was the .223 wylde chamber, that the go-to still? It'll certainly be in .223/5.56 and prolly 77gr handloads because I'm cheap, will be loaded to magazine length so I'd like to avoid a really long throat like the 5.56 chamber's got. Any manus stand out as 'the obvious choice'?
All likelihood it'll sit in the corner without glass next to a couple boxes of bullets and some hand sorted once-fired brass for the next 5 years.
on the upper itself, I've heard of people saying that the interface between barrel nut and the flat top upper's rail is rather flexible. I've seen the monolithic uppers and one steel upper that seem like they'd alleviate this concern. Maybe it's nothing to be concerned about. Just easy enough to see force on a float tube acting on the barrel through the barrel nut, with the scope on the upper... Dunno, man. A $50 generic flat top 99% just as good?
barrel, assuming 77gr stuff wants a 1-8 or 1-7 twist. Chamber, the 'new hotness' when I last looked was the .223 wylde chamber, that the go-to still? It'll certainly be in .223/5.56 and prolly 77gr handloads because I'm cheap, will be loaded to magazine length so I'd like to avoid a really long throat like the 5.56 chamber's got. Any manus stand out as 'the obvious choice'?
All likelihood it'll sit in the corner without glass next to a couple boxes of bullets and some hand sorted once-fired brass for the next 5 years.