This is a ‘Punt Gun’ – used for duck
hunting, it had the potential to kill 50 birds in one fell swoop – it
was banned in the late 1860’s.
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Tuned AR15 5.56/223 30 Rd Mag
Colt Competition Rifles Expert Model- CRE18, Tuned AR15 5.56/223 30 Rd Mag
MANUFACTURER NO: CRE18
ITEM #: 857733003026
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Colt Competition Rifle
CR Expert 18 5.56mm 18 Inch Barrel Stainless Finish Magpul MOE 4 Position Adjustable Stock 30 Round
The 'EXPERT', Three Gun Ready Rifle, CRE-18
This rifle is a mid-weight wonder. Poised and ready for competition, the CRE – 18 is a competitive performer and highly accurate.
There are many features to consider on this rifle. Features such as an 18" match-grade, air-gaged, polished 416 stainless-steel custom barrel. Consider that it has a gas operated, original direct-impingement system, “Twin-Port” muzzle brake, Magpul 4-position adjustable stock, Hogue rubber finger groove grip and enlarged Magpul trigger guard. And you can't ignore the Colt Competition charging handle with extended tactical latch, a matched bolt & bolt carrier with H-buffer, as well as forged and precision-fitted 7075-alloy upper and lower receivers, with the forging mark. Make sure to check the specs for even more features you are sure to love!It’s time to get serious about your rifles.
Hand built in the United States.
Eighteen inch stainless 1/8 twist six groove barrel. Rifle length gas system. Low profile gas block. Custom Colt Brake. .223 Wylde chamber. Precision fit forged upper and lower receivers. Hogue float tube. Match trigger. Magpul MOE 4 position adjustable stock. Hogue grip. Magpul magazine. Proofed bolt. Enlarged charging handle. Safariland cleaning kit included. Weight: 7 pounds with empty magazine. Length: Collapsed 34 3/4 inches. Extended 38 inches.
These are really nice rifles. We have found the barrel quality to be among the very best ever put on an AR15. Even the barrel attachment procedure to the receiver is unique, all in an effort to create the most accurate semi custom AR15 in this price range. Look at all you get:
CRE-18 Standard Features
18” Match Grade SS Barrel, 1/8 RH Twist
Guaranteed 1 MOA (1" groups at 100 yds) Test target included
.223 Wylde chamber accepts ALL .223 and 5.56x45 NATO ammo, SAAMI spec.
Rifle Length gas system
Custom Colt muzzle brake
Hogue 12” knurled floating hand guard
Precision fit FORGED upper and lower receivers (forging stamped upper receiver!)
Flat top upper receiver with Picatinny rail
Proofed and Magnetic Particle inspected bolt
Badger Extended tactical latch on CCR charging handle
Nickel-Teflon coated Match Trigger
Magpul MOE 4 position stock
Magpul trigger guard
Houge Grip
Magpul 30 round magazine (1)
1 year warranty from Colt Competition Rifles & Impact Guns Lifetime Warranty
Each Colt ‘EXPERT’ rifle is test fired for accuracy and function. It MUST shoot a 3 shot group of 1” or less at 100 yards before it is shipped.
A signed, serial numbered and dated test target is included with your rifle.
Shipped in a Colt Competition Rifle-marked box, with safety manual, cleaning kit and 3 Gun Nation insert
Scope and scope mount not included.
CCR Logo etched in lower receiver:
Colt Muzzle Brake, threaded and removeable
Badger Ordnance Tactical Latch, Magpul MOE stock and Hogue Grip
colt competition rifle
Ready to raise the “bar” on value, quality and accuracy? The CRX – 16 does that and more with high-end quality features and solid competitive components.
We raised the bar by including things like a match-grade, air-gaged, “Managanese-Phosphated” 4140 Chrome-Moly steel 16” mid-weight barrel. And a gas-operated original direct-impingement system to guarantee accuracy as well as a Colt Competition “twin-port” muzzle brake. We also included features like a 6-position adjustable carbine buttstock, a Colt competition match-trigger, an enlarged Magpul trigger guard and many other features that will delight all competitive shooters out there. Check out the specs – you’ll see them and wonder how incredible this rifle must be.It’s time to get serious about your rifles.
Hand built in the United States.
MSRP $1,399
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Texas: Right to Hunt and Fish Constitutional Amendment will Appear as Proposition 6 on the November 2015 Ballot!
This morning, the Texas Secretary of State's office held a drawing to
determine the ballot position of constitutional amendments that
will be considered by voters on November 3, 2015. We are pleased to
announce that NRA-backed Senate Joint Resolution 22, sponsored by state Representative Trent Ashby (R-Lufkin) and state Senator Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe), will appear as Proposition 6 on the ballot this fall.
Proposition 6 proposes an amendment to the Texas Constitution that establishes an individual right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife in the Lone Star State. It would ensure that wildlife conservation and management decisions continue to be based on sound science in order to preserve Texas' hunting heritage for generations to come and to protect it against future attacks from well-funded, anti-hunting organizations. Not only are hunting and fishing deep-rooted in Texas culture, they have a major economic impact on the state. According to the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, the Lone Star State's hunters and anglers spend $4.1 billion annually and support 65,993 jobs.
Proposition 6 proposes an amendment to the Texas Constitution that establishes an individual right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife in the Lone Star State. It would ensure that wildlife conservation and management decisions continue to be based on sound science in order to preserve Texas' hunting heritage for generations to come and to protect it against future attacks from well-funded, anti-hunting organizations. Not only are hunting and fishing deep-rooted in Texas culture, they have a major economic impact on the state. According to the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, the Lone Star State's hunters and anglers spend $4.1 billion annually and support 65,993 jobs.
Monday, June 15, 2015
Del-ton AR-15 Mid Length Rifle Kit Flat Top Mid Length 16" HBAR Barrel 1:9 Twist 5.56 NATO M4 Stock
Brand: Del-Ton RKT104
Item: ARR-706
UPC: 848456000959
Del-Ton 16" mid-length rifle kit contains everything you need to build your own .223/5.56NATO AR-15 except for the stripped lower. Kit includes upper receiver, lower parts kit, buttstock, grip, trigger assembly and more.
Specifications:
Manufacturer: Del-ton
Manufacturer Number: RKT104
Barrel:
•Chrome Moly Vanadium
•M4 Feed Ramps
•16" Length
•1x9 Twist
•A2 Flash Hider
•Manganese Phosphated
•Phosphated under Front Sight Base
•Taper Pins in F-marked Front Sight Base
•Threaded Muzzle
•Mid Length Heavy Barrel
Chamber:
•5.56 X 45 mm
Handguards:
•Mid Length
•Aluminum Delta Ring
•Single Heat Shield
Upper Receiver:
•Forged 7075 T6 Aluminum
•A3 Flat Top with M4 Feed Ramps
•Hard Coat Anodized
•Mil-Spec
•Ejection Port Cover and Round Forward Assist
•Right Hand Ejection
•Bore's surface is coated with dry film lube, over the anodized surface
Buttstock:
•M4 5 Position
•Reinforced Fiber
•Mil-Spec Sized Tube
Item: ARR-706
UPC: 848456000959
Del-Ton 16" mid-length rifle kit contains everything you need to build your own .223/5.56NATO AR-15 except for the stripped lower. Kit includes upper receiver, lower parts kit, buttstock, grip, trigger assembly and more.
Specifications:
Manufacturer: Del-ton
Manufacturer Number: RKT104
Barrel:
•Chrome Moly Vanadium
•M4 Feed Ramps
•16" Length
•1x9 Twist
•A2 Flash Hider
•Manganese Phosphated
•Phosphated under Front Sight Base
•Taper Pins in F-marked Front Sight Base
•Threaded Muzzle
•Mid Length Heavy Barrel
Chamber:
•5.56 X 45 mm
Handguards:
•Mid Length
•Aluminum Delta Ring
•Single Heat Shield
Upper Receiver:
•Forged 7075 T6 Aluminum
•A3 Flat Top with M4 Feed Ramps
•Hard Coat Anodized
•Mil-Spec
•Ejection Port Cover and Round Forward Assist
•Right Hand Ejection
•Bore's surface is coated with dry film lube, over the anodized surface
Buttstock:
•M4 5 Position
•Reinforced Fiber
•Mil-Spec Sized Tube
1,000 Yards with a Stock .308 AR-15 Style M&P Model 10?
1,000 Yards with a Stock .308 AR-15 Style M&P Model 10?
Buy one at GunsAmerica: http://www.gunsamerica.com/Smith-Wesson-Rifles.htm
Can You Shoot 1,000 Yards with a .308 caliber AR-15 style rifle? Well, can you? Conventional wisdom says no. After all, AR’s are semi-automatic designs, with hot burning gas of doom smothering all the important parts like gravy over Cracker Barrel’s Chicken Fried Chicken. Heck, the upper and lower receivers are stuck together with simple push pins. AR-type rifles can’t be all that accurate, can they?
To find out, the folks from Smith & Wesson, NRA Outdoors, Sub-MOA Firearms, Hornady, Huskemaw Optics, Magpul, Blackhawk!, Battenfeld, Champion, SportEar, and Brownells put together a long range shooting school. The rifle of choice? Smith & Wesson’s M&P 10 LE .308. The baker’s dozen of identical guns present were off-the-rack models with no customization other than the addition of a Magpul PRS Precision Adjustable Stock. These were added just so each shooter could customize the length of pull and comb height. AFor optics, all rifles were equipped with Huskemaw Optics 3-12×42 with RFBC Custom Turrets. If you send specific data on the load, rifle, actual velocity and average atmospheric conditions for your area, they’ll print a custom turret with yardages and wind holds marked.
Over two days, our instructors taught theory, technique, position and lots of math, which enabled us to nail consistently targets at long distance. On day one, we started shooting in a structured environment – the SubMOA Firearms range. It’s got a beautiful shoot house on a mountain peak, equipped with benches, Caldwell Flite Control Front Rests and a passel of Swarovski spotting scopes.
The SubMOA range stretches 1,000 yards towards 9,000-foot high natural backstops. None the less, some insurance genius made them install 12-foot high berms at each target area. Based on the volume of continuous gunfire, the neighbors have taken to calling this area Little Beirut. Once the shooting started, I completely understood that.
On day one, we used the stable shooting positions and predictable ranges to develop dope books for our individual rifles and the Hornady .308 168 grain A-Max load. Starting at 400 yards, which was easy, we quickly stretched out to 500, 600, 700 and then 800 yards to capture exact elevation adjustments required to get on target given the current atmospheric conditions.
The wind was fairly calm in the morning but got interesting in the afternoon. At times, it was blowing 15 to 17 in our face. That was broken up by occasional left to right and right to left shifts. The 90-degree wind vector rarely exceeded five mph, so it was a good day to test the capabilities of the rifles. Even with the relatively light crosswinds, it quickly became apparent that the biggest variable in long range success is accurate reading and doping for the wind.
The Smith & Wesson M&P 10 at 1,000 Yards
Once we got the hang of shooting the 800-yard target from the bench, we decided to stretch things all the way out to 1,000 yards. The 168 grain .308 is not the ideal 1,000-yard cartridge, but with a consistent load and accurate gun, it’s completely doable.Just to put things in perspective at what happened to our Hornady 168 grain A-Max bullets, consider this. At 1,000 yards, the bullet drop is a whopping 353 inches. That’s 5.19117 Ryan Seacrest’s stacked on top of each other, but we can just round down to five since he’s not easily divisible. Flight time was 1.77 seconds. That was more than enough time to recover from recoil, leisurely require the target, and still wait to watch the impact. That’s pretty darn cool.
Once we got the wind figured out results were surprisingly repeatable. Initially, we shot from a solid shooting bench with a front rest and a rear sand bag supporting the stock. As expected, this was a solid position, and we were able to knock the 15-inch square steel plate with ease. The only reason for misses was bad wind calls. See what I did there? I just blamed my spotter!
Next, we moved to a sitting position using Double Crossed Shooting Sticks. Like regular sticks, there are only two points of contact with the ground, but they are split, so there is support at the front and rear of the rifle. Your body serves as an additional ground contact point. Once I got settled, I hit three in a row from a sitting position using the sticks. Yes, shooting sticks. Our NRA Outdoor instruction team knew their long range shooting techniques and taught me an incredibly stable way to use these supports. I know you professional snipers out there can do this with one leg tied behind your back, but for a regular shooter guy like me, I was blown away at this kind of result.
Over ¾ of a Mile?
After hitting 1,000 targets with regularity using the Smith & Wesson M&P 10 LE, we got bored and decided to stretch things out a bit more. Just for kicks, we took aim at some large rocks in a sand pit 1,400 yards down range. That’s .8 miles. The sand pit made it easier to spot impacts while we got the range dialed in.While I wouldn’t want to trust my life to a first shot hit in this scenario at 1,400 yards, we managed to get on target and could reliably put bullets in the vicinity of a few feet. I did notice that Hornady Marketing head Neal Emery dipped into his secret stash of 175-grain rounds and was having even better success at the 1,400-yard game. It pays to have connections, right?
Shocked Face
Consider me shocked. I wouldn’t have expected to be able to make consistent and repeatable hits from 1,000 yards with a stock AR-10. Certainly, those results stem from a combination of quality gun, great ammo, and most importantly excellent long range shooting instruction. If you’re interested in learning long range shooting techniques, keep an eye on the NRA Outdoors website. While the current classes are out west, they’re opening up additional ones on the east coast, so matter where you live, classes will be within range. See what I did there?
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