02-15-2012, 07:57 PM
That rifle was a production standard upper with the Mk10 hand guard option but we did not get the lowers in time so the lower is a billet ambi. For production we will have ambi market forged lowers.
Barrels are 16" stainless and fully heavy fluted with AAC flash hider 5/8-24. The carrier is M16 style with properly staked gas key. Bolt is HP tested and MP inspected.
We spent a lot of time pondering this caliber and trying to decide if/where it would fit. There is no denying that there is great utility in this combination but one (the manufacturer) has to decide what the role is. In its own way it is like taking a 10.5" Grendel and shooting to 600 yards. Possible, fun, but not immensely practical. What we saw was the possibility for a light, low recoil hunting rifle. The context for us is really the lighter bullets in the 110 to 150 grain weight range. These are superb out to 200 yards and do not demand stupid hold overs. While lacking range over the Grendel it adds some cross section and as you get to +140 grains gives a capability that the Grendel cannot, without the brutal recoil of the Beowulf. Commensurately the gas system is a standard carbine length and is set for supersonic ammunition. It will be picky with subsonics unless used with a silencer.
My congratulations goes out to RSilvers for steering this caliber through the early stages and hope that he can keep it on track without the usual 47,000 variations. Alexander Arms for one will will use the SAAMI specification.
Barrels are 16" stainless and fully heavy fluted with AAC flash hider 5/8-24. The carrier is M16 style with properly staked gas key. Bolt is HP tested and MP inspected.
We spent a lot of time pondering this caliber and trying to decide if/where it would fit. There is no denying that there is great utility in this combination but one (the manufacturer) has to decide what the role is. In its own way it is like taking a 10.5" Grendel and shooting to 600 yards. Possible, fun, but not immensely practical. What we saw was the possibility for a light, low recoil hunting rifle. The context for us is really the lighter bullets in the 110 to 150 grain weight range. These are superb out to 200 yards and do not demand stupid hold overs. While lacking range over the Grendel it adds some cross section and as you get to +140 grains gives a capability that the Grendel cannot, without the brutal recoil of the Beowulf. Commensurately the gas system is a standard carbine length and is set for supersonic ammunition. It will be picky with subsonics unless used with a silencer.
My congratulations goes out to RSilvers for steering this caliber through the early stages and hope that he can keep it on track without the usual 47,000 variations. Alexander Arms for one will will use the SAAMI specification.