12-08-2020, 05:33 AM
I bought the Faxon 14.5" pin and weld in Gunner profile with the welded on brake about 2 months ago. With a collapsible stock on it (aka Carolyn McCarthy's "the thing that goes up"), it's exactly one inch longer than my 12.5 inch Grendel "pistol' was with a Kaw valley linear comp and the Shockwave Blade "unpermanantly" screwed to a length that allowed me to somewhat comfortably place the "arm brace" against my er, um, arm. With the shoulder stock fully extended (which is where I like them), it's extremely quick to point. The brake doesn't do wonders - it does reduce recoil, but I find my sight picture jumping left when shooting off a bipod and a rear bag - so much so that an 8.5x11 target is out of my sight picture at 100 yards at 10x. But I can handle it a lot more comfortably than I can with a "pistol" braced against my er, um, arm. Accuracy is rack for mine. I didn't put any factory ammo through it because I'm not going to pay for factory 5.56 in this market, but I've got it doing about 1.5 MOA with 60 gr VMax's and H322 at Hodgdon max for .223 less 1 grain to account for the LC case (I figure that gives more than enough room to account for 5.56's extra 10k psi). I haven't chrono'd it but it's more than "enough". It does get hot quick - I wouldn't dump a 30 round mag in it unless I was forced to (I stop at 20 with it), but it does also cool quickly.
I like it so much that after about 2 weeks, I ordered 2 chambered 243 LBC blanks from BHW that I'm having custom made into light profile 13.7" barrels that will be at 16.1" with a VG6 6.5 Epsilon welded on (JP 5.56 light profile, actually - .64 to the block to allow for a JP Thermal dissipator and .75 after the block). That (those) barrel(s) will go on the lightweight set up that the Faxon is on and the Faxon will go on a more utilitarian mesh of parts I have accumulated over the years.
I'm an admitted barrel snob and am quite pleased with the Faxon purchase. It does everything I could ask a light, compact carbine to do without some of the discomfort and potential legal problems that a "pistol" might create if I were to "situationally" place the brace against a portion of my upper arm or pectoral region in a self defense scenario that could be perceived by a witness to be my shoulder. I'm still trying to decide between a red dot or a 1-6 for it, but I probably won't make that decision until the 243s are done.
I like it so much that after about 2 weeks, I ordered 2 chambered 243 LBC blanks from BHW that I'm having custom made into light profile 13.7" barrels that will be at 16.1" with a VG6 6.5 Epsilon welded on (JP 5.56 light profile, actually - .64 to the block to allow for a JP Thermal dissipator and .75 after the block). That (those) barrel(s) will go on the lightweight set up that the Faxon is on and the Faxon will go on a more utilitarian mesh of parts I have accumulated over the years.
I'm an admitted barrel snob and am quite pleased with the Faxon purchase. It does everything I could ask a light, compact carbine to do without some of the discomfort and potential legal problems that a "pistol" might create if I were to "situationally" place the brace against a portion of my upper arm or pectoral region in a self defense scenario that could be perceived by a witness to be my shoulder. I'm still trying to decide between a red dot or a 1-6 for it, but I probably won't make that decision until the 243s are done.
Let's go Brandon!