Thanks for accepting me to the forum and hello to all! My name is Randie and I hail from Fort Smith, Arkansas!
I am 69 years old and just got into the Grendel game. I built my first 80% lower and topped it with the PSA 12" upper. I topped it with a 1-6x24 Firefield scope, but will probably opt for a 1-4x24 offering. But, it will depend. I am planning to move the scope back one or two slots and see if that helps. Where it is mounted right now, if I go much past 3 power, I have to adjust my head position on the brace. Besides, a 1-4 will serve my purpose anyway and I can put the 1-6 back on my Springfield Saint Victor in 308.
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Anyway, I have been a shooter/hunter since the ripe old age of 9 and a gun owner a year later. I enjoy reloading for all of the different calibers i shoot, I also play guitar and sing in church.
I hope to pick up a lot of helpful information on this forum.
Welcome to the forum Randie. My dad was stationed a Camp (now Fort) Chaffee in WWII. He met my mom there. She was from just across the state line in Oklahoma. My older brother was born there.
It does look like your scope might be too far forward. You might also think about getting some 45° angled mounts for your backup sights. I did that on my M4 clone 'cause the rear sight couldn't be flipped up. Then I just took the scope off & installed an Aimpoint red dot instead. I returned the backup sights to the top rail. You can see them through the Aimpoint lenses in case your batteries die & have no red dot. You don't have to fuss with eye relief with a red dot either. Sighting options are nearly limitless. Just find what suits you best.
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Old Bob Wrote:Welcome to the forum Randie. My dad was stationed a Camp (now Fort) Chaffee in WWII. He met my mom there. She was from just across the state line in Oklahoma. My older brother was born there.
It does look like your scope might be too far forward. You might also think about getting some 45° angled mounts for your backup sights. I did that on my M4 clone 'cause the rear sight couldn't be flipped up. Then I just took the scope off & installed an Aimpoint red dot instead. I returned the backup sights to the top rail. You can see them through the Aimpoint lenses in case your batteries die & have no red dot. You don't have to fuss with eye relief with a red dot either. Sighting options are nearly limitless. Just find what suits you best.
Thanks for the welcome, OB.
I moved the scope back onto the receiver this morning and it works some better. I had considered a holographic type sight on a 45° mount as a backup. I have a red dot on my 300 Blackout with my open sights co-witnessed for use when/if the battery should conk out. I am still thinking about the 1-4x24 for this one and putting the 1-6 back on my AR-10.
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Again, thanks for the welcome, I hope to be communicating more on here. Oh, and by the way..... what town was your mother from in Oklahoma?
just_john Wrote:Welcome to the clan, RC51, from the great nation of Texas! +1 for OB's recommendations above. What are your goals with this?
Thanks for the welcome, John. After reading a couple of posts on the forum and an article online, I am strongly considering using this as my next Whitetail gun. Small, light and should be able to take care of business out to 100 - 150 yards. I probably won't need that much range here, but it's nice to know it will still perform good at that range. I am considering a linear compensator, but that remains to be seen. I've read up some on them and I am still undecided.
Again, thank you and I will be following the forums closely.
I moved the scope back onto the receiver this morning and it works some better. I had considered a holographic type sight on a 45° mount as a backup. I have a red dot on my 300 Blackout with my open sights co-witnessed for use when/if the battery should conk out. I am still thinking about the 1-4x24 for this one and putting the 1-6 back on my AR-10.
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Again, thanks for the welcome, I hope to be communicating more on here. Oh, and by the way..... what town was your mother from in Oklahoma?
Randie
Fort Smith, AR
She mostly lived on a farm near Keota, OK but lived in Spiro & Panama at times as well. She was working at the Camp Chaffee base laundry when she met dad. She's 98 years old & still sharp as ever.
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Old Bob Wrote:She mostly lived on a farm near Keota, OK but lived in Spiro & Panama at times as well. She was working at the Camp Chaffee base laundry when she met dad. She's 98 years old & still sharp as ever.
When we first moved back here in '82, we moved to Spiro. I've done a lot of fishing on Kerr Lake from Keota Landing. Ran a trot line there some, too. Pulled some big old cats out of there!
RCoulter51 Wrote:When we first moved back here in '82, we moved to Spiro. I've done a lot of fishing on Kerr Lake from Keota Landing. Ran a trot line there some, too. Pulled some big old cats out of there!
Randie
Fort Smith, AR
OH MY! Flash-backs to visiting relatives in OK! Ran trot lines in Kerr myself with my uncles when I was in my teens & 20s. I remember catching some big cats too.
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Bottomfeeder Wrote:Howdy from Texas! You guys ate up with pigs yet like we are?
Good morning, Bottomfeeder! Yes we are! I've got a couple of rifles I need to get sighted in and head to the fields when the weather straightens up! My Savage 110 Hog Hunter in 350 Legend and Ruger American Ranch Rifle in 450 Bushmaster.
Plus 1 on what Old Bob said about scope base placement. Sometimes when you bridge the scope base over the upper and handguard, you can get mechanical shifts in zero, so if you can back that base up, it will help eliminate any potential for it to drift on you.
It might not show up at first, but as you shoot it more and temps change, the system will want to find a balance point under shock.
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Plus 1 on what Old Bob said about scope base placement. Sometimes when you bridge the scope base over the upper and handguard, you can get mechanical shifts in zero, so if you can back that base up, it will help eliminate any potential for it to drift on you.
It might not show up at first, but as you shoot it more and temps change, the system will want to find a balance point under shock.
Thanks for the welcome, LRRPF52. I appreciate the information I have received so far on the forum. I have moved the mount back onto the receiver and removed the flip up sights. I will be putting a reflex sight on a 45° base, as soon as I save my nickels and dimes. Here is an updated picture.
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Again, a big thanks for all of the info gleaned, so far, on the forum.
