Gtscotty
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Finally finished!
I've been mulling over the idea of a big bore carbine for suppressed shooting with heavy subs for a few years. The main idea was to put together a quiet package for plinking fun and short range deer hunting out to ~75 yds.
I looked a range of options including RARs in .450 BM, 1895s in 45-70, and ARs in .458 SOCOM, but kept coming back to the 77/44 for it's simplicity and economy/ease of volume shooting.
Well it has finally all come together, I got the stamp for my .45 can at the beginning of the month, and got my chopped and threaded 77/44 back from @MachIVshooter the week before last. I've taken it out a few times and so far I'm very happy with how it turned out!
Here are some pics in case anyone else is interested in this kind of stuff:
Running irons with the can in short configuration.
Scope mounted for load testing with the can in its long configuration.
With the can in short configuration, the report is not bad at all. With the can in long configuration, it's surprisingly quiet, I'd say a bit quieter to my ear than the same can in short configuration on my 9mm pistol.
Close-up of MachIVshooter's characteristically excellent work.
Some 100yd targets from the loads I tried this past weekend. Additional load testing to come, I think I can do a bit better with some work. I'm pretty happy, it's no precision rifle, but it is accurate enough for my intended uses.
I've been mulling over the idea of a big bore carbine for suppressed shooting with heavy subs for a few years. The main idea was to put together a quiet package for plinking fun and short range deer hunting out to ~75 yds.
I looked a range of options including RARs in .450 BM, 1895s in 45-70, and ARs in .458 SOCOM, but kept coming back to the 77/44 for it's simplicity and economy/ease of volume shooting.
Well it has finally all come together, I got the stamp for my .45 can at the beginning of the month, and got my chopped and threaded 77/44 back from @MachIVshooter the week before last. I've taken it out a few times and so far I'm very happy with how it turned out!
Here are some pics in case anyone else is interested in this kind of stuff:
Running irons with the can in short configuration.
Scope mounted for load testing with the can in its long configuration.
With the can in short configuration, the report is not bad at all. With the can in long configuration, it's surprisingly quiet, I'd say a bit quieter to my ear than the same can in short configuration on my 9mm pistol.
Close-up of MachIVshooter's characteristically excellent work.
Some 100yd targets from the loads I tried this past weekend. Additional load testing to come, I think I can do a bit better with some work. I'm pretty happy, it's no precision rifle, but it is accurate enough for my intended uses.
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