Wow!
I gotta thank everybody for all the great contributions in this thread.. extremely stand up of all of yas!
Chris, as pictured, youll see the results of the ultramax .223 55gr soft point on 1/4 inch "hot press" Steel.. did its job, went right thru!
jpwilly, I promise, I will definetly keep shooting stuff up, for all of us to enjoy! cept fer the targets
cesium, was prolly me not reading right. Im shure you, as I, would imagine there would be a significant amount of felt recoil between the two calibers. I personally would opt for the lighter caliber for a carbine, as I am a lighter fella. as we both know, only hits count tho, and Id rather make an aimed shot with a .308 thatn a .223, but beyond that, I work with what I can handle best, and hope that the bullets do their job on impact!
BTW, thats an absolutly BEAUTIFUL rifle man, by all means!!!
SHvar. fer sher! Im not a gun snob vial brand and price. Id personally find something that works, no matter what its called, and practice with it till we know each other like best friend! afterall, the name of the gun that a bullet comes out of dont much matter if ya dont hit what yer shootin at
4Freedom, I replied in yer thread. to sum it up, Id get it, if it dosent mean youll be broke afterwards. its a great rifle. I dnt regret for a second buying mine, a lil over 800. Soon Ill be odering something with a little more "reach out and touch" from DPMS. prolly something like what Cesium has!
U.S. FSC, its always cool to read what you have to say, thanks again for stoppin thru my thread!
Im definetly gettin a scope for it soon. honestly, Im quite partial to a 3x9 x 40mm that Ive had on quite a couple varmint guns. but I was thinkin of something about 7-8x with a 50mm lense. I really want a QD mount so I can go from red dot to Scope without zeroing every change. I will say I was quite impessed with a 250yd shot I took at a pile of dirt the otherday, with the cheaper red dot I hav on right now.. a mere couple inches to the right.. on target all things considerd.
Evenflo. thakns for stoppin thru! you are one of the reasons that I bought the Sportical! I really appreciate yer input and I look foreward to you comin thru as often as possible!
thanks for the pics and reports, I hope you will add more over time!
yosarian, Get one!
quite shure ya wont regret it.
verry nice rifle btw. I want a couple more mage, like you got. Ive got a tac vest that holds 8, so I need 6 more... lol, then Ill need to fill them all..looks like you got yerself coverd nicely!
all right, heres the pics..
1st is the rifle and the steel
second is the entery point, using Ultramax .223 55gr soft point.
third is exit.
4th is a close up of the exit.
1/4 inch steel "hot press". from about 25 yds.
again, thank you all for yer contributions!
I diddnt have time to set up the "soft target with wall backing" today.. lil boy had to go to the clinic, and I had my daughter all day.. Ill try to get that done in the next week.. for fun Ill also try and compare the same test in 7.62x39 from a SKS..
take care all!
ip.