Ultralight Ultralight Rifles

[The Guide]

Shaw has portless barrels on their website now in .223 Wylde FYI

I picked one up and hope to have it up and running in time for deer season here in PA.

Several of us already have shipping notifications.

Jay

 

[fishdart]

Shaw has portless barrels on their website now in .223 Wylde FYI

I picked one up and hope to have it up and running in time for deer season here in PA.

Mark me down for one as well. Same here for making a PA-legal deer rifle. The race is on for my Shaw barrel and my Jolene S to cap her off.

Still expect to get a spot check if the PGC sees it in the field......

 

[gtriple]

Several of us already have shipping notifications.

Jay

Mine should arrive today. I'm not sure if I'm installing it yet or not tho. Going to test out my faxon that I just installed to see how it shoots. Might have to build another one!

 

[gtriple]

Just weighed it in at 17.7 oz. About 2oz lighter than the faxon match pencil barrel.

 

[Clarktar]

Got a shaw coming as well. Got my solo 300. Just need to start assembly.

 

[Thegman]

You guys are doing a great job of encouraging them to keep building these! Looking forward to see all these build ideas.

I put this together for a guy that wanted one as a packable rifle option to carry while bow hunting.

I used mostly stuff on hand including a Wilson Ultralight 5.56 I'd barely used (barrel from first build pictured in this thread). I didn’t have much experience with the barrel, but did a quick sight in off my tailgate at 25 yards and it put Remington UMC 55 grain and 73ELD-M next to each other and the two 73ELD-M through the same hole. Should be a great shooter and apparently not too picky about what it shoots.


The three circled shots were the UMC slighters. The hole next to the top circled hole is the two 73ELD-M shots.

 

[KyleR1985]

Not the lightest at 22.6oz. No idea how it’ll shoot…

But it’s 80 bucks or so with shipping.

Bllistic Company - 16" M4 Precision Barrel - Sub MOA

 

[doverpack12]

Got my 6 ARC upper thrown together. Not meant to be the lightest possible and I had a hard time finding a barrel weight that was built light. They all favored full. I didn’t want to commit to two solo uppers since the arc might not chamber and extract great. Used a BCA side charge upper and a BCA 16” barrel in a mid weight profile. I don’t have and lower stuff yet so I’m sitting about 2 pounds heavier there and I have a 20 oz scope with the mount it’s almost 32 oz.
At 8 pounds 10 oz now and that will come down 2 plus pounds.

The exciting part is how this thing shoots!
5 shots (2-6 on barrel after a sighted and adjust) measuring 5/8” center to center. Adjusted down and took on more. Touching bull so called that good and went to 425 yards. Dead centered a plate with one shot. 12” plate. Moved to 571 and took two shots both hits. I don’t have a bipod mount so that’s off a molinator bag.
108 ELDM factory.


Then I shot 5 of the factory 103 eldx. Had one shot I rushed. Other 4 also measure 5/8” center to center. This was after I was adjusted for ELDMs. Aim point was bottom right intersection of yellow and pink

If I end up anywhere close to 6.5 pounds I’ll be super happy. My next closest rifle is pushing 9 pounds.

 

[Thegman]

Got my 6 ARC upper thrown together. Not meant to be the lightest possible and I had a hard time finding a barrel weight that was built light. They all favored full. I didn’t want to commit to two solo uppers since the arc might not chamber and extract great. Used a BCA side charge upper and a BCA 16” barrel in a mid weight profile. I don’t have and lower stuff yet so I’m sitting about 2 pounds heavier there and I have a 20 oz scope with the mount it’s almost 32 oz.
At 8 pounds 10 oz now and that will come down 2 plus pounds.

The exciting part is how this thing shoots!
5 shots (2-6 on barrel after a sighted and adjust) measuring 5/8” center to center. Adjusted down and took on more. Touching bull so called that good and went to 425 yards. Dead centered a plate with one shot. 12” plate. Moved to 571 and took two shots both hits. I don’t have a bipod mount so that’s off a molinator bag.
108 ELDM factory.
View attachment 779327

Then I shot 5 of the factory 103 eldx. Had one shot I rushed. Other 4 also measure 5/8” center to center. This was after I was adjusted for ELDMs. Aim point was bottom right intersection of yellow and pink View attachment 779328

If I end up anywhere close to 6.5 pounds I’ll be super happy. My next closest rifle is pushing 9 pounds.

Is this set up as a gasser, or manual extraction?

 

[Luke S]

If that is a non gas build with the BCA upper I'd love to hear about it. Thinking of turning my 6.5 Grendal into a straight pull, mostly so it is quieter with a suppressor.