Ultralight Ultralight Rifles

I picked up the BCA bolt action complete upper , since the upper was like $15 more than just the upper receiver.


The complete upper was 71.9 oz

The hand guard was 10.5 oz

The barrel + Barrel nut was 38.0 oz

The action was 23.4 oz
How accurate has that been for you?
 
I finally got out and put some rounds through my lightweight rifle build. It didn’t go well. I had a 2” group of ten rounds at 50yds. I also noticed that my suppressor causes the barrel to move way more than it should, approximately 1.5-2”, enough to see it in my scope after a shot.

Needless to say, I was not happy or very impressed. I ended up pulling the rifle apart, sold the barrel and the optic.

I had a 16” pencil barrel from Faxon, with a Silencerco Omega attached. I was shooting Freedom Munitions 77gr OTM.

I have never shot a lightweight barrel before and I probably wont after this.
 
I finally got out and put some rounds through my lightweight rifle build. It didn’t go well. I had a 2” group of ten rounds at 50yds. I also noticed that my suppressor causes the barrel to move way more than it should, approximately 1.5-2”, enough to see it in my scope after a shot.

Needless to say, I was not happy or very impressed. I ended up pulling the rifle apart, sold the barrel and the optic.

I had a 16” pencil barrel from Faxon, with a Silencerco Omega attached. I was shooting Freedom Munitions 77gr OTM.

I have never shot a lightweight barrel before and I probably wont after this.


There’s some weakness in your system. It’s probably not inherently the barrel. Your suppressor is too heavy. And tighten the barrel nut and scope rings.

Try without the suppressor. I bet you’ll get less than 2 MOA.
 
I finally got out and put some rounds through my lightweight rifle build. It didn’t go well. I had a 2” group of ten rounds at 50yds. I also noticed that my suppressor causes the barrel to move way more than it should, approximately 1.5-2”, enough to see it in my scope after a shot.

Needless to say, I was not happy or very impressed. I ended up pulling the rifle apart, sold the barrel and the optic.

I had a 16” pencil barrel from Faxon, with a Silencerco Omega attached. I was shooting Freedom Munitions 77gr OTM.

I have never shot a lightweight barrel before and I probably wont after this.

A suppressor would decrease muzzle rise because of the weight out at the end of the barrel.

None of my .223’s from ULUL to 9lb bolt gun moved like that. Nor shot bigger than 2” at 100 yards.

You must have something else going on.
 
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