Ultralight Ultralight Rifles

[Wildsold]

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

BC-15 |.223 Wylde Bolt Action Style Upper | 16" Parkerized M4 Barrel | 1:7 Twist | | Talon 15” MLOK Split Rail | with BCG & Charging Handle

Experience high performance .223 Wylde Bolt Action Upper featuring a 16" Parkerized M4 Barrel, an excellent choice for plinking, competitive shooting, and hunting.

www.bearcreekarsenal.com

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?

 

[justinspicher]

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.

 

[glock233]

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.

 

[JBradley500]

Yeah my Faxon barrel is crazy accurate.

 

[KyleR1985]

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.

 

[RepeatPete]

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What scope mount is this?

 

[Thegman]

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.

Yeah, sounds like something pretty screwy going on there for a barrel to flex 1.5" - 2". Assuming there's as much down as up, that would be 3" - 4" of movement. Neither 1.5" and especially not as much as 4" is barrel flex from "barrel whip".

 

[jakeismydog2]

How accurate has that been for you?

Well... I dont know. The bolt would stick halfway open most every time I would try to open it (this was just cycling it unloaded at home). So I reached out to BCA and they had me send it back for them to fix.

I did not expect it to cycle like a Tikka... But I did expect to be able to cycle it.

I will let you know when it comes back. I am still waiting on BCA to get their lightweight barrel back in stock.