Who else hunts the west with a black rifle?

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This gun wasn’t setup to be lightweight by any means.

PSA Upper/Lower
Mixture of Radian/Geisselle components
18” FN SS barrel
5-20x50 SWFA

8.4# unloaded. I’m not upset about it, this setup is a power line/gas line gun for quick shots from 20-400 yards. Typically out of blinds or tripod stands.

 

[Titan_Bow]

My son and I have killed a lot of deer and antelope with a little 6.8 SPC I built him for his first hunting rifle. It’s probably 6.5 lbs, small, easy to pack around, and that little 6.8 round does great on deer size game.
I put together a 6 ARC a couple years ago, it’s not lightweight but it is insanely accurate. I’ll definitely bring it along on my next rifle antelope hunt.


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[Weldor]

Does this count?

 

[Thegman]

Come on, half of these things aren't even black...WTF!?!?

I may as well chime in. These are repeat pictures, but my bolt rifles haven't been in the field for a couple years now. The black rifles are winning me over as well.

The 223 thread was pivotal for me in deciding these could replace my 308/30-06 and make the same shots on the same game as I have with them. So far, so good.

 

[hereinaz]

We were shooting simple PSA rifles today at 500 yards drilling a vital sized rock with a 1-8x scope.

One guy was convinced to use his AR in .223 for hunting.

 

[Tobe_B]

Thanks for the details and info. What distance did you take your elk at?

200 yards. One round and she went down. Traveled maybe 10 feet. Put one more round in just for good measure.


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[TheM1DoesMyTalking]

This one is a 6mm ARC, aero upper and lower, LaRue trigger, Nightforce 2.5-10, Hyperion suppressor. Shooting 103 eldx factory loads.

My accuracy in this rifle is right around 1.25-1.5 moa which is adequate and good enough for me to comfortably take game at its max distance.

That's really solid accuracy for a gas gun, realistically for most rifles. How many rounds in those groups?

What barrel, bolt, gas block and gas tube in this build? How is the back pressure with the Hyperion?

 

[czgunner]

I run a 6.8 SPC.

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[Tobe_B]

That's really solid accuracy for a gas gun, realistically for most rifles. How many rounds in those groups?

What barrel, bolt, gas block and gas tube in this build? How is the back pressure with the Hyperion?

Here’s one of my groups from when I first started breaking it in. 10 round group at 100yds. It’s got an 18” ballistic advantage barrel, Grendel hunter BCG, rifle length gas tube and just a fixed gas block. The back pressure isn’t bad with the Hyperion. It is higher on this rifle than it is on my 5.56. It’s also a touch louder.


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