S5snake 41 Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 I decided I needed one in a 16" and another one in the ~21" barrel length as I was chasing two different looks. I'm not sold on the furniture on the 21" rifle and may at some point change it out. I really like the CSS tri-rail on the 16" barrel and may go the same route on the 21" rifle. I finished them off by moving the front sites back threading both barrels to 5/8 -24 and then re-crowning them using tools from Dinzag. The are both sporting Beenie Cooley tactical muzzle brakes which work awesome. I will be putting a decent scope on the 21" for some distance shooting as I borrowed one from one of my Ruger 10/22's just to see how it would do out to 300 yards. I couldn't see the point of impact but I was hitting the 2' X 2' steel gong every time. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
su16a 84 Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 both are nicely done... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunfun 3,931 Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Hmm. I like the longer gun better. I'm pretty sure that's one of the harbingers of the apocalypse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
S5snake 41 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 I like the longer one better as well, I contemplated cutting the barrel back to about 18 inches but decided to leave well enough alone. I painted it with Duracoat ultra flat tactical black and the 16" was done in snow grey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LuPiN8oR 333 Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 Where did you acquire the handguard on the 21in one? I like the look of it, may do that to mine... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
S5snake 41 Posted August 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 I got the stock and hand guards as a set (Choate Dragunov) but you can buy just the front hand guards for about $15.00 with a quick google search. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LuPiN8oR 333 Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 Appreciate it man, ill look into it. You needed a bolt on hg retainer, correct? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
S5snake 41 Posted August 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 You are correct, you will need a bolt on hand guard retainer and a gas tube from an ak74 for the upper. I believe I happen to have a spare hand guard retainer that I purchased from Dinzag and didn't use due to changing my mind on my 16" 308. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes1968 1,638 Posted August 10, 2013 Report Share Posted August 10, 2013 Yeah I like the longer 308 better also... until Ive lugged it around awhile. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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