Don't worry guys, I haven't been converted to the dark side, auto is still better, wait till my next build. Now all this click-click-booming has left my Tacmod a bit lonely, time to shoot off a few mags...
Also, as much as I never planned this build as a clean one, there always has to be that redditor.
...And now I am reconsidering a cleanup and paintjob on this thing after the combat tests get through and any changes are made.
Now for the current state of the thing:
Spliced up an accessory rail
Installed. This rail is not quite vertical, it is canted about a degree because I screwd up. Windage and elevation are on but your optics have a slight list to them on this thing, which bugs the crap out of me. I might cut it off and replace it in the future.
And made a slightly longer flash hider blank, cut it and sprayed it safety orange. Add a 552 and a 10 round curved mag and it's quite tacticool.
Pump grip position when racked open
I still have some noncritical hole patching on the magwell area to do.
Testing has gone well. I don't know what the verdict is on the 3/4" SDR 21 barrels yet for sure, but I am not seeing any advantage over my good old Tacmod. If anything, this shoots worse. I don't know what to think about BFU barrels; perhaps they have to be larger than this (which would be a big honkin' ugly pipe on the front of the gun...) Anyway, being that this doesn't work amazingly and was the largest and thinnest-wall tubing I would want on a TM, I think the next gen Tacmod will end up keeping the Stampede inner barrel + Stryfe flywheel set combo, and maybe try out a Stryfe cage with guide fingers to see if I can tighten the groups a little more.
Interesting findings on the BFU barrel. I am going to do the same in the Oznerfnerd EAT to test if it works, as I will have before and after data. I still have the fluted inner barrels in my RS builds. Have you considered smooth bore? Another area for testing.
ReplyDeleteI love how this looks! If you want to ditch that rail I would just put some split Pictinny on there. BSUK printed me a custom length for a very good price, just measure it and email them. Metric measurements obviously! Postage to you will be about $5 max. I don't know if the EBay printer in the US who does accesories makes the split pictinny.
I am definatly looking forward to the next build you have. Especially if it was I think it is.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really great job here. I've been trying to find a way to turn my BOOMco Dynamag into a pump action and I can get some inspiration from this.