i picked this up today.

Tigerstripe · Jun 16, 2014

i sent the papers on Oct 1 and this is June 16. so 8 months and 15 days. so close to being in time for shootzenfest.

at the time i was told about a year.

its a YHM, duh.

11B3XCIB · Jun 17, 2014

Nice!

I was hoping to get one before my son was born so Id have free time to shoot it...but it was approved a day after he was born (of course)

I'd love to see what the core looks like in the new M2 line.

Tigerstripe · Jun 17, 2014

i cant tell. all you can see is the baffle chamber. you can tell that the last baffle is on an angle but thats about all.

i shot a couple of wolf 762x39 today and they seemed quiet.

bigfutz · Jun 23, 2014

You need a 300 Blackout barrel. Real quiet with the subsonics.
http://www.classicfirearms.com/accessor ... 298&cat=26 $99

Tigerstripe · Jun 24, 2014

im thinkin about it.

what was that other site you found barrels on? the $69 223 wylde ones. they had some 300 for less than $129.

PapaBear · Jun 24, 2014

cbcindllc.com/ is pretty cheap hear in charleston area.

bigfutz · Jun 25, 2014

Tigerstripe said:
im thinkin about it.

what was that other site you found barrels on? the $69 223 wylde ones. they had some 300 for less than $129.

That was the one: Classic Firearms. They have 300's for $99 & $129.
http://www.classicfirearms.com/accessor ... 298&cat=26

The other one might be Red X:
http://redxarms.com (Go to Stripped Barrels).

11B3XCIB · Jun 28, 2014

I know .300 BlackOut's are quiet...I'm just not totally sold on the idea for my own personal needs. Buying new dies...finding or making brass...finding projectiles and powder...between having 5.56 and .308, I personally don't need to merge the two calibers.

I've loaded some pretty quiet .308 loads for my Remington 700 with some Trail Boss...using some 150gr Hornady FMJs but I'm looking at getting some 170gr .30-30 round nose bullets for less velocity deviation and more stability at lower speeds.

[video=youtube;eGIqDE2EL-Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGIqDE2EL-Q[/video]

The first round went supersonic, I think...10.0gr of TB was a tad too much. 9.5gr sounded a lot better. 5 MILs holdover at 100 yards (18" of drop). Grouping wasn't horrible...probably 1.5-2" inches. I could do better with it if I'd had a reference point on the target and was shooting for precision rather than just marveling at the quiet.