As some of you know I am a big fan of the Fight-Lite SCR Rifle.
This is mainly due to me actually owning one, and having shot it a bunch I have grown quite fond of it.
The fact that it will take any AR Upper had me thinking from the beginning that this gun would lend itself well to Long Range Shooting as well as Carbine uses. Like a Shooting System built around a common LowerAssembly.
When I first got the lower about a year ago, I purchased a PSA 16" Dissipator Lower for it. I mounted a Bushnell TRS 25 and was off to Front Sight for a Practical Rifle Class. It performed perfectly! It is so fast on target it is criminal! I have also shot several 3 gun shoots with it and it also works very well for that. As you would kind of expect. I have no problem hitting 8x10 steel targets out to 200 yards with the Red Dot sight with boring regularity.
I made a few minor changes when I got back (Ambi Mag Release) to enhance the "Manual of Arms" but over all the gun was good to go.
Late last year Front Sight started offering an "Introduction to Precision Rifle Class" which is essentially the first day of the regular shooting class, but without the shooting, just Technical Basics of Long Range Shooting in the class room, and I attended that course in November.
The rifle requirements for the full class are a sub MOA rifle any caliber. I have a Ruger Scout that is super accurate, 3/4-7/8 MOA consistently, but I wanted something Semi Auto in a smaller caliber.
PSA had a 24" .223 upper listed but it was always "Out of Stock."
I finally got fed up and started calling to find when they'd be in stock,,, repeated "no answer." I finally got ahold of a CS guy who gave me the number for Dealer Sales, and that guy I talked to was very helpful, and actually went in the back room and found a blem , 24" upper NO BCG or CH which I didn't need and I got it for $270 shipped! Exactly what I wanted.
It got here today and I assembled the rifle with this new top end and here's a few pics of it.
You will also note the Devil Dog Concepts Side Charger Bolt Handle and the reason for it being nearly impossible to rack the bolt with a conventional BH with the Scope hanging over the back. I got it a month or so ago for just this purpose.
I mounted a 1-6X Millet Scope which I got from Larry Potterfield for $170 = 1/2 what they normally go for.(thanks Larry!) Which will easily get me to 800 Yards but I may have to get something higher power to get to 1000-1200. We'll see. The optics of this scope are EXCELLENT and it has an Illuminated BDC Reticle and great knobs.
With the 16" Upper the gun weighs 7.0 lbs. With the 24" Upper it weighs 9.0 lbs. It is noticeably muzzle heavy with the 24" barrel which is a good thing for a LR gun. But 9.0 lbs is about right for a gun like this. Not super heavy but still heavy enough to not flop around on the bags.
I will let every one know how it all works out after I get to shoot it. Lots of work to do to get a load concocted and a range card to go with it. The intention has been 77-90 gr bullets for this gun and it has a 1:7 twist barrel that should work right with those bullets
I will be loading all the ammo for the Long Range Upper with one of my Hand Presses so I can be sure of super accuracy in my ammo.
Pretty sure this gun will perform as intended just like it did with the 16" upper.
I might add that the Conventional Stock puts my cheek weld in exactly the right place when standing, but I may need to shim it up for the Prone Position.
Here's pics of the whole system, and it all fits in one case ! I have got right at $1500 in this entire system
Randy