This will be a review with more information coming. I have yet to spend time with higher grade ammo and the ranges sled was broken. I might as well have gotten a bipod. So the effort in gaining an understanding for the accuracy I’m reporting is not definite.
This rifle is chambered in .308 win and features 5r rifling. The compass rifles are an economical bolt action in the price range of savage axis and ruger american.
Bedding style difference aside (these are economical rifles. I’m not going to nitpick the bedding system), I set my stock screws to 40 inch lbs to start. Rings are leupold steel prw. FYI for rings on almost all my guns this is my preference. Great rings. Now…I had heard from the factory these guns don’t have secure bases. Indeed…factory bases are something you should check. Methods aside, I had to correct the bases. Stock screws torque check, base and rings torque check, and the scope I’m using is a bushnell 12 power with a variable parallax. Not the best choice but for the money and not seeing heavy recoil, they hold zero. Also we are running a first gen silencerco hybrid 46.
So being I have a good hunting rifle In 30-06 already, what’s my thinking on the use of this 308? Im curious to see how it shoots ball ammo, and some hunting ammo, but mostly ball in a defensive type role. It’s common in todays gun culture to get an ar and build your gear and set up around that but what if a cheap bolt action could offer you a shtf option?
So let’s view some ammo options I picked up today. Unfortunately I will have to report back tomorrow on the hornady black.
So right off the bat I’m going to get something negative about this gun out the way. No go on harder primers. Very much like the first gen ruger American 300 blk I used to have. So the aguila ammo is automatically a no go for this test.
So…now that things aren’t looking so good, let’s go to crappy red army ammo.
What would you assume? 2” at best? More primer issues? Check this out…the gun has redeemed itself. All day long, on a hot day, warm to hot barrel. With a busted sled, a trigger that’s not all that great, my health and shakes being under control as best as I can with good breathing control; I think it can do 1 inch but not today. Still…for cheap shitty red army ammo…this is a win!
One last adjustable and one last round for testing…ok red army standard can blow a brain bucket out.
Testing for this gun is far from over but I must say the results I got on a hot as balls Texas summer with total crap ammo is more than ok in my book. So far I can say if I had to bug out with a tc compass, and all I had was steel cased ammo, I wouldn’t feel terrible. More to come!
This rifle is chambered in .308 win and features 5r rifling. The compass rifles are an economical bolt action in the price range of savage axis and ruger american.
Bedding style difference aside (these are economical rifles. I’m not going to nitpick the bedding system), I set my stock screws to 40 inch lbs to start. Rings are leupold steel prw. FYI for rings on almost all my guns this is my preference. Great rings. Now…I had heard from the factory these guns don’t have secure bases. Indeed…factory bases are something you should check. Methods aside, I had to correct the bases. Stock screws torque check, base and rings torque check, and the scope I’m using is a bushnell 12 power with a variable parallax. Not the best choice but for the money and not seeing heavy recoil, they hold zero. Also we are running a first gen silencerco hybrid 46.
So being I have a good hunting rifle In 30-06 already, what’s my thinking on the use of this 308? Im curious to see how it shoots ball ammo, and some hunting ammo, but mostly ball in a defensive type role. It’s common in todays gun culture to get an ar and build your gear and set up around that but what if a cheap bolt action could offer you a shtf option?
So let’s view some ammo options I picked up today. Unfortunately I will have to report back tomorrow on the hornady black.
So right off the bat I’m going to get something negative about this gun out the way. No go on harder primers. Very much like the first gen ruger American 300 blk I used to have. So the aguila ammo is automatically a no go for this test.
So…now that things aren’t looking so good, let’s go to crappy red army ammo.
What would you assume? 2” at best? More primer issues? Check this out…the gun has redeemed itself. All day long, on a hot day, warm to hot barrel. With a busted sled, a trigger that’s not all that great, my health and shakes being under control as best as I can with good breathing control; I think it can do 1 inch but not today. Still…for cheap shitty red army ammo…this is a win!
One last adjustable and one last round for testing…ok red army standard can blow a brain bucket out.
Testing for this gun is far from over but I must say the results I got on a hot as balls Texas summer with total crap ammo is more than ok in my book. So far I can say if I had to bug out with a tc compass, and all I had was steel cased ammo, I wouldn’t feel terrible. More to come!
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