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AR15/10 Rifles
7.62X39-Red Headed Step Child In The AR World
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<blockquote data-quote="ntsqd" data-source="post: 1656258" data-attributes="member: 93138"><p>I've told this story in an older thread, but back in the 80's I worked in a gun shop. A frequent repeating conversation topic that I had with one of the owners was the ideal KA A-Zone (aka "Hiking short, steep hills with a rifle") bolt action hunting rifle. A critical constraint was off the shelf ammo, no reloading. When the first soft points in X39 arrived that sealed our caliber selection. In those days the Tikka was the smallest action we knew of and finally arrived at one of them in X39 with a slim stock (what would now be called a "Mountain Stock"), 3 rnd blind mag, and a 2-7x Leupold would be about as light of a rifle as we could build. Neither of us could afford to build it at the time.</p><p></p><p>Fast-forward to now. Mike has passed away (RIP), but Howa offered their Mini in X39 with a light weight barrel contour. When Brownell's ran them on sale I decided that I could afford to build it as an experiment. Currently it is a little over 6lbs. and isn't likely to get much lighter w/o an injection of cubic cash. The little that I've shot it has me convinced that it is an accurate little thing and it is fun to shoot. After plinking with it at his range one day a serious hunting friend has expressed interest in taking it along for a short range rifle on his next big hunt. I'm in the middle of pillar bedding it now. Once bedded I'll shoot it for group size and try to find what it likes in hunting ammo.</p><p></p><p>That rifle inspired me to try a X39 upper build. I've only been able to find 16's and one 18" barrel. If there's a source for a good, off the shelf 20" X39 AR barrel I'd like to know of it. My 16" upper and 18" upper both work well. My first 16" didn't and it took some doing to get it to run. Now for plinking I'm more likely to grab an X39 upper than I am to grab the 5.556 upper.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ntsqd, post: 1656258, member: 93138"] I've told this story in an older thread, but back in the 80's I worked in a gun shop. A frequent repeating conversation topic that I had with one of the owners was the ideal KA A-Zone (aka "Hiking short, steep hills with a rifle") bolt action hunting rifle. A critical constraint was off the shelf ammo, no reloading. When the first soft points in X39 arrived that sealed our caliber selection. In those days the Tikka was the smallest action we knew of and finally arrived at one of them in X39 with a slim stock (what would now be called a "Mountain Stock"), 3 rnd blind mag, and a 2-7x Leupold would be about as light of a rifle as we could build. Neither of us could afford to build it at the time. Fast-forward to now. Mike has passed away (RIP), but Howa offered their Mini in X39 with a light weight barrel contour. When Brownell's ran them on sale I decided that I could afford to build it as an experiment. Currently it is a little over 6lbs. and isn't likely to get much lighter w/o an injection of cubic cash. The little that I've shot it has me convinced that it is an accurate little thing and it is fun to shoot. After plinking with it at his range one day a serious hunting friend has expressed interest in taking it along for a short range rifle on his next big hunt. I'm in the middle of pillar bedding it now. Once bedded I'll shoot it for group size and try to find what it likes in hunting ammo. That rifle inspired me to try a X39 upper build. I've only been able to find 16's and one 18" barrel. If there's a source for a good, off the shelf 20" X39 AR barrel I'd like to know of it. My 16" upper and 18" upper both work well. My first 16" didn't and it took some doing to get it to run. Now for plinking I'm more likely to grab an X39 upper than I am to grab the 5.556 upper. [/QUOTE]
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