Black Beauty II: My Retro 653 Carbine build is done

[imarangemaster]

Those bakelites are working out nicely, thank you Ima.(yes they are blocked christopher761)

My pleasure, sir!

[imarangemaster]

Range report. Forest Service lands up here are insanely dry, so I took the 653 build to the local indoor range to at least "battle sight it at 25 yards until I can do an outdoor range some day. At least then it will be on the paper at 100. I used the old style M16/M14 25 yard target like I used in basic , a rectangle with a notch out of the bottom. POA is 6 o'clock on the notch and POI is 1" below the notch.

Best groups were 1/2" to 3/4". I think the shorter sight radius (than the 20" retro that shot one hole) made a difference, along with bad lighting (with some burnt out overheads). Ammo was Federal 223, Federal Lake City 5.56, and my 55 grain reloads using IMR4198 and IMR4064 Carbine worked flawlessly. I really like this better than my flat top M4gery. No pics, as I had forgot my cell phone in the car.

[Nathan Krynn]

Range report. Forest Service lands up here are insanely dry, so I took the 653 build to the local indoor range to at least "battle sight it at 25 yards until I can do an outdoor range some day. At least then it will be on the paper at 100. I used the old style M16/M14 25 yard target like I used in basic , a rectangle with a notch out of the bottom. POA is 6 o'clock on the notch and POI is 1" below the notch.

Best groups were 1/2" to 3/4". I think the shorter sight radius (than the 20" retro that shot one hole) made a difference, along with bad lighting (with some burnt out overheads). Ammo was Federal 223, Federal Lake City 5.56, and my 55 grain reloads using IMR4198 and IMR4064 Carbine worked flawlessly. I really like this better than my flat top M4gery. No pics, as I had forgot my cell phone in the car.

I love retro rifles. I may ask the weirdest follow up but do you like IMR4198 and IMR4064 VS H335? Or is that all you had?

[imarangemaster]

I love retro rifles. I may ask the weirdest follow up but do you like IMR4198 and IMR4064 VS H335? Or is that all you had?

I had been unable to find any H335 at the time I geared up to load (Post-Sandy Hook panic), but got a great deal on the IMR 4064. I had seen good reviews on ARFcom about it, and it duplicates 5.56 M193 with 25 grains. The IMR4198 I have had and used in some cast bullet AK loads. loads awhile back, and tried it in my ARs. This retro Carbine is the only AR I have tried it in where it cycles. probably the longer dwell in the barrel after the gas port.