Short and sweet - my 12" AR

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Short and sweet - my 12" AR

#1 Post by breacher »

I had this Bradley Arms .223 cut down to 12" for use as a dedicated "Urban Contact Match" rifle - UCM is shot at 100, 75, 50 and 25 yards.

But it was surprisingly good at 300 yards prone while being very handy when shooting standing / sitting / kneeling in the 100 - 300 yards matches so I decided to stick one of my bipods on it.

To keep the weight down, I adapted ( Well, Mark Bradley did the adapting to my specification ) an aluminium picatinny rail spigot for permanent fixing on the top rail.

The next match is a 500 - 100 yard job with a mixture of prone and standing / kneeling / sitting so will be a good all round test of this rifle - looking forward to seeing how the 12" barrel copes at 500 yards.

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#2 Post by BestDrugDoc »

I have a slot waiting for such a rifle! - I really like the short barrel and moderator set up.
I will be very interested to hear how it does at the longer distances.
Thanks for posting this.
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#3 Post by Sim G »

Sorry Brian, I really don't care how it copes with 500m.....

It's bloody gorgeous!!!! (I wouldn't care if Rachel Riley couldn't change a tyre either...)

But, you got nothing better looking to mountvthst scope with?
In 1978 I was told by my grand dad that the secret to rifle accuracy is, a quality bullet, fired down a quality barrel..... How has that changed?

Guns dont kill people. Dads with pretty Daughters do...!
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#4 Post by saddler »

Sim G wrote:Sorry Brian, I really don't care how it copes with 500m.....

It's bloody gorgeous!!!! (I wouldn't care if Rachel Riley couldn't change a tyre either...)

But, you got nothing better looking to mountvthst scope with?
Yeah, the mounts look a bit SMK-tastic
Otherwise....very nice build

....and Lisa, surely Sim?? At least ya remembered her surname!
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#5 Post by breacher »

Sim G wrote:Sorry Brian, I really don't care how it copes with 500m.....

It's bloody gorgeous!!!! (I wouldn't care if Rachel Riley couldn't change a tyre either...)

But, you got nothing better looking to mountvthst scope with?

Have to agree re Rachel - as has been quoted on 8 out of 10 cats.......I would crawl on my hands and knees over 10 miles of broken glass just to hear her fart through a walkie talkie.

Mounts are fine - decent quality and give me just the right height. 35mm tube so not so many to choose from / available !
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#6 Post by Geek »

I agree a stunning looking rifle.
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#7 Post by Nelly2014 »

Have to agree re Rachel - as has been quoted on 8 out of 10 cats.......I would crawl on my hands and knees over 10 miles of broken glass just to hear her fart through a walkie talkie.

Mmm, sanitised version of the quote I heard :p
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#8 Post by mullen7 »

I'm with the others... stunning rifle. Had seen a Bradley arms in .223 up for sale a couple months ago and just missed out on it, was gutted but you've given me some inspiration again with that cracker.
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#9 Post by breacher »

Sim G wrote:
But, you got nothing better looking to mountvthst scope with?
A solution is on its way !
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#10 Post by Les »

Am I the only one who had to Google Rachael Riley? :oops:

Great looking rifle! :good:
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