After wasting hundreds of dollars on different scopes, mounts, ammo, free float and such and not being able to get the Big 10to hit anything consistently accurate, I had an issue! Others better than me shot it, same result!
I do not consider myself to be overly pickey, as I kinda knew what I bought in a skinny barrel. My expectations were low at a 1.5 MOA gun(standard AR platform). I wanted to go long with it, target objective was 6" group or less at 300 yds to ring steel or whatever hogs I find. Less would be a blessing!
With feeding issues on various ammo, took a long time for me to get off 50 yds and get the gun to work. Got it working and still would not hit! Thought I found the end of the rainbow when I found the barrel nut hand tight while installing the free float tube.
No glory! Still throwing 6-8 in groups at 100 using M80 or other stuff in the 150-168 gr range. Very inconsistent!
Sent it in to S&W, with example target.
Well, after a month or so, they sent it back. Got it today! I looked in the documentation and there is not a word of explanation of what or anything they did, just two blurry prints of targets they shot, first one says" shot 10 rds @ 50 yds Win superX 150 gr, second says the same with only 5 rds.
Both reflect 2.0 in. to maybe 1.75 in. groups with their ammo of choice, and this is at 50 yds! Well, that is still about 4 MOA in my book!
I AM DONE, they can KMA! I can shoot better groups with my old Colt AR with Iron sights!
Heck man, I wanted a newer .223 gun and recently bought the cheapest *** I could find, a DPMS for $550.00 and it drills quarter sized holes at that range!
I am done! I hope they read this ****, DPMS make .308 as well, and less than I paid for the smith. Maybe they even talk to you and acknowledge you! Obviously their tolerances are lacking if they can ship that out the door! My old Mini 14 does better as well, and they were well known for lack of accuracy!
I do not consider myself to be overly pickey, as I kinda knew what I bought in a skinny barrel. My expectations were low at a 1.5 MOA gun(standard AR platform). I wanted to go long with it, target objective was 6" group or less at 300 yds to ring steel or whatever hogs I find. Less would be a blessing!
With feeding issues on various ammo, took a long time for me to get off 50 yds and get the gun to work. Got it working and still would not hit! Thought I found the end of the rainbow when I found the barrel nut hand tight while installing the free float tube.
No glory! Still throwing 6-8 in groups at 100 using M80 or other stuff in the 150-168 gr range. Very inconsistent!
Sent it in to S&W, with example target.
Well, after a month or so, they sent it back. Got it today! I looked in the documentation and there is not a word of explanation of what or anything they did, just two blurry prints of targets they shot, first one says" shot 10 rds @ 50 yds Win superX 150 gr, second says the same with only 5 rds.
Both reflect 2.0 in. to maybe 1.75 in. groups with their ammo of choice, and this is at 50 yds! Well, that is still about 4 MOA in my book!
I AM DONE, they can KMA! I can shoot better groups with my old Colt AR with Iron sights!
Heck man, I wanted a newer .223 gun and recently bought the cheapest *** I could find, a DPMS for $550.00 and it drills quarter sized holes at that range!
I am done! I hope they read this ****, DPMS make .308 as well, and less than I paid for the smith. Maybe they even talk to you and acknowledge you! Obviously their tolerances are lacking if they can ship that out the door! My old Mini 14 does better as well, and they were well known for lack of accuracy!
