22 ARC has knocked my socks off!

Mine is a gas gun with no gas, is it still a gas gun? I was hoping for a little more, but it’ll work just fine for the intended purpose. Just need the right critter to get in front of it now. Got to shoot a couple of jackrabbits last night with the 62 and it was quite dramatic. I hope it performs well for coyotes, that providing that I do my part.
 
Yes, it's still a "gas gun" for reloading purposes. The down-loaded gas gun load data from Hornady is meant to protect the AR15 bolt, which, when expanded to Grendel diameter is weaker than a 223 bolt.
I think the AR15 barrel extension and bolt should be reimagined to allow for higher pressures. But it would have to be standardized somehow. Seems like anything "proprietary" in the AR15 world is DOA.
 
62gr eld-vt has killed 1/2 doz coyotes so far, so far so good. Known accuracy issues likely derived from the type of rifling and twist rates. If you have a barrel that shoots em, I would endorse them at this point. Not a huge advantage over 60gr vmax inside 300yds imo. 60gr vmax is a coyote hammer. My latest thing is the 25-45 sharps. Mv3100 with 70gr bj. Just straight up stones everything it hits. Sounds like someone hitting a pillow with a baseball bat or a a NFL kicker punting a football.
 
I have about 20 coyotes on mine now, running it as a thermal setup. 18” ershaw gas gun, mostly aero parts. Running 53gr vmax at 3350 with 29.4 grains of shooters world AR plus. Very impressed so far. Furthest kill is around 285 and he was DRT. Haven’t seen any fur damage on the closer coyotes. Very impressed with it so far, I shoot tac class in PRS and run 75gr eldms at 2975 in a 26” 223, my arc is 3k from an 18” with room to run. It doesn’t shoot as tight at my PRs gun but it it’s been staying around .75-.625 for a five shot group. Functioning reliably. Once thermal season is over, I’ll run some gas gun matches with it and see how it does with 88’s and 90’s.
 

Attachments

  • IMG_0630.jpeg
    IMG_0630.jpeg
    78.9 KB · Views: 6
Back
Top