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Finally read the FAQs

Finally read the FAQs (3/11)

  1. I stripped down my uppers and my spr barrel weights 42.6 oz, where as the Odin 16 weights 31 oz. the Odin barrel is basically .750 the entire length. I shot both barrels with the same ammo one day and the velocity difference is only 2.8%.
  2. I just got it a few weeks ago and thus far have only sighted it in with a few rounds. It was from a bipod on the bench so I really can’t talk about recoil impulse feel. It is still a pretty heavy profile so the rifle is about 8oz lighter than the 18” SPR that I am used to (which is a soft shooter but a real pig for weight). What I am trying to say is the overall rifle weight is still high so the felt recoil was low. i can say that accuracy was fantastic. On par with my 18” SPR. I will I’ll try to report back after I get to the range. Maybe sometime next week. Also note that this rifle came with an adjustable gas block which will be my first. edit to add: my thoughts would be that you should pull the trigger on this. The weight will still be high but not too high and the accuracy will be very good, I have no doubt that I won’t have much trouble taming the impulse with the adjustable gas.
  3. I just got an 16” intermediate length from Odin.
  4. Something to consider when shooting a shorty at great distance is not just the drop (since that is relatively easily calculable) but also the windage. Everything else being the same, the difference in drift from wind is attributed to the increased flight time due to lower velocity. Even using 77gr match ammo, 5.56 coming out of my 18" barrel will be at 1739 fps by the 800 yard mark. That is a flight time of 1.11 sec. And, with a 10 mph wind adjacent to the flight path the bullet will drift 38.8 inches. Now compare that to the same ammo from my 11.5" which would give 1495 fps at 800 yard mark, 1.27 sec flight time, and 46.9 inches of drift. Strelok makes these horizontal correction numbers posted above look like a hard science but in reality the wind conditions can vary from shot to shot and it is the windage variability that can make long distance shots harder to place multiple hits on the same target. A faster bullet makes the wind slightly less of a factor. If you want a shorty that can go the distance I have read some amazing feats from 6.5 Grendel out of a 12.5" barrel. It goes even slower yet then a 5.56 shorty but I guess the bullet weight/shape gives it excellent long range shooting properties.
  5. I ended up getting an Odin 16" with intermediate gas. It appears to be 31 oz, so a good 10 oz lighter than my current SPR profile 18" and I will see what the intermediate gas feels like. I am still interested in the results from the WOA barrel.
  6. That is the barrel. I am interested in the 1.9 lb model. I am deciding between this barrel and something like a med profile 16” mid gas. I assume accuracy and such would be similar as long as they are all quality barrels. My interest would be in the perceived recoil difference due to the gas systems and how well they run.
  7. Anyone have any experience with this barrel? I may be interested in it because I have an SPR weight barrel and I could save about 10 ounces with it; which would directly offset the recent 10 ounces I gained switching from a trijicon to a vortex razor. One thing is I am currently on rifle length gas and this is a proprietary “intermediate “ length which is between mid and rifle. But out my main interest is in saving a little weight. Any one with experience?
  8. Then I will actually get a second sight picture for doubles.
  9. Correct, I did the math on the wrong angle. So the effect is even less.
  10. Not getting a solid second sight picture and basically just pulling the trigger as fast as possible yields me doubles on each target where both shots are within a few inches of each other. So given that there is no need for 2 alpha hits (as in pistol competition) and they just put need to be on paper, I would run the gun as fast as you can. i think most of this has to do with my 10lb gun; shooting paper at 5 to 15 yards and recoil is basically not an issue for a heav gun.
  11. I just upgraded to a vortex razor and added another 11oz and hate how it feels. This brings my rifle to just over 10lbs. But I will probably end up liking it in the end. Similar to one of the above posters, I have gone back and forth between a heavier and lighter rifle. Each time I am on the lighter one I feel as though I can’t control it very well and my shots are all over. Then I go back to the heavy one and though I feel like I am fighting the rifle through out the stage, I end up with a good score and good splits.
  12. 200yard zero is best yard zero no matter what the zero you will have to know your holdovers for the 5 to 15 yard close in stuff, then beyond that you are within 2 inches out past to 240 yards. also it is the zero I use for every rifle so all of my offsets are basically the same.
  13. I agree that long range shooting is a completely different thing. Shooting 200 yards and closer all the time means that wind is generally negligible, as too is drop, other than a mean offset when shooting super close. Using strelok for the first time and seeing how much wind can effect the shot at long ranges was surprising. I probably wouldn’t have been able to hit anything, even if I had the right vertical dope, without understanding how my much horizontal offset is needed even for a relatively calm day.
  14. Typical steel safety is 10 yards. I don’t know if I have ever had shotshell ricochet, but I have been hit by plenty of pistol frag so I usually run those septeels a little further.
  15. I have a 24” and don’t mind the mag tube sticking out a bit.
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