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 Post subject: Don Cothran build
PostPosted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:01 pm 
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Some of the parts breakdown:

-trigger is a beadblasted BlueFork with MAP Super Sear.

-grip is a Venom "Mjolnir" AR grip in Satin Black Cerakote

-Tactical Dynamics AR buttstock in Satin Black Cerakote

-milspec Ghost Firearm AR tube in Tungsten Cerakote

-JSAR AR stock adapter

-Recon 1 castle nut in Satin Red

-Satin Red Tactical Innovations Ruger 10/22 7/8 high receiver rail as forearm

-Sklep Miltaria "pickle" adapter

-Donny FL "pickle"

-Vortex Sparc 2 moa red dot


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 Post subject: Re: Don Cothran build
PostPosted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:28 pm 
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What a beauty ~

How's its power then? Is it a beast at the same time?!

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 Post subject: Re: Don Cothran build
PostPosted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:46 pm 
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Mr. Yep, I have not shot it yet.

The valve is just an OEM Crosman, so the performance should be about the same.

The 10" barrel is a Lothar, so it should do nicely.

I have 2 iterations of this gun actually; I just remove the JSAR adapter (it has an internal power adjuster) and its attachments, then I replace it w/ a Don Cothran power adjuster and, voila, it is now in pistol form.


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 Post subject: Re: Don Cothran build
PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 2:39 pm 
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4 shots at 15 yards using 4.52 JSB 8g pellets:

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As if I could see the "built-in" windflag, lol!

I like the way it groups :drinkers:


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 Post subject: Re: Don Cothran build
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Nice one!

And I found that you live in a good place that always has weather so nice!

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 Post subject: Re: Don Cothran build
PostPosted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 11:33 pm 
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Not really, Mr. Yep2x. It is pretty cold in Gallup when it gets cold, lol!

I managed to get tighter groups than the one in the picture.

5 shots all in the black Sharpie mark after I adjusted the windage and elevation a bit.

I might install a 1-4x24 Optisan on this rig because I really like its accuracy!

And oh, this carbine is pretty heavy, lol!


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 Post subject: Re: Don Cothran build
PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 9:35 am 
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For sure it should shoot better than your initial test ~

The American Classic should be a light weight accurate carbine ~ how's this one weights? You put too many metal on it ~ lol ~

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 Post subject: Re: Don Cothran build
PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 1:07 pm 
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YepYep wrote:
For sure it should shoot better than your initial test ~

The American Classic should be a light weight accurate carbine ~ how's this one weights? You put too many metal on it ~ lol ~

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Lol, it does weigh a lot but I do not have a scale, sir!

Yes, no plastic on this one and the stainless DC parts only add to the overall weight.

It is a nice semi bench gun though, lol!

When I get to our house in Abq., I would be able to try it out at 30 yards or so, from the reception area to the end of the back lawn:

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My planned shooting table, lol!

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The corner of the backyard fence is where I will put my targets :D

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Btw, we bought this house just recently because it is almost our 3rd year in the USA.

US citizenship to follow, lol!


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 Post subject: Re: Don Cothran build
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Congrats!!

It looks your backyard just so close to other houses... Do you know you have a good neighbor or not yet?

The city law against the discharge of guns is very strict here now... I remember I would put the targets on the backyard, and shot them from the balcony ( better than shooting things above and you won't know where the pellets would fly to, right?), but right now, I just shoot inside the house with doors, windows closed....

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 Post subject: Re: Don Cothran build
PostPosted: Sun Sep 09, 2018 10:36 pm 
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Mr. Yep, it is a very quiet neighborhood and decent. The house beside ours is owned by a major (or was it a captain?) of the police dept. in Abq. There is also an East Indian couple; the husband an engineer or something.

I do not see people roaming around and the cars are always mostly in the garage.

With my silenced airguns, I do not think I will trouble anyone, but you are right, it is risky. I just might go to the range, lol!


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 Post subject: Re: Don Cothran build
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 Post subject: Re: Don Cothran build
PostPosted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:01 pm 
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Well, this one has Cothran parts too, so I will just post it here:

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It now sports a 14.6" Lothar .177 barrel and a side focus 4-12x40 South Korean Bushy Engage Deploy MOA reticle. Nice fine reticle but I find it quite busy. Too many hash marks, I suppose, but they are really thin and good for precision shooting.

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20 yards; 5 shots (it looks like it's only 3 but it really is 5); JSB 8.4g, 4.52 head; 8 pumps; semi squat position with a low table as bench.

It shoots nice! Well it is a Lothar. Should do even better on a proper bench table with sufficient front and rear bags.

Might install a BlueFork barrel band on this one but free floated, it shoots great!

Those o-rings around the barrel are there to improve the barrel's rigidity--there is no barrel sag though.


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 Post subject: Re: Don Cothran build
PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 10:54 am 
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5 shots; 8 pumps; same JSB pellets; 25 yards with my 1377...Yes, I moved the target to another tree, so it is farther :D

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Yesterday I actually did better, putting 4 pellets (shots 1, 2, 3, and 5) in a one hole, but the 4th shot went about 1/4" to the right and was also about 1/4" low. I swear it was the pellet's fault :lol: My crosshairs were really right on the dot, so I believe it was really that pellet that was heavier than the rest, I guess.

I am now using sandbags but my table is not that great--it is not even a table, it is just a solid and tall Rainbow vacuum box, which is about 20 inches tall. I am using a foot stool as my chair, lol!

Will be ordering a Blue Fork Band from HPA Sports. I was going to yesterday but there is something wrong with their site, I could not seem to proceed to subsequent levels, albeit I registered again per Miss Claire's/Mr. Joe's instruction--they are good people, this couple!

To reiterate, the Bushy Engage's Deploy MOA reticle is really nice for target work but is not good for hunting--too thin rets and densely packed hashlines.


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 Post subject: Re: Don Cothran build
PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 11:22 am 
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My shooting table :mrgreen:

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 Post subject: Re: Don Cothran build
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I have a thinking... Did you try not using the silencer? Because I think your setup should be more accurate... And we don't have silencer here so I don't have experience on this stuff and maybe it would affect the accuracy... or, maybe not... But it should be easy to remove and try, right?

And if you have a chrony, maybe you can see the fps difference in the same 8 pumps, it would do something too...

And 25 meters, I think you use 10 pumps would be better?!

:) happy shooting ~


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