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To: Covenantor; Squantos; Ramius; JenB; g'nad; osagebowman; B4Ranch; hiredhand
Continuing with last week's activities, I tried once again to test the accuracy of the Kriss carbine. This time I went for optics overkill, but at least I could mount the scope properly. I found out that with the scope, I could shoot about the same size group at 50 yards as I did at 25 with the Eotech, simply because I could see the bullseye, and not just guess where it was hiding under the red dot.

With an appropriate scope (and an Elcan is waayyyyy overkill) this weapon could keep all the rounds in the black to at least 100 yards.

Except the ergonomics of the Kriss makes it feel like it was designed for aliens, and the all-plastic trigger mechanism just plain sucks. Even with a big chunky, heavy scope, the balance point still seems to be forward of the handguard. There isn't much real estate forward of the magazine well to find a comfortable place for my left hand, unless I stretch my arm waaaay forward on the faux suppressor. At least I had the foresight to get the silicone rubber insulator from a real suppressor before putting over a hundred rounds through it. That hollow steel tube was HOT.

Add to that the long, creepy, plastic-on-plastic trigger pull, and the odd shape of the extended stock, and I'm not yet ready declare the Kriss operational for my purposes. It's still accurate, and has a super-low recoil with fast recovery, but I can't get comfy, yet, with something where the top half, and rear, of the weapon is just hollow plastic and air. Back to the drawing board, and the range, once inspiration strikes.

4,213 posted on 12/13/2013 2:48:57 AM PST by 300winmag (Whatever CAN go wrong has already happened. We just don't know about it yet.)
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To: 300winmag; Squantos; g'nad; Ramius; B4Ranch

Afternoon WinMag - well, that Kriss does look like a fugitive from the SF network, but apparently will do the job as intended.

Quiet in this part of theshire, planning on seeing the Hobbit part II this week. Need to see a movie this year.


4,214 posted on 12/14/2013 2:30:05 PM PST by osagebowman
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