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Accuracy International AW .50 Cal Sniper


dobey

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I am converting a Star AW .338 sniper into an airsoft copy of Accuracy International's Arctic Warfare .50 caliber sniper rifle for a board member. Here is a pic of the real steal AW .50:

 

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First thing that has to go on the Star is the muzzle break, the AW .50 has a very unique muzzle break so it was constructed from scratch.

 

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And with the magic of the internet it goes from a few pieces of billet 6061 T6 aluminum to this:

 

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Gonna hit a pic limit so forgive me double posting.

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Very ambitious project, very nice machine work. Thumbs up!

 

Business end of the brake looks like JP's 'Sherman Tank' brake. Very effective, but it sucks to be sitting at the range station on my left or right! Heh.

 

Keep up the good work!

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Wow!

 

Turning an uncomfortably big rifle into an even more uncomfortably big rifle!? :unsure:

 

Excellent work so far. I only hope the owner actually understands what they're getting themselves into. It's either going to be a beautiful wall-hanger or a white elephant on the field.

 

Incidentally, the muzzle brake is supposed to have a cone fitted inside the front of it. ;)

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Wow!

 

Turning an uncomfortably big rifle into an even more uncomfortably big rifle!? :unsure:

 

Excellent work so far. I only hope the owner actually understands what they're getting themselves into. It's either going to be a beautiful wall-hanger or a white elephant on the field.

 

Well its me, so if it does its job it'll slow me down enough that sniping gets hard/enjoyable again :)

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Incidentally, the muzzle brake is supposed to have a cone fitted inside the front of it. ;)

 

This is why I said I will add more pics of the brake when it is completed :P

 

Working on the piece that will make the base of the barrel larger and tapered atm, have stopped for lunch.

 

The aluminum is all 6061 t6 Catman. It is easy to get, easy to machine and anodizes well so I don't even keep anything else in the shop.

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More technical-porn from Dobey :P

Nice work (as always), keep the pics coming.

 

Damn.

I want/need a mill so badly now...just as soon as my meagre few shares climb a little more I can get one.

Problem is, thanks to the Terminal 5 fiasco, it doesn't look like they'll be worth much for a good long while now <_<

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Could somone explain the difference between a flash hider and a muzzle break? I always just asumed that they were different words for the same thing

 

flash hider, hides flash of fired shot

muzzle break uses gases coming from a barrel to lower recoil

 

 

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short update. I finished up the main pieces for the muzzle break.

 

aw50-barrel-007.jpg

 

Got the barrel base piece made as well. I didn't have the right size pipe for it so made it from a solid block.

 

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Now onto the action of the gun. Just a sneak at that till it is done.

 

aw50-barrel-002.jpg

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