300 Blackout Journey Page 9
The Umbrella Corporation was?founded in the late 1960s as a?major international player in pharmaceutical goods and medical supplies, known for their creation of the T-Virus a powerful mutagen that alters living and recently dead organisms. Wait that’s the Umbrella Corporation from the movie and game series of Resident Evil.?The Umbrella Corporation I spent the day on the range with has a totally different doctrine.
“Umbrella Corporation is a research, development, and engineering firm incorporated in 2007 with primary focus on small arms design to include complete weapon systems as well as functional parts and accessories that exceed the expectations of the consumer, provide definitive advantage, value added performance, and no-compromise quality. Ingenuity, innovation, with a dedicated commitment towards perfection defines our philosophy.”
The expansion of the versatile 300 blackout round continues to be on the rise. I am finding more people adopting the round in my part of the country and coming across even more interesting AR builds like this Resident Evil theme based AR. I have seen a few other theme based AR’s but never really gave any real consideration to purchasing or building one as it felt to gimmicky and I was worried about quality. The Umbrella Corporation has a mission to exceed the expectations of its consumer base, having looked over this build I can say it has definitely achieved its mission. This build has many interesting features I had not seen before. First that 1-6 Vortex Strike Eagle has absolutely amazing clarity and the speed of a reflex sight, it is IMHO perfect for the short to medium range 300Blackout cartridge. Then we have this rather unique Ferfrans CRD (concussion reduction device)?it reduces concussion and muzzle blast by forcing it all down range. I was a little concerned about it’s bulk changing the point of aim but once the testing started I quickly discovered there was no impact to accuracy or point of aim. With all of its features I quickly came to realize this was one well thought out 300 Blackout build, the features were perfect match for the 300 Blackout round. This AR could easily be used for hunting, 3 Gun Competition and tactical teams for room clearing.
Overwhelmed with the quality of the build I almost forgot we were there to do some testing adding yet another rifle to the self proclaimed largest 300 Blackout dataset on the web. The owner even provided some of his own ammo for testing wanting to see how they performed across the chronograph.
| Rifle | Barrel Length | Gas Tube Length | Ammunition – Powder-Manual | COAL | Bullet Weight/Bullet Type | Velocity FPS | Average Velocity FPS | ES | SD | Group Size | Weather Conditions | Bolt Lock Back |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umbrella Corp AR Build | 16′ 1/8.5 | Pistol | Fiocchi | 150gr FMJ | Hi 1975 | 1950 | 51 | 20 | 3.484 | 50 Degrees Windy | Yes | |
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| 1943 | ||||||||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||||||
| Low 1924 | ||||||||||||
| Umbrella Corp AR Build | 16′ 1/8.5 | Pistol | Hornady Zombie Max | 110gr Zmax | Hi 2376 | 2358 | 29 | 11 | 4.181 | 50 Degrees Windy | Yes | |
| 2351 | ||||||||||||
| 2364 | ||||||||||||
| Low 2347 | ||||||||||||
| 2355 | ||||||||||||
| Umbrella Corp AR Build | 16′ 1/8.5 | Pistol | Factory Sig | 2.225 | Sig 220gr | 1086 | 1060 | 214 | 88 | 1.086 | 50 Degrees Windy | Yes |
| Hi 1117 | ||||||||||||
| 1091 | ||||||||||||
| 1106 | ||||||||||||
| Low 903 | ||||||||||||
| Umbrella Corp AR Build | 16′ 1/8.5 | Pistol | Team Never Quit | 2.075 | 125gr Nosler BT | Hi 2171 | 2151 | 48 | 18 | 0.715 | 50 Degrees Windy | Yes |
| Low 2123 | ||||||||||||
| 2143 | ||||||||||||
| 2154 | ||||||||||||
| 2164 |
I brought along my Ruger American Ranch Rifle and my own 300Blackout AR built on a Sun Devil Lower with a CMMG Barrel which has been used in these test previously.
| Rifle | Barrel Length | Gas Tube Length | Ammunition – Powder-Manual | COAL | Bullet Weight/Bullet Type | Velocity FPS | Average Velocity FPS | ES | SD | Group Size | Weather Conditions | Bolt Lock Back |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RARR 300BlackOut | 16′ 1/7 Twist | N/A | Reload 19gr A1680 | 2.226 | 150gr Speer | Hi 1828 | 1807 | 44 | 16 | 1.103 | 50 Degrees Windy | N/A |
| 1809 | ||||||||||||
| Low 1784 | ||||||||||||
| 1814 | ||||||||||||
| 1804 | ||||||||||||
| RARR 300BlackOut | 16′ 1/7 Twist | N/A | Hornady Zombie Max | 110gr Zmax | 2428 | 2428 | 9 | 4 | 1.337 | 50 Degrees Windy | N/A | |
| Hi 2433 | ||||||||||||
| 2433 | ||||||||||||
| Low 2424 | ||||||||||||
| 2424 | ||||||||||||
| Sun Devil Lower CMMG Barrel 300BlackOut | 16′ 1/7 Twist | Pistol | Hornady Zombie Max | 110gr Zmax | 2460 | 2468 | 55 | 24 | 2.402 | 50 Degrees Windy | Yes | |
| Hi 2501 | ||||||||||||
| 2450 | ||||||||||||
| 2487 | ||||||||||||
| Low 2446 | ||||||||||||
| Sun Devil Lower CMMG Barrel 300BlackOut | 16′ 1/7 Twist | Pistol | Reload 19gr A1680 | 2.226 | 150gr Speer | 1972 | 1966 | 124 | 45 | 0.914 | 50 Degrees Windy | Yes |
| Hi 2026 | ||||||||||||
| 1981 | ||||||||||||
| 1952 | ||||||||||||
| Low 1902 |