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
						1943
						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