My most participated thread on this forum was one called "accuracy of Lantac", so when they launched the LA-SF - a forged upper and lower, Texas built .22lr utilising the CMMG bolt and bentz chambered rifle, for under a grand, I thought it was now or never.
After placing my deposit back at the start of September, following a few issues with anodisers and the government shutdown I finally drove up to Harrogate and got my grubby paws on my new rifle on Friday...
7 and a half hour round trip to get home and start installing the oodles of toys I'd been saving up during the wait for arrival...
Out came the single stage trigger, a nicely tweaked 4lb pull, and in went the CMC 2 stage 2lb set / 2lb pull drop in trigger.
In went the Radian Raptor for ambidextrous charging handle usage.
On went the Magpul Bad Lever for easier bolt manipulations using strong hand.
Then it came to optics, I chose a Vortex Strike Eagle on top with a 45 degree offset Shield J-point Red dot.
It was a long night, but when morning came on Saturday, I felt like a kid at Christmas. Off to the range, wife in tow, with some 300 rounds of .22lr to go and see how she runs...
Verdict...?
Using the Winchester HP rounds, I had one stoppage where a round impeded the follower in the magazine and wouldn't feed. - I won't be using HP ammo in this rifle, although it was a nice experiment and a chance to blow through some rounds that would have otherwise sat in my ammo locker until the end of time...
I went through a mag and a half of Mini-Mag, with one Failure to Fire, the firing pin struck the case correctly, but it must have been a bad round, where there was no primer in that part of the rim, fired it again, with the firing pin hitting a different part of the rim, and it went off.
Using older black-case Eley Force, my chosen ammo for Practical Pistol, it ran flawlessly. no jams, stoppages or issues on over 200 rounds.
I can't speak for the sheer accuracy of the rifle, as with these optics, it's not set up for bench rest level accuracy, however, with the 6x scope, where your crosshairs are, is exactly where the bullet goes. I may at some point, to put an end to my curiosity about the actual accuracy, stick a scope on top of the rifle and shoot come competition cards to judge the overall accuracy of the package. However for Practical Mini-Rifle, this will definitely do the job for me.
As the wife was at the range with me, she had a go, a little sceptical, but she loved it. Trying to convince her to enter some competitions later this year!
My first proper outing with this rifle will be at Spring Action Weekend at Bisley - Butt Zero, speed steels. If anyone wants to come say hi and have a look in the flesh.
