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DoubleStar10B Bat Rifle: Graham Baates Video

DoubleStar10B Bat Rifle: Graham Baates Video

August 17, 2018 by Graham Baates Leave a Comment

DoubleStar has been stealthily crafting some incredible rifles.  Their Midnight Dragon not only looks cool, but has given us the best ten-shot grouping we’ve ever accomplished when mixed with Nosler ammunition.  Aside from accuracy and build quality, part of what sets DoubleStar rifles apart is aesthetics.

Looks may not be the officially important, but I argue that a company who cares about them may also be the kind of company who cares about build quality.  Doing something different requires engineering and care.  In the case of DoubleStar we haven’t been proven wrong yet.  Here’s a look at the 10B to show what I mean.

Styling aside here are the product specifications from the product webpage.

PRODUCT WEIGHT 9.95 lbs.
CALIBER .308
MODES OF FIRE Semi – Automatic
OVER ALL LENGTH 41.5″
BARREL LENGTH 18″
BARREL TYPE Wilson Air Gauged
TWIST RATE 1:11.25
BARREL MATERIAL 416 Stainless Steel
BARREL FEATURES Air Gauged, Stainless Steel, Fluted, Free Floating
SIGHT / GAS BLOCK Low Profile Gas Block
MUZZLE DEVICE Bullseye™ Muzzle Brake
HANDGUARD Samson Evolution (15″)
UPPER RECEIVER TYPE Flattop
UPPER RECEIVER MATERIAL Billet Aircraft 7075 T6 Aluminum
UPPER RECEIVER COATING Anodized to Mil-Spec
UPPER RECEIVER FEATURES Brass Deflector, Dust Cover
LOWER RECEIVER MATERIAL Billet Aircraft 7075 T6 Aluminum
LOWER RECEIVER COATING Anodized to Mil-Spec
LOWER RECEIVER FEATURES Integrated Trigger Guard, Enhanced Magwell
CHARGING HANDLE BCMGUNFIGHTER™ Charging Handle with MOD4 Latch
FIRE CONTROL GROUP CMC 3.5 lb Flat Trigger Group
MAGAZINE CAPACITY 20 rd.
BUTTSTOCK ACE™ Hammer™ Stock
PISTOL GRIP Hogue®
OTHER FEATURES Enhanced Extraction System
ACTION Direct Gas Impingement
BRAND DoubleStar Corp.
MANUFACTURER DoubleStar Corp.
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE United States
WARRANTY Yes

The rifle is hefty, but between that heft, the brake, and the gas system it makes for one smooth shooter.  As you’ll see in our multi-mag test in the shooting impressions video below the 10B feels more like an AR15 than an AR10 in the shoulder.  I couldn’t help but fire quicker and quicker.  The CMC trigger no doubt helped.

For our shooting experience we tested magazines from IMI Defense, Brownell’s, HexMag, MagPul, and C-Products.  This is extra important with AR10 platforms as there is no official standard; no “mil-spec”.  We also grouped with four different loads.  Groupings were five shots from two shooters for a total of ten rounds per load.  The only time between groups was as long as it took to load the magazine.  That meant for a hot barrel which can degrade accuracy, but in my opinion is a more realistic test.  For the testing we used the Caldwell Stinger rest and a Warne X-Skel mount held Leupold’s VX3i LRP optic.

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Graham Baates “Graham Baates” is a pen name used by a 15-year active Army veteran who spent most of his time in the tactical side of the Intelligence community including tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. Post-Army Graham spent some time in the 3-Gun circuit before becoming a full-time NRA Certified defensive handgun instructor. After more than 1,900 hours instructing he now works as an industry writer while curating a YouTube channel on the side.

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