Frag Out! Magazine

Stock resembles the one of USGI M4 except small differences in ove- rall shape. It has a different locking button, slightly different profile in the bottom part and butt pad. Also the rear sling loop was relocated. On top of that, it is noticeably less well made - you can see clear mold par- ting lines and deep ejector marks. In addition to this, the stock has a bit more play than similar ones in sli- ghtly more expensive carbines, but it is still an acceptable one. The manufacturer didn't mention what types of steel and aluminum were used in the rifle. CQ-A 5.56 comes with two alumi- num 30 round magazines, well-made copies of the old USGI one. They are dark gray matte color. Another pie- ce in a box is a cleaning kit (copy of USGI M16 cleaning kit) in a faux le- ather pouch, including a cleaning rod, two cleaning brushes and a bottle of gun oil. There is also an adjustable nylon webbing sling and paper ma- nual. BTW, the rifle in the cardboard box is sealed inside a plastic bag and is literally soaked in gun oil. Clean it thoroughly before use (including buf- fer tube!) . DOWNRANGE Let's start with a brief intro. The CA-A rifle came to us with around 800 rounds put downrange already. We shot around 150 rounds. Then the rifle was returned to the distri- butor and sent to the shooting range to work there until 6,000 rounds are going to be fired. Why 6K? The manu- al included with the gun claims that "service life (is) 6000 rds". We are not sure what that means, but the manu- al also states that the rifle was de- signed to combat enemy individuals and groups up 460 meters. Together with the distributor we have agreed that before 6,000 rounds count there should be no problems such as ma- jor malfunctions or accuracy decre- ase. After the period at the shooting range, it will return to us to check its overall condition (until anything hap- pens). We zeroed the iron sights to 300 meters and then installed the EO- TECH EXPS2-0 HWS with G33 ma- gnifier. Then we conducted ORT and Bill Drills on short distances and some double taps to IPSC tar- gets. First thing we noticed was the typical Mil-SPEC trigger. Single stage, with 2.5-2.7 kg trigger pull with easily felt break and relatively short but sharp reset. Definitely not something recommended for quick sport shooting, but usable. Regar- ding recoil, The CQ-A kicks defini- tely harder than other commercial AR rifles. It seems to be slightly over gassed, but it ejects cases in a very random way. Next stage was a 100 meters lane to check how accurate CQ-A is. Prone position, gun supported on the rolled shooting pad and sand sock under the stock. Follo- wing ammunition was used with following effects: • 55 gr SM – 3-3.5 MOA • 55 gr Norma Tac - ~3 MOA • 55 gr GGG – 1.2-1.3 MOA (4 shots fired, one was shooter's fault, if included then 2 MOA) • 55 gr PMC – below 1.5 MOA • 55 gr Fiocchi - ~2 MOA • 62 gr Fiocchi – below 2 MOA Definitely, not bad at all. With bi- pod and scope the results would be definitely around 1 MOA. If so- meone would like to use the rifle for semi-precision shooting, some trigger work should be done here. Replace at least the spring or com- plete trigger group if you can. For this price, CQ-A 556 is helluva ac- curate. Finally, we ditched the EOTECH and placed the carrying handle back to its place. The groups were around 2 MOA, with the mean point of impact about 40-50 mm offset to the right. It seems that the carrying handle keeps zero even after reat- taching it to the rifle. www.fragoutmag.com

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