AR's aren't accurate

[miningshawn]

"AR's aren't accurate"
"223AI won't feed from a magazine"
"Just sell it and get a (insert person's favorite brand here)..."

DPMS Oracle stock uppper, lower, and bolt. $459.00
McGowen SS 1:8 .223AI. $328.00
TacFire forend. $47.25
Magpul fixed stock. $54.32
Hogue grip. $19.95
BCM oversized charging handle $44.88
Seekins Precision adjustable gas block. $62.23
Rifle length gas tube. $9.77

Telling haters to pound sand after shooting 1/3 MOA on a breezy and hot day?
Priceless!

10 touching looking through mirage and with the target backer fluttering.

For all of the questions answered and all of the knowledge gleaned from this site, (especially reloading!), thank you.
Thank you very much.

 

[D Coots]

I would head to the nearest Benchrest match asap.

 

[miningshawn]

I would head to the nearest Benchrest match asap.

And get spanked... I will head to the gopher fields instead!

 

[bichettereds]

Nice group! Curious what the others looked like.

 

[miningshawn]

Nice group! Curious what the others looked like.

The full work up for you.

 

[D Coots]

And get spanked... I will head to the gopher fields instead!

That's more relaxing. Have a good time.

 

[D Coots]

I have an AR in the safe, bought it when Bummer went into office, never fired it. All I have to compare to an AR is 700 Rems worked over with Hart bbls for shooting dogs built 30 years ago. Dowling did those.

 

[tomswede]

AR’s (223) tend to be accurate and not need a lot of load tuning. Not BR rifles but very good for most shooting sports

 

[Kermit in Va.]

That's nice...
Looks like you got it figured out
Now, make some red mist...lo!

 

[simo hayha]

What trigger

 

[miningshawn]

What trigger

Forgot that. Elftmann 3 gun, picked up on sale for $166.00. I actually prefer the CMC drop-ins on my other rifles.

 

[Tommie]

Man, AR’s aint my thing but anyone who thinks they’re just for spray-n-pray hasn’t handled a well build one.
Good job.

 

[Forum Boss]

What were you using for front and rear support on your AR?

Where you running wind flags?

 

[MikeMcCasland]

How long is that barrel? Those are really good velocities for a 77gr, even if it's an AI chamber.

 

[miningshawn]

Front Caldwell bag, rear squeeze bag. The grass is tall enough at the range to negate flags, so just the ribbon on the 100yd. There was also enough pollen in the air to help pick up zephyrs.
This was actually the most pleasant weather we've had in months, I was happy to finally see how this would turn out.

 

[miningshawn]

How long is that barrel? Those are really good velocities for a 77gr, even if it's an AI chamber.

24.5" McGowen. Starline cases in .223 run on the "small" side in my experience. The LC09 cases I am working with on another build, (obviously before fire-forming) hold almost 2gr more of H2O.

 

[CT10ring]

"AR's aren't accurate"
"223AI won't feed from a magazine"
"Just sell it and get a (insert person's favorite brand here)..."

DPMS Oracle stock uppper, lower, and bolt. $459.00
McGowen SS 1:8 .223AI. $328.00
TacFire forend. $47.25
Magpul fixed stock. $54.32
Hogue grip. $19.95
BCM oversized charging handle $44.88
Seekins Precision adjustable gas block. $62.23
Rifle length gas tube. $9.77
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Telling haters to pound sand after shooting 1/3 MOA on a breezy and hot day?
Priceless!

10 touching looking through mirage and with the target backer fluttering.

For all of the questions answered and all of the knowledge gleaned from this site, (especially reloading!), thank you.
Thank you very much.

You are preaching to the choir, sir.
It's not bragging if it's true.
AR is just a great rig.
no bolt cock. no head off the stock.
no scope eyebox change.
what haters?

 

[cheek9075]

I've got a dpms, everything factory but the trigger. Heavy barrel. I shoot 50gr vmax, tried other bb's but it like them. It will shoot 1/2 inch group. Velocity is low, but I will give up speed for accuracy.

An AR done right is a nice rifle.

 

[CT10ring]

Nice trigger pulling. Why we "all" are here. Well - for the most part. McGowen bbl. Seems to work.

 

[T-shooter]

A friend sent me this a couple years ago and I laid one of my 5 shot targets it on it at the correct size. This is at 100 yards. Below is onbe of my 10 shot AR targets.

My AR is a basic Palmetto 16" stainless barrel with 1/8 twist, a 5.56 chamber, and a muzzle brake. The barrel is not free floated. My most accurate rounds are 69 grain Sierra Match Kings with 25.3 grains of Varget in Federal cases and the C.O.L. set to 1.300" (using magazines that will take that length). Still there is about .150" jump to the lands. This is at 100 yards. Why the shot off to the right? I somehow always seem to get a flier and this is a bad one. Normal group size for this rifle is about 1-1/4" -1-1/2" rarely shooting 1 MOA. Some 55 grain ammo I used in testing shot as much as 4-1/2" at 100 yards. That's a pattern, not a group.