what caliber for an ar

[stinnett1981]

Everyone must have 223 AR-15....plain and simple

I think I'd rather grow a vagina....

:-X

humm...? You sure dont like AR's do you Mr mshelton. I think this is the 3rd time I seen you post negative remarks about AR's. Pretty strange seeing a anti-gun person on a shooting forum ???

 

[Gabe22BR]

Thinking of ar's in general...... good way to blow through some components.

 

[Tokimini]

204 Ruger - great cartridge. It's cheap to reload, very accurate and fun to shoot. Anything a .223 can do the 204 will do faster, flatter, and better.

 

[Danattherock]

Some of you guys are under medicated. :

I own two Barnes Precision AR-15's that shoot 1/2" groups. Just put a Krieger 20" on one and shot a three shot 0.172". It also shot a seven shot 0.501". And I'm not even done with this 77 SMK moly load.

What exactly is a 223 lacking? I'm not an AR fanboy, they are just toys to me, but geesh. The OP is wanting something to shoot out to 300 yards for gods sake.



Dan

 

[22DASHER]

Some of you guys are under medicated. :

You sure some aren't over medicated on here?

 

[searcher]

For varminting and plinking out to 300 yards as you state - I'd not go any further than a .223. I have .223's, 6.5 Grendel, .20 Practical, 20 Tactical - and if I could only have one - I'd take the .223. All the other calibers, save .308 in an AR-10, require much more brass maintenance or significantly higher brass cost (or both). If you said for 500 yards, I'd take the .20 Practical. If you said 'also for deer", I'd go larger like 6.5 Grendel or similar.
For high-volume, accurate, inexpensive shooting with minimal brass maintenance, the .223 is hard to beat. I'd make it a 1-9 or 1-8 twist for shooting light varmint bullets or medium-heavy target bullets.