by flintlok » Wed Mar 14, 2018 2:51 pm
I shoot regular AR 15's and do shoot with fellows who own AR's that at bolt action rifles. With a stock AR 15 at 100 yards I tend to get 2 to 3 inch groups with average 55 grain ammo. They easily out shoot my AK's. Even with my AK chambered barreled in 7.62X39 AR's I get 3 to 4 inch groups with Wolf military ball with easily out performs the same ammo in my AK's. What I am saying is that the guns can shoot straight out of the box. With free floated match barrels your looking at minute of angle groups or less with a good and ammo. Once you remove the gas operations things tighten up even further. It then comes down to the ammo you use. I tend to use blasting away ammo and I'm happy to group with iron sights with a stock (more or less) AR. My favorite pastime is to shoot off hand, bondage fee, at a 16 inch steel disc at 200 yard with iron sights. I love "ringing" the bell when the round hits square on. The disc typically isn't painted and can be difficult to see so it's a personal challenge for me. With the 68 grain Sierra's match loads it in my completion rifle with match barrel and match iron sights I can get 2 1/2 inches from the bench if I'm careful do my part. That's about my personal best. The guys with the scoped bolt action AR's do better than I do. The AR 15 is the hands down most popular rifle in the US. I swear every who shoots owns one or wishes that they did. There's good reason for it as they are accurate and highly modular. You can build any style of rifle you want from that platform from a top shelf match rifle to a 22 rim fire for something to blast away with.
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