Title: Let's talk AR-15's Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Jun 16, 2016 Author:Stone Post Date:2016-06-16 20:43:30 by A K A Stone Keywords:None Views:2995 Comments:25
Tell me what you know about AR-15's. Which ones would you guys recommend?
To me, brand doesn't matter all that much as all my ars (.30/7.62mm cal and .223/5.56mm) are chambered to fire either saami or nato rounds. And all of mine are mil-spec (except, of course, gas piston ones).
I have wylde and ackley chambered ar15 and really don't find them any more accurate than a standard chamber. ymmv.
All my ar15s have heavier barrels, either a bull barrel or a heavy varmint contour with either a 1 in 8 or 1 in 7 twist because I wanted to shoot heavier bullets. But I have to hand feed each round because they won't fit in a magazine. For just plinking out to 300 yds or so, the standard coal (about 2 1/4") and 62 gr bullets work fine for me. I can even fit some 69 gr bullets in a mag but might have to use a compressed load.
But the major consideration, imho, is direct impingement (di) or gas piston (piston) design. I have ultrasonic tanks so cleaning isn't much of an issue to me but I don't care much for hot brass or scalding bcgs and a rule of thumb is 'a gun shouldn't sh*t where it eats". But I really like stoner's design so I have both platforms. But even armalite offers both nowadays, I think.
