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AR15/10 Rifles
Dmr/sdmr build and testing report.
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<blockquote data-quote="pondskipper" data-source="post: 1312841" data-attributes="member: 26430"><p>After all was said and done I had finally gotten the gun to be a consistent .5-.6 shooter time and time again, knowing I had hit a barrier as basically all major parts and components had been changed out with the exception of the forged milspec upper and lower receivers. </p><p> </p><p>I did notice that when I was installing the new barrel in the gun that there seemed to be an excessive amount of play between the barrel shank and upper receiver barrel socket when the barrel was slid into place and I knew that this plus the sloppy fitment of the bolt carrier group in the upper receivers raceway were what was likely holding the rest of the system back from what it was really potentially capable of and I decided to get a billet upper and lower receiver set that was designed from the ground up to be the foundation of precision rifle platform, I looked at many brands and ended up going with a Wilson combat matched billet upper and lower receiver set to install everything into and I am glad I did! it was pricy for sure but it was money well spent, installing the barrel into the new upper I instantly noticed if you weren't holding your mouth right the shank would not slide into the socket, moving forward I also noticed just how little play there was between the bolt carrier group and the upper receiver raceway, which was roughly 1/3 the amount of its milspec counterpart, those two things plus the increased rigidity of the billet unit being thicker and stronger, I'm pleased to announce that the rifle is now shooting 5 shot groups that are seldom larger than 3/8" in diameter and just look like a single .375 cal bullet hole at 100 yards with factory 75gr Hornady match ammo.</p><p> </p><p>I learned a lot doing it this way, sure I could have just gone out and purchased all top of the line parts, put the gun together, and been done with it but I wanted to know for myself as well as for others, the things to look for and what gives you the biggest bang for your buck when it comes to trying to turn an AR into a rifle that's that is more accuracy oriented rather than the spray and pray at 75-100yds. I now feel completely confident that any coyote within 600 yards or closer, is going to be in some serious trouble. I'm sure it would still be accurate at 1000 yards and maybe in a few weeks I will load it up and take it to the range and find out, but for hunting and taking a shot at something with a pulse, I'm not going to press my luck on a cartridge this small to have the energy to humanely kill a coyote any further out than 600 yds, I know they are a pest but I wouldn't want someone to shoot me from a long ways off and let me lay there and suffer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pondskipper, post: 1312841, member: 26430"] After all was said and done I had finally gotten the gun to be a consistent .5-.6 shooter time and time again, knowing I had hit a barrier as basically all major parts and components had been changed out with the exception of the forged milspec upper and lower receivers. I did notice that when I was installing the new barrel in the gun that there seemed to be an excessive amount of play between the barrel shank and upper receiver barrel socket when the barrel was slid into place and I knew that this plus the sloppy fitment of the bolt carrier group in the upper receivers raceway were what was likely holding the rest of the system back from what it was really potentially capable of and I decided to get a billet upper and lower receiver set that was designed from the ground up to be the foundation of precision rifle platform, I looked at many brands and ended up going with a Wilson combat matched billet upper and lower receiver set to install everything into and I am glad I did! it was pricy for sure but it was money well spent, installing the barrel into the new upper I instantly noticed if you weren't holding your mouth right the shank would not slide into the socket, moving forward I also noticed just how little play there was between the bolt carrier group and the upper receiver raceway, which was roughly 1/3 the amount of its milspec counterpart, those two things plus the increased rigidity of the billet unit being thicker and stronger, I'm pleased to announce that the rifle is now shooting 5 shot groups that are seldom larger than 3/8" in diameter and just look like a single .375 cal bullet hole at 100 yards with factory 75gr Hornady match ammo. I learned a lot doing it this way, sure I could have just gone out and purchased all top of the line parts, put the gun together, and been done with it but I wanted to know for myself as well as for others, the things to look for and what gives you the biggest bang for your buck when it comes to trying to turn an AR into a rifle that's that is more accuracy oriented rather than the spray and pray at 75-100yds. I now feel completely confident that any coyote within 600 yards or closer, is going to be in some serious trouble. I'm sure it would still be accurate at 1000 yards and maybe in a few weeks I will load it up and take it to the range and find out, but for hunting and taking a shot at something with a pulse, I'm not going to press my luck on a cartridge this small to have the energy to humanely kill a coyote any further out than 600 yds, I know they are a pest but I wouldn't want someone to shoot me from a long ways off and let me lay there and suffer. [/QUOTE]
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