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Posted: 2/15/2003 11:47:22 PM EDT
| After reading the hundreds of posts of extremely useful information it seems that any configuration will give me great results. However my main use will be for target and I want the best possible accuracy. I will most likely be shooting at 100 yards but would like to venture out to 300 or more. The whole 1:7 and 1:9 has turned my brain to mush. It sounds like my best bet would be to go 20" at 1:7 but have read about the 55 grainers being tempermental or was that the result of a bad load? I would like to be able to use between 55 and 80gr loads but don't want to be limited to just one weight. I have always loved the AR but this will be my first purchase and want to do it right from the start. It probably will never see more than 500 rounds a week and that would be an extreme so should I go stainless? Accuracy is my main concern so would the right handload with a chromed barrel duplicate a stainless barrels accuracy? I know all these questions have been beaten to death and then some but this one will not see the swamps or deserts of the military environment which some of the opinions probably are based. Worst case would be high humidity and maybe a drizzle. Any help is appreciated. |
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1) for "best possible accuracy", stay away from chrome lined bores. There's a reason the "DCM" competition rifles don't use them. (2) A 1/8 twist will give you the best of both worlds. 55gr will shoot just fine at 100 yds, and the 69 gr will shoot good at 300 yds. (3) You could go 1/7 twist and just stick with 69 gr bullets, but that gets kinda pricey. (4) the most accurate "out of the box" rifles all wear the "DCM" designation. They have the best barrels, bolts and chambers matched, 2 stage triggers, etc. Your looking at about $1200 for a Bushmaster or Armalite, argueably the two best in the buisness. |
| RRA does make a nice piece, but I'm not sure they can be classified equall to a BM or Armalite .....yet. Not to piss off the RRA fans here, but I did put my Bushie DCM up against a RRA-DCM while shooting off the bench. My bushie was consistantly 1/4" to 1/2" better in group size. Again it falls back to the original post asking about the "best possible accuracy", in which case $$$ should not be a factor. We all know that "gtofan" makes the big bucks if he can afford the "gas, tires. and oil" for that old Pontiac! |
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Factory rifles can be darn good, but true Zen usually comes from a custom 'smith who can spend a little more time getting everything just right. Folks like Lew Tippie, Barry at [url]www.metalcraft-ar15.com[/url], Frank White at [url]www.compasslake.com[/url], etc. will be able to give you a rifle to your specs that will perform exceptionally well. Of course, there's a price for this... [:)] -Troy |
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