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1/24/2010 10:35:44 AM EDT
can i use a 16"ar for precision shooting or i have to use 20-24" for that???
and most of the people using stainless steel barrel, can i use regular barrel?
1/24/2010 10:50:53 AM EDT
[#1]
I have a 16" heavy barrel AR I use for my "precision" shooting.  Of course it really depends on what you want to get out of it. I'm shooting at 100 or 200 yards usually. So 16 works fine. How far do you want to shoot and how tight do you want to shoot.?
1/24/2010 10:57:03 AM EDT
[#2]
if memory serves me correct, the longest confirmed kill in Iraq was over 850 yards with an M4.  So it CAN shoot that far.

I personally don't shoot past 400 yards with my AR, but i am about to purchase a 20 or 24 inch barreled AR for Prairie Dogs this summer
1/24/2010 12:29:51 PM EDT
[#3]
yes 16s can be used but SS hbar profile will be needed.

16 to 18 inch barrels are fully adequate for less than MOA id hea spacing ect are GTG
1/24/2010 12:46:08 PM EDT
[#4]
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if memory serves me correct, the longest confirmed kill in Iraq...


The way that's phrased, it's misleading.  Maybe the longest shot with an M4, in Iraq.   The longest confirmed kill over there so far is 1,250 meters, Army sniper, using an M24.  Right behind that one is 1,050 yards, Marine sniper, with an M40A3.

For the OP - check into some of the "Coyote gun" threads here - plenty of precision 16" setups in those threads.
1/24/2010 1:13:06 PM EDT
[#5]
what kind of groups do you guys get with your 16" setups?
2/5/2010 10:29:18 PM EDT
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what kind of groups do you guys get with your 16" setups?


about sub to 1" at 100 yard...with pmc 55fmj....i trying to move to 300 yard......bcz my friend shoot his remington 700pss, so we can go to range together
2/6/2010 4:46:04 AM EDT
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what kind of groups do you guys get with your 16" setups?


tiny like a bench rifle............................................. 16 inch lothar walther med ss wylde 1in8 with new 69 grain black hills ammo, and all things right in the universe off sandbags with quality 10x glass.
2/6/2010 4:56:43 AM EDT
[#8]
THEORETICALLY, IN A NO-WIND ENVIRONMENT AND AT A DISTANCE WHERE THE BULLET REMAINS SUPERSONIC, THE ACCURACY ADVANTAGE WOULD GO TO A SHORTER BARREL.

REASONS:

1. A SHORTER BARREL OF THE SAME PROFILE WILL BE STIFFER.

2. BULLET DWELL TIME IS LESS.

MY BEST 100 YARD GROUPS WITH AR' FORMAT RIFLES ARE WITH 12.5" NOVESKE S/S BARRELS.
2/6/2010 4:57:04 AM EDT
[#9]
Quoted:
Quoted:
what kind of groups do you guys get with your 16" setups?


about sub to 1" at 100 yard...with pmc 55fmj....i trying to move to 300 yard......bcz my friend shoot his remington 700pss, so we can go to range together

With PMC ammo? Hard pill to swallow.....
My Predator Pursuit shoots MOA(1") at 100...with my worked up reloads.20" Stainless barrel.

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