Hello all,
I am from the Philippines where we were allowed lasy May by the Police to have IPSC Rifle matches. This is in addition to IPSC Pistol and Shotgun macthes which we already do. So you can imagine that shooters are really getting into rifles where the most popular are the M16, M4, and M14. Even M1 Carbines and M1 Garands are joining in!
I want to put together a sniper rifle based on the M16 and was looking at either a DPMS or les Baer barrel. However, I got stuck because I realized that all these nice and expensive barrels are for .223. The most abundant ammo we can get here is M193 5.56 mm.
Some people tell me that I may run into problems shooting the 5.56 ammo in a .223 barrel.
I would like to find out if this is not a good idea. Also, if all we have here is 5.56 mm (M193 and SS109), does anybody make a a high quality sniper grade barrel?
thanks,