Quoted: 1) i'll be shooting target shooting and would like to be hitting dimes at 100yds.
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well, you can do that with a 16" bbl as well. read on...
2)can i say both? But more with a scope, irons will certainly improve my shooting skills.
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so you want a flat top upper, A3 style. thus you can move from irons to red dot to glass as needed. do not buy a clamp-on carry handle -- save that money and instead get a proper BUIS like the ARMS #40. this way you can fold it down and out of the way when you mount new optics.
3)24" barrel is more accurate?? or maybe 20 inch barrels?
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longer barrels give more muzzle velocity, which translates to a slightly flatter trajectory and a bit more reach. but for shooting at 100 yds the difference between 16, 18, 20, and 24" is marginal.
4)upper can be up to 700 bucks? But the cheaper the more guns i can get.
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well here is where the trouble starts. a top quality free float tube from Larue, Daniel Defense, or PRI can easily set you back $250 to $300 or so -- a big chunk of your budget. you may want to put this part off until a bit later. ergo, my suggestion is as follows: get yourself a good barrel and upper for starters. there is no sense hanging a fine free float tube over a crap barrel. so, a bushmaster 4150 chrome lined or stainless target barrel would be great, or you could go with Denny's (GTS) midlength WOA stainless barrel (see his post in the EE or here in this forum). ideally stainless gets you the best accuracy assuming the barrelmaker knew what he was doing. again, with respect to bbl length the difference at 100 yds is not going to be much. in the longer bbls, check out the bushmaster "varminter" series, in both 4150 and SS flavors. you can get these uppers ready-built and all set to mate with your upper. and they shoot great right out of the box. or you can get a barrel and upper assembled for you by the likes of Denny, or Wes, or Steve, or...
5) Thank you for your help ar-jedi.
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no problem.
ar-jedi