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I don't know why, but I have been fancying an AR heavy barrel. This one is reasonably priced https://www.rockriverarms.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_ID=79 What little reading I can find on it suggests that it is easily sub MOA. What are your experiences with heavy barrel AR 223s?
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I like em. Have a RR upper (heavy and short) and a stag 6 (heavy and long) that are easy under an inch
They’re both pigs but soft shooting and only get carried to a bench and back so the weight isn’t a factor
She never made it past the bedroom door, what was she aiming for...? She's gone shootin..
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In a steel hunting barrel, I like the 18” for general purpose use to 500 yards.
I started with a heavy 24” and it was good for shooting from a bench but it was big and heavy. I sold the upper and got a medium contour 24” and it shoots just as well but a little lighter weight. Still big but good for long shots on prairie dogs.
A few years later, I got an 18” steel HB and it’s the best for the bulk of my hunting. It is a bit heavy to carry a lot but is portable and feels like the right size for hunting from blinds and carrying in the truck. It gets used 10:1 compared to the 24” above.
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I don’t think I’ve seen one of those heavy RR’s not shoot well.
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A LW Peezer 18" will shoot wellllllll under MOA. Fhuqk the heavy schit. Hint............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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A LW Peezer 18" will shoot wellllllll under MOA. Fhuqk the heavy schit. Hint............ I’m not sure what the Peezer is but I’ve used a bunch of PSA uppers with the standard weight 18’s being the best so far but all being good. None have been stinkers and they’ve all shot. And they’re pretty cheap comparatively.
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A LW Peezer 18" will shoot wellllllll under MOA. Fhuqk the heavy schit. Hint............ All I have left is 16” pencil barrels. Handy dandy is most important!
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I have a JSE Surplus 18" heavy barreled upper in 223 Wylde. On 12x I have kept 10 rounds of Federal 69 grain Match ammo inside and inch at 100 yards. I've done the same with handloads using Sierra 69 grain bullets and IMR 8208 BR powder.
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A LW Peezer 18" will shoot wellllllll under MOA. Fhuqk the heavy schit. Hint............ This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^in spades. That RRA won't do a thing that a quality barreled 18" SPR at around 32 oz won't do as well or better. Or the same in 16". And you won't need wheels to get it where it needs to be. MM WOA 18" SPR, Vltor MUR upper, SOPMOD stock.
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Peezer makes a lotta Karens cry. Hint..............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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A LW Peezer 18" will shoot wellllllll under MOA. Fhuqk the heavy schit. Hint............ This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^in spades. That RRA won't do a thing that a quality barreled 18" SPR at around 32 oz won't do as well or better. Or the same in 16". And you won't need wheels to get it where it needs to be. MM WOA 18" SPR, Vltor MUR upper, SOPMOD stock. Listen to these guys. I tote an 18” PSA literally all the time, if the truck leaves the driveway that rifles in it. It has never bobbled with any bullet or load and drives tacks on the rare occasion I am forced to shoot paper. It flat excels at killing stuff and the only thing I wish it was that it isn’t is lighter, I can’t imagine voluntarily carrying extra weight. It’s never seen a cleaning rod and I’ve got a $20 that says it’d put 3 Hornadys or Sierras under my thumbnail at 100 right now. An hour an half ago.
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You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
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Leave the weight for .308’s.
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Great for setting up in a praire dog town. 10 shots with 60 gr V Max's. It's not a carry everywhere gun.
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This gun has a White Oak SPR barrel that was turned down similar to the old Colt pencil profile, and it shoots little tiny groups. This has a custom barrel as well (cant recall which off the top of my head) I have had varmint profile barrels in the past on ARs and they sucked for field use. If all you do is carry one from your truck to the bench at the local range then I suppose they would be fine, but if you are going to hunt with one or carry it in the field, I would definitely stay away from a varmint profile.
THE CHAIR IS AGAINST THE WALL. The Tikka T3 in .308 Winchester is the Glock 19 of the rifle world. The website is up and running!www.lostriverammocompany.com
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Heavy barreled AR's are, well...... Heavy.
It's the quality not the weight that makes a shooter.
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sputtermatic,
Not with that piece of fhuqking schit scope. Hint...............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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Not with that piece of fhuqking schit scope. Hint...............
And all this time, I thought you were a Sig guy........................ MM
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Not even a flip up bubble level,is gonna "save" that POS. Hint.
Fhuqking LAUGHING!.............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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I don’t think I’ve seen one of those heavy RR’s not shoot well.
That's encouraging!
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