AR 15

[bcp]

Your gun sucks and you're holding it wrong.

 

[prichard]

Thank you Bruce, this is now a proper gun thread.

:laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[k0ua]

Your gun sucks and you're holding it wrong.

I guess it is OK to use an AR in the primitive portion of the deer hunting season. It is all about holding it correctly.:laughing:

 

[EddieWalker]

Seems like the more I look at the different brands, then read the reviews and google that model, the more I change my mind on what I'm looking for. As of right now, this seems to be the one I like the best. Does anybody have a Core 15?

Core 15 C15 MOE Piston AR-15 Rifle 5.56mm 16in 30rd Black

 

[EddieWalker]

Seems like the more I look at the different brands, then read the reviews and google that model, the more I change my mind on what I'm looking for. As of right now, this seems to be the one I like the best. Does anybody have a Core 15?

Core 15 C15 MOE Piston AR-15 Rifle 5.56mm 16in 30rd Black

 

[k0ua]

Definitely a more upscale rifle. Piston instead of original direct impingement, upscale sights etc.

 

[dirt ditch]

I've noticed that they sort of package them to include certain features. In some of the forums, barrel twist is a huge thing and 1:9 is considered too much. I doubt I'll notice one way or another.

I am concerned about the front sight on some of them. I will put a scope on it and it seems if I have the front sight, the scope has to be up high to clear it. Some don't have the site on them at all, while others are very expensive to remove.

1:9 is pretty much the standard twist rate for 5.56/.223 anymore in AR's.
http://www.gunsandammo.com - pair barrel twist rates ammo/

If you are going to scope it get a flat top without the front sight. Burris, Leupold and others make permanent attachment and quick detach one piece scope mounts.
http://www.midwayusa.com Burris AR one piece extended scope mount picatinny style with integral rings

If you would like to also shoot it with either scope or open sights put a set of steel flip up sights like the Magpul MBUS Pro on the top rail. The front sight has to be steel if you are going to mount it on the gas block because it gets hot.
http://www.midwayusa.com Magpul flip up front sight mbus pro ar-15 steel
http://www.midwayusa.com Magpul flip up rear sight mbus pro ar-15 steel

This is a Windham Weaponry's carbon fiber receiver AR with the Magpul MBUS pro steel flip up sights. Pics arn't that great as black is hard to get good detail.

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[RobertN]

So Eddie, here is something else to think about... There are lots of options outside 5.56... This list is not complete even...

AR-15, without bolt modification
.17 Remington
.17/223
.20 Tactical
.20 Practical
.20 Vartag
.204 Ruger
.221 Fireball
.222 Remington
.222 Remington Magnum
.223 Remington (5.56x45mm)
.223 Remington Ackley Improved
6x45mm
6mm TCU
6x47mm
6mm Whisper
.25x45mm
6.5mm Whisper
7mm Whisper
7mm TCU
.300 Whisper (.300/221, .300 Fireball)
.338 Whisper

AR-15, with bolt modification
223 WSSM
5.45x39mm (.21 Genghis)
243 WSSM
6mm PPC
6mm WOA
6mm BR Remington
6mm Hagar
6.5mm PPC
6.5 WSSM
6.5 WOA
6.5mm Grendel
25 WSSM
6.8x43mm SPC
.30 Herrett Rimless Tactical (6.8x43mm case trimmed to 41mm and necked up to .308; the 6.8mm version of the .300 Whisper)
7.62x25
7.62x39mm
.30 RAR
300 OSSM
.357 Auto
.35 Gremlin (necked up 6.5 Grendel to 358)
.358 WSSM (various names, but all are some form of a WSSM necked up to 35 caliber, some are shortened to make them big game legal in Indiana)
.458 SOCOM
.50 Action Express
.50 Beowulf

AR-15 using a simple blowback operation
.17 HMR
.22 LR
.22 WMR
9x19mm
9x21
9x23
30 Carbine
357 Sig
40S&W
400 Cor-Bon
41 Action Express
10mm Auto
45 GAP
45ACP
45 Super
45 Win Mag

 

[EddieWalker]

I thought about the 6.5 Grendel version and really enjoyed reading about what it can do. The .308 is a proven powerhouse that I also thought about. Most of the others are so similar in performance to the 5.56/223 or .308 as to not be measurable. Others are not even close in performance, and the rest are not as easy to find ammo for.

I'm still leaning towards the 5.56 because of availability of ammo. I'm not thinking battlefield, or even home defense, it's more about giving Karen something to shoot and have fun with. Odds are very good that it will end up in my safe most of the time, and if something happens here, I'll grab my pistol first and go from there. We both carry, so it's going to be a pistol that comes out after the dogs do their thing. We have two Akita's that are very protective and on duty 24/7 protecting us.

 

[EddieWalker]

I thought about the 6.5 Grendel version and really enjoyed reading about what it can do. The .308 is a proven powerhouse that I also thought about. Most of the others are so similar in performance to the 5.56/223 or .308 as to not be measurable. Others are not even close in performance, and the rest are not as easy to find ammo for.

I'm still leaning towards the 5.56 because of availability of ammo. I'm not thinking battlefield, or even home defense, it's more about giving Karen something to shoot and have fun with. Odds are very good that it will end up in my safe most of the time, and if something happens here, I'll grab my pistol first and go from there. We both carry, so it's going to be a pistol that comes out after the dogs do their thing. We have two Akita's that are very protective and on duty 24/7 protecting us.