Thread: Hunting with an AR15

Originally Posted by Hendrik470

Shot a couple of goats at 250yrds+ on the weekend down the in the King country, my LITE HUNTER in 308 is currently my go to gun.

If the 'lite' version is 8lbs bare then what does the heavy one weigh?

Originally Posted by kiwi39

The Feds I've put thru my tikka have been all over the place like a mad witch with the shits


Tim

Whats ths Twist rate of the Tikka?? My barrels a 1-7 twist. Shoots "minute of small rock" at 180 yards


My heavy AR 223 weighs well over 11lb and my light one is 6 and a bit (with out supressor)

Yep, it is only 1:12, but that shld be enough for a 62 .. Even 69 ...

I've just found the federals to be innacurate.

In one case one of the federals wouldn't even chamber, although that was 243 ...



Tim

My 12.5" is 5lb 13oz without Elcan and suppressor. Add them and it's 8lb 4oz

Originally Posted by gimp

My 12.5" is 5lb 13oz without Elcan and suppressor. Add them and it's 8lb 4oz

Very nice, I'll show you mine if you show me yours????? I only have a heavy as Burris 1.5-6 on mine

Originally Posted by mikee

Very nice, I'll show you mine if you show me yours????? I only have a heavy as Burris 1.5-6 on mine

Owns bones but the Ase can and Elcan are quite heavy. It's hella light and handy without them

wheres the best place to get an AR then best deals and up grades for them? the AR in the last photo GIMP looks nice, where are you hunting here?

Originally Posted by gimp

Owns bones but the Ase can and Elcan are quite heavy. It's hella light and handy without them

Will put up a pic of mine when I get home, I built (assembled it really) a few years ago so a bit of a bitsa, RRA lower and upper with custom barrel, match trigger etc. I originally built it for 3 gun but now gets used for everything

Originally Posted by wattee

wheres the best place to get an AR then best deals and up grades for them? the AR in the last photo GIMP looks nice, where are you hunting here?

In my opinion it is best to build your own

You pay a premium for a Good factory gun, you can build something good for cheaper, roughly comparable to the budget factory guns

Originally Posted by mikee

Will put up a pic of mine when I get home, I built (assembled it really) a few years ago so a bit of a bitsa, RRA lower and upper with custom barrel, match trigger etc. I originally built it for 3 gun but now gets used for everything

Not really a good picture though

I went for an NEA15 14.5inch version for just under $2k which is great value in my opinion.

Have dropped a nice fallow doe (first deer) and a few good roos (also first) so far with it shooting 50gr American eagle ammo.

Have some 60gr American whitetail to try next time out along with some handolads.

The rifle shoots well with an Aimpoint T1 micro, certainly no long range rig but anything within 200m can be harvested with ease.

Overall the most enjoyable $2k I've spent and if I were to start over I would go again with an NEA15. Hope thats useful to ya.