Shots per group

[txgunner00]

You shouldn't need to muscle the gun to get to to shoot straight especially if you are on a bench. I spend a few minutes setting my bags up and make sure they are secure and the rifle will track straight in them. After that all I do is provide a back stop. Even when shooting off a bipod and rear bag I still only apply a firm but relaxed grip. There is a technique to accurately shooting an AR and it typically different than a bolt gun. You just have to find what works for you and practice until it becomes muscle memory.

I shot this the other night and I certainly wasn't muscling the rifle.

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[RStewart]

I think Tubbs discussed this at-length when he used to shoot an AR10 in competition. I've noticed that the heavier AR's that are built solid, where the rifle feels like one well-balanced tuning fork can get away with less muscling, especially with a lot of rear weight. The Magpul PRS really helps make an appropriate-size AR shoot better, I think, as far as the human interaction with the gun goes. A lightweight gun with a match barrel will have tons of accuracy potential, but you have to work harder when shooting it like a bench queen.

It makes more and more sense to me why DCM shooters stuff those lead weights in their stocks, but I ain't doin' that on a field gun. For the practical field application, the VTAC 2-point quick-adjust sling will be your friend.

A service rifle set up for XTC is not something I would want to pack around all day. To balance them out as a consistent shooting platform, most do but a lead ingot in the stock and some put lead ingots inside the foreguard. My competition match AR weighs in around 8 lbs. But, like Hoot says AR platforms have a tendency to magnify anything you do. I believe this is due to the lightness of them.
My 6.5 FPR rifle clocks out at 9 lbs., while my hunting Grendel touches a shade over 7.

[LRRPF52]

These are with my .260 AR built by GA Precision with a Bartlein 5R barrel. I'm still playing around with finding a load for it. If I only shot 3-round groups, the holes would be very small. I have found several 1/2 MOA 5-round loads with it already, most have been the 139gr Scenar and Hodgon's H4831. The two groups on the right are .4 MOA.



Some rifles just shoot for me right off the bat, and others need lots of development. The .260 has shot a sub-MOA group at 700yds in shifting full-value winds, so I know she's a shooter. Look at my post time/date...

[YutYut]

Txgunner Can i ask what target that is?

[txgunner00]

Txgunner Can i ask what target that is?

It's something I drew up on AUTOCad.

[sneaky one]

Wanna make some-sell some?