12-08-2022, 10:49 PM
Zeneffect Wrote:I'm also of the opinion that an ar15, properly built and tuned, can out shoot 99.9% of bolt guns dollar for dollar, and 95% hands down..
Zene,
If that were the case, all competition shooters in all disciplines, including the Olympics, would be shooting semi-auto AR's.
Keeping this real, if you put the same brand/quality barrel, scope and shooter on each type of gun, then the variables left would be down to how the barrels are bedded to each action, plus things like weight, trigger, and relative height of scope above bore axis. Then there is the ammunition, like neck sizing vs. full sizing ammo, and jump to lands in a semi-auto.
Sure, you can easily guarantee sub-MOA in an AR nowadays, with quality barrels, triggers and scopes on a flat-top(A3) versions of AR's. But the action has limitations, like barrel thickness and calibre. Tighter tolerances can be enjoyed in a bolt gun, while AR's need to be reliable. And let's not forget an AR barrel is never really free floating.
'Dollar for dollar', bolt guns will always be more precise, but are not semi-auto.