Shooting Times AR15 Article Posted In This Thread

QKShooter · October 9th, 2005, 08:59 AM

I scanned this article for the forum since a few of our more valued forum members are now interested in AR15 related stuff.
I'm really not too keen on violating any magazine copyright laws so I'm only going to leave this posted for 24 hours then it will be gone off the web.
So save it to your personal computer if you want it for keeps.
Since there are only a handful of forum members that are totally goofy over the AR...I figure that if I just leave this posted for a very short while....then that is "akin" to just leaving a copy of Shooting Times at the local barber shop for a select few haircut customers to look at.

Here it is...there seems to be some valuable ballistic & "rate of twist" info. contained in this article. Enjoy.

RSSZ · October 9th, 2005, 10:31 AM

QKShooter,Great idea,and thanks for putting this up. Hopefully it will create more AR shooters. It's a great weapons platform for simi-long range hunting.(IMO out to 400 or so yds.) More people need to explore it's hunting(predators and varmints)potential. I have used one(or more) for years and mine never ceases to amaze me.-------

Bud White · October 9th, 2005, 11:04 AM

There is a Decent mag The Book of the Ar-15 not a bad book pretty thick round 7$

P95Carry · October 9th, 2005, 11:29 AM

Most useful ref QK - even for this non AR dude

QKShooter · October 9th, 2005, 12:55 PM

I thought the barrel twist rates might be extra helpful to anybody thinking about building one. They could decide mostly what purpose they wanted to use their intended rifle for & then be better able to select the correct barrel.

san antone rr · October 9th, 2005, 12:57 PM

Great article. I just bought my second AR and am gonna set it up for varminting. Good info.

RSSZ · October 9th, 2005, 01:39 PM

Most of us up in Maine used the AR platform for yotes. 50-55gr. bullets max fast. I used the 50gr. NosBalTip. Never had one exit with even decent hit at 400+ yds. With my trigger job(cut down hammer tail,Ti firing pin,cut down disconector spring,hammer and trigger surfaces polished and squared) and JP brake installed, could put(and see)multiple hits on a yote at 200yds. Remember that with a auto the blast and the action are all one sound so if you miss or there are multiple targets,you have a chance for more shots. I have killed 3 yotes in a bunch several times. AR's + varmints = loads of fun & lots of kills.-------

san antone rr · October 9th, 2005, 01:51 PM

Those Noslers are great rounds. I personally like the Partitions, but that's just me.
Hunt hogs, javelinas, and turkeys down here in TX with mine.

acparmed · October 9th, 2005, 02:29 PM

Good article QKS. Thanks for posting it.

rocky · October 9th, 2005, 06:20 PM

AR advocate here. I like the ease of changing the barrel/uppers for diffrent purposes.

October 9th, 2005, 08:59 AM	#1
QKShooter Assistant Administrator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Runthegun, USA Posts: 18,776	Shooting Times AR15 Article Posted In This Thread I scanned this article for the forum since a few of our more valued forum members are now interested in AR15 related stuff. I'm really not too keen on violating any magazine copyright laws so I'm only going to leave this posted for 24 hours then it will be gone off the web. So save it to your personal computer if you want it for keeps. Since there are only a handful of forum members that are totally goofy over the AR...I figure that if I just leave this posted for a very short while....then that is "akin" to just leaving a copy of Shooting Times at the local barber shop for a select few haircut customers to look at. Here it is...there seems to be some valuable ballistic & "rate of twist" info. contained in this article. Enjoy. __________________ *Support Our Troops* How Very Fortunate You Are To Have Two Arms To Put Into A Ward 57 T-Shirt. DC MEMBERS ~ PLEASE BUY A WARD 57 SHIRT. Click Here.

October 9th, 2005, 10:31 AM	#2
RSSZ Distinguished Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,847	QKShooter,Great idea,and thanks for putting this up. Hopefully it will create more AR shooters. It's a great weapons platform for simi-long range hunting.(IMO out to 400 or so yds.) More people need to explore it's hunting(predators and varmints)potential. I have used one(or more) for years and mine never ceases to amaze me.------- Last edited by RSSZ; October 9th, 2005 at 01:22 PM.

October 9th, 2005, 11:29 AM	#4
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,339	Most useful ref QK - even for this non AR dude __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

October 9th, 2005, 12:55 PM	#5
QKShooter Assistant Administrator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Runthegun, USA Posts: 18,776	Barrel Twist Rates I thought the barrel twist rates might be extra helpful to anybody thinking about building one. They could decide mostly what purpose they wanted to use their intended rifle for & then be better able to select the correct barrel.

October 9th, 2005, 12:57 PM	#6
san antone rr Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Look at my login Posts: 462	Great article. I just bought my second AR and am gonna set it up for varminting. Good info. __________________ Steve December 9, 2005 (CNN) While interviewing an anonymous US Special Forces soldier on his sniper skills, a Reuters News agent asked the soldier what he felt when shooting members of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. The soldier shrugged and replied, "Recoil."

October 9th, 2005, 11:04 AM	#3
Bud White VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Elsewhere Posts: 17,476	There is a Decent mag The Book of the Ar-15 not a bad book pretty thick round 7$

October 9th, 2005, 01:39 PM	#7
RSSZ Distinguished Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,847	Most of us up in Maine used the AR platform for yotes. 50-55gr. bullets max fast. I used the 50gr. NosBalTip. Never had one exit with even decent hit at 400+ yds. With my trigger job(cut down hammer tail,Ti firing pin,cut down disconector spring,hammer and trigger surfaces polished and squared) and JP brake installed, could put(and see)multiple hits on a yote at 200yds. Remember that with a auto the blast and the action are all one sound so if you miss or there are multiple targets,you have a chance for more shots. I have killed 3 yotes in a bunch several times. AR's + varmints = loads of fun & lots of kills.-------

October 9th, 2005, 01:51 PM	#8
san antone rr Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Look at my login Posts: 462	Those Noslers are great rounds. I personally like the Partitions, but that's just me. Hunt hogs, javelinas, and turkeys down here in TX with mine. __________________ Steve December 9, 2005 (CNN) While interviewing an anonymous US Special Forces soldier on his sniper skills, a Reuters News agent asked the soldier what he felt when shooting members of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. The soldier shrugged and replied, "Recoil."

October 9th, 2005, 02:29 PM	#9
acparmed 1952 - 2006 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 1,371	Good article QKS. Thanks for posting it. __________________ Heroes are people who do what has to be done, when it has to be done, regardless of the consequences "I like when the enemy shoots at me; then I know where the ****** are and can kill them." ~George Patton DE OPPRESSO LIBER**

October 9th, 2005, 06:20 PM	#10
rocky Senior Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: MI Posts: 11,138	AR advocate here. I like the ease of changing the barrel/uppers for diffrent purposes.

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