02-06-2017, 12:25 AM
Fit an ultra heavy and/or unusually long barrel to an AR, and then a 3" wide foreguard and you are morphing it into a different gun that compromises the spirit of the original design, which is a combat rifle. It becomes unsuited for the military and hunting. Guys had golf caddy frames to carry their heavy rests and F-Class guns to the mound. Experimental/Unlimited Bench Rest discipline...where does it end? It is easy to morph a light weight AR frame and then enjoy the better groups and different shooting techniques. Even better when your sole focus is accuracy at the expense of everything else. Now sling the same rig and win an Olympic style biathlon or climb up and down caving ladders and swing that around in room combat.
I note the frustration others sometimes have that the 6.5 Grendel cartridge out of an AR15 doesn't go as far as a 6.5Creedmore, or shoot consistently tight groups like a bolt gun. Spend enough money and change the gun and calibre and you can regularly shoot the groups you posted as 'average'. But you have to admit, your hands-off shooting technique will not get you the best groups from the sort of AR's most forum members use (and undoubtedly not the AR the person who started the thread looking for advice has). As for trying the technique myself, I have, and it did not get me the best groups my 8kg target rifle was capable of. So, even with heavier target rifles it still pays to have to have some control over the gun. This forum is not about bench rest guns.
Horses for courses.
I note the frustration others sometimes have that the 6.5 Grendel cartridge out of an AR15 doesn't go as far as a 6.5Creedmore, or shoot consistently tight groups like a bolt gun. Spend enough money and change the gun and calibre and you can regularly shoot the groups you posted as 'average'. But you have to admit, your hands-off shooting technique will not get you the best groups from the sort of AR's most forum members use (and undoubtedly not the AR the person who started the thread looking for advice has). As for trying the technique myself, I have, and it did not get me the best groups my 8kg target rifle was capable of. So, even with heavier target rifles it still pays to have to have some control over the gun. This forum is not about bench rest guns.
Horses for courses.