Originally Posted By: HereticOriginally Posted By: Ryan MowenI just finished my Ar-15 project last month for yote and fox. I put a 20" yankee hill barrel on it and a carbine fixed stock. The rifle feels so end heavy with it on there if feels little better with the burris scopemount and weaver scope but still end heavy. Was thinking of going to a magpul rifle stock or even the magpul prs but I don't think I need all that in a stock cuz my cheek sits fine now and if I gotta drop that much cash on a stock I will but not if I don't have to. Any suggestions on how to balance it out would be appreciative. Heres a pic of the shooter.
You picked the parts to install, right? Did you compare barrels before you bought? Same thing for that brake, it looks massive. Cutting the barrel will impact harmonics and probably therefore accuracy, why not start out with a shorter barrel? With a 16" barrel, and a 55 grn bullet, your effective range on adult size targets is ~300m, possible longer. So for coyote, you're good out to a longer range. Lose that American Sniper barrel, get an M4 profile with a fast twist and leave the rest of the rifle alone.
With the price of barrels, I would have to agree with Heretic. Buy a shorter, thinner profile barrel and sell the "old" one. Somebody out there is looking for that exact barrel right now, and it'll help pay for the new one.