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I got a new Recon about 3 weeks ago. Traded a Remington R 25 for it. Best I could shoot was about a 2" group at 100 with the Remington. DPMS light Hunter with the 20" barrel is the same rifle. At 300 yds I could not hit a sheet of Notebook paper. I noticed that the Recon had a very thick Bull barrel under the Floated Forearm that quickly tapered down to normal size. It seemed like it would shoot. I bought it and immediately noticed the Flash Suppressor was different and had threads for a Sound Suppressor. A trip to the Range revealed it did not shoot light bullets very well and it is not stamped 308. It is stamped 7.62. These are not the same. The 7.62 has a longer throat so it was no surprise it did not like the 125gr Sierras I like to shoot. I loaded some Hornaday 168gr BTHP Match and got much better results. These bullets shot about an 1" group at 100. I could hit a sheet of Notebook paper at 300 but the shots were scattered. I then loaded some Hornaday AMax 168s and it all came together. All shots at 100 touched and about a 5 or 6" group at 450 which is as far as I can shoot at this range. I highly recommend the Recon G2. The Light Hunter with the 20" barrel we shot was the same as the Remington R 25. These Rifles seemed to string badly after about the second shot. In my opinion not accurate enough for Hunting over a Hundred yds. By the way I loaded 42.5 grs RX 15 with the Hornaday 168gr Amax bullets seating them just short enough to fit the Magazine.