olympic arms, bushmaster, or rock river arms?
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ROOSTER
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I have Bushmaster "Super Duper Varmit Slayer" or whatever you want to call it.It's the 24" stainless heavy barrel. 2 stage trigger,comp.grip. It was the first AR-15 I ever owned or shot. It is a very accurate rifle.Shoot's 1/2" with most ammo.It'll shoot alot better with handloads. I don't think the extra barel length makes it more accurate but it does add a little velocity. I think 10fps. per inch.I was planning on using it as a coyote/ground hog gun,but after purchasing a Savage 22-250,it's now just for coyotes.Now I kinda wished I had a shorter barrel. R Guns has a DPMS 16" Heavy barrel flattop for $599,which looks like it would be a great coyote rifle.If bushmaster offerd on like it I would suggest them but a far as I know they don't. If you want to build on they also have lower recievers for $99(DPMS).I'm not advertising for them .It's just where I've found the best deal on those particular items.Whatever you buy,get a good trigger.The stock ar triggers are terrible. Well that's my 2 cents worth.
Dtech, I made the reference to the Wilson barrels being the ones that they produced for other major mfg'ers where they did all the work. The ones on the DPMS's rifle I have that shoot really well were blanks made to DPMS spec's and all the machining is done by DPMS. DPMS has not used Wilson barrels for a while now.
On our match rifles we used Krieger barrels. From the accuracy standpoint I want all I can get but Byron is correct on the minute of yote stuff. I have to watch myself as hunting rifle accuracy is not the same as what I expect.
I about 13 or 14 different AR rifles from all the factory mfg'ers in several configurations and they shoot well, with some much better than others. I don't think anyone can say that one is really better than the rest unless you get a bad one.
On our match rifles we used Krieger barrels. From the accuracy standpoint I want all I can get but Byron is correct on the minute of yote stuff. I have to watch myself as hunting rifle accuracy is not the same as what I expect.
I about 13 or 14 different AR rifles from all the factory mfg'ers in several configurations and they shoot well, with some much better than others. I don't think anyone can say that one is really better than the rest unless you get a bad one.
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Dtech, were blanks made to DPMS spec's and all the machining is done by DPMS. DPMS has not used Wilson barrels for a while now.
That's strange. I contacted DPMS about a month ago and at that time they were still using Wilson barrels. They did say that they were getting some of their chrome-moly barrels from Green Mountain.
DPMS doesn't do any of thier own machining, fluting or chambering on their barrels. They have a small lathe that they use, on a rare occasion, when they need a special barrel length but other than that, all of the machining is done by contractors.
Dtech, were blanks made to DPMS spec's and all the machining is done by DPMS. DPMS has not used Wilson barrels for a while now.
That's strange. I contacted DPMS about a month ago and at that time they were still using Wilson barrels. They did say that they were getting some of their chrome-moly barrels from Green Mountain.
DPMS doesn't do any of thier own machining, fluting or chambering on their barrels. They have a small lathe that they use, on a rare occasion, when they need a special barrel length but other than that, all of the machining is done by contractors.