ECVMatt
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My son asked me if we could run up to our range this afternoon to do some shooting just for fun and obviously I was happy to oblige. I let him pick the guns he wanted to shoot and he picked a 1911, Glock, Mini-14, and an AR. I wanted to sight in the AR parts gun I build a few weeks ago so that is the one I grabbed. He hates it when I sight in rifles because I take so long so I promised to just get a quick zero and I would refine it later. He did not know it, but I also added some Tech Sights to the Ruger that needed to be sighted in as well.
So off we went and had a great time. I got a quick zero on both the Ruger and the AR and thought I would post some pictures of the groups. This is pretty much a good AR built around an 16" FN CHF barrel with a 1/7 twist and a mid-length gas system. I was using a DD A 1.5 rear sight on the AR. The Mini is stock except for the Tech Sights. I used a pallet, some paint and an old duck tape roll to create a roughly 2.5 bullseye and placed the target at 100 yards. I then shot a 10 round group with each rifle from a makeshift rest using a fairly rapid pace. The ammo was PMC M193 Ball. The AR was warm, but the Mini was also most too hot to touch. My son loves that rifle and put a few rounds down range before I shot the groups. It was about 105 degrees today, so not my best shooting but a pretty good representation.
Here are some quick pics of the results:
The Target:
And the results:
To be quite honest they are just about equal. Both rifles need a little more attention to the zero, but I will do that when he is not around. I realize that AR can be build to be exceptionally accurate but felt this was a pretty fair comparison of similarly featured rifles. I am hopeful that some folks will find this information useful.
All in all we had a great day, burned some ammo, and had fun!
So off we went and had a great time. I got a quick zero on both the Ruger and the AR and thought I would post some pictures of the groups. This is pretty much a good AR built around an 16" FN CHF barrel with a 1/7 twist and a mid-length gas system. I was using a DD A 1.5 rear sight on the AR. The Mini is stock except for the Tech Sights. I used a pallet, some paint and an old duck tape roll to create a roughly 2.5 bullseye and placed the target at 100 yards. I then shot a 10 round group with each rifle from a makeshift rest using a fairly rapid pace. The ammo was PMC M193 Ball. The AR was warm, but the Mini was also most too hot to touch. My son loves that rifle and put a few rounds down range before I shot the groups. It was about 105 degrees today, so not my best shooting but a pretty good representation.
Here are some quick pics of the results:
The Target:
And the results:
To be quite honest they are just about equal. Both rifles need a little more attention to the zero, but I will do that when he is not around. I realize that AR can be build to be exceptionally accurate but felt this was a pretty fair comparison of similarly featured rifles. I am hopeful that some folks will find this information useful.
All in all we had a great day, burned some ammo, and had fun!