tell me about white oak uppers

[usmc1371]

I am looking at the White Oak Armament 18" .223 varmint upper. My goal is to be able to turn my 26" LBC super varmint .204 into a close in, lighter, cheaper shooting, coyote gun. I love my LBC rifle but everything that makes it a great varmint rifle conspire to make it not the ideal walking/calling/coyote rifle.

So what can you all tell me about the WOA uppers? The above is what I wan't it for so if there is another brand I should be looking at let me know. What kind of accurcy (sp) should I expect with factory ammo, I know I know I will try a bunch to see what shoots best but a ball park guess would be cool. I just need min of coyote inside of 200 yds, some times way inside.

Thanks.

 

[bfoosh006]

White Oak makes good/great stuff...but... I , myself would opt for a lighter barrel profile and maybe a 16" barrel. If you are only shooting at 200 yds, the 16 will be easier to carry, yet still give you punch needed at that range ( with decent bullets ) to get that coyote.

Or, while its a 20" barrel...http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/62257-1.html...its still gonna be lighter than that WOA upper.

 

[FlyinBryan]

Or, while its a 20" barrel...http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/62257-1.html...its still gonna be lighter than that WOA upper.

i dont know if its what the o.p. is looking for, but thats a helluva deal on that predator, especially considering it comes with headspaced bolt and carrier, and 1/2" risers.

it would also be within the weight range of the white oak setup.

i dont know if it would be as accurate as the white oak, but i bet its a legit 3/4 moa setup.

might hafta look into that myself., thx bfoosh

 

[AMerexican]

I have to recommend YHM Diamond fluted uppers, They're light and or this range will work great. or this is a pretty good deal right now http://www.spikestactical.com/z/ind...ducts_id=384&zenid=hhe4kffg8rqbab75ql0v5b2au0 Just use the code m4leup at checkout for $50 off.
Oh an if there's a better way to post links let me know.

 

[skidooman603]

I use the WOA upper in NRA highpower and feel it is one of the best uppers in the business

 

[iamkris]

I had John build me a DCM upper for highpower. It is scare accurate with 77 gr SMK. It is a much better barrel than I am a shooter.

 

[bfoosh006]

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ARR7810-7.html....

 

[usmc1371]

Thanks for the links. That YHM upper is a good looking unit but it has a few things that I just don't really need ie four rail hand guard and iron sights and flash hider/comp. Now when I need a upper for three gun matches it might get the nod.

I had looked at the bushy but I think I want to be under 20", I wasn't sure if I would get enough out of a 16" tube so thats why I was looking at the 18". Is the 16 enough to get good terminal results using most likely 55 grain loads? I don't "need" a short upper that will shoot 2'' groups at 400 yds but I do like nice tight groups as much as the next guy, henc the LBC rifle.

The reason I originally looked at the WOA is that pretty much every thing I read about them said they build an accurate upper. And the price seemed to be in line with most the others.

Thanks all.

 

[C-grunt]

My department uses a 16 inch rifle as our patrol rifle. Plain jane heavy barrel Bushmasters for the most part. They get about 3100 FPS with 55grn ammo. Easily shoots 1.5 MOA with good ammo.

A 16 inch barrel will be plenty for coyote hunting out to 200 yards.

 

[TonyAngel]

I haven't owned any white oak uppers, but I've shot a couple. They are nice and are more accurate than I am. Generally speaking, any QUALITY AR will get you 2" or better groups at 100 yards with good ammunition. I have a plain jane Rock River 16" HBar chrome lined barrel that will print 1" groups with Hornady 55gr V-Max rounds.

Still in all, the White Oak rig will be more accurate than most and their equipment seems to be a great bang for the buck.

I wouldn't jump on a complete Yankee Hill upper. I was a big fan of YHM stuff. Nice gas blocks, muzzle devices and handguards. Based on my previous experience with YHM products, I ordered a stripped upper from them. It turned out to be a disappointment. The face wasn't anything near square and I mean no where near. The bolt channel also has a bunch of high spots in it. I don't know. This may not be typical, but for the price there are others I'd look at first.

Being able to hit a target the size of a coyote at 200 yards won't take any special piece of equipment and you won't need a long barrel either. There actually isn't that much of a velocity loss when going from a 20" to a 16" barrel anyway, although the shorter barrel will suffer from more muzzle jump. For your stated purpose, you could probably pick up just about any AR and be happy with it.

 

[bpl]

Amerexican,

Is that code valid for other Spikes uppers? Specifically, the .22lr uppers?

Thanks!

 

[Paradiddle]

White Oaks are some of the best - my DCM upper was a White Oak. Great attention to detail and a great guy to work with.

 

[AMerexican]

Sorry bpl just that one, but there is a code for the midlength as well it's midleup IIRC