I'm in agreement that one can't beat either White Oak or Compass Lake for a first rate AR for competition. They both make first rate products that have a well earned reputation for reliability and accuracy.
If one is in the hunt for leg points, do yourself a favor and don't mess with any match rifles until you are legged out. For most people it will make it much more difficult to achieve that goal as a good friend of mine found out. He insisted shooting a match rifle for competition and the service rifle just in leg matches. Even though he was a Master class shooter he never legged out before old age and health problems caught up with him.
Like Jon said, you don't have to spend the big bucks to have fun shooting. I decided I wanted a DCM Garand and shot my first matches with a Rem.788 in 22-250. (I must have been fun to watch since I had to do 2 mag changes in the RF stages.) I too used a welding glove and an old blanket for a mat. Boy was I hooked! Even though I am a HM, I have been known to drag out some pretty weird stuff out to shoot 100yd matches just for fun, such as a single shot Ruger#3 or stock 96 Mauser. No one complains about it either and most match directors just want everyone to have a good safe time and don't get uptight about rules unless safety is involved.
My present rifle is a LH spacegun in .223 Ackley that I built myself that has about all the bells and whistles available. In my search for better 600yd performance have thought of building one in another caliber such as the 6.5 Grendel, 6mmAR or 6/6.68mm; but I don't believe the advantage is that great if any over my present choice. Oh well I like to tinker and mess with wildcats too, so who knows.
Lyn
If one is in the hunt for leg points, do yourself a favor and don't mess with any match rifles until you are legged out. For most people it will make it much more difficult to achieve that goal as a good friend of mine found out. He insisted shooting a match rifle for competition and the service rifle just in leg matches. Even though he was a Master class shooter he never legged out before old age and health problems caught up with him.
Like Jon said, you don't have to spend the big bucks to have fun shooting. I decided I wanted a DCM Garand and shot my first matches with a Rem.788 in 22-250. (I must have been fun to watch since I had to do 2 mag changes in the RF stages.) I too used a welding glove and an old blanket for a mat. Boy was I hooked! Even though I am a HM, I have been known to drag out some pretty weird stuff out to shoot 100yd matches just for fun, such as a single shot Ruger#3 or stock 96 Mauser. No one complains about it either and most match directors just want everyone to have a good safe time and don't get uptight about rules unless safety is involved.
My present rifle is a LH spacegun in .223 Ackley that I built myself that has about all the bells and whistles available. In my search for better 600yd performance have thought of building one in another caliber such as the 6.5 Grendel, 6mmAR or 6/6.68mm; but I don't believe the advantage is that great if any over my present choice. Oh well I like to tinker and mess with wildcats too, so who knows.
Lyn
