What say we start a thread of "the people's" AR type rifles.
I'll start with my NRA Highpower competition service rifle.
I shoot a circa 1986 Colt AR "slabside" with:
•A free-floating 20" Krieger 1:7.7 twist SS barrel chambered in .223.
•A Milazzo-Krieger two-stage 4.5# trigger.
•1/4 minute rear sight with a .040 peep and +0.75 diopter insert.
•A .035 wide front sight post.
•Added buttstock weight to balance the rifle just forward of the magazine well.
•David Tubb Superior Systems extractor/ejector springs and flat-wire buffer spring.
•Total weight is 12#.
This is a sub-MOA shooter and has gained me the Master classification in NRA Highpower competition.
Now I have built a new AR. This time for the Match Rifle class of NRA Highpower competition.
It is a Les Baer Custom with:
•Fitted upper and lower receivers and an adjustable Jewell two-stage trigger set at 3#.
•A free-floating 26" Krieger 1:7.7 SS barrel chambered in .223 with fluting under the handguard.
•A White Oak Precision handguard tube with adjustable handstop.
•A David Tubb competition pistol grip.
•A Sierra Precision adjustable buttplate.
•And the piece de resistance, Centra front and rear sights.
•Total weight is again 12#, but does not need any buttstock weight to balance.
The front sight base is a David Tubb 22mm adjustable in elevation. It houses the Centra Glass Iris adjustable from 1.8 to 4.3mm diameter while maintaining a ring width of 1.6mm.
The rear sight base is the Centra Long Range AR-15 with 1/4 minute adjustments. It houses the Centra anti-glare tube and the 3.0 Filter Optic Iris which has an adjustable iris between 0.5 and 3.0mm, 5 color filters, a 1.5 magnifier, and a +/- 4.5 diopter adjustment.
This rifle is sweet but has not been shot yet. I just did finish building it. I suspect it will shoot 1/2 MOA, maybe better. Of course that will depend on the ammo and me.
Cheers,