14.5" AR-15 acuracy

[Gunnerlove]

My JP14.5 runs almost one hole groups using 73 grain Berger Match bullets at 100 yds. With 75 gr Hornady's it will cosistantly hit 24 x 18 steel at 750 yds.

I'm very happy with it.

You should come to NSCC and kick my a$$.

 

[Sititunga]

You should come to NSCC and kick my a$$.

Where's that?

 

[Epoxy7]

I've seen the Norc 14.5 shoot a true 1.5 moa with the right ammo. The ammo doesn't have to be match grade but it can't be the usual garbage sold to us off the shelf (Winchester, American Eagle, etc). It was fireball I saw shoot this. He shot it of a bench using one of those cheesy vertical grip bipod things and a cheap red dot sight that had different crosshairs and dots. The only reassuring thing is that I know he has a tendency to screw up 5 round groups when trying for them. There's always one that gets thrown . Otherwise I have to say, it was pretty darn impressive. I'm glad there is a quality AR15 coming out for 1K otherwise, crappy finish or not I'd be tempted to get one of those Norcs after seeing how Fireball's shoots.

As for the accuracy of the AR15 itself. The AR platform is the semi auto that disproves the rule. These things can with match ammo, match triggers, and match barrels shoot .5 moa. The biggest factors are 1) you 2) your barrel 3) your trigger, 4) Your optics 5) your ammo. Not necessarily in that order.

 

[raks]

Here is my suggestion, get a typical 5" or 6" pistol bullseyes target. My own rude of thumb, always zero round/dot reticle on a round target that is way bigger than the dot. If you cannot see that your dot is in the center of the target, you cannot hit it in the center.

+1 target selection is critical. I never use those stupid orange red or green targets with low mag scopes. Black 3" dot for my EoTech and something like this:

Or this:

for a traditional scope. http://www.targetz.com