AR newb questions

[Canbill]

You should be buying a standard rifle:

or a standard carbine

What he said.

 

[rocco]

Get a Norinco or a Colt IUR..... Or Norinco lower with a Colt IUR UPPER.....

 

[rocco]

Colt IUR 15.7 is rated from Colt to be 1 MOA or less.... It's says it right on there site.... What other company can give you sub 1 MOA on a barrel less then 20in ?

 

[Bolivar]

You don't get MOA accuracy buy just using a 20in barrel. Shorter, with same diameter will be stiffer and may well display greater mechanical accuracy.

Longer barrel length gives you higher velocity and less wind drift at distance. This can be an accuracy advantage.

 

[MWL]

You should be buying a standard rifle:

or a standard carbine:

It should have standard handguards, standard trigger, a standard buttstock, one of the common barrel profiles (government or heavy barrel), and a flat top receiver so you can put sights on it as to your desire.

Such a gun will be an excellent, low cost introduction to the system for you, and offer infinite possibilities to upgrade as you start to learn how you are going to use it and what you like.

There aren't very many brands you need to stay away from. Olympic Arms has a questionable reputation dating from many years ago. Norinco is Norinco. I have seen bad things said about NEA but have no personal experience. The Vulcan/Hesse brand is ridiculed heavily in the US, but I've never seen one of them make its way up here. Almost anything else should get you started.

This. Also, the same source you listed in NB has new Colt 6920s in stock for $1499.99. That would be my choice for a first AR15 if you just want to get into them with no real set purpose, and want a gun that will run out of the box, and be able to be customized as much as you want at a later time.

Regards.

Mark

 

[Sqr]

The IUR is a one shot deal. There is no option to change the hand guard. They're also heavy and outdated with picatinny rails that you likely won't use. For your intended purposes I would stick with a basic rifle and focus on ammo and optics with spare budget money.

Local

^^ this

 

[Gunnerlove]

You don't get MOA accuracy buy just using a 20in barrel. Shorter, with same diameter will be stiffer and may well display greater mechanical accuracy.

Longer barrel length gives you higher velocity and less wind drift at distance. This can be an accuracy advantage.

If all that mattered was 100m and in the most accurate AR I have ever shot was a borrowed 14.5" Colt M4A1 (well at 100m it was amazing, 300m it was tolerable and from 400 back I cursed it).

 

[pbr streetgang]

There is a Stag 2 for $1000 and a Colt IUR (with some decent upgrades) for $1600 on the E/E ATM, both are in NL....

With some negotiating, you could have a great 3gun rifle with a decent 1-4 optic for around $1300-$1900...