My Christmas gift to myself!

[kimberman]

Merry Christmas everybody!

I just thought I would post a pic of my newest toy, and first black rifle (but it's not black). I'm a bolt gun guy but I thought I had to see what everybody was going on about.

She's kind of ugly, not much for pretty wood but what a riot to shoot! Remigton R-15 with burris 2-7x35. Scope is in a terrible set of see through mounts right now, but I'm looking for a better mount. They were all I could find on short notice. I didn't realize how much height you need for a flattop. Any suggestions?

 

[simpleton]

American Defence 1 piece mounts. Buy from Arms East....good mounts, but not cheap.


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[Denn0001]

Looking good. Welcome to the AR family. It's a beaut.

 

[AB.boy]

I have Warne Maxima AR15 Flat top QD rings. They are very good and reasonably priced.

 

[beltfed]

+2 for the ADM Recon mount.
Irons sit 1.5" above the butt stock, so getting the centerline of the scope to that height will likely be the most comfortable.

 

[MPI]

Careful where you put that thing down! I had a camo pen once, set it aside for moment never to be found again...

To bad they can't be taken to the bush as intended.

 

[Satain]

All your missing is the 5 round camo magazine!

 

[Yehen]

Bah..Shame we can't hunt with those. Nice gun

 

[enefgee]

The Armalite mount would work well on that set up (Wolverine is the Importer).

 

[kimberman]

Thanks for the comments and tips guys. I sure would hate to loose it in the weeds but that shouldn't be a problem since it's not aloud off the range. I will have to appoint myself chief gopher exterminator at our range.... that should take about an hour!

 

[scruffee]

really nice!

 

[jeepcjaholic]

enjoy your new toy and welcome to the ar club. never spent any time with the remington but hear great things about it. and yes we should be able to use these rifles as they were meant to be used. really at the end of the day is there any differance between that and a mini-14? both auto loaders in .223rem

 

[JonnyBender]

Best kind of present to get, from you to you.

Congratulation!


JonnyBender

 

[eigenvector]

really at the end of the day is there any differance between that and a mini-14? both auto loaders in .223rem

Well for one thing ARs can actually hit the broad side of a barn.

 

[xring_assassin]

Well for one thing ARs can actually hit the broad side of a barn.

9/10 times.

 

[lineofsight]

Kimberman, nice flat top, thinking of something similar myself.

really at the end of the day is there any differance between that and a mini-14? both auto loaders in .223rem

Mini 14 (Target) is unrestricted, costs new ~$1,000 (on sale at Lake Huron for $995, regular $1,100 at WSS), can accessorize as easily and just as accurate - but a very different action (Garand) and ergonomics. My target version is my black rifle substitute till figure out exactly which platform I want.

Well for one thing ARs can actually hit the broad side of a barn.

There are people who shoot them with different results - see http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=418993

 

[eigenvector]

There are people who shoot them with different results - see http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=418993

I'm sure your Mini-14 shoots great, but buying a Mini-14 is like playing the lottery and the odds aren't great.