Souhlas. S čímkoliv na AR15 si jde krásně vyhrát, a vylepšovat nebo měnit když tě něco omrzí. Jediný problém je v tom, že to chce koupit slušnou zbraň do začátku - něco na úrovni GP (protože jinak do toho ty prachy stejně nasypeš). Hezký koncept je IMHO recon rifle (
http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/show ... p?t=773670 ) - 16'' hlaveň, 12'' free-float rail a tacti-cool doplňky.
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The rifle in my post above was sharing a lower with my 300 BLK (With the PRI free float), but the upper is entirely different. At this point, I've built so many versions of my rifles I have a hard time remembering which parts went into what version, LOL. The overall trend over the years though has been to shorter and lighter weight rifles while still emphasizing mid to long range performance. It's been a bit of a pendulum I guess. I started out with my first 5.56 AR about 15 years ago. 20" heavy stainless barrel with a heavy old school YHM railed free float tube and A2 stock. With optics I think it was pushing about 13.5 to 14 pounds. After that was an 18" SPR-ish clone, then a 16" fluted stainless middy (seen in my first post after several make-overs), then a 14.5" middy with pinned KX3 and PA red dot, then another 16" middy, then another SPR, another 14.5" in 300 BLK and finally this 14.5" in 5.56.
I do like the light weight and handling of the 14.5" rifles, but you can definitely see a degradation in long range performance once you go less than 16" with a 5.56. Even with the heavier 75-77 grain bullets, the consistency at 650 yards is garbage. 450-500 yards is still pretty decent though, no problems hitting a torso sized (11X18) steel plate. FWIW, I think 16" barrels are the ideal compromise between weight, velocity and accuracy. Short of competition guns, I have yet to see a legitimate reason to run anything longer than 18" on a 5.56 rifle.
My current go-to rifle is the latest version (Ver. 4.0 or 5.0 now ) of my old SPR build with a DPMS Mk-12 barrel. I've got it down to about 10.5 pounds with a 1-6X scope, and it covers all the bases pretty well. Anything within the effective range of the cartridge, from point blank out to about 800 yards is within the rifles capabilities. I think that's really the point of the RECCE and SPR rifles anyway, to effectively use the 5.56 round across the entire spectrum of it's performance envelope while not being committed to any one particular role.
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