Thread: Match Rifle
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Old April 18, 2010, 11:05 AM   #18
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As far as brand names for spotting scopes, you mean?

I would approach it from the standpoint of magnification (which is how I did approach it). I'm using a BSA "Spectre Series" 25-75x70, which I bought last year at Camp Perry on vendor's row. It was about $130 dollars.

You can certainly spend a lot more on a spotting scope...but why? Like I said, this will enable me to see bullet holes if I happen to shoot a 100 yard reduced course of fire, or my marked hits and scores at 600 yards. At 200 and 300 yards I can easily see my last marked shot and score with my eyes alone.

Keep in mind, you'll need more than just a scope. You'll need a stand and a head for the scope.

Like these:

http://www.championshooters.com/stor...cat=283&page=1

http://www.championshooters.com/stor...cat=283&page=1

(I prefer the saddle head)

A best, cheapest way to buy or build a service rifle? I assume we are talking about AR15s only.

Like any gun, the best and cheapest way is to find somebody who is selling one who needs cash in a hurry. DCM-legal service rifles are kind of a rare niche, so you'll need to routinely patrol auction type websites like gunbroker, auctionarms and gunsamerica. And find all the Highpower related forums online you can and both look for rifles for sale there AND advertise that you want to buy one. And check with local Highpower shooters at matches.

As far as building one...you'd have to be pretty confident in your ability to put together an AR15 with free float handguards, national match front and rear sights, a match barrel (1:8,1:7.7, or 1:7 rate of twist) and match trigger. I wouldn't be.

Then there's buying one new.

As far as I know, the DPMS "Panther" DCM/CMP-legal AR15 is the least expensive of the service rifles. The rear sight is National Match, but isn't hooded, and it has a standard trigger rather than a match trigger.

http://www.dpmsinc.com/store/product...=1065&cat=1739

Next up in price is probably Bushmaster's entry:

http://www.bushmaster.com/catalog_xm15_PCWA2S20DCM8.asp

Then Rock River, then the Armalite entries, the Fulton Armory ones, and these White Oaks things everyone keeps talking about as likely the best.

I've been told the U.S. Army team conducted a study and found that AR15s without the flash hider tended to be more accurate than those that have them. My RRA doesn't have a flash hider.

Any of those "uppers", if bought seperately, would constitute a safe investment if you wanted to go that route.
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