|
Forum Rules | Firearms Safety | Firearms Photos | Links | Library | Lost Password | Email Changes |
Register | FAQ | Calendar | Today's Posts | Search |
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
July 3, 2018, 10:39 AM | #1 |
Member
Join Date: June 2, 2016
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 77
|
What is your favorite range to shoot an AR-15?
I recently bought a Nikon 3-9X40 P223 scope for my rifle, and Hornady Superformance ammo ($26/box) allows me to shoot sub-MOA in an $800 PSA rifle with a basic nitride A2-profile barrel. I've been wanting to stretch it out to 200 and 300 yards- my father in law has a laser rangefinder and with the P223 and Nikon's Spot-On App, I'm thinking it should be a breeze, and a fair bit of fun.
What ranges do you like to shoot your .223/5.56 rifle at? |
July 3, 2018, 10:48 AM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: February 28, 2011
Posts: 219
|
My AR
I shoot mine at 200, 300, and 600 yards on a regular basis.
It shoots way better than me at all yardages. |
July 3, 2018, 10:50 AM | #3 |
Member
Join Date: June 20, 2018
Location: South Alabama
Posts: 87
|
200 yards should be easy, 300 might be more difficult. Scope isn't the issue, more the ammunition. I've shot 400 but the ammo I buy wasn't cutting it for me. Match grade or hand loads would have made the difference.
Edit - And the size of the target
__________________
"People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people." "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." |
July 3, 2018, 10:57 AM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: February 23, 2017
Location: Colorado
Posts: 424
|
I have only taken my AR out to 200 yards, but I enjoy shooting everything from 25-100, so far. I would like to get better with irons and stretch it out to 300. If you can already hit sub-MOA with your current set up, I would be very apt to be pushing 300-400yds and longer, if it were me.
|
July 3, 2018, 12:05 PM | #5 |
Member
Join Date: July 1, 2018
Posts: 90
|
I have shot targets at 300 with my AR at a range but I train for self defense and static target shooting is not really a big part of this.
|
July 3, 2018, 01:12 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: June 15, 2008
Location: Georgia
Posts: 10,809
|
I shoot more at 100 yards with rifles than any other range. If I can hit at 100 then I don't worry about closer ranges. I like to shoot at longer ranges and 200 yards is the 2nd most common range.
The club that I belong to has target stands out to 300, and they don't mind improvised stands placed farther, but about 350 is the practical limit. I don't like to shoot at 300 unless I'm by myself at the range. There is just too much time involved to walk the 300 yards each way while other shooters wait. At 200 it isn't so bad. I have a friend who is a hay farmer who lets me shoot. But not during growing season and he leases the land for hunting during the fall. Which means I can shoot there from January to early April each year. I could shoot to 1000+, but so far haven't tried anything past 600. I bring an ATV to check targets when I shoot there.
__________________
"If you're still doing things the same way you were doing them 10 years ago, you're doing it wrong" Winston Churchill |
July 3, 2018, 01:13 PM | #7 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: April 10, 2008
Location: Alaska
Posts: 7,014
|
Quote:
__________________
Science and Facts are True whether you believe it or not |
|
July 3, 2018, 01:25 PM | #8 |
Senior Member
Join Date: February 13, 2002
Location: Canada
Posts: 12,453
|
Hornady Superformance ammo is their current brand name for their old "Light Magnum" line. Basically, it's Max load factory ammo.
Anyway, 300 yards isn't a big deal for any .223 load. It's considered close range for NRA matches. They shoot 10 rounds in 70 seconds at 300. You won't need ranger finders or any daft phone app(no 'app' will help). You will need to know your scope's adjustments and sight your rifle in 1.4" high at 100 to be on target at 200 and 6.9" low at 300 using standard Superformance 55 grain ammo. Superformance Match HPBT ammo is a slightly different critter. Its 75 grain match bullet starts a bit slower and is sighted in 1.2" high at 100 to be on target at 200 and is still 6.9" low at 200.
__________________
Spelling and grammar count! |
July 3, 2018, 01:51 PM | #9 |
Senior Member
Join Date: June 23, 2013
Location: Central Taxylvania..
Posts: 3,609
|
There are 3 people at my local range that shoot out to 300 yards.
All the others shoot 25 yards. Not ragging, or picking, or anything else along those line. Just straight up literal observation.
__________________
When our own government declares itself as "tyrannical", where does that leave us??!! "Januarary 6th insurrection". Funny, I didn't see a single piece of rope... |
July 3, 2018, 02:36 PM | #10 |
Member
Join Date: June 20, 2018
Location: South Alabama
Posts: 87
|
We drive and usually go cold if we notice someone waiting to grab or set a target.
__________________
"People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people." "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." |
July 3, 2018, 04:56 PM | #11 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: October 21, 2009
Location: Quadling Country
Posts: 2,780
|
Quote:
__________________
Thus a man should endeavor to reach this high place of courage with all his heart, and, so trying, never be backward in war. |
|
July 3, 2018, 08:01 PM | #12 |
Member
Join Date: June 10, 2018
Posts: 67
|
If it's my carbines I'm usually anywhere from 50-100 yards. My AR pistol is usually 25-50 yards. I really don't have any of my ARs set up for long range, that's what my bolt guns are for.
|
July 3, 2018, 10:23 PM | #13 |
Junior member
Join Date: February 2, 2010
Posts: 6,846
|
"What ranges do you like to shoot your .223/5.56 rifle at?"
What ever range the critter happens to show up. |
July 3, 2018, 10:53 PM | #14 |
Senior Member
Join Date: November 15, 2014
Posts: 182
|
We had a gong set up at 300 yards at my gun club in Tennessee that I shot at when I lived there. I liked shooting it and then waiting until you heard the 'ping' at what seemed like a half a second later.
|
July 5, 2018, 04:43 PM | #15 |
Senior Member
Join Date: April 3, 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,394
|
I shoot mine up to 500 yards at the range always 200.
__________________
ONLY TWO DEFINING FORCES HAVE GIVEN UP THEIR LIVES FOR YOU. ONE IS JESUS CHRIST FOR YOUR SOUL AND THE OTHER IS THE AMERICAN SOLDIER FOR YOUR FREEDOM. |
July 5, 2018, 07:23 PM | #16 |
Staff in Memoriam
Join Date: November 13, 1998
Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA
Posts: 24,798
|
For a sub-MOA .223, prairie dogs are easy-peasy at 300 yards.
|
July 5, 2018, 09:48 PM | #17 |
Senior Member
Join Date: August 25, 2008
Location: In the valley above the plain
Posts: 13,426
|
Due to substantial similarity in performance, I'm including 6x45mm.
When punching paper, I'm usually at 100 yards. Works for me. It's fun enough. But, beyond that, I like to go 300+ yards. The last time I had the 6x45mm out, my brother and I were walking each other into a gong that we thought was at 650 yards (that's what we were told), but turned out to be just shy of 1,000 yards (990-ish -- we measured after we realized that there was no way it was at 650). Lots of fun launching little bullets through the wind, over that distance, and having to walk in to the target because things were not as they seemed....
__________________
Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe. |
July 5, 2018, 10:11 PM | #18 |
Senior Member
Join Date: September 12, 2015
Location: Issaquah WA. Its a dry rain.
Posts: 1,774
|
To date the farthest I've shot my AR (16") was 455 yards. 18" gong in fading sun with 20 mph side gust, non magnified acss retical red dot. Hold for half between 400 and 500 yards, a dot over for wind. Bang. Clang. Probably 75% hit probability. Thats with my xm193 copy reloads. Had i been able to see the plate better my hit ratio should have gone up.
So, yeah, 200-300 you should be able to swing no problem, cause Im willing to bet your a better shot than me!
__________________
Just shoot the damn thing. |
July 5, 2018, 10:41 PM | #19 |
Senior Member
Join Date: July 24, 2012
Location: Parker, CO
Posts: 4,594
|
I shoot at several ranges for different reasons. I have different rifles with different setups and optics.
25yds for fast snap shooting. 100yds just to try for tiny groups. 200-400yds for fun. And landing shots on a 10in steel plate at 600yds is a nice challenge, especially with wind. |
July 6, 2018, 07:23 AM | #20 |
Senior Member
Join Date: January 30, 2001
Location: Texas Hill Country
Posts: 391
|
jcj54, you must play the same game I do
__________________
Texas - envied by lesser states since 1845 |
|
|