A Love Affair with the ArmaLite

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11 years 5 months ago #26115 by OleCowboy
A Love Affair with the ArmaLite was created by OleCowboy
June 22, 2013
A Love Affair with the ArmaLite

by Bob Campbell
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Captain Matthew Henry Campbell, author of Paladin Press’ 21st Century Stopping Power, is firing his personal custom Bushmaster rifle.
Those three little words can make or break your day. When the one you love lets you down it isn’t a good feeling. However, just the same—you need to do your maintenance! The AR-15 rifle is a low maintenance firearm compared to the many self-loaders that preceded it, although it wasn’t the first low maintenance military rifle. The M1 .30 Carbine earned that distinction. But noncorrosive ammunition and modern manufacturing have gone a long way to ensuring that the rifle is actually low maintenance—but just because it doesn’t demand the rigors of an M1 Garand or a FN FAL the AR-15. An AR-15 rifle that doesn’t shoot well isn’t as great a mystery as the Mary Celeste of Judge Crater but sometimes the correct answer demands all of your concentration. On the other hand a more pleasant mystery is why some rifles shoot so well with a minimum of effort. As an example, a military intelligence officer I know well has tightened his personal AR-15 rifle with the little red block and he has also fitted a good ATN scope with illuminated reticule. The 16-inch barrel carbine shoots better than it has any right to. My personal Bushmaster is a good shooter and the Daniel Defense rifle even better. As far as accuracy goes nothing in the arsenal touches the AR when it comes to off the rack military rifles. And I own a number of pretty decent blue steel and walnut rifles. I also own other .223 caliber rifles. As an example recently, I was firing my 24-inch heavy barrel bolt gun in a leisurely session. This bolt-action rifle is fitted with a 20-power Nikon optical sight. The piece will consistently group the Fiocchi 55 grain JSP loading into a three shot group of about .4 inch at 100 yards. With the off the shelf ‘canned heat’ FMJ loads offered by Fiocchi the Howa never strays over an inch for three shots at 100 yards. The pretty little Remington 799 is not as consistent with its lightweight sporting barrel. The Bushmaster plugs along with three shot one inch groups with some loads and only a little larger with others. Will a coyote know the difference? Of course not. The Daniel Defense rifle is even more accurate.

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