Barrels...and other parts

[alamo5000]

It's late, so I admit I skimmed the OP. What is your intended purpose of this rifle? HD, Weekend plinking, Training, ect? That will determine a lot of your responses.

As for Rainier's Site on barrels, here's a quick run down:

Select Barrels = Entry level match grade barrel, still has a 5.56 chamber.
Match Barrels = Mid Range match barrel. Uses .223 Wylde chamber
UltraMatch Barrels = Top of the line barrel using Shilen Blanks.

All are guaranteed to shoot sub-MOA with match ammo, well that's if the shooter does his part. Rainier likes to ask if you want to shoot quarters, nickels or dimes when asked about their match barrels.

The Mountain Series Barrels are hard use, military grade barrels. Cold Hammer Forged FN barrels with double chrome lining. I've been able to shoot 1.5 MOA groups with them. Not as accurate, but more accurate than most people including me.

My "purpose" more than anything is to simply enjoy shooting sports. I am not a cop. I am not a soldier (I was unable to enlist due to a serious injury)... I live in the country and we all get together and shoot for fun. I am a far cry from some top secret operator, but more like a skeet shooter who wants to expand my horizons. That said I personally try to take my own shooting beyond the whole plinking of tin cans off the fence. I like hunting just as much as the next guy but the AR won't be for hunting. I have been invited more than once to be on shooting teams (amateur) so at some point I might give 3 gun a try.

Part of the reason why I haven't jumped into AR's before now is because it never really had that 'definition'. all in all it will be for fun. I do live in the country though so there is a chance for varmint/coyote/pig shooting etc, although later I might go for an AR10 for the pig thing.

The part that I enjoy about shooting isn't just making a bunch of racket and being satisfied hitting a frisbee. I like the science behind it. It wouldn't be outside of the realm of possibility for me to give in and run a 3 gun course. Who knows until I try.

And of course there is always the prospect of home defense. But for sheer enjoyment it would probably be an 'accurate' plinker. But, I would probably keep all the rest of that stuff in mind.

On average (seeing how I can walk out into the back yard and shoot) I might go through anywhere between a magazine or two per week. If we have an event (IE BBQ/Skeet shoot/fun time out) I might go through 10 mags in an afternoon...

Don't make the assumption that I am some hotshot gunner... I am just doing this stuff for fun...That said every once in a while we do have some of the local cops out to the house and they shoot with us...just for fun...