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Looking for an an affordable and accurate AR-15

With a capable gun, if you aren't handloading, you will also need capable factory ammo.

in 55gr loads, both the Hornady 55 V-max & the ADI 55 Sierra BK are good; I don't buy either regularly as I handload both bullets, but the factory ammo I have shot of both are decent.

In a heavier bullet, factory loaded, the IMI 77gr Razorcore has been good in every rifle I've shot it in; 77gr Razorcore is the group on the right.

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Delta Stryker 3.5-21x44 DLR-3

I don't mean to put koshkin on the spot, but from externals only, the two seem to be the same essential design with minor differences. Wasn't the Bushnell around longer, and Delta took it as template for improvements/differences resulting in the 3.5x-21?
A few years ago when the 3.5-21x44 was first conceived, i used to consult for Delta. The initial concept behind this scope came out of that, largely because i was semi obsessed with a compact precision oriented allrounder at the time and formulated a set of requirements for it. There are a few scopes on the market that came out of that. Given the same OEM, i would guess the erector system is similar to the DMR Bushnell (those are commonly shared between different designs), but i have reasonable confidence that the rest of this scope has been unique to Delta until Revic picked it up.

Ilya

6mm BR

I'm looking to see if anyone has used a "ball" powder in their 6BR? I'd like to try Staball Match behind a Hornady 108 ELD-M. The ball powders meters much better than an extruded powder. Any opinions?

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Here’s what Hodgden lists on their site:


They do show a 107:

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Note that this data is for the 6BR Remington, which differs only in the depth of the bullet in the case due to a shorter throat. So these loads will likely be lower than what you’ll see for the Norma, where the bullet is seated further out allowing for more powder.

Noveske DDF Barrels

Interesting that these barrels are opening up after a relatively short string. I thought one of the alleged benefits of this system was that it wasn't supposed to do that.

Looking for an an affordable and accurate AR-15

Suppressors can affect the function of a gas gun, and the shooter's comfort to some degree. This can usually be resolved by using various tuning methods, but if you plan on running a high back pressure suppressor all the time, the best way to start is to have a proper gas system length for the barrel length (dwell). There isn't really a universally accepted back pressure rating system, but the chart below shows values assigned by one organization for various suppressors. The higher the rating, the more that you might need to tune the gas gun.

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https://pewscience.com/sound-signat...esearch-supplement-omega-back-pressure-metric
Thanks for the info and thoughtful response. I run a Harvester 300.

I wouldn't really care to run it for p-dog shooting, but this would probably end up replacing my NV rig which is currently a Tikka Lite 223 that I run suppressed. So I'd just want to be able to function suppressed for night time hunting.

Hey ... it's $200

There’s gonna be a huge buying spree come next year in preparation for no tax. The holdouts always fell into two camps, the “Im not going through all that bullshit and waiting a year to get my can”, and the “I’m not paying $200 to the feds”. When the approval times dropped to a few days, that first group finally got in the game, and suppressors became very hard to find. When the tax goes away, the second group will jump in, and again stuff will be hard to find.

Buying is slow now for sure, and distributor inventory is up and improving every day. For my customers, I've offered the option of buy now, submit in january. They take up little space so this is no trouble. Some have taken that deal already. I’m hopeful that the manufacturers are using this time to get ahead in preparation for a wave of buying in Jan.

I dont think approval times will go up at all in jan. The ATF made the last giant improvement in approval times in the middle of the last buying spree.

Delta Stryker 3.5-21x44 DLR-3

Just shot my first ELR competition last weekend with a borrowed rifle, now I need to build one myself (light class on a budget)
Is the IQ of this scope good enough to spot my shots at 2k+ yards?
Looking hard at the Delta 3.5-21 due to price and adjustment range, the 4-25 Zeiss LRP S3 is also something I'm looking hard at.
I noticed that even at 2k+ I rarely went over 16-18x magnification, so I'm not so concerned about maximum magnification.
I'm more interested in elevation travel than maximum magnification.
@koshkin , what are your thoughts after looking through this scope?
That’s further than i ever shot with it, but it does have a ton of adjustment range in case you need it.
It basically comes down to how much value you place on compactness.
I would be perfectly comfortable using it in that function, but the simple truth is that if you are going to spend the bulk of your time on higher mags and there is no weight/size limitation, larger objective scopes like XTR Pro will have an edge.
Is there a weight limit you have to hit?
What is the price limit for you on this scope?
How much elevation range do you need?

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Noveske DDF Barrels

I've managed to get out to the range twice this week after work with the 2nd Noveske DDF 556. It shoots about as good as the first one, .8moa for 5-shots and 1.3moa for 10-shots. Not as wonderful as I was hoping honestly but probably a bit more consistent without the seemingly random flyers.

I have exactly 142 rounds on it now. Going to give it a 'new barrel' clean today and I'll be ready for some real tests this weekend with 77gr SMK, 73gr ELDM, AA2520, N135, and maybe some H322 or CFE223 if I get that far. I really need to get some 8208XBR and TAC jsut to see what the fuss is about.

I tried all of my suppressors with 10-round groups (AAC M4-2000, Griffin Recce5, and AAC Mini4, all with Griffin Taper mounts) and the Mini4 seemed to group the best.

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