Is it worth it?

[JW21]

So I've got a AR, it's a 16 inch delton upper 1-9 twist, and a lower that was built by me using a stock lpk. It's a good shooter, but by no means a precison rifle.
That said whats the hides opinion on doing ocw load developement for this rifle vs loading a few rounds in different charges, and shooting whats most accurate ( given that it's a safe load). I do want to do some coyote hunting with this rig, but it's mainly a plinker. Any opinions welcome.

 

[mtrmn]

Either of the 2 ways you mentioned will get you better ammo for your gun. I am not a precision shooter by any means, but so far I haven't failed to find a good load for any AR I've worked with. My old mini14, on the other hand, was beyond help. I've always just used your second method.

 

[JW21]

Yeah I'll just do the second method. Thanks!

 

[mtrmn]

I have some really cheap POS AR's and I have some good Ar's. Every AR I own will do 1 MOA at 100 yds with the proper ammo loaded for that gun. AR's are just accurate and will surprise you what they are capable of right out of the box.

 

[Niles Coyote]

It would depend on what ammo is currently costing you and the accuracy you can obtain with that ammo weighted against the value of your time... When I started reloading 20 rounds of blasting ammo were about 3-4 bucks and the brass was good for reloading... My time was more valuable, plus the cost was about even. If I was after the best precision possible from the rifle, reloading was the only way to obtain it.