I also ran an AR 2020, the 10speed pouches from blue force gear were clutch for that platform and pistol, never had to take them off.
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By the end of the event, my partner and I kept looking at each saying we wished we've had both taken scoped AR-15's with 90rds of 77gr match ammo. At Ft. Gordon half the ranges are Army qual ranges that stay under 400 yards ish for targets. If I ever do it again, it'll be with an AR-15 and super lightweight.
That is certainly a valid approach. Lightness means easier rucking. But keep in mind you don't get points for rucking. You DO get points for hitting targets. You're probably right - 80%+ of the secondary targets, and 50%+ of the primary targets are easy hits for a good .223 with a good wind call. But what about the other ones?
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We timed out on the last ruck of the second day. For us it was about the challenge and not so much the score. When we timed out, we honestly didn't care less about the actual score and were more disappointed that we didn't get to continue and complete the tough man division challenge. We could have continued on the last half day, but since we knew we were out of it we just figured we may as well get a head start on the drive home. I'm only laying all that out to say we still beat a lot of people on score without showing up for the last day. I don't think our score would have been too much worse had we only been running AR's. In fairness though, I didn't think the winds were bad at all on the 2020 mammoth. If it was raining sideways I'd be hating a 223 at any distance.
We timed out on the last ruck of the second day. For us it was about the challenge and not so much the score. When we timed out, we honestly didn't care less about the actual score and were more disappointed that we didn't get to continue and complete the tough man division challenge. We could have continued on the last half day, but since we knew we were out of it we just figured we may as well get a head start on the drive home. I'm only laying all that out to say we still beat a lot of people on score without showing up for the last day. I don't think our score would have been too much worse had we only been running AR's. In fairness though, I didn't think the winds were bad at all on the 2020 mammoth. If it was raining sideways I'd be hating a 223 at any distance.
