He has a Colt Cobra 357 I think that he wrote about.
Generally speaking, AR accuracy is not very hot.
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When we qualified we had a few qualification ranges. The first range which was the most common for us was the 25M alternate course and you shot at paper with the targets that were scaled to represent the various distances. We shot in the prone supported and unsupported. We also shot in foxholes supported with sandbags.
The second range when in duty assignments that had the room we shot on ranges that had the reactionary targets out to 300M. The Targets were at the same distances as depicted on the paper target and they looked the same.
The third one I shot on only once where you shot at the 300m target 20 times and the other 20 rounds were for closer in targets.
When shooting I would tuck my rifle stock into my LBE and rest my helmet on the carry handle just above my rear sight. The LBE locked my stock into my shoulder and the helmet wouldn't move under recoil and distract me.
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The second range when in duty assignments that had the room we shot on ranges that had the reactionary targets out to 300M. The Targets were at the same distances as depicted on the paper target and they looked the same.
The third one I shot on only once where you shot at the 300m target 20 times and the other 20 rounds were for closer in targets.
When shooting I would tuck my rifle stock into my LBE and rest my helmet on the carry handle just above my rear sight. The LBE locked my stock into my shoulder and the helmet wouldn't move under recoil and distract me.
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Here is a list of most current AR 15 calibers but it is easier to modify the AR 15 to any mid-size cartridge the actual list is longer.
The 223/5.56 round is the most useful and common coyote and varmint round in history. It long surpassed the 20 Swift and 22-250. The reason is pretty simple. It is as flat as need to 300 yards. Coyotes are short animals, never over about 24 inches tall. And they live in the brush, area where the natural weeds, grasses, sage brush, skunk brush and natural browse make them very hard to see looking thru 300 yards of such ground cover. Calling coyotes is the only way most are killed, that gets them close, so close that trajectory does not matter. A coyote is thin skinned, many are killed with the 22 lr with on about 100 fpe on impact and many more with the 22 mag, 200 or more fpe on impact. Any 380 or 38 special is more than adequate for any coyote. The 223 round for example sighted at 200 yards, maintains more than 300 foot pounds to more than 550 yards. The power of the 5.56 or slighlty less powerfull 223 is far more than needed for a coyote size animal.
Sighted at 200 yards is drops less than 7 inches at 300 yards and still has over 600 foot pounds of energy at 300 yards, about the same as a hot loaded 357 mag which is commonly used for deer and other game. The 223 is really overkill for coyotes. But any hit in the boilerplate is an instant kill. Accuracy is the same for killing people, you hit them poorly they die slowly and poorly. All AR15s on the market today will shoot 1 moa, that is 3 inches at 300 yards. That is why the 223 and AR 15 is the most common varmint rifle/ammo combination in the history of planet earth. In fact, Whitetail Hunter magazine has long recommended the AR 15 and listed the top AR 15 coyote rifles.
10 Best ARs for Predator Hunting - North American Whitetail
Simple deal, easy to shoot for anyone, children, small females and anyone with an afternoon to learn to shoot the platform. It has surpassed all the great rifles of all time, as the most popular and most useful hunting rifle of all times. Not my favorite at all, I Iike bolt guns, but I am a left brain thinker, facts are facts. Emotions are for old ladies. Not everyone can shoot guns, and many should not own any at all, but that is another story.
There are people who cannot drive a stick shift and think I am strange because I have manual 6 speed shifter in my Jeep. I have one because I drive a Jeep for what a Jeep is for, if I wanted a soccer mom Jeep, I would get a Rubicon with an auto transmission. Point is some can run and AR 15 in their sleep and some can shift a car in their sleep, others cannot.
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