5.56 vs. 7.62

[jdubbs32584]

Whom ever taught you how to shoot a carbine like that should get slapped. 

Some of us have to teach ourselves....

Exactly. You could be like ducatizzzz (i.e. constructive) and make suggestions instead of....

[Kopfjäger]

Exactly. You could be like ducatizzzz (i.e. constructive) and make suggestions instead of....

I have offered plenty of times in the past, thank you.

[jdubbs32584]

I have offered plenty of times in the past, thank you.

[Rameses]

try putting your upper body forward of your waist. 

Will do.  Thank you.

Any other advice?

Whom ever taught you how to shoot a carbine like that should get slapped. 

Whomever taught you that "whom ever" is two words should be slapped too.

[Rameses]

That sounds like a Stag Arms AR!  I am experiencing 30 round mag envy....friggin 20 round max commie state that I live it!

Bushmaster.  I'm still waiting on the Stag.   

HK makes a 'high reliability' version of the STANAG magazine but they run about 40-50 each. 

I picked up 10 of the HK mags in good used condition recently for 220 shipped.  I was pretty happy about that find.

[ducatiz]

Will do.  Thank you.

Any other advice?

Not much.  try different ammo.  What is the barrel twist on your rifle?  That will determine a good bit of performance issues and what weight you should us.  you won't hurt the rifle using the "wrong" ammo, but it will not perform optimally.

shooting stance is a huge part of accuracy, preventing battle fatigue and a few other things.  there are plenty of online resources on it, AR15.com is a big one.  plenty of helpful folks there.  plenty of dicks too.

have you learned to take it down?  that's the second thing everyone needs to learn.  once you learn to do it, practice and it will become easy and if you ever have repairs (i.e. the extractor can break sometimes the firing pin can too) you can do it yourself.   there are plenty of good guides on the AR/M16.. global security has the DoD official one online:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-22-9/index.html

I picked up 10 of the HK mags in good used condition recently for 220 shipped.  I was pretty happy about that find.

That's not bad for them used. 

[Rameses]

Not much.  try different ammo.  What is the barrel twist on your rifle?  That will determine a good bit of performance issues and what weight you should us.  you won't hurt the rifle using the "wrong" ammo, but it will not perform optimally.

shooting stance is a huge part of accuracy, preventing battle fatigue and a few other things.  there are plenty of online resources on it, AR15.com is a big one.  plenty of helpful folks there.  plenty of dicks too.

have you learned to take it down?  that's the second thing everyone needs to learn.  once you learn to do it, practice and it will become easy and if you ever have repairs (i.e. the extractor can break sometimes the firing pin can too) you can do it yourself.   there are plenty of good guides on the AR/M16.. global security has the DoD official one online:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-22-9/index.html

It's 1/9.  I put some various 62gr and 55gr rounds through it yesterday.  All of it did well.

I can break it down with no problem.  Disassembling, assembling, and fixing things has always come naturally for me.  Plus I had a week between when I got it and when I got to fire it for the first time, so I spent plenty of time familiarizing myself with it.  I'll keep practicing though.

I've spent a little time on AR15.com, but I'll definitely look at it more closely now. 

And that DoD guide looks pretty useful.  Thank you!

[ducatiz]

I've spent a little time on AR15.com, but I'll definitely look at it more closely now. 

And that DoD guide looks pretty useful.  Thank you!

ARF also has a bunch of home-written manuals online, i think they are better than the DoD one

[Rameses]

ARF also has a bunch of home-written manuals online, i think they are better than the DoD one

Cool, I'll check them out.

Thanks man.   

[Rev. Millertime]

there are plenty of good guides on the AR/M16.. global security has the DoD official one online:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-22-9/index.html

I have that as a PDF.  If anyone wants it, pm me your email!

[Jobu]

Whom ever taught you how to shoot a carbine like that should get slapped. 

Whomever taught you to be a dick should get.............  well, they did a pretty good job.

I shot with him yesterday along with some other guys.  None of us have any military training or basic AR training, so I guess their isn't anyone to slap.

That being said, I did notice his form wasn't correct when I watched the video.  Like a handgun, "nose over toes."  We were more worried about firing an assault rifle for the first time than form.  Too bad I didn't take any videos of myself so I could what I needed to work on.

[ducpainter]

Does this thread need locking?

Kent...

no one is calling names but you.

Do you catch my drift?

[ducatiz]

We were more worried about firing an assault rifle for the first time than form.  Too bad I didn't take any videos of myself so I could what I needed to work on.

Assault rifle?  That was a full auto AR?

Videos are the best.  Most ppl just do them from the side, i have found from side and BACK is useful too. 

[cyrus buelton]

  We were more worried about firing an assault rifle for the first time than form. 

He doesn't own an "assault rifle"


Assault Rifle's have selector switch (semi, 3rnd, auto, etc)

[Sinister]

Assault rifles are scary...