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Got the 18" barrel for AR #2 and replaced old barrel. Got new scope for it, too. SO, had 2 AR's with new SS barrels and scope. M&P got the 4-16X50 scope and #2 AR got the new 6-24X50 scope. Could not adjust either rifle satisfactorily. hits were all over the place. I think it's me. Maybe I can...

Thanks for the phone # Racer X. I hope to get to them soon. Thanks everyone. I'll be going to Pmags from here on out.

Shot 1 rd and pulled the rope thru. shot 10 more and pulled the rope thru. First rd hit 18" off at 7 o'clock. Slowly brought hit to about 3". Could not adjust any closer. Tried over adjusting but not even getting acceptable groups. Rds were clean(not keyholing). Brought it home and cleaned...

Just got my quick reply shot out to the ozone somewhere. In short... Ebay SS barrel 223 WYLDE Barrel 16" W/1 in 8 Twist Stainless Steel - 5.56 Item #( 262829268847 ) Other AR is also shooting 5' off the target. Had to shoot the berm to see it. Got the whole upper at SAA(Surplus Ammo). They are...

I bought a half dozen Hexmags. They turned out to be series I. They don't like to slide into the mag well. The top round will sometimes lift up from the mag. Sometimes when seating into the rifle and sometimes just laying down on the firing bench. These rounds will jam trying to feed. I pull the...

Went to the range Fri. One shot showed a keyholed round. Finished off the mag and went to the pistol range. Got home to replace the barrel and, of course, ran into problems right off. The gas block mount on the new barrel had a dimpled set screw instead of the tapered pins like the MP15 barrel...

My second AR was put together with components. Complete upper receiver as JaPes suggested and lower thru individual parts/kits. I also shoot the same amount with the second AR...and the same amount with my Shield 9 and SD9VE. I guess you can see why I went to steel. I have about 8000 rds on...

Unfortunately it's been raining for the last couple of days. The range turns into a 100 yd mud crawl. They probably shut down the range early anyway. Gotta go shopping for rain boots.

More info... I noticed my scope was a tiny bit loose. I removed the scope to tighten the mount. Bolts were tight. swapped scopes anyway when I shot the last 200+ and keyholed the target. I use 'ol Hoppes #9 on the bore. I put the chamber brush deep in the chamber and pour #9 on top. It drains...

Scrubbed the chamber real good and ran a brush thru the bore a half dozen times. I can clearly see the lands and grooves but it doesn't look like it did when new. The new bore looked like a bunch of skinny ridges but now it looks like wide lands. Don't know what that means. Shooting 3 times a...

The rifle is a stock M&P15 sport (not II). The first couple thousand rds were Federal or PMC Gold, then Wolf gold Then Tula or wolf steel case with copper bullets. Then, because of the amount of rounds I was going thru, I've been using Tula steel...probably 5000 rds. Most were 55 gr but lately...

Been going to the range 3 times a week since last January. I figure average of 80 rds a day so 240 a week or 960 a month. I go thru a lot of rds but that still sounds like a lot. A month or two ago I began having a hard time hitting a group. As time went on, I started missing the black. I know...