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Bought a Sport, then a Colt
So it's been a couple months since I bought a Sport. Added a carry handle and fired away. I liked it fine but decided I wouldn't mind having a full size AR too.
Now I've got two ARs, after I found a fellow range member selling a Colt A2 Sporter. I thought I might sell the Sport to finance the Colt but no can do - I like them both!
I used to have a similar problem with Smith revolvers, buying one nice one would lead to wanting another model and so on. I'm hoping to keep the impulse to buy multiple ARs under control!
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Nice lookin couple of rifles you got there!
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06-03-2012, 06:51 AM
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How does the accuracy compare between them ?
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Originally Posted by smithman 10
So it's been a couple months since I bought a Sport. Added a carry handle and fired away. I liked it fine but decided I wouldn't mind having a full size AR too.
Now I've got two ARs, after I found a fellow range member selling a Colt A2 Sporter. I thought I might sell the Sport to finance the Colt but no can do - I like them both!
I used to have a similar problem with Smith revolvers, buying one nice one would lead to wanting another model and so on. I'm hoping to keep the impulse to buy multiple ARs under control!
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I found the best way to fix this impulse is to pick up a couple 308AR's to go with the 15's. Oh sure, you will shoot a Grand Canyon size hole in your wallet, and the cost of ammo will choke a horse.
But it's a good kind of broke and choking!!!!
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I found the best way to fix this impulse is to pick up a couple 308AR's to go with the 15's. Oh sure, you will shoot a Grand Canyon size hole in your wallet, and the cost of ammo will choke a horse.
But it's a good kind of broke and choking!!!!
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You want to buy some ammo for your .308, I have about 600 AP rounds....LOL
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I hope to find out today when I take the Colt to the range. With the A2 iron sights on the Sport all I can do is about a 4 inch group at 100 yards.
I realize the gun is capable of much more with a scope.
With the Colt 20" barrel you get a significantly longer sight radius so I should do better with it (fingers crossed).
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Smithman 10...please try to do a comparison, I side by side compared an M16A3 with a Bushmaster and my Sport. the Colt had the H-Bar barrel and I was a little disappointed in its performance. Anyway I expected better so let us know how your does. Thank You
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So it's been a couple months since I bought a Sport. Added a carry handle and fired away. I liked it fine but decided I wouldn't mind having a full size AR too.
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What is that suppose to mean? Full size AR?
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Smithman 10...please try to do a comparison, I side by side compared an M16A3 with a Bushmaster and my Sport. the Colt had the H-Bar barrel and I was a little disappointed in its performance. Anyway I expected better so let us know how your does. Thank You
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I read on another forum that the Colt AR 15 are hit and miss on accuracy, you may get a good and you may get a bad one. Has anyone else heard this or read this or have any first hand knowledge ?
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06-03-2012, 04:55 PM
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i think he meant an AR with the 20" barrel which is what his new colt is
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06-03-2012, 07:44 PM
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And a fixed (solid) A1 Stock
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Colt A2
By full-size AR I mean a fixed stock and a 20" barrel rifle like I learned to shoot about 40 years ago. Also the Colt weighs about a pound more than the Sport.
I took the Colt A2 out to the range today and managed one 5 - shot 100 yard group just a tad less than an inch and a half with American Eagle XM855 62 grain ammo with the iron sights. Other groups were larger. I shot some Tula, Wolf, PMC also. It shot everything I loaded into it.
I didn't have time to shoot both rifles head to head but I believe the smaller group comes from the longer sight radius with a 20" barrel pure and simple. I'd bet both rifles are capable of one inch groups with a scope.
I like both of them - I'm keeping both of them! Just need to hold at two and not develop an AR habit like my revolver habit!
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