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 Re: 5.56 at 200 yards
[Re: Mudshark]
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10/13/24 02:31 AM
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Never had good luck with 55gr, but 64gr is the sweetspot on my AR.
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Re: 5.56 at 200 yards
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10/13/24 02:33 AM
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Never had good luck with 55gr, but 64gr is the sweetspot on my AR. That’s is where I’m going next. I think I can get closer with a heavier round. Thanks for the input. I’m learning as I go. If I could shoot with people who know what they are doing it would help me gauge what is good or not.
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Re: 5.56 at 200 yards
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10/13/24 02:52 AM
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US Marine Corps rifleman qualifying is at 500 yards (then 300 and 200) with their off the rack M16's. read it hereThe 5.56 is not a sniper round fo sho but is capable out to 600 yards. When I was in, we qualified on the 200/300/500 yard range with the M16A2. We also practiced shooting point targets at 800 yards (man sized silhouette target).
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Re: 5.56 at 200 yards
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10/13/24 02:55 AM
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Re: 5.56 at 200 yards
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10/13/24 03:02 AM
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Thank you. Now I’m in deep water though. That ammo is expensive. I guess you have to pay to play though.
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Re: 5.56 at 200 yards
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10/13/24 11:29 AM
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5 cent per round discount on the 500 rounds. You could get a couple boxes of 20 to see if you like it. That’s about the going rate per round for match ammo. https://www.sgammo.com/product/223-...atch-hornady-frontier-ammo-made-lake-citThe worst ammo I have shot was some of that Russian Wolf 9MM. I brought a few boxes back when ammo was hard to find and expensive. One day I was shooting worse than ever. I will have a day here and there where I seem off. This was bad. I loaded some normal range ammo then the group was better at 20 yards. It’s some dirty ammo too. I still have a few boxes. Most the the pistol shooting I do is at 7, 10 or 15 yards. Just keep used to that range for personal protection.
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Re: 5.56 at 200 yards
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10/13/24 11:41 AM
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Marine annual rifle qualification scoring
Fify In my mind there is a difference between target shooting and tactical shooting. I’m not going to pretend I’m an operator. I am a fat, middle aged white guy and will not be engaging a target that is shooting back at me. Props for those who are.. I think I can hit the kill zone on most of those targets most of the time. I think I shot pretty bad today from sand bags in a controlled environment but even with the fliers, I was within an a 8 inch group. I’d like to get within a 2 inch or less group at 200 yards. That is still not elite but better than what I am doing now. I don’t think I am shooting a rifle or the right ammo to do that yet, but I think I will get there. My issue is I don’t shoot enough with other people to know what good really looks like. I don’t think I’m good at this distance and would like to see what a good shooter can do under the same conditions I hate those flyers. I will set a group goal for a certain range. It seems if I shoot 15 rounds there always has to be one maybe two flyers to ruin it. I can shoot a pretty decent grouping. From those I see shooting around me I am better than average. There are some really good shooters out there. Maybe about 10% of them at the range I go to Range USA. I am sure that there are ranges where those who are heavily into it go.
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Re: 5.56 at 200 yards
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10/13/24 12:24 PM
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Re: 5.56 at 200 yards
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10/26/24 09:45 PM
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I worked on my 200 yard shooting again today. I bought a better scope which helped and found some 72 grain ammo. Still work to be done but it’s getting better. Can you tell when the wind pocked up a bit? ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2024/10/full-20730-246805-img_3093.jpeg)
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Re: 5.56 at 200 yards
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10/26/24 09:48 PM
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I worked on my 200 yard shooting again today. I bought a better scope which helped and found some 72 grain ammo. Still work to be done but it’s getting better. Can you tell when the wind pocked up a bit? Dude, what load? What scope? Barrel twist?
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Re: 5.56 at 200 yards
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10/26/24 09:58 PM
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I worked on my 200 yard shooting again today. I bought a better scope which helped and found some 72 grain ammo. Still work to be done but it’s getting better. Can you tell when the wind pocked up a bit? Dude, what load? What scope? Barrel twist? Hornaday Frontier it’s 75 grain, not 72. Ruger American Ranch 1/8 twist. Cheap Monstrum scope 8-24X The green dots were from my Son”s rifle. He wouldn’t use the bags I had and it showed
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Re: 5.56 at 200 yards
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10/26/24 10:03 PM
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I worked on my 200 yard shooting again today. I bought a better scope which helped and found some 72 grain ammo. Still work to be done but it’s getting better. Can you tell when the wind pocked up a bit? Dude, what load? What scope? Barrel twist? Hornaday Frontier it’s 75 grain, not 72. Ruger American Ranch 1/8 twist. Cheap Monstrum scope 8-24X I looked that scope up on Amazon. Oh my goodness. Nice pick. Nice shooting too. Respect.
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Re: 5.56 at 200 yards
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10/26/24 10:06 PM
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US Marine Corps rifleman qualifying is at 500 yards (then 300 and 200) with their off the rack M16's. read it hereThe 5.56 is not a sniper round fo sho but is capable out to 600 yards. Maybe I should take a step up to a .308? This. There is a world of difference between my 5.56 with a varmint barrel and my .308 Weatherby bolt. I have my ARs set up One with a red dot for up to 50 yds. and the other with a good scope out to 100 yds. Just my thinking.
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Re: 5.56 at 200 yards
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10/26/24 10:07 PM
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I worked on my 200 yard shooting again today. I bought a better scope which helped and found some 72 grain ammo. Still work to be done but it’s getting better. Can you tell when the wind pocked up a bit? Dude, what load? What scope? Barrel twist? Hornaday Frontier it’s 75 grain, not 72. Ruger American Ranch 1/8 twist. Cheap Monstrum scope 8-24X The green dots were from my Son”s rifle. He wouldn’t use the bags I had and it showed To me, that is pretty good for 200 yds.
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Re: 5.56 at 200 yards
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10/26/24 10:11 PM
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I worked on my 200 yard shooting again today. I bought a better scope which helped and found some 72 grain ammo. Still work to be done but it’s getting better. Can you tell when the wind pocked up a bit? Dude, what load? What scope? Barrel twist? Hornaday Frontier it’s 75 grain, not 72. Ruger American Ranch 1/8 twist. Cheap Monstrum scope 8-24X The green dots were from my Son”s rifle. He wouldn’t use the bags I had and it showed To me, that is pretty good for 200 yds. And you know that was a good day. Anybody thinking it was easy has never shot the same.
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