The AR15, they don’t work for everything
After I see the enormous amount of stuff that people are mounting on AR15s, I enjoy watching the shit to skill ratio that many M4 owners deploy. I don’t want to come off as an elitist, but I still hold a grudge against many in the AR15 crowd from all of the years I didn’t own one and listed to all of the prima donna’s boasting in the late 1990’s. It seems that some think the the .223 or 556 round is more leathal if it is fired out of an AR15 than it is in any other similarly chamber rifle. I’ve seen so many times at gun ranges where a guy shows up with atleast $3000 on his M4 and is spending his entire day shooting at 25yds-50yds. I have no problem training in those ranges, but that is fighting territory which the M4 does a good job in.
While this may sound like I’m being overzealous, I have also kept tabs on the number of guys that refuse to shoot those same guns at the 600yd ranges that are right next to them. I like to ask them if they have shot over there, and the answer is the same, nah, I don’t need to. Well, what’s the point in having a 600 meter reticle on rifle scopes like the ACOG and never knowing how to hit targets at those ranges? It’s not all about point and click, you will miss targets with enough wind, and engaging threats and distances means more travel time for the bullet and just because you see it in the crosshairs at 600 meters, doesn’t mean your bullet is going to hit it 2 seconds later. I read about a gun fight that took place in the early days of the Afghanistan invasion where a couple guys in a downed helicopter couldn’t take out a bunker at 600yds and almost ran out of ammunition. The enemy kept ducking under cover and kept shooting and ducking back in. A good 7.62 that penetrated cover or had more range could have meant the difference.
Choosing the right riflescope is as important as choosing the right rifle – many experts agree that it can be even more critical to the success of a hunt. The fact that most rifles today no longer come equipped with iron sights is testament alone to the need for a telescopic sight, but it is the quality of the sight that can make the difference between getting your riflescope’s crosshairs on a trophy or going home empty handed.