AR15, 275 yard steel target shooting. DPMS AP4 Carbine

5 Shots from my DPMS AR15 at a steel target, 1' wide, 3' tall, 1/4 inch thick. No penetration at this distance, just leaves a little dent. My Mosin Nagant punches through it like its made out of plywood...lol.
AR is completely stock, its not a target gun by any stretch, but it is certainly "combat accurate".

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[jigglejack100]

what was that scope mount and did it have a space under the rail so that you could use iron sights?

[wavelength1970]

@jigglejack100 its a "Tapco riser mount", you can see through it, but all you can see is the base of the front sight. I wanted a slightly higher mount so there wasn't much of the front sight visible in the scope.

[an10nee]

What scope did you attach to your gun

[wavelength1970]

@an10nee Its a cheap Bushnell 3-9x40 that I got used for free, but it works perfectly. Not as nice to look through as the Leupold on my 30.06, but just as dependable

[OSHADYO]

@wavelength1970 On your scope were u aiming directly on the target,and thats where they landed,or did u shoot a little high?

[wavelength1970]

@OSHADYO Oh jeez this was like 1.5 years ago...I think I aimed a little high and they were hitting in the middle...I had 36" of vertical target so I wasn't too worried about it.

[kuyakev]

good shootin buddy

[wavelength1970]

@JimmyGunXD556 I'm not sure I understand your comment..i agreed with the Jacob that the shot was easy with a scope, and I said I did it with open sites too...i wasn't degrading anyone

[The5thBenPomeroy]

@mechaike AR15 is the civilian version. The M16 was fully automatic... aaand thats illegal now without a hefty check book and the right licensing

[Moonfood78]

I wish I had a cam when I hit 390 yrd m16 rental, just peep sights. You should practice the army minimum of 300 with peep sights only.

[Cherbanov]

What kinda steel are you using? My bullets just whent thrue the target living nice round holes cal:308win

[GaTiger11]

It looked more like 500 yards than it did 275. Good shooting, btw.

[7point62mmby51]

minnesota made!! dpms rox sox!

[KittyFooFo0]

Steel-cased ammo and hard Berdan primers are no problem for Geissele Automatics triggers. Sets them off reliably, consistently. Accuracy is greatly improved from stock OEM trigger with ~10 millisecond lock time to less than half, compared to a Remington 700 bolt-action of ~2.5 millisecond lock time. Good for that range with irons.

[RYSE12345]

@pkasimov True true. Very capable round.

[pkasimov]

@RYSE12345 5.45x39 too. I'd love to have one of those (S&W) if it werent for the corrosive rounds that you can get only from Russia/Bulgaria...