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Green Mountain Boy |
My BCM 14.5" mid length upper is an incredibly soft shooter especially paired with their hybrid brake/flash hider. I use an H2 buffer with it and it's reliable with M193. It's also very lightweight. !~God Bless the U.S. Military~! If the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off Light travels faster than sound, this is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak | |||
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In all honesty, a 223 AR-15 is one of the lightest recoiling rifles on the market -- its recoil energy is in the 3-4 foot pounds ballpark. This is 1/4 to 1/5 of the recoil energy of popular firearms such as the .308 Win rifles and 12 gauge shotguns. As a result, the vast majority of gun owners will state that "my AR-15 is soft shooting" or "it has no recoil". Well of course this is a common sentiment, especially after we just shot a 300 Win Mag prior to shooting an AR-15. The combinations listed earlier in this thread of gun weight, muzzle devices, recoil pad, and gas system will incrementally reduce recoil -- likely dropping a 223's recoil energy to the 2 to 2.5 foot pounds range. I can honestly state that my 24" truck-axle barrel AR, pigged out with a PRS stock, bipod, big honking scope, full-length rail, and suppressor recoils noticeably less than my light weight 16" over-gassed carbine. This ain't rocket science, it's a matter of physics. Now such changes may, or may not, work for you. Another option is to consider a caliber change, by going to a different upper. Like the 22lr upper, which probably has recoil energy of 1/2 foot pound or less. Uppers in 17 HMR and 204 Ruger also come to mind, if a little more oomph is desired. I suspect there are other light-recoiling AR-15 upper chamberings out there. | |||
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I have adjustable gas blocks on all 3 of my AR's and they do reduce the muzzle rise and mitigate recoil to some extent. Another positive and the reason I initially started using adjustable gas blocks is that less gas into the receiver means a cleaner shooting rifle. On my 300 Blackout using handloads built with H110 I can put over 100 rounds downrange with no pain at all and a rifle that looks like it only shot 5 or 10 rounds. Another tip is to look into longer barrels or barrels with a heavier profile. Because mass added to the rifle can reduce felt recoil. In addition a longer barrel means a more complete gas burn so you'll get less blast if you are using a muzzle brake. I've stopped counting. | |||
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| Freethinker |
Yes, “Ye canna change the laws of physics, Captain!” One of the things about coming to the Internet for advice and information is that many people view questions through very narrow filters that reflect their own likes, dislikes, and interests. I’ve read many posts that extol the virtues of ultra light rifles. “Pencil” barrels, minimum to no accessories, the smallest, lightest optics and no backup sights, etc. People get caught up in the enthusiasm and think, “Yeah! Pare that puppy down.” But if added weight reduces felt recoil, reduced weight increases it. The guy who always gets stuck pulling four or five hours of perimeter duty may decide that extra recoil in the unlikely event that he has to actually shoot the weapon is more than made up for by not feeling like he’s holding a couple of cinder blocks by the end of his shift. How many people, though, does that apply to? A stout aluminum handguard; long, heavy barrel; a big flashlight rather than a svelte X300; a “precision” type stock; hefty optics and metal backup sights; and even hanging a bipod on the front will all reduce felt recoil. Weights can even be added to standard stocks. For A2 type stocks, Brownells offers a dedicated buttstock weight. If something like that wouldn’t work, some stocks are available that have compartments designed to hold spare batteries or parts. Those could be filled with lead weights to produce a similar effect. “I don’t want some ‘gun nut’ training my officers [about firearms].” — Unidentified chief of an American police department. “I can’t give you brains, but I can give you a diploma.” — The Wizard of Oz This life is a drill. It is only a drill. If it had been a real life, you would have been given instructions about where to go and what to do. | |||
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sigfreund, me boy, I have been waiting for you to join this thread. Thank you.  | |||
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Telecom Ronin |
I mounted a cheap knock off of the pig on a 10.5" and it actually increased the recoil | |||
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