A different AR.........

[Salty1]

A while back I sold my AR, just did not seem to work for me. Guess I purchased it as a nostalgic feeling from my days in the military many years ago. I continued my search for a rifle that would be more in line with what I wanted and finally settled on FN's FNAR. It arrived and it became time to make it "mine". I did some research and spoke to some very trusted sources and purchased a 4x16x50 Explore Optics scope (Explorer Optice is one of those scopes with a dedicated following even though it is not a common brand name..... yet) also added a Harris Bi-Pod. The rifle is a bit heavy and I do not feel it is meant to be a "battle" rifle that would be carried around all day (unless your a young buck), it is meant to be shot from a stable position to keep in tune with the MOA accuracy that FN promises. I put some rounds through it to get the scope as close as possible and on paper, recoil was amazingly light for a 308, now it is time to get to a longer distance range and complete the final set-up and see exactly what it wil do at 200 yards. More to come.................

[C-dub]

Explorer! That's been driving my crazy. That's the brand of sights I've been seeing at a couple gun shows. They look nice.

BTW, is that FNAR still considered an AR? I know it's in the name, but still.

[RSJ]

Explorer! That's been driving my crazy. That's the brand of sights I've been seeing at a couple gun shows. They look nice.

BTW, is that FNAR still considered an AR? I know it's in the name, but still.

Nope, it is basically a browning BAR.

I get <1 MOA at 100yds.

and to the original poster, I like your style... I've got a similar setup (4-16X50 and harris style bipod)

[Salty1]

Explorer! That's been driving my crazy. That's the brand of sights I've been seeing at a couple gun shows. They look nice.

BTW, is that FNAR still considered an AR? I know it's in the name, but still.

I guess it depends on one perspective on what an AR actually is, for the younger people an AR could be a rifle that can be carried around and be tactical at the same time, to us older folk an AR is something to setup, have a cup of coffee and wait for whatever it is to come within 500 yards of us. Not sure if there is a right or wrong answer to any given solution, just different perspectives...............

[gringo pistolero]

That depends what you mean by AR. AR-15, assault rifle, army rifle, Armalite rifle, Austin Realtor...

[The Annoyed Man]

The day I bought my M1A, I came "this close" to buying an FNAR instead. They were priced within about $10 of each other....not enough to matter (both were over $1,700), but I bought the M1A instead simply because I had lusted after one for longer than I had lusted after the FNAR. No regrets for my purchase, but I'd like to own the HBAR version of the FNAR some day.

[Salty1]

I managed to get out to Magnum Sports today for a final sight in and scope adjustments. Started out making sure it was 3 inches high at 100 yards, 12 bullets and a few tweaks and I was there, now came the time to move out to 200 yards, under fair disclosure the rifle was on a bi-pod and I had the butt propped so it was stable, it was all up to the rifle, taking as much human error out of the equation as possible. After 2 (3) shot groups, allowing about 5 minutes between them both groups were within a half dollar size, each had 2 holes touching and were 4 inches high of POA. This will put me on dead center at 300 yards, right where I want it, the rifle did it's part very well and seems to verify FN's statement that these rifles are MOA accurate. If it was not over 100 degrees out I would have gone the 200 yards and taken the targets for a picture, since others were there shooting I left them so they could shoot the unused sections. The Explore Optics scope did not lose it's zero at all, glass was very clear at all magnifications and I feel it is every bit equal to my Leupold at half the cost, plus it has more options on it. Of course time will tell but going forward I will use Explore Optics on all my rifles until performance convinces me otherwise, I doubt that will hapen though.............

[LeonCarr]

What loads were you shooting, the factory or the handloads?

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

[Salty1]

Was the handloads, Sierra 168 gr HPBT with 42 grains of powder, they seemed to work as advertised, will crono them on Friday night and check out the performance.

[LeonCarr]

Cool...sounds like a plan.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

[The Annoyed Man]

That there is a hog gun.