I have a .223 Wylde 1:9 16inch government M4 style barrel (pretty thin barrel) on my AR and I am going to go prairie dog hunting soon. I was wanting some opinions of the barrel if I am going to waste my time even bringing it as it will heat up way to fast or if it will be adequate? Thanks
Posted Jun 28, 2018, 9:05 PM UTC
It’ll be fine. Unless you’re doing mag dumps on prairie dogs I wouldn’t be too worried about heat.
No mag dumps I will be shooting in a controlled fashion.
Then you should be fine ;)
Well wheres the fun in that? Kidding of course.
It'll be fine
Rifle is fine.
Test your accuracy. If it's accurate enough, you're good to go. Keep in mind lighter barrels also cool faster than heavier ones. A free-float handguard will also help tremendously by allowing air to get to the barrel.
With a 1:9", you're good to shoot Varmint Grenades, which are typically in the 45-grain range. Tighter twist rates may have a bit of a problem with ultra-light rounds.
Good advice! Right now I buy my rounds soon I will reload then I can really dial in my accuracy as well! I bought a box of 40 and 50 grain v max bullets to see what my gun likes better
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If it's not free floated, you're not going to be hitting prarie dogs in the first place, except by luck.
Literal nonsense.
Spotted the guy who can't shoot.
Free floating doesn't matter nearly as much as the barrel.
Free floating does not shrink groups by multiple moa.
I own a medium weight Lothar Walther VarTac 20 inch barrel. (Do you even K ow who Lothar Walther is?)
I set it up with standard handguards and the gun shot 1. 1 moa, on average.
I changed the build and built it with a free float set up, now it shoots 0.8 - 1.0 moa..
Spotted the internet armchair shooter with a safe queen......
This. Free floating does make a difference, but not much you'll notice within 100 yards.
Nice anecdote.
It is a free floating barrel and shoots a little under 1moa with my varmint loads
Carry on then
It should be good, new rifles are of much higher qualty than yesteryear. Gun Jesus and friend discussed this on their wwsd vids.
Thanks I have never been prairie dog hunting before with an AR and haven’t ran a large string of fire through my AR yet either to know how it will react. I appreciate it
Yea, I think they ran pencil faxon barrels.