Picked up my 1st AR15

Been lurking here for a couple of weeks -- figured I'd wait to post until I actually picked up an AR.

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Thanks to reading user "Cameron"'s post a few days ago, I bought my Bushmaster M4A3 at Gander Mountain, had them pricematch to Sportsman's Wearhouse (From $930 to $890) and then got 20% back in the form of a gift card ($178). Used the gift card to pick up an extra Bushmaster 30rd mag (only .223 mag in the store), cleaning supplies, a crapload of sight-in and "Shoot-N-C" targets, and 400 rounds of military surplus ADCOM ammo (5.56x45 M855) for $4 box/20. The ADCOM was 1/2 price of the WWB 62 grain, so I figured it was worth a shot -- ammo was definitely overpriced at Gander, but I had that gift card that I wanted to get rid of. $950.xx after tax for all the above and 400 rounds seemed pretty good to me.

I spent tonight stripping it down and cleaning it. I'm planning to go up to the mountains on Saturday and put a couple hundred rounds through it. I've never shot an AR before, so it should be fun!

P.S. - Never used photobucket before, so I hope the pics show up. My roomate's cat likes to sniff our firearms whenever we pull them out. :mrgreen:

Welcome aboard and good intro... oh yeah. you've not got the affliction

cool, welcome aboard :cool:

One noob to another, it feels good, doesn't it? :mrgreen:

Welcome you don't have to have an AR and that cat looks very malnutritioned I am calling the humane society on you. :mrgreen:

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Originally Posted by BadShot

Welcome aboard and good intro... oh yeah. you've not got the affliction

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I know, and I haven't even fired the weapon yet. :oops:

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Originally Posted by Spenser_in_Broomfield

One noob to another, it feels good, doesn't it? :mrgreen:

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Yes, Yes it does! :mrgreen:

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Originally Posted by HunterCO

Welcome you don't have to have an AR and that cat looks very malnutritioned I am calling the humane society on you. :mrgreen:

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The cat is bigger than she looks, probably 12-13 pounds. And my roomate's other cat just got diagnosed with diabetes because he ate too much -- I certainly don't think this one is under-fed. :cry:

Welcome JGordon! My Cat wants to say something to your roommate's Kitty...."Hey there Kit your looking pretty Phat!" http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...d/IMGP0150.jpg

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Originally Posted by JGordon

The cat is bigger than she looks, probably 12-13 pounds. And my roomate's other cat just got diagnosed with diabetes because he ate too much -- I certainly don't think this one is under-fed. :cry:

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I was being sarcastic sorry to hear about the other kitty. [sad]

Welcome.

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Originally Posted by Wallary

Welcome JGordon! My Cat wants to say something to your roommate's Kitty...."Hey there Kit your looking pretty Phat!"

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Maybe we should start up another thread entitle "Kitties with Guns". :mrgreen:

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Originally Posted by HunterCO

I was being sarcastic sorry to hear about the other kitty. [sad]

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I know, I'm just playin. I'm just feeling sorry for the other kitty because he's havin' a rough time with the insulin shots and changing his diet.

Welcome.

JGordon wrote..

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Maybe we should start up another thread entitle "Kitties with Guns". Mr. Green

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Yeah that's funny! Evil Black Kittys with Evil Black Guns! [roll]

Kitties and guns sounds like some porn movie


oh and welcome to the forum

Very nice and welcome aboard.

Welcome

Welcome!

Next club shoot is 10/21 up by Lyons.
Bring that AR so we can give it the CO-AR function check. :mrgreen:

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Originally Posted by JGordon

I spent tonight stripping it down and cleaning it. I'm planning to go up to the mountains on Saturday and put a couple hundred rounds through it. I've never shot an AR before, so it should be fun!

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You can drive down for the Silencer Shoot on Saturday and we can get you started on a new addiction. :twisted:

Welcome to the Club.

Went up left hand canyon outside of Boulder today. I did my best to zero the rifle in, but it was windy and I had to shoot a bit uphill in order to get an appropriate 25 meter distance. I was also laying on the ground on top of a tarp and got quite uncomfortable after a while, so after I got it pretty close (top left target) I called it close enough. I'll actually head to a rifle range one of these days and zero it in on a nice bench rest.

I was using ADCOM M855 military surplus ammo that I picked up at Gander Mountain for $3.99/box. I put about 150 rounds downrange. It shot pretty consistently and I had no failures throughout the day. I also discovered that it will penetrate a quarter inch of steel from about 20 meters. :twisted:

I have very limited experience shooting rifles (I've only shot a .22 before), but I found the M4A3 to be very easy to shoot and quite accurate. It was easy to quickly acquire targets and accurately put them down. I killed quite a number of sporting clays -- they looked at me wrong, and I can't stand that. I'm very pleased with my purchase so far. :mrgreen:

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Welcome, nice score w/ the Bushy and nice shooting!

I bought some of the same ADCOM stuff at the last Tanner show. Several (ok lots if you're picky like me) rounds had problems, so I advise you hand-check all if you haven't already. Several had significant creases, even weird baked-on smudge on the tip of one (showed a few of the worst to PsychoBoy iirc). Most of the ones I didn't like weren't seated quite straight in the case. Still, the ones that "passed" have shot as well as anything short of the pricey stuff so far.

Hope to meet you at the next North shoot. Cheers!

[I don't think Uncle Karl has any kitty snacks in his famous trunk though.]
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From one Bushy M4A3 owner to another, welcome to the forums!