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Thread: How fast can you shoot an AR 15
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December 10th, 2011, 07:18 PM #1Junior Member
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How fast can you shoot an AR 15
Hi folks, I have a very simple question, am I damaging my AR 15 by shooting rounds through it as fast I can pull the trigger. The owners manual doesn't mention anything about this. One person told me too fast is not good, another person told me I can't damage it. What do you think?
Type DPMS 5.56 16 inch barrel 1x9 twist
I use 55gr bullets only.
Thanks for the help
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December 10th, 2011, 07:21 PM #2
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December 10th, 2011, 07:24 PM #3
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December 10th, 2011, 07:26 PM #4
Re: How fast can you shoot an AR 15
Not unless you are dumping so many mags through it at full auto that you get the barrel glowing.
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December 10th, 2011, 09:05 PM #5Grand Member
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Re: How fast can you shoot an AR 15
Re: How fast can you shoot an AR 15
I struggle to get my shots under.20 sec, but am continuing to practice.
The main damage this causes is to the wallet.
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December 10th, 2011, 10:13 PM #6
Re: How fast can you shoot an AR 15
You can shoot 12 rounds per minute indefintely. Beyond that, a lot of factors come into play that I probably cannot use to help a newbie with a DPMS.
I would guess that in SEMI, if you are just trying to make noise, you can probably dump 3 30-round mags as fast as possible with not even the slightest ill effects other than a smoking barrel and hot grips. I would suggest you let it cool after that treatment.
You are probably shooting somewhere in between those two scenarios, adjust accordingly and stop when it's realy hot and smells like you did something wrong. It will be OK.Last edited by ungawa; December 10th, 2011 at 10:16 PM.
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December 10th, 2011, 10:30 PM #7
Re: How fast can you shoot an AR 15
stop when it's really hot and smells like you did something wrong
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December 11th, 2011, 12:48 AM #8Active Member
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Re: How fast can you shoot an AR 15
Dumped a 30 round mag bumpfiring through a junk barrel. Did the math with the stats from the IDPA timer. 625 rounds per minute. With my very accurate SS bull barrel AR, I try to stay around 5 rounds per minute.
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December 11th, 2011, 01:33 AM #10
Re: How fast can you shoot an AR 15
With Semi-auto fire, you're likely to NOT hurt the barrel by doing rapid fire. Of course, you'll wear out the barrel faster, as you're putting more rounds through the gun faster. But that's like saying you'll wear out your tires faster because you drive 200 miles a week rather than 100 miles.
Fire away.
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