Ar-15 questions

[T3h H4t]

I posted up a few days ago asking about a Del-Ton kit and I want to thank everyone that gave me insight in to them.

My question is, can a 16 inch heavy barrel mounted with a free float hand guard shoot out 250 yards and pull nice groupings? as stupid as this sounds i want to be able to hit coke cans at 250 yards. is that a possibility, not factoring in my shooting ability.

[Ryegye]

I built a rifle using a del-ton kit and it is the barrel is free floated. It shoots about 1 moa using wolf ammo, so it should be possible to hit a coke can.

[Xringshooter]

If you can hold it the gun should shoot it (as long as the barrel is ok). The AR, even the short barrels are made to be able to hit a man size target out to 400+ yds. Getting every right should allow you to hit coke cans at 250.

[Asmodeus]

I don't have any problems hitting clays at 200 yards using my 10.5" Noveske upper, so if the gun is accurate a soda can at 250 shouldn't be an isssue.

[Fragger]

I posted up a few days ago asking about a Del-Ton kit and I want to thank everyone that gave me insight in to them.

My question is, can a 16 inch heavy barrel mounted with a free float hand guard shoot out 250 yards and pull nice groupings? as stupid as this sounds i want to be able to hit coke cans at 250 yards. is that a possibility, not factoring in my shooting ability.

I posted a reply in your other thread.
With a good scope and decent ammo that the gun likes and if you can do your part 4" groups at 250 yds should be possible.
There is a lot of variables.
A coke can is a very small target at that range. Handloading would certainly help you get there. You're not going to do it with Wolf ammo and a A2 type sighting set up.

If you go back and look at the pic I posted you'll see what I'm using.
The optics on that Del-Ton upper is a 10moa red dot. That is to say it covers 10" at 100yds. At 200yds it covers 20" so you can see my set-up isn't for shooting coke cans at 250yds.
For ref. here is a 200 yd and 100yd. targets that I shot back when it was warm outside with the red dot set up on top of the Del-Ton upper.
I was using 55gr. Wolf ammo so take that into consideration too.
My Del-Ton/Stag realy likes the 62gr. Barnaul ammo much more then the 55gr Wolf.
BTW the barrel is a 1-9 twist.
I high lighted the impacts as you can see.

[Kaos]

I can ding a gong @ 300 yard offhand with irons out of a 16" wilson in about 3-5 shots.

with a zeroed scope a coke can at 250 should be nothing.