AR-15 Uppers (Brand & Caliber)
Posted by NaturalAsleep2854@reddit | Firearms | View on Reddit | 5 comments
I’m curious to hear some other peoples thoughts on brand and caliber for AR15 uppers.
I’m new to firearms in general and got my first AR15 last year in .556/.223 - but I’m not happy with the quality of the “no name” upper the builder used. The lower is Aero.
What brands/model of complete upper would you recommend in .556/.223?
It was also mentioned to me that my accuracy issues could be more the caliber and not the quality of upper? How true is that?
My accuracy issue was that my first 3 or 4 rounds of a CA 10-round mag would be fairly accurate and then the remaining would increasingly become less accurate. So I assumed it was due to the barrel heating too much. If I gave it a break between mags then it repeated the same pattern and if I immediately fired a second mag then the accuracy continued to worsen continuously.
Any thoughts on swapping my .556 for a 300 Legend, 300 Blackout, or 6.5 Grendel upper? Obviously the ammo would be more expensive so I’m leaning away from that - but I’d like to hear some other opinions on it.
LakeNo749@reddit
What brand of ammo are you shooting? Not all ammo shoots the same. Secondly, what do you consider “less accurate”? Did you measure your groups? Are you shooting from a bench? With a rest? There’s a lot of variables to consider before just jumping into another caliber.
lordadam34@reddit
Take a fundamentals class and hit the gym. Switching to a more expensive caliber won’t fix your accuracy
ReasonsToTakeMore@reddit
There is absolutely no way you are shooting enough rounds fast enough for heat to be effecting accuracy. Unless you put the gun in a vice/mount or at the very least on a table with bags you have no way of gauging the real acccuracy of the gun. Guns don't get less accurate after shooting 3 rounds that's on the user
If you want to get a new upper go for it but it's not going to make you shoot better only training will do that
ace_3262@reddit
Buy bcm blem upper
Kromulent@reddit
caliber usually has little effect on accuracy, unless the range is long or the wind is a significant factor
a free-floating handguard would be the first thing i'd try