So I shot an AR for the first time yesterday...

[avengedXT]

I couldn't stop smiling. Call me silly, but I felt butterflies in my stomach getting to shoot it. It was everything I had ever wanted - except one thing: Not enough recoil . It's got a regular stock recoil buffer in the lower with an MOE stock, and it's a Gas Piston Upper (perhaps that has something to do with it?). Shot 55gr .223 TulAmmo.

Either way, it was still more fun than I've had shooting any of the handguns I've ever owned. I had to post a picture of it in the avatar, which was tough to do seeing how I loved using Walter White, being the badass that he is.


Despite my wannabee-manliness , I did love the low recoil on this gun as it made follow up seem pretty easy. Perhaps one of these days I'll push myself into a Mosin Nagant or a Maverick 88 to get the kick in the shoulder I want for some odd reason.


Never enough range time, especially with school starting tomorrow

Oh yeah, yay for post #500!

 

[gunman41mag]

The AR-15 has so many options that's endless, plus ammo is cheaper than most rifle rounds, i like my ar-15

 

[Expat]

My wife has the same complaint, not enough oomph from shooting the .223

 

[tightlines]

I recently purchased my first AR and cannot get enough. It's an addiction. Loading the last magazine is always a depressing time at the range. A couple hundred rounds go quickly with such a fun gun.

 

[avengedXT]

My wife has the same complaint, not enough oomph from shooting the .223

My wife complains I'm more of a 50BMG


Hah...


No, really..

Awesome you got your wife to shoot an AR, or shoot period. My wife is impossible with firearms

 

[netsecurity]

The low recoil is why it is fun, since you can shoot quickly, and accurately. I just put a magnified scope on one of mine though, and I definitely noticed the recoil a lot more, because I had to re-center aim after each shot.

 

[avengedXT]

The low recoil is why it is fun, since you can shoot quickly, and accurately. I just put a magnified scope on one of mine though, and I definitely noticed the recoil a lot more, because I had to re-center aim after each shot.

I don't see it as fun, I see the low recoil making it absolutely functional though. Maybe in more time I'll find it fun


And also, I can see where a higher powered optic (anything 4x + maybe) would be noticeably recoil sensitive to follow up - I was using my Vortex Strikefire with the regular 1x / no magnification - I never did try out my 2x magnifier, might just have to give that thing a shot...

 

[malern28us]

Try a 6.8SPC, 7.62x39, 6.5, 458 SOCOM or 458 Bushy if you want more recoil. Yoou have no idea of what is available to you now that you have tried one!

 

[Expat]

Awesome you got your wife to shoot an AR, or shoot period. My wife is impossible with firearms

She is the same way with pistols. She likes to shoot her 9 or the .45. I got her to try the .22 Buckmark though. She said that wasn't fun at all.

 

[Jimb]

Give the AR10 a test drive if your looking for more recoil. personally though...the lack of recoil is a bonus to most tactical shooters.

 

[sepe]

I couldn't stop smiling. Call me silly, but I felt butterflies in my stomach getting to shoot it. It was everything I had ever wanted - except one thing: Not enough recoil . It's got a regular stock recoil buffer in the lower with an MOE stock, and it's a Gas Piston Upper (perhaps that has something to do with it?). Shot 55gr .223 TulAmmo.

Either way, it was still more fun than I've had shooting any of the handguns I've ever owned. I had to post a picture of it in the avatar, which was tough to do seeing how I loved using Walter White, being the badass that he is.


Despite my wannabee-manliness , I did love the low recoil on this gun as it made follow up seem pretty easy. Perhaps one of these days I'll push myself into a Mosin Nagant or a Maverick 88 to get the kick in the shoulder I want for some odd reason.


Never enough range time, especially with school starting tomorrow

Oh yeah, yay for post #500!

Go with the 12 gauge shotgun over a Mosin if you want to feel some recoil. I'm not really sure where people get that a Mosin Nagant kicks bad.

I do enjoy the AR. Got a rifle and a pistol (that will be an SBR in the future). The best part of the AR is the low recoil. Quick follow up shots and still decent power.

 

[Leo]

Get a Springfield 1903-A3 and shoot some 30-06. Especially in a timed rapid fire event, that light infantry rifle will smack the crap out of you. Those soldiers were a touch bunch of boys in WW I and WW II. I have shot safari type cartridges like .458 WIN, .375 H&H and .470 Nitro that were worse, but those hunting arms were not designed for fire fights in a theater of war. Glad you enjoyed the little black gun. The .223 is about all I can really afford to shoot these days.

 

[marcweid]

I wonder how many shots you fired. Recoil get old with the big guns after a bit. I often go to the woods with several of my friends and take 2 AR's, 1 AK, 1 Saiga 308 and something else from the collection. We normally take a minimum of 500 rounds each. Everyone loves to shoot the AK's and 308 but after a mag or two everyone end's up shooting the AR's for the rest of the time. Recoil is fun for a few rounds but I don't really enjoy shooting a few hundred rounds of 7.62 but I can literally shoot 500 rounds no problem with the AR's and still enjoy it.

 

[avengedXT]

I wonder how many shots you fired. Recoil get old with the big guns after a bit. I often go to the woods with several of my friends and take 2 AR's, 1 AK, 1 Saiga 308 and something else from the collection. We normally take a minimum of 500 rounds each. Everyone loves to shoot the AK's and 308 but after a mag or two everyone end's up shooting the AR's for the rest of the time. Recoil is fun for a few rounds but I don't really enjoy shooting a few hundred rounds of 7.62 but I can literally shoot 500 rounds no problem with the AR's and still enjoy it.

Nowhere near enough


As I stated, I do in fact like the fact that it kicks so little - it will be a good rifle to bump my daughters up to after I introduce them and familiarize them with a 22LR.

At the end of the day, I'm an amateur. I'm going to see about attending my first appleseed to try and learn my rifle better and some helpful suggestions on shooting it.

I do want something to kick me around, but only because I feel it would give me more of maybe a "rush", if that's one way to describe it. I have a double barrel 20 guage that at least gives me a little feel in the shoulder, perhaps I should pull it out this weekend!

 

[chuddly]

I would like to see you say that after pullin the trigger on 60 rounds of 30-06 in a day from a bolt action rifle. You quickly grow tired of large amounts of recoil when there is no relief from it.

 

[avengedXT]

I would like to see you say that after pullin the trigger on 60 rounds of 30-06 in a day from a bolt action rifle. You quickly grow tired of large amounts of recoil when there is no relief from it.

Hand me a 30-06 with 60 rounds and lets make it a day!



I need some kind of thrill in life, I work 13.5 hour days and I've got a wife who's a stay at home mom / two baby girls (no free time @ home). When I go out, I want to do things right and have some fun. What would you rather do for fun, plink around with a Ruger 10/22 on a small steel spinning target or explode some water bottles with a larger caliber rifle? I personally prefer the water bottles.

 

[windellmc]

Tula is notoriously underpowered. Get some 5.56 ammo and you will feel a little more recoil. It will still not be like a .308 but it might feel a little stronger. You might be able to put in a lighter buffer too. That will make it sting a little more.

 

[chuddly]

im in the same boat as you....but i normally go out and shoot my .22 at a 2" spinner target at 100 yards. because then i am working on a skill that translates to all rifles. I have done 60 rounds of 30-06 in about 4 hours and im not some thin skinned fairy....but it beat my shoulder pretty hard. its not real fun after a while.

I guess to me i get a thrill when i pull off shots (consistently) that i used to think were im possible for me or at least not repeatable. That tells me im becoming a better shooter because anyone can go out and pull a trigger and send rounds down range...but very few people become proficiant with a weapon.

To each their own though...i have an AR-15 and like to shoot it. My buddy has an AR-10 and i have shot it a fair amount. I like mine better and so does he. it just make for a better day of shooting and it doesnt weigh a ton. I reload also and i have some long range "hot" loads that kick quite a bit more than the standard .223 rounds .

 

[Johnny C]

I'm not really sure where people get that a Mosin Nagant kicks bad.

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That is from folks that have only shot a Mosin....and maybe a .22

 

[Shootin'IN]

I'm not really sure where people get that a Mosin Nagant kicks bad.

The Mosin Nagant 91/30 doesn't kick much at all, but if shoot a M44 Mosin Nagant with heavy hunting ammo 200gr up it will kick fairly hard.
Hard enough that you won't like to do any sight adjustments on them where you will need to do repeated shots.