The Prepper Broadcasting Network - TACTICAL TUESDAY - AR15s Long Range, Drills & More on TGA

Episode Date: March 31, 2026

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Self-r-r-lines and the Pepper Broadcasting Network. We have to hit the reset button and create a true culture of preparedness, starting at a very young age and filtering all the way up. Welcome to the Gun Metal Armory. Here's your host, Dane D. What is up, Team Gun Metal? How's everybody doing tonight? I am going to be talking to you this week about AR-15s. I've been doing this the last couple of weeks because, number one, the AR-15 is the most popular rifle in America. But I've also been doing it because there's the possibility of a lot of new legislation and other bullcrap coming down the line. And I think it's important to try to impart as much knowledge as I can about that system to you guys as quickly as I can.

So I'm trying to focus on a firearm platform that you guys like, first of all, and second of all, a firearm that a lot of people have. So without further ado, we are going to talk about the AR-15 tonight, like I said, and we are going to talk about the options for making a long-range version of the AR-15. Now, when you think of long range, what I'm referring to is making a long range AR-15 with the 223 caliber or 556. I'm not talking about making a 65-grindle AR-15 or something to that effect or a 224 Valkyrie or one-a-one. or one of the other, you know, trendy calibers that are out there right now. I'm talking about using the 223 Remington or the 556 NATO. Okay? So, anyways, if for some strange reason you are listening to the gunmetal armory

and you don't know what an AR-15 is, please look up what it is on a web search because you're probably living under a rock if you don't know what it is. Every, and this is my personal stance on the AR-15, every armory should have one. Every armory should honestly have one AR-15 for each member of the family. You know, young or old. Everyone in the family should have an AR-15. If at all possible, you should have an AR-10 in your armory as well.

Now, unless you want to use the AR-10 as your main battle rifle, then you're not going to need one for every member of the family. The AR-10 is, of course, a 30-calibre version of the AR-15. Or actually, technically, it's 30-calibre-8. you know, 30 caliber 308, however you want to go about it. But the AR-10 was designed and tested before the AR-15 was designed, tested, and put into service. So the AR-10 has existed longer, but the AR-15 ended up being the one that the services adopted. Anyways, nowadays, the AR-15 is a...

heck of a lot cheaper than it ever has been before. It's so cheap, in fact, that you almost have no excuse not to own one at this point. If you can afford to buy a $400 or a $500 Glock, you can afford to buy an AR-15. You're going to have to buy ammunition for your Glock, so why not buy some ammunition for the AR-15? You should have bought instead. The likelihood of a Glock being outlawed anytime soon is pretty slim. Now, the likelihood of them trying to take away the AR-15 sometime soon is a lot more likely. That is one of those things that you need to consider when you're looking to purchase something like the AR-15 or an AK-47 or an AR-10, something to that effect.

You need to be well aware of the fact that these things very well could get banned. Let's see here. And the fact that these firearms not only may get banned right now, or not right now, may not only get banned soon, But they're obviously going to take away the variance. They're going to take away all kinds of different stuff. So you need to be aware of that. Hopefully they will grandfather in any other ones that already exist or any AR-15s that are currently in the hands of American citizens. If they don't grandfather them in, I have no idea what they're going to do because getting people to turn the men is impossible.

I can tell you that right now. People just aren't going to do it. It's not going to happen. So they might as well completely forget about that. That being said, I have a lot of stuff to get through here. So I'm going to go ahead and lay it all out for you guys. Okay? Remember last time I told you guys about the deals that I had found online.

Many of them are still available. Okay? last week I saw, or not the last week, the week before, I saw a 16-inch-barreled 556 NATO AR-15. It was the 1-7 twist with the bolt carrier group and the charging handle, and it was from Palmetto State Armory. It only ran $219. I saw it a couple days ago, or actually not yesterday, but the day before, and it was still there. and if you look around on Palmetto State Armory, you will find a complete AR-15 lower with the stock for 149.

So you put those two together, and you've got an AR-15 for less than $400. You know, if you got free shipping, which they will give you at Palmetto, you'll have a really decent AR-15 that offers you a great level of protection, and home defense, and it offers you the ability to be able to use parts and be parts compatible with other AR-15s you may come across and other AR-15s on the market.

So it's one of those things that you definitely want to keep your eye on. And if you have the money, like I said, if you have the money to buy a new revolver or a Glock or a hunting rifle or whatever, pick up that ARR. 15 now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Now. Or tomorrow morning. Either way. But you need to get a few. You need to put them in your armory and you need to have them stored away. The other thing you need to be stockpiling extra parts for these things. Okay. You need some oops kits, maybe an extra barrel, a couple of extra lower parts kits in case anything gets broken or lost. but that's usually why I tell you that you need an AR-15 for each member of your family.

Because that way, if you've got a four-member family and one of those ARs breaks, you've still got three ARs in the family, and now you've got one for spare parts, you know, other than the part of course. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. You definitely need to pay attention to that, especially in today's political climate. Okay. So Palmetto State Armory, good pricing on that. Although any local gun shop is probably going to have an AR-15 for somewhere between $500 and $600 at the moment. Okay. I know our gun shop right now has, I think, three or four of them in between $500 and $600. So you have no excuse. Go get it. All right. Next up.

If you like to buy them and if you like to build them yourself, you can find them even cheaper than $400. So if you look around, one of the companies that I mentioned two weeks ago was Davidsondefense.com. They've got some pretty kicking prices on there. So check them out. See what you think of that. Again, this is one of those things that you need to pay attention to and do it now. But before I move any further, don't forget, if you have any questions for me, please feel free to email me at gunmetal armory at gmail.com. Okay, we'll talk. If you have any questions about AR-15s, if you want to know about building a long-range AR-15, if you want to know more about what goes into the 22-3 round, what you need to stockpile as far as types of 22-3 rounds, what parts you need for your AR-15, so on and so forth, what have you. Email me, Gunmetal Armory at gmail.com. I will help you, okay?

Also, if you just built an AR and you are having issues with it, feel free to email me. I will, once again, help you, okay? Not hard to do. Next, if you can go online and type YouTube Gun Metal Armory into your web search. You will find my YouTube channel, Gun Metal Armory, and if you subscribe, that would be awesome. That would help me out a lot. So if you can, please do. Also, I have my own Patreon account.

Please go over there and join. If you want to, it'd be awesome. And don't forget, poke your head in over at the new prepperbroadcasting.com site. There's been a lot of really neat changes happening and a lot of really cool stuff coming up. They're going to be heading to Prepper Camp, the host of the Saturday Night Show, Jay Fergie, and the host of the Wednesday night show, James, the Intrepid Commander. of the Prepper Broadcasting Network. I am Liberty.

He is going to be heading to Preper Camp as well. So if you guys want to check out that whole situation and I'm sure there's going to be a whole bunch of pictures, there may even be an entire album on the website of what they did,

what they saw, and so on. So definitely keep checking back Prepper Broadcasting.com and see what they got going. All right? All right. Let's talk about Second Amendment stuff now, and then we will get back to the AR-15 stuff. All right.

I'm a certified NRA range safety officer, pistol, and rifle instructor. I've got plenty of other training, but that doesn't mean I know everything, okay? It doesn't mean I know more or less than this guy, that girl, or anyone else. It only means that I have had this training or that training, okay? So take my thoughts and my words on the following subject for what they are. They're just my thoughts. They're just my words. Keep in mind that any tactical movement or firearms use we discuss in this segment is for information purposes only.

I am not training you, nor am I your trainer. If you want to, or if you need to get training, then get it. Get it in person. Get it locally. You'll be glad you did. if you need training recommendations, if you need a recommendation for a company to go to in your locale, feel free to email me, gunmetal armory and gmail.com.

I will send you to someone local, okay? All right. This is my new segment that I did two weeks ago. Here we go again. My new segment, without further ado, I am affectionately calling drill bits. This quick segment, we are going to discuss tactical shooting drills and the results of those tactical shooting drills. This week, we're going to talk about a drill called the El Prez, or the El Presente drill.

The El Presidency drill. The El Pres was first conceived by the firearms training legend and former gun site owner slash trainer, Colonel Jeff Cooper. If you know Jeff Cooper, or if you know his name, then you know why this. is significant. The Elpres was actually designed by Cooper when he was training a South American security team that was being trained to guard their president. So, hence the name. Anyways, it was, after it was accepted into Ipsic as an official stage, the name followed. So you may be wondering, what is the El Prez drill? What is the El Presente drill? Okay, I will try to talk you through it. Standing back 10 yards, your back is turned to three targets that are spaced about one yard apart from each other, one yard intervals, okay? Your hands or the hands of the shooter

are in the quote, I surrender position. Okay, like when a cop say hands up, you put your hands up, that's what, that's the position that you're in, like you're surrendering, okay? At the buzzer or at the signal from the person training you, you turn around, draw your firearm, and you send two shots into the X-ring of each bad guy. Three bad guys total. Keep in mind, there are three bad guys. You're 10 yards away. Each bad guy is one yard away from each other. Okay? So you got a bad guy, one yard of space or three feet, another bad guy, three feet, and another bad guy. Okay? So, At the buzzer, you turn around, draw your firearm, and you send two shots into the X-ring of each of those bad guys. All right?

So it goes like this. You turn, you draw, bang, bang, bang, next target. Bang, bang, next target, bang. And then you drop your mag. You do an empty gun reload, bring it back into battery, bring your aim back on target, find your front site, and you send two more shots into the center of each target again, going in the opposite. direction. Bang, bang, next target. Bang, bang, next target. Bang, bang.

And that's the L-Praz drill. You try to do this as fast as you can with accuracy. Okay? They say that an average par time or an average acceptable time for this is 12 seconds.

12 seconds to drop 12 rounds of accurate fire on three different targets. That's no joke. That is not easy to do. It's not impossible, obviously. But it is not easy.

It is something you definitely need to practice, okay? Keep in mind that when you move from target to target, this is something else that I will give you a tip on, okay? A lot of people will move their gun and their head to that target. Okay, same time. Their head just stays on their sights the whole time and their body swings. It is faster for you to turn your eyes and your head first and let your gun come after. Okay.

You turn your head and then your gun. You turn your head and then you move your gun. Okay. You'll find if you're trying to do both of the same time, Or if you're trying to move your gun and then your head, you're going to swing past that target. It happens all the time on the range. I see it a lot. Okay.

So remember, eyes and head first, then your gun. Okay? Just my thing. If you don't want to use it or if you find that you're doing it better, feel free to do it your way. Okay? Just my thing. Okay. Anyways, it'll only be a split second improvement for you if it works for you.

but that split second could mean life or death. So keep that in mind. All right. Let's see here. I think that's going to pretty much do it as far as the drill bit this week. Just remember to try moving your head and your eyes first and then fall over the gun. It takes time. It takes practice,

but it is faster, okay? Oh, also keep in mind that during the reload, you should try to do mag change without taking your eyes off the target. Okay? Try to do your reload up in front of your chest or chin area. Okay. Don't put the gun in your face and block your vision,

but try to do your reloads in such a way that you can actually still see what your enemy is doing rather than looking down to grab your magazine or looking down to reload. Try to keep your eyes on your enemy, all right? and do your reload. All right. Make sense. If not, email me.

I'll send you a video of what it should look like. Okay? Anyways, just a couple drill bits. Just a couple little tips for you guys to chew on this week. All right. All right. Man, I'm out of breath. Okay.

So this week's product pick. This is an interesting product pick. You guys are probably going to like this one. This product pick this week is called the Pirocreations micro-trip perimeter alarm. Okay. Pyro-Creations micro-trip perimeter alarm. This is one of those items that I am a big fan of because of what it offers for the prepper. this item arrived in my mailbox a few weeks back,

and I have to say right off the bat that I was not expecting it to be as small as it is. It's called a micro-trip perimeter alarm after all, but I guess I expected it to be a little bit bigger. It wasn't. It's not. It's actually so small that any prepper could literally carry four or even six of these little guys

to protect themselves in a bug guy. out or when camping or when setting up any kind of HQ or anything like that. You're probably wondering how light, how small, what are we talking? These are these weigh 32 grams each. That's 1.13 ounces or 0.07 pounds. 0.07 pounds.

That's almost nothing. That's very, very little, okay? Let's say you want to carry six of them, because I do. And you want to set up a good perimeter around your jungle hammock or your tent or whatever you're doing to rest when you're bugging out, okay? Or when you're out camping. Maybe you're camping and you're testing out some new gear or you're fishing or whatever. You want to set up a couple of these around your perimeter so a bear doesn't sneak up on you or whatever, okay? Let's say that you want to carry six of these, right?

Six of these pyrocreations micro-trip perimeter alarms would only weigh 192 grams or 0.422 pounds. That's not even a half pound. Or if you want to get technical, 6.77 ounce. not much. Very little weight. Now, on top of that, if you figure in carrying six of the primers that they're used, that they use to signal with, they use type 209 shot shell primers, the same kind you would use for loading 12-gauge ammo, okay? These type 209 shot shell primers weigh next to nothing as well. You could probably carry 50 or even 100 of those shot-shell primers and not even feel it.

Okay. So for a half a pound, you can set up a perimeter around your bugout location or around your vehicle or your tent or whatever and feel pretty doggone secure from animals and from most two-legged creatures that may want to harm you. Okay. So these are great because they'll give you a little bit of early warning. Now, in my opinion, these little guys are easily worth the price of 25. $5 each. I've told you the weight and I've told you the price. How long and how thick are they? Well, let's see what the website has to say about them. The website says, these are perfect for those who do not care to use their alarms for shooting flares or pepper gas or any type of 12-gauge shell and want something small and easy to carry. Don't let the size scare you away. These are super loud when you. When you, used with the 209 12-gauge primers and super easy to use made completely of rustproof high-quality materials and built to last many uses only four and a quarter inches long and nine sixteenths of an inch in circumference and again they only weigh 32 grams these are about the size of a magic marker or a tiny little bit bigger in circumference than a Sharpie, but about the same size as a Sharpie. Okay? Very, very small.

And if you can hear me in the chat room, it looks like Fergie left. No, she's not. I don't think. Anyways, yeah, these little pyrocreations, microchip perimeter alarms are amazing. They're small. They're easy to carry. They're lightweight. and they use readily available 12-gauge 209 primers.

Now, keep in mind, the website description says that the 12-gauge 209 primers are not included, but you can purchase them in any local gun store, okay? They don't sell them because shipping with the hazmat fee would be too expensive, and they wouldn't be able to charge as little as they do for these little micro-trip perimeter alarms, okay? So keep that in mind. If you want to pick one of these up for yourself, go to www. www. pyro-creations.com. That's P-Y-R-O-C-R-E-A-T-I-O-T-I-O-N-S dot com.

Pyro-C creations.com. And then just go up and click on their menu, and you'll see it has a whole bunch of stuff listed there, go down to perimeter alarms, click on that. You'll see the different perimeter alarms that they offer. It is one of those things that you will be glad that you looked up.

It is one of my favorite items that I now have in my bugout bag. They also make another perimeter alarm, but I'll probably feature that in a different show. And if you guys keep your eyes, out on my YouTube, you'll probably

see these being demonstrated coming up here pretty soon. But you'll just have to wait for that. Anyways, like I said, these are worth it, in my opinion, these are worth it all day long, especially if you're wanting something that

you can use to keep you safe on your bugout, something that won't break the bank, and something that you can pack into your bugout bag without taking up much space and without adding more than a half a pound to your bugout bag. If you're getting six of them, no less. I've been trying to think of another device that this is comparable to.

I've been trying to think of something that I can give you an idea of, okay, it's like having six flashlights or it's like having this or it's like having that. But these are the smallest ones that I can find that are the most compact and the nicest made. Okay. So I wish I had a good comparison, but these things are just amazing. So get them if you need them. Get them even if you don't. Because at some point, you may need them. Okay? All right. That's all I have to say on the product pick this week. All right. So I think what I'm going to do is take a quick break and put a, a link in the chat room for those perimeter alarms that I'm talking about. And then I'm going to come back and we're going to talk about AR-15s. Okay? So I will be right back right after this. Don't go away.

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All right. All right. So, moving on, moving back on topic, let's talk about the AR-15 and the long range version. But first, we have to do our little disclaimer because I want to make sure that anyone listening for the first time knows that I am not your gunsmith. Okay. So I'm going to give you a disclaimer just like Miles does. All right. Let's see here. I am a gunsmith, but I am not your

gunsmith. Keep in mind that any and all suggestions I give you or anything we talk about. on here is for info purposes only. If you choose to work on your gun, you are liable for any work you do with your own hands. If you think there is something you are unsure of, please don't be a moron. Don't be stupid. Take the firearm to a competent gunsmith close by. Okay? Don't be an idiot.

Use common sense. And as always, remember safety burst. Okay. And here are the safety rules. Number one, always keep the gun pointed in safe direction. Guns are always loaded. Number two, always keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire. Number three, always know your target and what is beyond.

Number four, never cover anything with your muzzle that you are not willing to destroy. Number five, always keep your target. the gun unloaded until you are ready to use it. And I like to add, always secure your firearm front unauthorized persons, kids, thieves, uh, gorillas, anything like that. Okay. All right.

Let's talk about AR-15s and the long range side of things. Because we've talked about a lot of different stuff when it comes to the AR-15, but we have not really talked much about the long-range side of the AR-15.

So last week, we did a conflicted show, and we talked about what we would do in survival and into the world type situations. We had Miles from Archangel Dynamics on there with us, and we had Jim from Archangel Dynamics on there with us as well, which was awesome. I really enjoyed having him on there. it's just nice to get opinions that are not my own when it comes to any kind of a survival or into the world situation. So that was a really, really cool show. If you get a chance, check it out. I think you would really, really enjoy it. So this week, we are going to head back into the world of the era 15.

So we've discussed troubleshooting. we've discussed a bunch of calipers and cartridges that are available for the AR system. The 300 blackout. We've discussed the 223. Hey, that nub just popped into the chat room. How's it going, buddy? We've discussed various uppers, a little bit about lowers. This week, we are going to talk about the lowers,

and we're going to talk about the longer range options with the AR system. Like I said, some of you guys may know this or may not. But Marine sniper units and Army sniper units are both well-versed in using the long-range AR-10-type platforms. Most of the AR-10s they would use were in the 762-51 NATO caliber platforms, but they've also tested numerous other calibers. There is also another type of soldier that uses a longer-range rifle as well. but they use one that doesn't have quite the range that a sniper rifle offers. The soldier I am speaking of, of course, is the designated marksman, the designated marksman,

along with his designated marksman rifle. Most DMs use a DMR that was actually designed for the military, but it can be remade by a civilian, if so desired. So what I'm getting at here is that if you saw a designated marksman's rifle, and in a picture of the military doing their thing in Iraq or Afghanistan, and you said, I really like that rifle. I want that rifle. It would not be difficult for you to make.

you could remake that rifle, or you could have a competent gunsmith like myself, remake that rifle for you. The only difference will be in the capability of the trigger system. Some, very few DMRs have a select fire trigger. Most of them have a nicer trigger on them, but usually a designated marksman's rifle doesn't have any need or use for a three-round burst or a fully automatic trigger. So usually they stick to a really nice two-stage or one-stage, really crisp braking, lightweight trigger. So anyways, if you wanted to get yourself a DMR,

it is not difficult to do. Basically, their rifles consist of the following. The AR-10s have a heavy, accurate, or match-grade 762-NATO threaded barrel. The barrels always have, a muzzle break or flash hider combo. They usually have railed four ends for bipods or laser designators, possibly a flashlight. They usually have a stock with an adjustable cheek rest and length of the pole.

They usually have a shoulder pad, sometimes, sometimes no. Scope riser. And for the AR-10s, they will sometimes be seen with a U-Nurdle, 10x, or a loophole Mark 4 M3 scope. That is for the AR-10. Sometimes, these scopes are on an accurized M-14 or

M-25 from Springfield Armory. Also known as the M-1-A. That's the civilian version. But again, the civilian version is not going to be select fire. There are also designated marksmen

that use match-grade heavy-barreled M-16 A3s. Usually, obviously, those are going to be in 556 NATO. Most of these M-16s are going to be topped with either a Tridicon, A-Cog, 4X scope, or a loophole, for X scope. Most of the time, those are what they're going to be topped with, because the range of the M16A3

or the 556 caliber is not going to be quite as long as the 762 or the 308. So they don't need a 10x scope, a 4X scope can get the job done for them. Now these Zetisina demarcsmen are

usually known to favor the heavier bullets in their match grade DMRs, the ones that are using the M16A3. Sorry, I should have been more specific. The guys using the M16A3s with the Trigicon or the loophole 4X, they're known to favor heavier bullets in their match grade DMRs. Bullets like the 69-grain Sierra Match King or the 77-grain Sierra Special Match. 75 grain and 68 green Hornity match grade, the hollow point bolt tail version. 80 grain nozzleer match grade bullets.

Hell, there's even 90 grain Sierra Match King, Hollow Point Boatails. There are quite a few heavy bullets for the 556 or the 223. And these guys love them. It's pretty easy to see why the 223-556 can be used. used as a DMR platform. Now, imagine that level of accuracy, a very heavy bullet, and a massive 30-round 60- or even 100-round capacity. Now, if you want to think about that and then consider how easy it would be to keep heads down as a soldier, you know, you've got a whole bunch of bad guys running up on you, or you're covering your squad while they make entry

into a home or whatever, having those heavier bullets, that capability, along with a larger magazine capacity, can really save lives, especially in those situations. So, one of the things that I do want to mention

is the squad automatic weapon with a high capacity and simple scope is nothing new, though. It is not a new concept, okay? A squad automatic weapon is a rather old concept, actually. The Russians use what's called an RPK-74M. That is the 545 caliber version of the RPK. The M stands for modernized, and it means that it has polymer furniture on it.

It's got a standard folding stock, the upgraded polymer mags, so on and so forth. Now, you remember I mentioned a higher capacity. Well, the RPK-74M and the RPK-74 both use 45-round max, and those are the standard size for the RPK-74 and the RPK-74-N. Okay. Now, that is what they would refer to as a squad automatic weapon. Whereas our guys, the U.S. military, we have a squad-automatic weapon. military, we have a squad automatic weapon to something comparable to what they use. Now, keep in mind that the RPK74 can be mounted with a scope, but the one, I'm going to go a little

off topic here, but the American squad automatic weapon is a combination belt fed, magazine fed rifle. Now, if you've heard of an American soldier talking about a saw, that is what they're talking about, the squad automatic weapon. It's made by FN and the Fabrizio Nacional calls it

the minimi. M-I-N-I-I-M-I. I know that's really funny if you've ever seen Austin Powers. It's not mini-me, it's minimi. Okay? Anyways, back at it. So, that is the American squad automatic weapon. and then we've got the Russian squad automatic weapon.

And of course, like we were saying, we've also got the American designated marksman's rifle. Now, I could go into what the Russians use as a designated marksman's rifle, and I just might. You never know. But like I was saying, our belt fed or mag fed saw machine guns are a little different, obviously, because, you know, they have the ability to accept a mag or a belt,

whereas the RPK-74 can't accept belts. It except mags only. But you probably wouldn't be shocked to find out that Russia and the USA have a lot of firearms and weapon platforms in common. I bet you would be shocked to find that out at all. The M-16 or the M-4 and the AK-47 or the AK-70 or the AK-74, and the AK-74 SU,

the M-240 Bravo or the M-16-E-S and the RPD, our Springfield Armory M-21, M-25, or an Accurized M-14 and its counterpart.

And the Soviet Dragonoff or the Soviet SVD. A lot of firearm doctrine are very, very similar. The reason I think these various parallels exist is because of fighting doctrine and the techniques that are used are very, very similar.

So similar weapons platforms are needed to accomplish certain mission types. Now, that's my personal opinion on this. I could be wrong, but that's the way that I think, or that's the reason that I think they are the way that they are. Anyways, back to the long-range side of things. All right, we've only got about 10 minutes, so I got to get through as much as I can, and then I'll have to finish up the rest next week. Okay?

All right. So, long-range AR-15s are a neat beast. So cool, in fact, that the original AR-15 had a 20-inch barrel. Let's see. Oh, man. The chairroom always makes me laugh. Anyways, the AR-15 had a 20-inch barrel. originally. That 20-inch barrel was used to squeeze as much ballistic potential out of the AR-15m-16 as possible.

The speed of the 556 NATO 55-grain rounds out of a 20-inch barrel can easily exceed 3,000 feet per second. Now, I know that we were just talking about heavier bullets, 69 grain, 68 grain. 77 grain, even 90 grain Sierra match kings. I know we were just talking about heavier ones, but I figured I would mention the 55 grain NATO rounds.

They can easily exceed 3,000 feet per second. It's a very easy feat for them to do. Now, if you hit any living thing with a bullet going that fast, even a smaller

55 grain 2 to 3 2 to 4 inch diameter bullet, you will impart a significant level of damage to that target. Be it a deer, a wolf, or some other kind of troublesome

two-legged animal, you are going to put a heck of a lot of energy into that target. So if you're looking to build a decent long-range AR-15, here are some things you can do.

You don't necessarily have to use a 20-inch barrel, but you can if you want to. You can use 18-inch, but if you want to be an originalist, 20-inch is where it's at. Okay? Assuming that we're talking about building a 223 Remington or 556-80-0 caliber AR-15, like we have been, make sure that when you build that rifle, that above all else, else you get a good quality barrel. Like a ballistic advantage or Krieger, those are two really good barrel companies.

There are plenty of others. But Krieger and ballistic advantage are two of my favorites. Okay. So spend the money on a good quality barrel. Next, I would go for a quality trigger. Really? Yes, a good quality trigger. Okay.

you're going to want something that is two-stage. I would say something, I forgot what the, oh, never mind. I'll get into the trigger in a little bit, but you want a good quality trigger, okay, and a good scope. All right. The rest is pretty much side show. So we had a good quality barrel, a good quality trigger, and a good quality scope, all right? the barrels I like for accurate ARs are almost always going to be stainless steel. Now, and a lot of people are like, oh, you need the carbon steel barrel with the chrome lining.

Blah, blah, blah. Okay. The reason is, the reason I'm choosing the stainless steel barrel is when you have a non-stainless stainless barrel, most of the time the barrel will have a chrome lining, of course, right? and that chrome lining can be flawed. Chrome doesn't have to be perfect when it's put on. Chrome lining can be flawed. So the rifling under the chrome lining also can't be cut as precisely as the rifling in a stainless steel barrel because they have to leave a tiny bit of room for the chrome lining.

Now don't get me wrong. AR-15s with chrome-line barrels can easily be tack drivers. Do not email me about your angry tirades with, you know, talking about how your AR-15 with a chrome-line barrel is a tack driver. I know it's possible, but building your AR-15 with a stainless steel barrel will give you more accuracy potential, or that has been my experience. All right. Your results may vary. So, what about twist rate?

I would suggest either one in eight or one in seven twist. So that way, you can run lighter bullets like the 55 grade that we were just talking about. Or you can run in the chat room that. I've just asked if they can do angry tirades in the chat room. then. Yes, you can do angry tirades in the chat room. That's fine. All right. Where was I? I'd suggest either a 1-8 or a 1-7 twist so you can run lighter or heavier bullets, like the 55-grain or the 90-grain or the 77 grain that we were just talking about. Okay? As you may know, for my previous shows, the 1-9 twist AR-15 barrels are much better suited for lightweight bullets like the 55 grain. So I prefer a longer, stronger barrel

to max out my velocity. So I would go with the 18 inch or the 20 inch. Now, I would probably prefer the 20 inch. In fact, that's not probably. I would definitely prefer the 20 inch because I want max ballistic potential. You've probably also seen 24-inch varmint barrels, but I don't really think we need a 24-inch barrel for a 223. That's just me. I would also suggest you get it when you order it or when you buy the barrel.

You get it with a 223 wild chamber, so you can run 223 or 556 cartridges. safely, okay? I would definitely suggest you do that, all right? Now, when you're shopping for the barrel, be sure that you get a decently thick contour to the barrel, okay?

Heavy or at least a medium-weight profile. You do not want a pencil barrel. You definitely do not want that. All right. And that, yes, you are correct. The one seven twist would give you more revolutions while in the barrel. Okay? It's a faster twist rate.

Where was I? You don't want a pencil barrel. Pencil barrels will give you too much barrel whip during use. If you don't know what barrel whip is, look it up online. Look for YouTube videos. You will see what barrel whip is. Okay. Now, we have our stainless steel barrel.

It's a Krieger, it's a ballistic advantage. It's one of the nice barrels. It's stainless steel. It's either 18 or 20 inches long. It's got a heavy or a medium profile. It's got the 223 wild chamber, like we talked about. And if I have to tell you to get one with a threaded muzzle and a decent crown or a target crown, I'm going to be mad. Okay?

So we have our barrel specs. The upper and lower, honestly, you don't have to get matching ones. You don't have to get, you know, some kind of special upper and special lower. It's not a big deal. You can mix and match if you want, if that's all you have. Or you can get a match set if you want to, too. It's really up to you as far as the upper and lower go, okay? Just get a decent brand like Arrow Precision or Spikes Tactical, BCM, any of the really decent upper and lowers, okay?

Something like that. Let's see here. If you can only afford something like an Anderson or something like that, that's probably fine too. Those are a little bit cheaper, and I'm sure they're probably fine. But if we're trying to build a precision instrument, you probably want to get a decent foundation for it. You know, like I was saying, with the arrow precision or the spikes tactical or whatever, all right? The furniture, again, it really doesn't matter, but keep in mind the comfort factor. You may want to adjust your cheek weld.

You may want to adjust the length of pole or the LOP. So keep that in the forefront of your mind. The fore end may, you may want the forehand to have the capability of attaching a bipod, so you may want to go with an M-lock or a key mod type four-end. The choice is yours, though, okay? There's about a million good muzzle break flash hider combos or good muzzle brakes or good flash hiders, okay? So get a good one. One of the ones that I like a lot, and this is the last,

thing I'm going to say before I leave. I like the VG6 Epsilon 556, okay, from a company called VG6 precision. That's Victor Golf 6 precision. Victor Golf 6 precision, okay? It's tough as hell made from 174 pH, heat treated stainless. It's tuned for the 556 already. It's got one-half by 28-inch threads or one-half inch by 28-threads. So you can screw it right on.

Make sure you time it correctly, but you should be able to put it on. No problem, okay? Just follow the doggone directions. And it only weighs 2.5 ounces. So that's a good one to get. They're available over at VG6 Precision.com. Okay? Very, very easy to find.

Very, very easy to use. All right? Man, we are out of time. So next week, I will tell you about, furniture, a little bit more, I'll get you a little bit deeper into what kind of a trigger. I would suggest that you get for your long-range AR. We'll talk about the glass, the type of scope you want to get, different types of reticles. We'll also talk about a little bit deeper in about some of the ammo types and what the stuff that I like for the 223 or the 556 platform.

All right. Other than that, that's it, man. We've run out of time. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for joining us tonight. I hope you guys learned a lot. If you guys ever want to try your hand at podcasting,

message James on prepperbroadcasting.com and ask James about the Friday night open bunker night, okay? Speaking of which, don't forget to check out the Friday night open bunker night tomorrow night. Okay. Don't forget to check out Saturday nights Family Affairs show. Don't forget to check out my buddy Ryan on Tuesdays of the next generation. And don't forget to check out James on Iron Liberty on Wednesday nights. Check them all out, guys. You'd be glad you did. Thank you for joining us tonight. We'll be here next week as we restocked the armory full of 556 ammo and long-range ARs deep inside the gun metal armory.

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