What is the most accurate civilian accessible semi-auto rifle?
July 16th, 2010 by eranio
I am in the market for a semiautomatic rifle that could fill the position of a sniper rifle. I would like it to be military grade(reliability) with high knockdown power. Now obviously i am not expecting the pin-point accuracy of a real conventional sniper rifle. The reason i am asking is because i want a rifle where i can mount it with a maybe 4-24 or 6-28 sight for pretty long distance shots but i want the gun to also be able to work as a combat rifle(hence the semi-auto)
Posted in Military Rifles
July 16th, 2010 at 10:20 am
What you are looking for is something like in the link below. I know someone with one, and ONTARGET magazine did a review of it–not the best trigger out of the box, but workable. They do make a standard barrel model as well.
http://www.fnhusa.com/le/products/firearms/model.asp?fid=FNF049&gid=FNG022&mid=FNM0137
July 16th, 2010 at 10:20 am
An AR-15 or AR-10 chambered in pretty much any of the availible chamberings will give you plenty of accuracy and knockdown power.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:20 am
I’ve got a Remington 700 chambered in .270 as my deer hunting rifle.
Slapped one of my fathers old scopes onto it when I first purchased it (he upgraded, I bought his old one for cheap)…holy mother of balls, is it accurate. Not a ton of stopping power compared to the .308 or .30-06, but you want to talk about a FAST round!
Can reach out and touch a target the size of a quarter at 300 yards easy.
Though it isn’t semi-auto though….
Have to agree with the other posters…M1A is probably the best you’re gonna get, but you’ll pay for it.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:20 am
Springfield M1A in .308 Winchester.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:20 am
Browning BAR Safari in 300 Win Mag
July 16th, 2010 at 10:20 am
AR15 chambered in either .223/5.56 or .308.
The .223/5.56 is accurate out to 600yrs depending on the configuration while the .308 is good out to 800yrds. Either one will work if say, the end of the world comes tomorrow you have to carry it into a combat situation.
My best advice would be to install a set of back up sights and a scope mounted using a Larue optical mounting system. It only takes 2 seconds to pop the scope on and off and it holds a zero. That way you can use the back up sights for close encounters and the scope for long range shooting.
Have fun and be safe.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:20 am
Springfield M1A
$1750 will buy you a gun that’s 1MOA or less out of the box.
the modern version of the military M14. extremely accurate rifle. it is mil-spec, very accurate, reliable. comes with scope mount rails, accessory rails if needed. good battle rifle. 7.62x51mm caliber. uses 10 to 30 rd box.
PTR-91
.308 caliber battle rifle, select fire versions used in the military (not the US military) fairly accurate, you can mount a scope on it, $1000, practical for combat use as well as precision work. standard magazines 20 to 30 rds capacity, dual drum beta-C mags available for 100 rds.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:20 am
The M-1 Garand. It’s a hell of a rifle and it’s been around for the last sixty years or so. I doubt you could mount a scope on it though.
If you want something that is close to the accuracy of a sniper rifle, you need a real, high powered rifle, like the remington 700.
July 16th, 2010 at 10:20 am
My Ar15 has a heavy barrel-18 inches. 3×9 scope. Sunday my brother put 3 rounds in the same hole at 100 yards. My jaw about hit the ground, because I built the thing, and I never did better than one inch at 100 yards.