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5 Things to Know Before Using the AR-15 for Home Defense

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After you bought an AR for Home defense, you might have a lot of questions. In this video I am going to walk through some of the tribal knowledge of the AR as it relates to home defense. The concern of multiple attackers in home defense has gone up quite a bit lately. As a result, a lot of people are moving to a rifle for home defense, knowing how the AR-15 works is a good start, here are 5 things you may not know if you are new to the AR operation.

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  3. FYI, the 25M/1000in zero target used by the US Army in the '70s. The POI was 1.2" below the POA. IOW, the 25M zero target gave you a 50 yard zero. If you only have 25 yards to zero your rifle, then set the Point of Impact 1.25 inches below your Point of Aim. You can do the same at 10 yards. Adjust the sights so your POI is 1.9 inches below your POA. It is a good idea to verify your zero at distance, because a fraction of inches up close turns into multiple inches at distance. The above is for M193 spec ammo.

  9. I do a lot of dry firing and practicing the manual of arms, personally I practice with fully loaded mags, Ive incorporated purposely pushing that mag into battery and feel that spring compress on the mag and hear that mag catch click. I can not remember any time in the last 15 years of a mag not catching from fully loaded mags. I know it can happen tho. Several if my mags have extended base plates on them (+2 ), those usually dont have as much spring pressure. Again for myself ive trained to feel that compressing of the spring in the mag,

  10. For me, the 36 yard zero has been my go-to for CQB. I only worry about hight over bore within 7 yards, anything else out to 300 I’m in a 6ish inch circle (I know, CQB is not 300yrd). No worrying about hold over/under during a stressful event.

  15. LOL, the wife is now wondering why I pulled out my AR and started inserting mags into it.
    Seems the problem is your AR as my Colt HBAR accepts fully loaded plastic and metal mags without issue.

  16. Curt, could you do a video on the quietest rifle round/setup without a suppressor that actually is reliable in cycling, used for HD? Just throwing out ideas .
    Guys argue over 300BO vs 9mm for the quietest HD.
    Or, how about how to purchase a suppressor?

  17. Mission First Tactical polymer 30 round magazine $9.99. Frontier 5.56,223 55grain fmj 20 round box $7.99. = always reliable always ready always know 20 rounds won't damage magazine spring. Five mags+ 100 rounds,$100 bucks. Deal.

  21. I wish a side charging AR15 was standard. I used to only do my reloads with the charging handle cause I used to miss the bolt release a lot. Instructor told me to use charging handle instead and is alot easier now with better handles than an old m16a4 handle.

  26. I'll depart from the 50yd zero for a rifle length gun that has some optic with the math in the glass. I run a 50 yd zero in my 10.5" gun with a basic red dot or chevron with limited data and using a 100 yd zero in my 18in gun but each has a different optic. The rifle uses the math provided by the etched reticle and that is accurate to 500 yds with my matched load. I think lumping everything into a general rule is probably not wise. But I'm not grabbing the 18in gun inside the house.

  34. I agree with the 50 yrd zero. It makes the most sense and works for the largest array of common distances most accurately. 36 yard zero has a tiny advantage for height over bore differences at around 15-25 yrds (like 0.4”), but otherwise the 50 yard zero just gives you a much more accurate POA/POI out to around 250-275 yards. You’re still only about 5-7” low at 300.

    Edit: This is all dependent on a standard absolute co witness height, or very close.

    For example, on my bullpup the height over bore is about 3.5”. It totally changes the zero you want. To get a good zero that approximates the standard AR 50 yard zero, the zero is more like 80 yards on that gun.

  36. AK’s take the full 30 and you inherently reload using the bolt instead of a release. Just saying. 😂

    I do use an AR though given that I don’t have an AK pistol. I’d also recommend having some sort of electronic hearing protection staged. An extra second or so is worth not having ringing ears the rest of your life.

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