ligonierbill
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I bought a Doublestar AR-15 three years ago when I was living in Kentucky. Hey, I was curious and Doublestars are made in the state. Put a Nikon Prostaff 3-9 on it and bought a big box of American Eagle FMJ 55's. Of course, I had to load some and run them over my chronograph. The commercial stuff went just under 3,100 out of the 16" barrel. I fooled around with a number of bullets and powders and got a load I liked with a 65 SGK over TAC that went 2,860. So I could kill a deer with it and fight off zombies, but mostly it was a fun toy to burn a lot of cheap ammo. Couldn't find more TAC to save my soul. So I was about to put a decent aperture on it and use the scope on something else, when I found some TAC. Time to see if it's a serious shooter or just a toy. Loaded 55 Sierra HPBT over BL-C(2), IMR-4895, and TAC. Again, TAC gave the best velocity, with the top load matching the American Eagle. A grain less still gave about 3,000 and looked like a good one, so I loaded 10 of each and tried them today. The hot load was OK at about 1 1/2", but the lighter one (25.8 gr TAC, CCI #41) shot two 5-shot groups under an inch. That's as good as I have done with a Remington 700 VS 22-250 and 55's. So the scope stays. This looks like a coyote slayer for sure. BTW, Doublestar is fairly inexpensive, and this is a standard 16" barrel, standard trigger, nothing fancy.