AR-15 information where to start out?

Hi all

I have decieded to head down the slippery slope if buyin an AR in the next 6 months or so.

But first i like to do heaps of research and get lots of background information all about AR's.
so i was wondering what books and youtube videos or websites you guys would recomend looking at because i know there is a heap of info out there and would like a head start on where to look.

Im after an AR for goats, long range bunnie blaster and just a fun gun to take to the range.

I am interested in learning how things like short/long/carbine length gas systems affect things. Difference between gas and DI guns etc.

Cheers looking forward to some good reading

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Take a drive to Digit ( NZAR.co.nz )

Take your credit card

Come to my range on Wednesday evenings we do a run an gun style course with reactive targets and 0-300 fixed steel.

Always more than a few ar15s in the mix.

Better than reading about them from people who don't shoot them ;)

Wow thanks Dr. Watson i will definatly be in touch about that!

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Get into it. It's good fun and the fun police will probably take them all away one day.

They can be addictive, I had 5 at one stage :)

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Come to my range on Wednesday evenings we do a run an gun style course with reactive targets and 0-300 fixed steel.

Always more than a few ar15s in the mix.

Better than reading about them from people who don't shoot them ;)

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Is that range public or private? Sounds like a dream

Patrick Sweeney's Books are outstanding: Gun Digest Book the Ar-15, P Sweeney - Shop Online for Books in NZ

He has 4 volumes on the AR15, 2 on gunsmithing and another on 'customising'... all a bloody good read and he does the testing himself. Arguably the US authority on the AR15...

Just because someone shoots an AR doesn't necessarily mean they know anything more than what google tells them about them.

Also recommend heading to the range with @Dr. Watson.

Thanks 300_BLK i had seen his books around and thought i would ask before buying, cheers for that😆

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Brownells has lots of good videos

This is a good history of automatic firearms that covers the history of the AR and AK in good detail. I brought the audio book from Audible and listened to it on the way to work.

https://www.amazon.com/Gun-C-J-Chive...ywords=the+gun

Go and see NZAR15

Contact John Herbet at NZrac(repeating arms company). You won't go wrong with his advice or alternatively contact your local service rifle club.

Just thought I'd offer seeing as you were local.

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Just thought I'd offer seeing as you were local.

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Cool pic... VZ58?

hi dan88 , ... if you want you can always come along on a sunday to heretaunga pistol club , (we shoot long guns on sun) and try my NEA ar15 out , ... pretty sure you shot it before , ... but you can always have a bang on the SLR as well .....
cheers

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Cool pic... VZ58?

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Yeah man.

Those FMJs were exploding and sheering off my bolts that hold the plates on.

Thanks for all the offers guys i hope to catch up soon and have a chat. Cheers

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Welcome to the dark side!!!! Pun intended!

Spent an hour or so on saturday down at guncity having a play and a chat about AR's very hard to walk out without buying anything

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Don't buy from them!!!!
Much better offerings and prices elsewhere as mentioned in this post, such as:
https://nzar15.com/store/
New Zealand Repeating Arms Co Ltd | New Zealand's best prices on gun parts and acessories
New Arrivals - On-Target
Target Sports NZ Limited, Gun, guns, AR15, AR10, Pistols, rifles, import firearms, NZAR15
Tactical Imports | New Zealand's Supplier of Daniel Defense Rifles - AR-15, M4, DD M4's & Accessories
etc...

Add these guys to the 'good list' of retailers.

GUNS NZ

Build your own. It's the best way to know the firearm. It's easy and those links above will have what you need to do it. And you get to make it to your specs. I'm an engineering numpty and I made ARs in 300Blk and 223 last winter. They work fantastically. Happy to advise and loan specialised tools.

How do I find @Digit Nzar15, am up in Levin this avo so might drop in if I can find it

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Originally Posted by 300_BLK

Patrick Sweeney's Books are outstanding: Gun Digest Book the Ar-15, P Sweeney - Shop Online for Books in NZ

He has 4 volumes on the AR15, 2 on gunsmithing and another on 'customising'... all a bloody good read and he does the testing himself. Arguably the US authority on the AR15...

Just because someone shoots an AR doesn't necessarily mean they know anything more than what google tells them about them.

Also recommend heading to the range with @Dr. Watson.

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I have them all on Kindle well worth it if a little old now.

I bought a stag model 4 rifle 18months ago and its a hoot, I love it.

Rifles have 20inch barrels and are very "gentle" to shoot. M4 carbines are what the "leetz" have but are a bit rougher in firing IMHO but as they are shorter they are handier in a house to house fight, but I don't live in that sort of neighbourhood.

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Take care with buying mags, the stag mags I have are very good, brownells mags, not very I just binned one it keeps jamming I am down to 3 out of the 8. I have a plastic speers? 7 round (I cant recall) but one time I wacked it in a bit hard and it kept going in and jammed up the gun good, steel mags have never done that.