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Trust me I'm not a Ruger hater but they have really never been known for there accuracy, durability Yes. Hand loading can help.

Hand loading will help your accuracy, but most off the shelf AR's could use some accurizing. I'm not sure what make/model you have, but there are quite a few videos here on KZbin that will help you out. With a handful of common tools, a vice, a vice block, and a good armerors wrench like magpuls, you can do it yourself at home.

Have you tried different brands and loads at the range to see what it likes? Or just pickup a box and start shooting?

@@EricsOutdoorLifestyle I'm no schmuck. I tried a few boxes and various grains. My semi wasn't even close to accurate. I define "accurate" as .5 MOA. Most bolt actions are "pretty accurate". Just wondering how many people have accurate semis. Hoping the people that tell me their gun is accurate aren't the same type that miss 6 inches wide and say "yep that'll still kill". I want a semi for varmints but I'm afraid I won't get one accurate enough

@@fred4outdoors620 I wasn’t trying to say you were a schmuck, but you would be surprised how many people just buy what they think are good booolletts and go. You can’t take advantage of most of the benefits of reloading in an AR platform. At least not and function properly. These platforms are designed to eat pretty much anything. I’d start with an aftermarket trigger and match grade barrel. From there you would have a decent platform to begin a load development. With this change you may not need to reload. I reload, and I went from 1-1.25 MOA with some factory ammo to best 100yd group at .65 MOA, averaging around .8 MOA. I mostly went the reloading route with it so I could use a specific booollett. Sierrra Blitz and Sierra Game Changers.

@@fred4outdoors620apparently my response didn’t make it through to post earlier. I wasn’t trying to imply you were a schmuck, but lots of people buy a ‘good’ box of ammo and think their gun should shoot. Ar platforms are designed to eat lots of different loads and brands. First thing I would do is an aftermarket trigger and match barrel. You may have good luck after this with factory loads. I reload, found I went from 1-1.25 MoA with factory to a best 100 yd group at .65 MOA and average about .8 MOA. I did the aforementioned and some factory stuff shot well. I mainly reload for this platform to use specific projectiles. Sierra Blitz and Game Changers. None of the factory loads with those projectiles are accurate in my rifle.