I shot a .308 M1 Garand in High Power Rifle matches for several years. It had a lot of $$$ dumped in it. Krieger heavy barrel, match trigger, bedded and assembled by an former US Army armorer. It took a lot of work to get it to shoot sub MOA....On the other hand, my buddy shows up at the range with a new AR-10 and cranks out a near sub MOA group out of the box. No doubt the AR platforms can be seriously accurate. I've had some that would nearly embarrass my good bolt guns.

Dodging lions and wasting time.....