Sir,
Please do not take the following commentary wrong it is merely an observation and
meant to encourage you to shoot and not spend.
THIS IS JUST MY OPINION.
Shooting 100 rounds on a 20 yard indoor range with your first AR DOES NOT qualify as a litmus test for you, your gun or the gear on it.
In theory lets pretend that you you use 30 round magazines AND you filled them up appropriately (not 30rds). That means you shot enough to change magazines 4 times and made the gun a little dirty.
I don't believe for a second that enough performance data was acquired to decide there was anything about your trigger that needs modification.
Shooting a consistent 1" group at 20 yards should be second nature LONG before you purchase an optic, let alone a "flip" to the side or up or whatever magnifier. Seriously? A magnifier?
It is also not; by your description, sounding like you even were able to BZO (zero, @ 20ds?) that gun.
- Learn your iron sights on a 25yd or better yet 50yd range.
- Get an optic.
- Co-witness that optic it with your irons.
- If "NEEDED" get a magnifier.
Regarding the stock:
- Is this a new rifle?
- Have you shot AR's (plural) before?
The reason I'm asking these questions is:
I'm not convinced that 100 rounds out of a new manufacture AR will tell someone who doesn't have a fair amount of trigger time on an AR anything about the stocks capability. Especially when you state that you had to use the magazine as a "mono-pod" (in my opinion that is
not acceptable. Others will disagree).
If that gun is new you may need to put a few hundred rounds or more through it for a break-in period before really understanding what YOU and that gun need to tweak, for a more serious future shooting experience.
Personally I don't know what the costs will be if you buy, replace and or have someone modify the things you listed in your post, but I'll bet you its far less than a 1K round case of ammo and a range membership at the local R&G club will be. Maybe you could even squeeze in a formal training day with a trainer in your area.
LASTLY go here:
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=28658
Rob S and a few others have some VERY sage advice on that thread.
Again no insult is meant. I genuinely want you to get out there and shoot and ask questions and learn. But STOP SPENDING MONEY ON STUFF and get some ammo and training.
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