I didn’t trust what I was seeing at first, so I moved to a different target on the same board. From 100 yards out (and clamped in a vice), the HBAR tears one ragged hole. I sighted in the scope with a laser bore-sighter. You can easily pull the trigger and watch the bullet connect through the scope. The Leupold, when combined with the soft recoil of the HBAR, is like having a scope and a spotting scope on all in one. It is a bit much for your typical AR, but ideal for one that offers the type of accuracy that the HBAR can produce. To add to the absurdity of our limited distances, we topped the HBAR with a Leupold Mark 4. But it isn’t a fighting gun, so that’s much less of a concern.
It has no gas block sights, and makes no accommodations for mounting any iron sights on the front. The matte gray finish on the handguard compliments the grey of the fixed stock. The long barrel and the long aluminum tube are distinctive. But there are lots of folks bragging in the forums about opening it up to 800 yards or more. We were limited to modest southern distances, most under 300 yards, which felt a bit too easy with this rifle.
The barrel has a 1/9 twist, so it is especially suited for stabilizing heavier bullets for longer distances. But it is a nice visual accent, sticking out of the long hand guard, and it delivers amazing results. And the profile leaves a lot of steel on the barrel. It is long, at 24 inches and fully floated. The barrel makes up a good part of the weight. If you’re used to carrying anemic ARs with pencil thin barrels and plastic furniture, the nine plus pounds of the HBAR Elite will feel a bit heavy. But that’s what defines this rifle, so that’s what I’m going to call it. The whole package used to be sold together, though the best I can find now on Colt’s site is the upper. Elite seems to refer to the overall performance of the rifle, which kicks ass, n matter what you call it.Ĭolt likes to number their rifles, and this one is the 6724. The A3 designation is a common industry term for the flat top receiver. The CAR part seems clear enough, seeing that it’s a Colt AR. I’ve been wrestling with what to call this rifle.
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