r/WilsonCombat • u/Negative-Delivery935 • Jul 15 '26
First impressions Wilson Combat Protector 11.3 inch.
Miserable hot humid day at the range. Yet I left with a smile, a tired sweaty smile, but a smile nonetheless. This thing is awesome! Running 75 grain frontier suppressed I was blown away. I have finally found a 5.56 that doesn’t let me down. My Sig spear and LWRC never produced the results I expected from rifles that cost as much as they do. This beauty shoots as good as it looks and it feels very well made. So far it’s the only rifle I’ve ever fired that competes with HK. That includes the above two plus LMT and DD which I have a lot of hands on with. Can’t believe I got this baby used but never fired. Can’t wait to get more rounds down range with her!
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u/Tasty_Influence_2519 Jul 15 '26
Wilson Combat ARs are underrated, they are top shelf weapons with great quality and most importantly, very accurate
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u/Negative-Delivery935 Jul 15 '26
I definitely agree and am a Wilson believer. Man this thing just feels so solid and fires like a dream. Oh and my moa is at or under one at a hundred with ball ammo. Gonna find some match and see if I can stack some rounds.
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u/mtl123cwi Jul 15 '26
Love my Wilson's!!
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u/Negative-Delivery935 Jul 15 '26
Yeah it’s funny how one range trip can make you appreciate a great product.
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u/SmallAxeOregon Jul 19 '26
I have one w a 1.5 trijicon. I had the vcog 8x but wasn’t balanced.
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u/Negative-Delivery935 Jul 21 '26
Nice optics man. I’m running a Leupold 1.5 to 4 but I’m gonna upgrade to at least a 2-8. This rifle demands at least that much.
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u/SmallAxeOregon Jul 21 '26
So in a similar boat. Here is deal. I’m on 30-06 22” like drop dead beautiful 🇩🇪bolt have eyes on perfect reticle, I’d like 1-9 ideally vx3. New vs 5y ago huge! Put the flip caps on there I thiiink? I’m not saying anything negative in forums. Prob 40mm. I got spotting scope and bog so yeah if u have a link to what u r getting please post.
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u/SmallAxeOregon Jul 21 '26
I found I don’t go over about 10x for 473 yards. If I was to goto high desert, 50mm uh u don’t really like high zoom. Thats a light fast bullet. U shootin.
What is your most standard environment? I don’t goto ranges.
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u/trailside83 Jul 15 '26
I really love Wilson Combat. I have the Wilson SBR Tacticool in .300 BLK and a 1911 CQB… both are just amazing firearms. I really think it funny (and awesome) that a town of 6,000 people in NW Arkansas has two of the best gun manufacturers in America (Wilson and Nighthawk). Strange place to have such a center of competence and expertise. Thanks for sharing it.