Or he imported a crate of dirt from North Carolina to shoot at. :p

Back on topic, I've always thought a short barrel AR-15 was good for close quarters, but then, I see barrels that are just too short to the point where they can only be used in doors and when you're that close inside a building, wouldn't a shotgun be much better or a pistol?

i saw a 5.5 inch barreled ar-15 upper.

I live in Maryland; he's in Virginia. The shooting was done at some family property in NC several years ago. I also tried out an over/under 12 gauge of his (don't know the exact model, unfortunately) and did much better with that. This was a shocker to me - my ears rang a lot less after using the 12-gauge than they did firing the .40.

I saw something similar in a book I have.