How accurate are you with your AR-15 rifle? Do you think you could improve accuracy and increase control? In this post, we’ll share the best AR 15 accessories to get the job done. Your shooting buddies will probably think you spend an inordinate amount of time training, but let’s be honest, you will simply spend more money than them. There’s nothing sweeter than squeezing the trigger of your AR rifle and snapping a hole through the bullseye of a target. What’s sweeter? Hitting that hole more than once—even though they think you missed the target entirely. What your buddies don’t know is that you’ve modified and adjusted your gun to fit your style and needs. Nonetheless, you can do more to improve accuracy, and we’re going to show you how.

AR 15 Accessories To Improve Accuracy

Trigger Focus

Upgrade Your Ar 15 Trigger. It gets overlooked frequently, but the trigger is in the top three for one of the most used components on an AR-15. Hard to imagine someone not considering their trigger as a vital piece to their accuracy, but it plays a role, nonetheless. You’ll want to keep away from standard-issue or stock triggers. Find an aftermarket trigger that fits your needs, whether that be a range or competition shooting. To increase accuracy, you want a trigger that feels right to you. The pros tend to define a great trigger by its “break” when squeezed; it’s supposed to feel like a carrot or icicle breaking in half. 

Handguard Installation

Install a Rifle Handguard. This feature allows you to improve accuracy substantially. Whether you choose to use a free-floating or drop-in handguard, the choice is up to you. They both have pros and cons that tailor to and away from certain shooters and their needs. Nonetheless, if you want to improve accuracy, this is one AR-15 accessory you cannot go without. 

Rail - Change Your Grip

This could be your handle, rifle handguard scales, like the offerings available from RailScales, and more. In most cases, the way we hold our rifle and how it reacts in our hands while firing can determine a lot about accuracy. When you add RailScales, a handstop, and change the rifle grip, you will find better accuracy sooner rather than later. The RailScales line of scales is available in G10 or the HTP polymer line and protects the shooter's hands from unwanted heat, adds a textured grip surface to prevent elements from making the handguard slippery, and gives the shooter a positive grip for more accurate shots.

Optics

Add Advanced Optics. It may be obvious to have optics on the list, but some shooters prefer iron sights. Nonetheless, you will find that advanced sight assists like a laser or a range-finding reticle. The distance at which you’re shooting and your overall shooting goals will determine which sights to choose. Typically, the farther away your target exists, the more serious of an optics upgrade you will probably need. Some shooters try to cover all of their bases with backup iron sights combined with an optic or laser. RailScales has a solution for this as well, with their lineup of LEAF backup sights that mount directly to the DBAL laser, giving the end-user a great tertiary option if the primary or secondary sights go down.  

Control

Consider an AR 15 Forward Grip. It may seem redundant to install a forward grip on your rifle to improve accuracy, but it depends on what kind of shooting you’re participating in. If you’re posted up at the range, firing at a slow pace, you may not want a hand stop. However, if you’re snap-firing, your forward hand finding the same spot on the rifle every single time is mandatory to maintain and even improve accuracy. Not only a forward grip but thank of a handstop as well. The RSB, LDAG, ANCHOR, and KARVE are all great forward grips in their own right but it really comes down to the user on what they prefer. Each of these items from RailScales will help you as a shooter become a better shot and in the end, you are buying the best AR-15 accessories. 

While these accessories are a good place to start for accuracy improvements, nothing compares to familiarity with the weapon and time spent at the range. Getting the proper shooting form in combination with the added experience of shooting regularly and under different conditions will make as much if not more of a difference than any AR-15 accessories you may add to your setup. With that said, many accessories available on the market can help make the shooting experience more enjoyable, even if it's a false positive on the impact to accuracy. 

If you aren't able to grasp your rail comfortably after dumping a few mags, you won't be able to hold proper shooting form. RailScales is here to provide premium, functional solutions that can be added to any Keymod or MLOK rifle to dampen heat transfer, provide a sure grip and repeatable indexing point to give the end-user the best chance of improving accuracy. With a variety of control accessories available for any budget or shooting style, RailScales gives shooters expertly crafted, American-made aluminum and polymer control options to make any range day a fun experience.

Best AR-15 Rail Panel Accessories

Discover RailScales’ AR-15 Accessories Online If you want to improve AR-15 shooting accuracy, there are plenty of resources online to do so. But that’s just it. You have to search, test, and report back what works and what doesn’t. At RailScales, we want you to enjoy every aspect of your AR rifle. This means that if a simple Keymod or M-LOK hand stop, or a vertical forward grip helps you hit the target more often than not, it’s time you shop online for one. Otherwise, consider any of the other AR-15 accessory upgrades mentioned in this post. Getting the best AR-15 accessories for your rifle is a one-stop shop at RailScales. Get AR accessories that are made in the USA, protect you from heat, add grip, and help you become a better shot all from the same store.