How far can 5.56 really reach? 9-Hole Reviews asks, from Mk262 to HICAR

Adrian of Sidewinder Concepts joins the week's only upload, and veterans in the comments check its distances against their own service.

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Realities of Long Range with 5.56mm [Mk262 to HICAR] feat. Sidewinder Concepts

One video, plenty of range. The single new upload on 9-Hole Reviews, "Realities of Long Range with 5.56mm [Mk262 to HICAR] feat. Sidewinder Concepts," drew more than 54,000 views on its first day and has kept going since. Nothing on the channel is moving faster right now.

The subject suits a channel whose about page states its standard plainly: no flattering three-to-five-round groups, just hits on steel at 500 yards and beyond. Here the question is how far the AR-15's small cartridge can honestly be pushed, from the Mk262 load, the 77-grain round long used by U.S. special operations, to a Geissele HICAR rifle. The guest is Adrian of Sidewinder Concepts, and several viewers say they have taken his scoped carbine class, where the line between what is realistic and what is just fun stays with them.

The comments read like a range day. The most liked one comes from a viewer who served in the war on terror and says the video's figure for a 14.5-inch barrel matches what he saw. A hunter says his own limit sits well short of that. Someone else wants a ballistic dummy put out at 1,000 yards, and another jokes that his .357 lever gun is a thousand-yard rifle if you add up ten shots.

The older material is still working too. The Geissele Super Duty test to 800 yards is the next busiest video, and across the channel the daily views are running ahead of their usual pace. Among similar channels, Daniel Davis / Deep Dive and Combat Veteran News are having the big weeks, while Perun's is busy and steady.

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The numbers

Here is how 9-Hole Reviews' week looks in figures.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Daniel Davis / Deep Dive

3,523,317

Combat Veteran News

1,371,808

Tenacious Trilobite

1,251,390

scholagladiatoria

989,500

Perun

854,560

9-Hole Reviews

361,830

Legally Armed America

98,773

Haley Strategic Partners

70,875

TheGunCollective

0

subscribers

554,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

151,065,403

views per day

55,914

typical day: 43,457

first-day views of each video posted this week

Realities of Long Range with 5.56mm [Mk…

54,502

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Perun

644,000

9-Hole Reviews

554,000

Tenacious Trilobite

553,000

scholagladiatoria

545,000

Haley Strategic Partners

492,000

Combat Veteran News

489,000

Daniel Davis / Deep Dive

474,000

TheGunCollective

463,000

Legally Armed America

463,000

As of October 7, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.