7lbs, 8oz

[JohnTRourke]

Went hunting pigs this spring and we were doing a long walk/spot and stalk across a big Texas field. Everyone else had AR10 variants, except for my 6.8 AR. By the end of the walk, everyone else was like "holy shit, these things are heavy (they were all over 10lbs, like most) and my little 6.8 I was looking like a genius.

so, decided to build me a .308 AR but get it as lightweight as possible.

7lbs 8oz (without optics) is the results. I'm pretty damn pleased.

the specs:

2A arms lower and upper set. (they build some amazingly lightweight lowers and uppers for all sizes)
18" chrome moly McGowan fluted barrel
AAC flash hider
Magpul CTR stock
Gisselle SSA trigger
Midwest Ind hand guard (whenever 2A comes out with a m-lok front we'll replace it with that.)
MOE plus grip
JP Enterprises lo mass enhanced bolt and carrier (it is really light, way lighter than the wife's AR)
JP tuned buffer spring (to run the low mass bolt)

Test run soon, I'm very pleased, it's much more handleable than you would expect.

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[cstone]

Congratulations!

I hope builder and shooter are both recovering nicely.

Have you named her yet?

[ray1970]

so, decided to build me a .308 AR but get it as lightweight as possible.



I'm going to call a technical foul. (Just busting your chops for fun [Awesom] )

You could have saved a little more weight here and there if you wanted so technically you didn't build it "as lightweight as possible."
[Coffee]

Oh, and where are the pictures?
[Beer]

[JohnTRourke]

I'm going to call a technical foul. (Just busting your chops for fun [Awesom] )

You could have saved a little more weight here and there if you wanted so technically you didn't build it "as lightweight as possible."
[Coffee]

Oh, and where are the pictures?
[Beer]

pictures coming, the current CTR is an extra so it doesn't match. And we all know how everyone gets upset when the socks don't match.

I don't think I could have gotten much lighter. The 2A lowers actually have stuff cut out of them, even in the trigger guard for example. Maybe by going with a 16" barrel, but everyone (and I mean everyone) said go with 18" for .308
So i did.

I just checked a LWRC Razorback 6.8 I have sitting around. (although it does have a little scope on it) and it weighs 8.5lbs!!!!!!!
yeah, it's actually lighter than the that 6.8.

[ray1970]

I would be willing to look at pictures even with a mismatched stock. But I'm a sucker for things that just don't quite match. Pretty sure someone here has an AR that is about four or five different shades of FDE that I think looks pretty awesome.

[ray1970]

Yeah, personally I wouldn't have gone shorter than an 18" barrel in .308. But the 16" would have saved a few ounces. That AAC flash hider is fairly heavy too. Unless I needed it to run a suppressor, I'd do something like a standard A2 style or maybe a PWS Triad and save a tiny bit more weight. All of the Magpul stocks are a bit heavy in my opinion. A different stock would save another couple ounces.

Still pretty lightweight though. I probably have 5.56 rifles that weigh more than that. Lol.

[JohnTRourke]

well, the AAC flash hider is going on all the rifles so I can run the suppressor (which is stuck in ATF land for now), so that was must have.

the CTR is magpul's lightest stock (of the cool ones)

the wife found some MBUS pro sights floating around, so off to the range tomorrow
and yeah, i'll take some pics

[JohnTRourke]

picture added in original post

[Musashi]

Wow that is a nice setup. I put together an Aero .308 setup with an 18" barrel and it is a pig - pun intended. Not sure if I am going to keep it though as lugging it around is no fun, just like you buddies said.
Now for the important question - how many hogs did you get?

[Dave_L]

Is that weight with or without the mag?

[JohnTRourke]

without the mag.

I got one big old boar (with a great set of tusks) and a coyote. The wife got a big boar and an enormous sow. outfitter said probably the biggest on the ranch this year. took 4 guys to get it into the truck. easy 300+. Without it's head, it was still bigger than my boar which was a damn fine boar.65706

My wife is a big girl, that wheat is 12-18" tall.

[Irving]

So are you planning on taking this new rifle on more pig hunts?

[JohnTRourke]

yep and who knows what else hunting. Something that might require more than the 6.8 knockdown power..

[dirtrulz]

Sounds like someone needs to work out more.

[zimagold]

7.5lbs sounds about perfect. I built my 6.8 spc specifically to get a caliber legal semiauto for hunting that weighed less than 8lbs with optics. Since sold my SR762, may try a dedicated lightweight 308 build in the future.

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[ColoradoMinuteMan]

Wow that is a nice setup. I put together an Aero .308 setup with an 18" barrel and it is a pig - pun intended. Not sure if I am going to keep it though as lugging it around is no fun, just like you buddies said.
Now for the important question - how many hogs did you get?

What does your Aero Precision weight? I'm curious if you built it or if it came built. My Aero M5 build comes in at about 7.5 sans optics and 9 lbs with optic and rings. They is with a Magpul MOE rifle stock. If I wanted to lighten it more I could go with the carbine stock but I prefer rifle. My 18inch medium taper Faxon barrel really helps keep it light. Those Aero Precision barrels are some of the heaviest .308 barrels I've seen. You could try changing barrels to lighten it up. I actually think 9 lbs is about right for a .308 and it's about average for a .30 caliber hunting rifle w/optics.