Which AR-10?

[ray1970]

Lol.

[belizejet]

Ended up picking up a DPMS LR-308 in a pistol trade. Put my ACOG on it and it's a pretty nice rifle. I would like to re barrel it with something longer for accuracy and possibly hunting.

[brutal]

SIG716 is a great platform. It's gas operated and mine eats everything. With 150gr AE, it will make 1.5MOA groups and with match ammo, sub MOA and it takes Magpul P-Mags.

Until you put a suppressor on it, then good luck with that eats everything.

P.S. they're all gas operated.

[TheBelly]

SIG716 is a great platform. It's gas operated and mine eats everything. With 150gr AE, it will make 1.5MOA groups and with match ammo, sub MOA and it takes Magpul P-Mags.

Slap a can on that thing, and that 'eats everything' statement might be in question....



ETA: Oops, someone beat me to it.

[TheBelly]

Ended up picking up a DPMS LR-308 in a pistol trade. Put my ACOG on it and it's a pretty nice rifle. I would like to re barrel it with something longer for accuracy and possibly hunting.

longer isn't the be-all/end-all for accuracy.

I've got a 16" .308 AR that I use for hunting, and it's pretty devastating. Moving through the woods with a shorter barrel is really handy. I almost guarantee that once you go to a shorter barrel, you won't want to go back. I've got a few AR-10-style guns that have 20" barrels, and when you strap a can on the end, they can get slightly unwieldy.






Getting this back on topic:

Think of this, though: some metal magazines can allow for a longer OAL, if you're into reloading.

[Tweety Bird]

I just finished building one. Used an 80% lower from Ares Armor. Turned out very well.

Bought a kit from Blackthorne Products that included the upper and the FCG. When I milled the lower, I left it just a shade narrow on purpose and wound up needing to work it a bit with a dremel and a file to get the trigger and hammer to operate smoothly, but I expected that.

It had some extraction issues that were fixed with a better quality extractor and ejector. Now it runs perfectly.

The one drawback is that I don't dare hand it to my wife to shoot until I tame the recoil; I just know she'll hate it. So now I'm looking for a muzzle brake and/or recoil-absorbing butt stock. I'll try the muzzle brake first, I think, but every gun show I go to has only the .22 caliber versions. I suppose I can find one online somewhere.

I really like having this .308 AR platform. The Ares Armor lower is a DPMS platform and I bought some Magpul magazines for it at a gun show, which work fine. Funny thing about those magazines is that in order to disassemble them to clean them, I had to drill out a silly little pop rivet. Go figure...

Thinking about trying an 80% for a 5.56 next.

[fatboy93]

"Funny thing about those magazines is that in order to disassemble them to clean them, I had to drill out a silly little pop rivet. Go figure..."

[brutal]

I thought after they were emptied, you just threw them away?

I've been doing it all wrong.

[zimagold]

I had a Ruger SR762 and know another person with one. Both were surprisingly accurate. 165gr ballistic tips with varget in both guns produced 0.8"-1" five shot groups on average. Mine would hold 1MOA out to 600yrds.

I ran into issues running it suppressed. Gas block did not have enough adjustment so I sold it. I haven't bought another AR10 style rifle since.

I also owned the smaller ruger SR556, only complaint was the weight.

[Stevensje]

Slap a can on that thing, and that 'eats everything' statement might be in question....



ETA: Oops, someone beat me to it.

What's the story with the Sig716 and suppressors? Is it possible to suppress it reliably and what does it take?