Advice on .308 AR

[BPTactical]

My $.02

Armalites are built to very exacting tolerances and therefore can be sensitive to dirt and ammo choices. They usually require a bit of break in and ammo experimentation.
DPMS rifles are a touch looser in their machining and they arent quite as finicky ammo wise.
Both like to run with a wet bolt carrier.
Armalites are machined from forgings whereas DPMS are machined from billet. As a result the Armalite will have a more refined appearance and is a touch lighter.
I have worked on both and have yet to come across a problem that was not a fairly simple fix.
Rock River has a .308 platform that uses FAL mags but I dont have any real time with one other than looking it over. Seems well built.
Not sure on the LWRC- too new to make a call on them-I have yet to hear any feed back on them.

I myself have a DPMS TAC20 with a J&P trigger, Magpul PRS and Nikon optics. It will outshoot whatever my eyes can see and I have out shot an Armalite SASS with it.
For about 1/2 the cost.
Maybe one of these days I will change out the barrel and bolt/carrier. That is where the accuracy in the AR platform is....

[Grant H.]

I got rid of all my armalites and went to the DPMS platform.

I have one of the IRA lowers, and it is a work of art. I love that. The rest of all my LR-308s are DPMS lowers.

The things that made me sell the Armalites and keep the DPMS rifles is threefold:

1. Neither seemed to have a reliability advantage - All of mine were flawless
2. The DPMS rifles do not have the fanboy pricing that is outrageous. Stuff for Armalites is ALWAYS more expensive... NO MATTER WHAT!!
3. Magpul made a PMAG for the DPMS platform... And it is only $20 rather than $40-$90 depending on availability...

Choose for yourself...