Pick187

I actually laughed out loud on that reply bubbasks. Neither are true, just not what I want on my FB. Voiced my opinion and unliked. Not really what I looked for on FB and what I expected from this site. If you all want it, continue on your course and I will continue to lurk here.

So I have to post a lot instead of just soaking up what people post, is what I should do? I came here to get knowledge and have found some great people with good knowledge. I have unliked the FB page since most of what I see is not gun stuff. I liked the FB page when it came into existance so I am insure how I could invest some time and check it out before I like it.

I have unliked 308AR on facebook. While I am like most males, in lust over a good figured women, I do not need it plastered on my FB page from a gun site. If I want that I will go like a site that has scandally clad females and like them. I liked the 308AR site for that, info and photos of 308 ARs, which it appears to be lacking in.

I got the bug a few years back on pig hunting. Since then I have decided to get a rifle that could take down pigs and hunt deer with since my state did not allow .223 to be used on deer (that has changed). I decided on an AR platform since all of the grumbles that a black rifle isn’t used to hunt and I chose 308 as the caliber since the ammo was easier to find then a lot others. I next had to decide on an optic. Most of my shooting would be under 200 yards, but I wanted to be able to reach out too if I needed to. I also wanted an illuminated reticle. I feel that an ACOG would have been perfect for what I was wanting all except for price. My price range was about $600. A buddy of mine had a Burris Tac30 on his 308 AR and it appeared to be what I wanted. The downfall of the Tac 30 was that the illuminated sight was a button and hard to manipulate. I checked out the Mtac which had a dial to turn off/on and change the brightness. The reticle reminded me of the EOTEC sight. I am not a long distance shooter, but more of a close quarter shooter and have used EOTEC for little more than a decade. I got the combo package which came with the scope, mount, and a fastfire red dot. I didn’t really need the red dot, but it was just a $100 more while they usually go for $200. The scope was a lot bigger than I had hoped. The one thing I would change was the ring to change magnification is tuff to turn and a knob on it would complete it. I can use it with both eyes open like an EOTEC or I can close my weak eye and settle in for precision type of group. For precision wouldn’t be the best choice since the center dot pretty much takes up a 2inch circle at 100 yards, but it was great for what I needed. The scope is a 1x4 and came with the red dot on top. I changed the red dot to out front on the forearm and attached it to an offset mount from GG&G. A simple roll of the gun and I have a close up red dot. Here is a group I had from 100 yards. I had just sighted in my ammo I was going to shoot on hunts and was screwing off enjoying shooting from different positions with cheaper ammo when I relized I did not have any shots for groups. My cheap ammo shot low compared to my hunting ammo, but it does show what I could do. The bottom one was my first shot and I knew I had put it a little low since I did not have the gun locked into me like I should have. I decided to paint this gun so the scope and red dot also got painted. Here are some pics of the scope on the rifle. Notice the red dot off to the front in a offset mount. An over the top view. Of course its first hunt it did just what I wanted. I used Hornady 165 BTSP and shot the pig at about 150 yards while he was on the move. While an ACOG would have been better, I am very pleased with my MTAC and would buy another.

After much searching for a perfect pig gun for me, I ended up getting a 308 in an AR platform. If interested in my reasoning and paint job see my other post. Here is the end result of my first time out with the "Pig" as my son calls it. I used Hornady 165 BTSP and the shot was at about 150 yards on a walking pig. One shot/one kill and the bullet hit just where I wanted. I couldn't be more happy with the gun.

It was an bag (netting) that you get when you buy oranges. Over the top of that I used military camo netting. I did not want the small netting to be over powering.

No idea why the pictures got turned around.

As it says in my intro I got into the 308 AR platform to get a pig gun. Since I alsways have wanted to paint a rifle I felt this would be a perfect canidate. I wanted to make it different so you can see I did. Before After

I first fell in love with the AR platform during my time in the military and I have had one ever since. A couple of years back I was introduced to pig hunting and haven’t looked back. I have been looking for a perfect pig gun ever since. I needed something with some power, but lightweight to go where I needed to go. I looked at everything from 45-70 lever actions to .450 bushmasters to 6.8. I decided to go to the AR platform after much discussion from people I know and others around the country about how you can’t hunt with an AR. I then decided to go with the 308 due to better access to ammo.

Hello all, I found this place as I was on a quest for knowledge about 308 in a AR platform. I first fell in love with the AR platform during my time in the military and I have had one ever since. A couple of years back I was introduced to pig hunting and haven’t looked back. I have been looking for a perfect pig gun ever since. I needed something with some power, but lightweight to go where I needed to go. I looked at everything from 45-70 lever actions to .450 bushmasters to 6.8. I decided to go to the AR platform after much discussion from people I know and others around the country about how you can’t hunt with an AR. I then decided to go with the 308 due to better access to ammo. I originally decided on a Larue Predator. When I knew the gun craziness was going to hit I went and got what I could and ended up with a bushmaster ORC. I cleaned the shelf of 308 mags, which by the way the store clerk thought I was crazy when I said you wouldn’t be able to find one of these in a week. I still plan on getting a Larue, but for now I am pleased with my Bushmaster. I have had a few Bushmasters and never had any issues so I hope my luck continues. I am currently getting my accessories together and the weekend of April 13th I hope for it to kill it first of many pigs. This deer season I hope it will be used to kill my Son’s first deer. I will try and post some before and after pics of its transformation into what I want and hopefully some dead pig pics. I hope to find lots of good info here. Pick