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@sagebrush thanks, the p365 is def a contender. @Sharpshooter i like how the xd-s feels and came close to buying it last month but didnt have the money. Whatever i buy will be in 9mm though because thats mostly what i shoot and my agency is going from .40 to 9mm next year. Also this will be carried on duty in an ankle holster and say i needed to grab it in a scuffle, i might not have the best grip or shooting position, which is another reason to have the lighter recoiling 9mm. Plus the added rounds in the mag would be nice. I thought about the red dot one. I have never shot a red dot but would like to. I am not sure i would want one for this purchase due to carrying it often on my ankle. Plus i dont want something i have to turn on if i am in a last ditch scenario. For my primary sidearm, i would love a red dot though.

140 is the longest i took with my 300blk so far, but it dropped in its tracks, so i wouldnt hesitate to shoot farther. Although i plan on using it more like a .30-30 brush gun in the future, just semi-auto. 😉 Plus i just ordered a vg6 precision .300 blk gamma for it to make follow up shots faster. Brownells have them for $43 right now. @TEC i have looked more closely at the rifles you are looking at, style def seems to be the main difference and diamonback is a little cheaper. They both have crome moly barrels though and i would guess you arent going to see much difference in performance. I suggest you go with whatever rifle you would need to put less changes in to make it exactly how you would want it. That would be the diamondback for me.

Diamondback seems to ride the inexpensive tacticcool market. Dpms dont do that very well if you ask me. So i think it comes down to, what look do you like? Either brand will do what you want very well. My $500 radical firearms .300blk can even shoot out to 200 yards just fine that i would take a shot on a large deer. Maybe send us the links to what you are looking at specifically.

Thanks guys

Going to be used to mount the tac light i am getting for christmas.

Basically i am looking at the hellcat, the sig 365, and springfield's xds mod2 in 9mm. Nothing else has really stuck out ton me as a contender for what i plan to use it for. (Desclaimer: i hate glocks and thats why the glock 43 isnt on my mind)

Freaking awesome! I been wanting some for the different public land i hunt

As long ad it turns out good and i dont screw it up. Lol

Gonna tan my own hide for the first time this year.

People and deer have to put on weight up here to survive the cold winters. Lol. Monster deer get much larger.

So hopefully i will be getting a new conceal carry pistol the beginning of the new year that will double as a secondary in an ankle holster for when i am on duty. I have not gotten any experience with the Hellcat, so would just like to hear what you guys' thoughts are on it. I know there is some political stuff involving springfield which some gun owners have boycotted them for, but i havent the foggyiest what that is all about.

Yeah the nosler match grade with the 125gr ballistic tip hunting shoot flat, accurate, and with a decent amount of energy for .300 blk. I just wish i would have bought a heck of a lot more when they first came out and were cheap. Now the cheapest i can find them is $30 for a box of 20

Lol. Smart @s. Its the only deer i saw during gun season and i hunt to fill the freezer. So if it is older than a yearling, it will be hanging. The pictures arent the best but his right browtine is real high up and his left one is right at the base of his skull pointing straight forward... i think he wanted to be a unicorn

So i didnt get a huge deer this year, but due to my .260 remington barrel needing to go back to get the headspacing fixed, i hunted with my .300 blk again! As with last year it did a great job. I got a niced sized body 6 pointer with a funky rack that was small for a 3 year old deer. He was about 160 field dressed. He was shot at 140 yards and still dropped right in his tracks, litterally just hit the ground below him. More and more i find myself loving .300 blk and my cheap $500 rifle. 😊

Hey guys, i hope you all had a good thanksgiving. Sorry i havent been around that past few months. Been pretty busy because of the early winter and hunting. I havent forgotten about you guys though and i miss talking all the time with you all.

Thanks guys. I appreciate the input. I figured as much. I really dont want to take it apart and build it again. Building a rifle once is all the accomplishment i need to do. Lol. Hopefully they will just take the whole upper.

So as a few of you know, after like 3 years, i finally got my .260 remington built. Well so i thought... I got my bullets and was probably going to just shoot it and see the results. But something made me decide to go have the headspace checked without even trying to chamber a round. Good thing too. Come to find out, the go gage wouldnt fit. My bolt wont even rotate and lock with a round im the chamber. If i would have let one ride forward from the mag with that much force, i bet it would probably take an act of God to get it out. Now i thought all my parts matched up like they should. Well on closer look, my ACME bolt carrier group is i guess DPMS specs eventhough it says AR-10. I followed up with McGowen barrels and they said their "AR-10 barrels" should work with either DPMS or Armalite bolts. Am i wrong in that you don't mix and match bolts and barrel extensions? I was under the impression a LR 308 bolt in an AR-10 barrel extension would make the headspacing to tight. My fault for trying to build something out of the ordinary when i am do inexperienced with 308ars. Now i need your help. McGowen did say if i sent them the barrel and bolt, they would adjust the headspacing. Just wondering if there was an easier fix.

Scratch that, i am an idiot. Check the box always. Haha. Correct mount was in the box. Turns out they use the same box for 3 different types of mounts. Oops.

Unfortunetely primary arms shipped me the wrong/less expensive scope mount. Not to worried about it, i know they usually have good customer service. Still a hassle. I will keep you updated on that. Nice thing is they give a 10% discount for law enforcement and military

Next one then 😉

I will admit, it was a little harder finding the right size diameter clamp on for my .260 in the same price range, but they are out there. Time will tell on quality though, i sure didnt splurge on the gas block. Lol

Why not just get a clamp on?

Because you have always been a supporter of short barrels and it would look so badass. But i guess if your plan is to shoot 1k + yards, the long barrel would be better... still not ad cool. Lol

Magwa, you should go with a 14 inch barrel and then pin on the muzzle break to make it 16 😋

Well better late than never. McGowen was great in answering my questions and getting back to me right away. I see no issues with my barrel and i hear if there are issues they will help out. It was the cheapest barrel i could find and these days, everyone has stepped up their game and technology increased to the point where basically any barrel should be shooting less than 2 moa. Unfortunetly i have not even shot the damn thing because i need glass on it and bowhunting has had my attention the past month.