300grPills

If those woods were in the great state of Wisconsin, then yes

Well 150gr hornadys seem to be more than enough

Well she's together and shoots, now some load work up. Holds inch and a half with 139gr American whitetail, but I think 150s will be the sweet spot

Haven't run it for accuracy yet but everything seems to function

Build took a few turns after I got into a delton 308 cheap, well used but I just loved how it shot. That and I hated the fit of the f1 upper and lower. Now I'm waiting on the final pieces, handguard, buttstock, and my muzzle device is still in NFA prison

Long time no update as this build has changed quite a bit, but I have officially fired a 7mm08 round through it finally. Pics incoming

It's a OK man, I was a little short (and a lot tired) last night and it was probably a bad time to be asking questions.... as far as rifles I have built... there are 3, all bolt guns, and all to varying degrees of "built", in 338 edge, 6mm ai, and 7mm08. So I'm not gonna lie, the whole gas system scares me a bit... also while referring to armalite parts, I thought you were referring to armalite patterned parts, not the actual manufacturer Side note your thread links do have some very useful info, thanks for linking them

hardly anything complicated about running a reamer into a 338 barrel and screwing it onto a rem 700 action. the several bolt guns ive built are simple and based on fairly common actions that i am familiar with, as said i have literally 0 experience with the platform. i mean ive fired a few ARs but that is where it ends, ive never built, worked on, loaded for, or tuned anything in this platform. literally the difference between an airplane mechanic and a top fuel mechanic... fall under the same broad categories but entirely different in practice. that and its 2 am and i worked 12 hours yesterday lol, should find my way to a bed shortly

reading away as we speak, thank you btw, but nowhere did i ask to be spoon fed poop... asked a question, received your answer, didn't second guess any of it

I agree.... this is how the whole build has been for me lol.... I'm from the bolt gun world, where recoil is just an annoyance, not a tool

Correct, but Im trying to figure out where you are getting the h3 weight rating at on buffers.... all I'm seeing is "carbine" "rifle" "pistol" ect.... a Google search about weight ratings shows that apparently everyone but me knows about them, but not a lot of detail about which systems are rated at what

The stock I'm looking at is fixed but by set screws on a adjustable buffer if that makes sense... so yes it is "fixed" but it's not

so a "rifle" buffer and not a "carbine" buffer? collapsible is not a need or really even a want so idk what part that plays, i have just never built on this platform and am trying to cover my bases.... being as ive seen no fewer than about 3 build from yourself, i would tend to believe you on the matter

why does it gotta be like this lol... like this one https://aeroprecisionusa.com/m5-308-carbine-buffer-kit.html

are the armalite systems and dpms systems interchangeable though?