What made you decide to move to the 308 AR/AR-10 Platform?

[unforgiven]

There you go brother man poop when I did it I was yelled at and it was deleted,hope you have better luck. <hump> This is a mans form  <thumbsup>

[Tkopper]

I figured its time to get rid of my bolt in 243. Why not go with an AR! .223 is to small for my preferred use as a deer hunting rifle so 308 it is! Now ill be prepared against the unlikely event of an zombie apocalypse with some stopping power backing me. 

[flatwins]

I've not really spent much time with the 5.56 AR platform though I have had 3 and currently have a Colt LE6920.  As for the venture into .308, well, I didn't have a .308 and what better way to get into that caliber than with the AR platform? 

I mainly plan to do some semi-long range stuff with my DPMS and didn't have anything that fit that role.  I have other rifles but nothing quite like this.  <thumbsup>

[adpdesigns]

I have had wait have many ar's and the 10 is the superpower of AR's

nothing like slinging 30 cal  bolt gun lead down the pipe .......

[Ranger_Edge]

Because I can...

<lmao>

[Jaxshooter]

I have 12 complete .223 AR-15s and 8 stripped lowers so I figured it was time to build something different. I am thinking about a new build for Precision Rifle on an AR-10 platform. This looks like a good place to reasearch my project.

[edgecrusher]

atta boy !

[unforgiven]

<thumbsup>

[Rsquared]

Roll with my man.

[mikear]

Pigs....... Damn pigs.

P.S. thanks pigs.

[planeflyer21]

I have 12 complete .223 AR-15s and 8 stripped lowers so I figured it was time to build something different. I am thinking about a new build for Precision Rifle on an AR-10 platform. This looks like a good place to reasearch my project.

Tom?  Is that you?  <laughs>

Welcome Jaxshooter!

Jon

[98Z5V]

I have 12 complete .223 AR-15s and 8 stripped lowers so I figured it was time to build something different. I am thinking about a new build for Precision Rifle on an AR-10 platform. This looks like a good place to reasearch my project.

^^^  I like this guy already...  <thumbsup> ;D

[98Z5V]

Tom?  Is that you?  <laughs>

I'm up to 15, but that includes the .308 AR.  If I haven't lost count...  <dontknow>

[langss]

New guy here....decided the day after that I better get what I could before everything goes sour. All I could find was a CMMG MK3 complete lower. I got the last one the store had.

[Powerman]

New here. Never had an AR, and no real desire for a 15. Always wanted a .308. I don't plan on running through 10s of thousands of rounds. I do not hunt. But if the SHTF, I figure a .308 semi would be a good one to have. Same reason for the .45APC. Looked at the other platforms, and would not mind a M1A, but after all was said and done, availability/price/quality in the AR platform can't really be beat. It was always really far down on the list.... but it just got moved up to #1. So here I am.

[AK308]

I was broke so I sold a Baretta M92 to a friend of mine,he had just bought an LR308 sass. weelll he showed me this LR308 carbine that he had, so I fondled it and held it, then I thought about it for a couple days and decided I had to have it.  :drool:

[greenhornet-1]

Because a 50 B&M wouldn't fit in an ar15!!!!!!

[Husqy44]

7.62  ballistics :) <thumbsup>

[Guardian]

Mine is a bit more convoluted story.  I've been a bench-rest shooter most of my life; as such, I was damn sure that I would not be satisfied with anything that loaded from a magazine.  Then one day a friend let me shoot his new .204 Les Baer, and I couldn't believe that an "AR" could deliver sub .5 groups.  I ordered mine the next day.  After a couple years shooting .2 to .4 groups, I decided to have another built - this time a 6mm wildcat (based on a necked down 6.5 Grendel) w/26" Krieger (yep - you heard that right - 26" barrel on an AR platform).  Again I was surprised that a rifle that loaded from a magazine could group as well as the shooter - groups averaging .2.  OK, I'm sold and no longer avoid the AR platform, even though I carried them during a 25 yr military career.  The next natural progression was a .308; but I didn't want to shell the bucks for another custom upper, so I settled on a factory job after much research.  I received the 20" POF last month, and so far I'm not impressed; accuracy is no better than the mass produced crap we were issued by Uncle Sam.  I've not yet had a chance to develop my own loads; however, I doubt that I will get near the accuracy of my other rifles - which shot sub .5 MOA w/Fed GM's right out of the box.  If I manage to achieve satisfactory performance (.5) after load development, I'll retract my disappointment.

[unforgiven]

THANKS for you'r service brother Guardian,good looking rifle brother.Interested to see if you get the sub MOA you are looking for. <thumbsup> Lighten up bro you got a good foundation to work with. 8)

[seasprite]

Nice looking rifle Guardian, is gas operated or piston? Just curious I hear through the boards that piston driven AR's aren't suppose to as accurate but have no personal experience with the piston system.

[Guardian]

The POF is piston-operated.  I don't believe accuracy is affected by the type of action, either piston and/or impingement.  There are many opinions out there about piston vs. impingement...mostly regarding reliability and action cleanliness (or not), but for anything other than full-auto operation, I don't believe most will see any difference.  I have noticed that the action stays cleaner w/piston.  The adjustable pressure is also a benefit for use of suppressors.  Thanks for the feedback!

[rc229]

I like the power of the 308.

RC

[s3v3ns1xtw0]

I have a Bushmaster 16" 7.62 Russian AR, and a VLTOR 20" mini SASS both home assembled by myself and figured it was time to score a .308. Was lucky enough to get a complete CMMG for full retail ($1699) from southern Texas, and it should be in by the end of the week. This price gouging on guns and ammo is killing me and I refuse to buy from an center of uranus who's goin to make a 200%+ profit on a $3000 Oracle or something similar  :cookoo: . I have 300 rounds of Hornady Steel Match in route from BPS also.  <thumbsup>

[Sisco]

Always wanted one,and since I read about the original AR10's back in '61 was fascinated by that rifle. Messed around with AR15's and finally got mine right before the recent craziness.  Shoots 1 MOA at 200 meters. Haven't tried further out yet.