Thread: AR-10 Decisions

What are you using it for?

Originally Posted by Greenie

Question: What is with the increased noise from shorter barrels? Is it much louder and how do you lower it a bit without a suppressor?

Higher pressure at moment of uncorking.


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Originally Posted by steven

What are you using it for?

General all rounder.
I'm joining the Auckland services rifle association and they shoot Clevedon and Waiuku ranges 1-300 yards
I'll more than likely do some goat shooting only every now and again for pest control.
.308 for fun factor with low frequency of shooting (According to the wife)

Most likely

Cheers

What are you using it for?

To me a 16inch barrel almost suggests short range in which case a Blackout upper on an AR15 maybe the lighter/better option?

If you want the legs of the 308 then really its way heavier and maybe even the 24inch barrel, I wouldnt want to lug that beasty about though.

Originally Posted by Greenie

General all rounder.
I'm joining the Auckland services rifle association and they shoot Clevedon and Waiuku ranges 1-300 yards
I'll more than likely do some goat shooting only every now and again for pest control.
.308 for fun factor with low frequency of shooting (According to the wife)

Most likely

Cheers

ASRA have a 30 cal only shoot on the 26th.

WSRA (wellington) would normally shoot M16A2 (20inch barrel) or M4 clone (16inch barrel) AR15s, which is why I am getting one. Honestly from shooting a 303 at 100m and from watching ppl shoot semi-auto 308s v ar15s I wouldn't try and compete with one in service rifle. Big, heavy and slow with heaps of recoil, v small, light and fast and almost no recoil.

Im not a hunter so I cant advise on what to shoot goats with, but weight is a bugger.

Yeah, I've tried a few ASRA shoots with a 20" .308 semi and yep, muzzle lift was a pain.
80-90 rounds of .308 ain't cheap either, even when reloading, assuming you can find all the brass.

It rocks on the goats, pigs and turkeys though. Especially the 155gn Amaxes.

Originally Posted by dogmatix

Yeah, I've tried a few ASRA shoots with a 20" .308 semi and yep, muzzle lift was a pain.

All of my ASRA shoots are with a .308 (of sorts) and a 16" barrel.

Thought it was .310 or .311 with a little bitty witty soviet case.

Originally Posted by dogmatix

Thought it was .310 or .311 with a little bitty witty soviet case.

Bah! It's all I have since I sold my M305... Need those winning numbers to come up and then it'll be FN central.

Originally Posted by steven

WSRA (wellington) would normally shoot M16A2 (20inch barrel) or M4 clone (16inch barrel) AR15s, which is why I am getting one. Honestly from shooting a 303 at 100m and from watching ppl shoot semi-auto 308s v ar15s I wouldn't try and compete with one in service rifle. Big, heavy and slow with heaps of recoil, v small, light and fast and almost no recoil.

Im not a hunter so I cant advise on what to shoot goats with, but weight is a bugger.

Yeah...I had a quick shoot with an AR15 and if felt like a pop gun sort of.

BTW, who sells the Colt branded AR15 in NZ? Particularly the LR6920

Delta Sector does or did, he is going through troubles atm though so I have heard.

After going through all of this I ended up with a DPMS pattern gun, just far more accessories are available for them. As for Service Rifle even out to 500 the 223 seems to be able to hold its own against the 308.

Originally Posted by Beavis

Delta Sector does or did, he is going through troubles atm though so I have heard.

yeah mate I have emailed delta sector and target sports it's been 3 days and no response