The perfect general purpose 308 AR

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10 years 11 months ago #32575 by SOC
Replied by SOC on topic The perfect general purpose 308 AR

maskman228 wrote: The 7mm08 would be a short action 270win. Solution.And a very capable weapon, general purpose at its finest.


I think a GP rifle needs to be a common/military caliber.

7mm08 is good but heavy high BC bullets in 6.5mm for 6.5 Creedmoor would allow a 16" barrel of good quality to go 1000 yds.

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10 years 11 months ago #32578 by OleCowboy
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maskman228 wrote: The 7mm08 would be a short action 270win. Solution.And a very capable weapon, general purpose at its finest.

Do you have a link to that, I find that interesting...

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10 years 11 months ago #32579 by maskman228
Replied by maskman228 on topic The perfect general purpose 308 AR
you can do a search for 7mm08 and find plenty of info on it.

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10 years 11 months ago #32581 by OleCowboy
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maskman228 wrote: you can do a search for 7mm08 and find plenty of info on it.

The 7mm08 is so close to the ballistics of the 308 its nearly identical. It performs only slightly less than the 308. The shining star is of course the .270 in that shootoff.

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10 years 11 months ago #32583 by faawrenchbndr
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Kinda looks like .308 is the only caliber considered by the thread title.

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10 years 11 months ago #32611 by maskman228
Replied by maskman228 on topic The perfect general purpose 308 AR
My next build is gonna be a 243win. I love that cartridge and see no need to venture away from the easy to find ammo calibers. Between my 308 upper and 243 ill have all my bases covered and can use my EDM lower for both uppers.

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10 years 11 months ago #32613 by MrMarty51
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maskman228 wrote: My next build is gonna be a 243win. I love that cartridge and see no need to venture away from the easy to find ammo calibers. Between my 308 upper and 243 ill have all my bases covered and can use my EDM lower for both uppers.

Armalite, when they are`nt running behind, has complete .243 uppers.
I wood sure like to get one of them for Mine AR10 lower.
I have two bolt action .243s so reloading is an ongoing thing.

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10 years 11 months ago #32614 by maskman228
Replied by maskman228 on topic The perfect general purpose 308 AR
The armalite upper is my only choice because my EDM lower only accepts Armalite uppers. And you are correct when you say running behind.

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10 years 11 months ago #32619 by Siscowet
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maskman228 wrote: The armalite upper is my only choice because my EDM lower only accepts Armalite uppers. And you are correct when you say running behind.

.243 or something like it is what the military should have looked at in 1960 instead of the 5.56 round. It is an excellent round, and does what the 5.56 cannot. Not sure it can do what a 7.62x51 can, however. But for a general carry military personal weapon, it would have been a good choice of caliber IMO.

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10 years 11 months ago #32621 by maskman228
Replied by maskman228 on topic The perfect general purpose 308 AR
Agreed.

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