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That weight is with scope? Very nice!6.8 Weighs in at 7.8 lbs. Very accurate. 100 - 150 yard kills whitetails very nicely. 110 gr AccuBond over H322
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Along with the 50 Beowulf,and the 450 bushmaster, all three are in the same ballistic ballpark. The 350 legend also is a contender as it was designed for hunting. The drawback is that none of them is much past 300 yards, but that's ok by me.The .458 SOCOM is basically a .45-70 out of an AR-15, .45-70 has anchored plenty elk to say nothing of buffalo and been doing it for over 125 years. The .300 HAM'R with it's near .308 Win ballistics shows promise also within an appropriate range.
For those that hunt with a AR15 and AR10 type rifle....
I just want to say : Thank you.
Far too many non gun people and anti gun people only view the AR series of rifles as meant only for killing...and not as it should be viewed....
As a rifle...of the semi-automatic type...
Andy
This. There are many advantages to an AR-10 style rifle. Weight is not one of them. You could always build one with specifically with the intention of making it lighter weight. Maybe a CF handguard (no rail), lightest weight stock you can get your hands on. Scope consideration is key. I have a POF .308 and I had to take the scope off to send it back to the mfg for warranty repair. I forgot how much the scope adds to the overall weight. It was actually reasonably light WITHOUT the scope/rings.That's because it is, the Magpul PRS is almost 2lbs by itself. Personally if I was to hunt with an AR it would be an AR-15 with an upper in 6.5 Grendel, .458 SOCOM or other appropriate round. AR-10s are pigs.
I've got the bigger, older brother of your rifle. It's a fine rifle but I definitely bought it for durability, longevity sake and not for it's light weight. I'd be curious to feel yours in comparison to see how significantly lighter it is.I picked up a , (never shot), used POF revolution in 308, weighs in at about 7 1/2lbs
Of course I've now hung about 18lbs of nonsense on it....
Point being though,that the goal was to make an AR10 that handles like an AR15, which this does.
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