Giving this a try to see if it helps people hang around and engage with the community a little bit more. Spicy memes and gun bunnies are great but we all know the one thing that keeps us together is our love of the firearms that guarantee our freedom.
If you have questions about guns, training, ammo, etc. etc. and don't feel like getting joke answers in a standalone post of a site dedicated to shitposting, ask it here.
For the people who would like to answer questions, please keep it somewhat serious. Lighthearted humor is fine but I'd like to keep the actual autism out of this particular post.
If this seems effective, I'll try to get one stickied every week
I was taking a hard look at the m1a scout. But fucking gun nerds (as we know) love to complain about everything. So i've gone back and forth on it.
Building an AR10 isn't something i've really thought about but it makes a lot of sense. I do like the foldable stock on the scar, which i presume the action for the ar10 precludes that?
Anyway, thanks for the perspective.
M1A is fast- here is 3-gun Heavy Metal division god Patrick Kelly- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuQ_zQ2gGAU
M1A scout is a cool gun. Not too heavy with a poly stock, either. I wouldn't want less than a 18" barrel on any .308 platform anyway. It is easy to stone any M1-style trigger into being match-worthy if you know what you're doing, and any accuracy issues are easily resolved by checking stock fitment. If you get the standard-length, it would double as a decent rifle to show up to CMP service-rifle competitions with.
For a AR10, an 18" rifle-gas chrome lined CORE-profile from Criterion would be choice, imo. Hopefully they'll offer that profile. I'd probably also go for a BGC with dual ejectors.
Collasping stock isn't much of a trade-off. You'd only fold it for storage, and even then you might as well split an AR.
Those are good points. I think i'll probably go for an ar10 build, for 1/2 to 2/3 price of a scar i should be able to make something awesome by the look of the part prices.
True. If you go with Aero M5 receivers, look up the thread on arfcom. Before you start, watch several videos from the School of the American Rifle, get an actual book, attend a class, ect. to ensure that you truly understand everything that's happening in the AR platform. Pretty much everything is amplified when you blow the design up to .308 and tolerances are less forgiving, even with reputable parts. Weird things like bolt stops can start breaking. A homebuild is the best way to get a sub-moa tack-driver, though.