Just a quick glance at their site, but that still seems to be the case. 325 for the cheapest assembled lower, 650 for the cheapest complete upper. Of course if I were building a large frame AR, I'd have to have at least an 18" barrel.
I know you guys love ARs but Ill follow Speedys lead with this: http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/com...les/ptr-91-a3s-308-rifle-detail.html?Itemid=0 I was very close to buying one but ended up with a 308 in my favorite platform(AK) instead. Ive read nothing but great things about them.
They make an adapter for it that includes a proper buffer and spring as well. I'd have questions about reliability but I've never read of anyone complaining yet. Anyhow, if you're in a situation where reliability matters, you're probably running the 308 anyway. Guy in this article details some of the things he's done with this feature.... http://looserounds.com/2013/07/11/a-year-with-the-colt-901/
I had my hands on one the other day, but the owner said it will beat the shit out of you so I passed for now.
Just curious, how is this FN derivative different than a CETMA? I've wanted to get this same type of rifle but the CETMA gets raked over the coals as a complete piece of shite.
You are correct; I got my battle platforms wrong. So does anyone know how this one is better than a CETMA? My bad, it's a CETME.
The only thing that would be good for is setting your own face on fire. I mean, it's cool though. HK/clones don't have bolt hold opens and are a challenge to mount optics on - notably the clones that use receivers bent in the US - they tend to not be as consistent to spec as HK. I love/have an M1A clone, but the AR variants are easier to make shoot. The DPMS's I've seen shoot well, and are cheap. The bad parts are generally the trigger group, which you can probably replace with good stuff later, although I'll qualify that by saying there's a lot of variation in the AR10/SR25 specs. I think the SIG 716 would be the way to go, personally.
PA state game commision just ordered the Sig .308. With custom ingraving, deputies can buy them for 1700. Even though they are for sale around 1400.
The HK-91 platform, as reproduced in the US has some wildly varying quality control. The PTR-91, for example is pretty good. CETME, is pretty good. Those like Century, Hesse, Vulcan, and Federal haven't been graced with the best reputations. The differences are in the quality of castings, and the quality of the stamping. PTR-91, or save your pennies for a real HK, or MKE (Turkish Licensed HK). Vector or Special Weapons Systems are also good for the 9mm sub-gun varieties (MP-5, Mp-5/40, HK-94). For .308, I really like my FAL, although I've been looking at the Ruger 7.62 with some interest lately. A buddy of mine has one and he's let me use it. I like it, just not really willing to pony up the cash at the moment.
for the price difference between a full rifle and just buying the upper and lower separate from what I understand, the "rifle" is taxed at a pretty high rate. In this case the lower is the "rifle" when it comes to AR platform. So then you can purchase the upper which is just an accessory for the lower. Lower tax rate. I just purchased a new 308 AR (as someone said, if its an AR10 it's an Armalite, if you are into semantics, which I know everyone here is). My lower came in last week and the upper should be here this week. They forgot to install the upgraded trigger so that came friday, so I have a bit of time to play with it and install the new trigger (BTW the OE ALG QMS trigger was pretty smooth). Ruger makes some good AR's and the prices are pretty competitive for what you are getting (nice barrel, piston system, etc). Have read good things about the newer DPMS GII as well.
It’s beginning to get even more interesting. While I’ve been putting together my Aero DPMS 308 build, (20 inch barrel, Vortex Diamondback Tactical 6-24x50 FFP EBR-2C MRAD, Vortex Cantilever mount) I was also mulling over a straight walled AR-15 build and there it was! I googled “AR-10 straight walled cartridge” Eureka!! I don’t have to order another AR-15 lower (not that there is anything wrong with that) 45 Raptor, I think I’ll assemble a 2nd Aero upper, order a barrel, gas block and a few magazines and boom shaka laka baby! Two AR10’s in one, math is hard but it just may be five more dangerous than an AR-15.
