Originally Posted by Seafire
Rickt300,

The COAL of the cartridge with a 105 gr BTHP is 63.40mm

The barrel was chambered by Douglas to be able to take that cartridge length, on a bolt action Savage and also on a bolt action Ruger or Model 70 SA.

If one were to use it on an AR, then it would require a lengthened mag and action...

don't know if someone makes an AR 10 mag and action that would handle that requirement...

I'm not really an AR kind of guy, although Lord knows did I send a lot of rounds down range when I served Uncle Sam.

I don't hate ARs, even in the military I was not a spray and pray kind of guy...

in fact in basic, when we had to do night fire, we were given 66 rounds and were to do 3 round bursts, with 22 hits being a perfect score... which is usually impossible on night fire... instead I did single or two shot bursts while using my peripheral vision.. my score was in the low 30s.... I got chewed out for not following instructions... I just don't go out and sling lead..

Well to gain the required improvement in a cost effective way lengthening an AR action .25 would be pretty easy. If you start from scratch anyway. I'm not talking about something we would really need but the military wants more energy down range. In my personal opinion the AR10 was never a satisfactory system. It weighed as much as the M14 and had the same issues with the weight of ammunition and only 140 rounds as the standard battle carry. Slinging lead is one thing but having a third more rounds available is another.

Last edited by rickt300; 08/30/23.

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