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Looking for an 18 OR 20" AR 10 in 6.5 or 308. Max price 2500.00. Any suggestions on quality and brand that is accurate. Dual purpose for hunting and shtf rifle.

I'd do 6.5 all day every day unless I wanted to run milsurp ball.

Leaning towards 6.5 myself

I have two AR-10t's in 260 and one in 308 but they are not setup the same at all.

The 260 is a 22" heavy monster PRS Stock, Key Lock HG, and a bipod. It is very accurate and has a Zeiss Diavari 3-12x56 with a Illuminated dot reticle on it (No 1or 0 I think it is called). It will accurately do 500 yards too easy but it is a beast.

The 308 is a 16" with a Fiberglass guard and a A2 style stock. Have a Trijicon 2.5-10x56 on top of that one and it shoots 168 SMK's really well but with the triangle point reticle it is different altogether.

The choice really depends on what else you have in the safe. If you have a 6.5 Grendel or a 6.8 SPC for instance with a 16-18 barrel then a longer barreled beast in 308 would make the most sense unless you don't mind hand loading in case 6.5/260 is hard to find.

You have to run the monsters more wet than the normal AR-15s.

Never owned an AR 10. Im a buy once cry once type of guy. I shoot mostly bolt action rifles but a semi auto platform interests me. Looking at DD, Armalite, Stag ect.

AR-15 maybe or shoot one is my advice. The AR-10 is a heavy unit. AR-10s are not interchangeable like the AR-15 Platform either so you want to be sure which style (brand) you go with. I went down the Armalite Paths. My Brother has a Rock River. We have both been happy.

A 6.8 SPC or a 6.5 Grendel might be a good option for you to look at if you are wanting more hammer than a 5.56. There are also WSSM Variant AR-15s

AR-10’s are very heavy. Have you held any? I’d go 6.5 if I bought one.

I made one for myself with a 20" light weight barrel I turned myself from a Green Mountain blank. 308 cal. 1-10 twist. It's a finicky sucker but shoots 180 grain loads under 1 MOA with what it likes. It took me a few weeks of load work to find what it likes however. If I were to find a compact 4X I could knock off about 6 oz, but even then it's not light. It would still be over 10LBS.

It has a 2X-7X Redfield on top and with a 10 round mag full or rounds, scoped, with a sling it weighs 10 pounds 9 oz. That's no featherweight, but unreasonably heavy either. Two of my 270 weight exactly the same. My 300H&H my 404 Jeffery and my M1 Garand are all heavier. But when I want to take any of them out I just take them, and even going up and down the mountains where I hunt I have not found them to be a burden yet.

I wish some of you guys that shoot "moa" AR10's would post those targets in the black rifle challenge. Seems there are not very many AR10 rifles that shoot sub or even a solid moa. Please post those "moa" targets. I'd like to see them...

Very nice BSA

If SHTF ---- I'd want a .308 ------ lots more .308 ammo out there in the world than 6.5

Facts are terrible things especially when true. No problem at all with the 6.5 or it 's performance ? It's the logistics of the ammo and LOTS of brass AND BULLETS 308 bullets everywhere with less expensive quality brass. Maybe that isn't a problem for you. MB

If you go .308, you better buy ammo when you see it for sale because it's one of the first to be cleared off the shelves.

1 sw performance....any other suggestions.

Armalite AR-10t is my recommendation however my brother really likes the Rock River he has

Will magpul mags function in the Armalite?

Yep.

Good luck finding any significant quantities of .308 Ammo now.

I reload so that isnt too much of a worry for me. Now trying to find a rifle in stock is the issue. Looking hard at Armalite. Price seems ok but can't find 6.5 creed in a 18 or 20 inch configuration.

Yes, they fit the current production AR-10A but not the older AR-10B.