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Seekins, in either chambering or a Daniel Defense. Or any of a dozen other decent guns........more or less boils down to a list that is GTG & then what you can find. You really have to hunt hard & move fast when something comes up.

Ammo is THE issue right now, if you don't already have some of either or a schitt-pile of brass & primers.

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Thanks guys.

Thanks buddy, I really like that rifle and yes I do have a good shooting AR10 308w. However, it is only a true 1.6moa rifle..:

Bingo. The op is trying to decide between different brands. Mine is the older (pre 2011) Armalite AR10T. It will only take the proprietary Armalite mags. They are great magazines, but are expensive. The thing I like about my S&W performance center is it takes P mags. The same can be said about the Remington R25 and DMPS panther arms AR308. My old boss has a DPMS and it is a shooting sob, but it is heavy as hell. Probably one of the best shooting ar308 rifles I've personally seen. Mine shoots sub moa 3 shot groups all day long:


But don't count on that type of accuracy over a 10 shot string:



That's where my 6.5 cm really shines:


I'll stand behind the creedmoor as being the better choice. If guys are talking about finding ammo, sometimes its easier to find 6.5cm vs 308w. If you guys are having a hard time finding 6.5cm ammo, you just aren't looking for it.. Whats weird is I was at a country store way out in the middle of nowhere and right next to the 270 and 30-06 ammo was a box of creedmoor. Go figure....

Semi auto 6.5 with less recoil should be a handy rifle for deer and pigs in an 18 " configuration

I need to take some new pics, as I've put these up before. Lightweight GII DPMS/Remington AR in .308 with 20" barrel. Weight is 7.6lbs before optics and magazine, so it feels more like a normal sporter-weight hunting rifle. Recoil is very soft for a .308 of that weight, which I attribute to the Supercell pad and the gas operation. My wife and teenager even enjoy shooting it off the bench at steel.










I was also looking at the S&W Performance Center 6.5CM model, but the weight and price were a bit higher than what I was looking for. I'm a fan of both the 6.5CM and the .308Win, but in a 18-20" barrel, I'd rather have the .308 by a slight margin, especially if it's to be a hog-hunting rifle. For a general purpose big game rig, it would be tough to whoop a lightweight 22" 6.5CM GII build with good components if a guy wanted to put something together.

Very nice Jpro!

Im glad jpro commented. I like his R25. Those are pretty sweet rifles.

The Walmarts in my AOR seem to have a decent selection of 308 ammo.

Picked up a couple boxes of Win 150gr for $16.47 each last week.
Found some 40rnd boxes of the Federal 150gr 7.62x51 Nato yesterday for $31.50, bought 3.