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What's the best factory assembled. AR -10 MONEY WILL BUY?

To answer your question directly, straight up; a GAP Precision would be the best.

Others I like are LaRue, Wilson Combat, the Daniel Defense.

Armalite developed them. They are pretty good as well.

Aren't most actual AR-10 rifles made by Armalite, while the others are technically the "LR-308" pattern? I call them all AR-10 rifles myself.

I suspect you are on to something.

kwg

I have no use whatsoever for Wilson Combat after the SOCOM crap.

I use a FN SCAR 17 in .308 for hunting pigs. Been very impressed with the accuracy and flawless operation.

What I am looking for is an 18 - 20" barreled gun that is multi use and 7- 9 lbs...mb

I have Rock River, like them a lot

Hanco, would a Rock River upper fit on a Armalite lower?

Rock River has stated that the AR-15 is pretty much standardized across makers but not so with the AR-10. They stated that their product (LAR-8) are not standardized with other makers and may not be compatible. I don't know if that is true with all the new models they offer now.

I have a LAR-8 (308 Win) very nice rifle but it's a heavy sucker.

Not all AR-10 parts work between manufacturers (specifically upper/lower “mating”). I built an AR-10 (Armalite) in .243 Win a few years ago. The Armalites
(And a few other brands) have a 45 degree (+/-), straight angle, between the upper & lower receivers. Other brands (Stag, Aero, etc), have a rounded/arc mating point, like AR-15 receivers (upper to lower fit).

To make things even more complicated, Armalite has an “AR-10 A” platform, that takes Magpul P-Mag and other brand mags that are basically enlarged AR-15 mags (for 308, 243 or 6.5 manbun cartridges), and a “AR-10 B” platform that takes modified M-14 magazines (I believe this was a result of the Klinton era magazine ban. They are NOT interchangeable.

Not trying to be “Johnny knowledgeable”, but rather trying to save you guys a $300+ mistake.

….. by the way, would anyone like to buy a barely used , stripped Armalite AR-10 B upper receiver. 🤪

Oh, should mention, my 243 is a tack driver @ 100 yards. I haven’t tried it farther….. yet.

I would suggest Stag or RRA for a complete rifle, for a reasonable (by todays standards) price.

Did RR ever drop the FAL mags?

I have no idea

Not sure if a SIG 716 is considered to be an AR-10 but they are close it seemed extremely solid reliable and accurate..

Nice allways like the looks and feel of the tubular handguard..mb

The LAR-08 still uses metric FAL mags, or the RRA poly equivalent.

The LAR-BT3 uses DPMS pattern - I think, couldn’t find that information specifically called out - other than it’s magazine not compatible with the LAR-08.

The LAR-08 has the Armalite “angle” cut on the receivers, the LAR-BT3 is the radial rounded match up.

I just dipped my foot in the AR308 water and went with Christensen Arms.

At just over 7 pounds, it carries fantastic and is scary accurate and 100% reliable so far (Only 180 rounds through it). I went the longer barrel DMR version.

POF Revolution in .308

It weighs 6.8 Lbs

Larue predatobr 308 with the toolbox, spare parts, optics, and all the other trimmings. Then you only have one rifle.

Or do what I did and build 2 stag 10’s the way you want and still save some money. They were pretty easy as they are DPMS pattern and durable with the armalite cut. Just a word of advice, most buffer tubes for 308 are A5 buffer length; so either get the a5 buffer or get a spacer for carbine length buffer. Otherwise you’ll get the carrier banging on the end of the buffer tube. Took me a little to figure that one out.