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Posted: 10/12/2011 9:01:43 AM EDT
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Have a guy at work asking me for assistance in getting a 243 AR for deer hunting.
Any options on this? Im not familiar at all with variants! |
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You might want to look at the 260 Remington Armalite.
I built mine as a .260 with a Blackhole Weaponry barrel and a Mega MATEN receiver set and its pretty sweet, heavy for hunting though. The only downside is a scarcity of factory ammo so if you don't reload or don't want to start reloading, skip the .260. DPMS or Armalite would be my choices for an off the shelf .243, but keep in mind either one will be a heavy rifle to be trudging through the woods with. If your friend is going to build a rifle for you then I would suggest a blackhole weaponry barrel, very good performance and very reasonably priced. |
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You might want to look at the 260 Remington Armalite.
I built mine as a .260 with a Blackhole Weaponry barrel and a Mega MATEN receiver set and its pretty sweet, heavy for hunting though. The only downside is a scarcity of factory ammo so if you don't reload or don't want to start reloading, skip the .260. DPMS or Armalite would be my choices for an off the shelf .243, but keep in mind either one will be a heavy rifle to be trudging through the woods with. If your friend is going to build a rifle for you then I would suggest a blackhole weaponry barrel, very good performance and very reasonably priced. Your right about the 243 availability. Its definitely off the self at the local Wallys. Bass Pro and Cabelas does have factory 260 off the shelf but its pricey. I personally size 308 and 243 cases to 260. Its easier doing 243 however. Never had a doughnut yet. |
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