I've ran all kinds of weapons in the military but now that I'm a civilian I want to get something with a little more punch than my AR-15. Any suggestions on an AR-10 for 3k or under? Daniel Defense maybe? TIA!
Looking to get an AR-10
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I was in a Cabelas a couple weeks ago and they still had the savage 20” and a DD V whatever for like 2k and 2500 respectively... savage might have been a little less. Pickings are slim... I did recently sell my M1a and it didn’t go for that much over a premium but most ‘battle rifles and azzhault wiffles’ are going for more used then they cost new 9 months ago...
Which ar10 should i get is a popular thread title. Is it going to be a patrol rifle or long range precision? Combination... answer those questions and guys will chime in with their iponions
Which ar10 should i get is a popular thread title. Is it going to be a patrol rifle or long range precision? Combination... answer those questions and guys will chime in with their iponions
I wanted a SP10, almost snagged one in a trade but the guy backed out last second... I picked up a Midwest Industries 20” for about a grand 2.5 years ago after I sold off the scope and extras that came with it... I stole it and that is not today’s market.... rifle sat on armslist for over a month vs today it would sell in a day for 120% price of new...
IMHO I’d go high end, 3k is a good budget. Those prices haven’t appreciated like the cheaper stuff...
Used market is your friend... lots of guys buy a 2500 rifle and then want a 3500 rifle... other option is to build but then tolerances and reliability come into play.
IMHO I’d go high end, 3k is a good budget. Those prices haven’t appreciated like the cheaper stuff...
Used market is your friend... lots of guys buy a 2500 rifle and then want a 3500 rifle... other option is to build but then tolerances and reliability come into play.
Please show more patience in your purchase than I did. I was so excited to find a 6.5 Creedmoor AR-10 in the local store, that I bought it without doing my normal level of research (and inspection). Even worse, the positive reviews the gun had garnered a couple years prior, no longer applied. The manufacturer (Diamondback), had changed many of the parts which were on the originally reviewed gun. Most of the changes would be considered a "downgrade" by the folks here. The gun did still ship with 2 magazines, but the 5 round metal magazine was (apparently) carefully engineered to create jams (3 out of 5 rounds were destroyed by the bolt striking the round mid-casing). The other magazine does much better, but it is not perfect. The muzzle brake which was originally on the reviewed gun, and liked by the reviewers for being very effective at keeping the gun on target, was factory downgraded to a flash suppressor. Many reviewers had noted how well the rail on the forward handguard perfectly matched the rail on the upper receiver; this is no longer the case, with an offset of about 1/16th on the one I got.. and without shimming it, no way to fix that issue. Or, to put it more simply, fit and finish has taken a hit too. Thus far, I am not impressed with the grouping (about 1.2 MOA), but it could be me (I am willing to take blame, if it is possible some of the blame can be mine). I will state that my high-spec Air Rifle shoots tighter groups (0.15 MOA). I started with a faulty assumption; I believed that once you got North of $1400, a gun should feed rounds without jamming, shoot accurately, and eject spent rounds without drama (the cheap .22 rifles I had as a kid would achieve this with great reliability).
So for gosh sake, stick with your original plan, and do not succumb to the siren-song of "but I can get it today".
So for gosh sake, stick with your original plan, and do not succumb to the siren-song of "but I can get it today".
I think the Barrett REC-10 is the most slept on AR-10 out there. It is a fantastic gun with features between a standard gun and a Knight's. I paid $2,350 for mine during this pandemic stuff and they were about the only AR in stock, people just don't buy them. Fully compatible with DPMS pattern parts if you want to swap things around.
I recommend buying a legit AR-10 or building your own with legit parts though. They just don't run like AR-15's do where you can get away with almost anything. AR-10's are a lot more finnicky.
I recommend buying a legit AR-10 or building your own with legit parts though. They just don't run like AR-15's do where you can get away with almost anything. AR-10's are a lot more finnicky.
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