Remington xm-3 vs Remington 40XS

[semperfi83]

Hi.
I'm recently looking at a Remington xm-3 (Not darpa) complett with scope NF, and one 40xs with a Mark4
Would like to know witch of this rifles you guys had chose?

Thanks!

 

[RemCustom6]

XM-3 all day long if I had to choose between the two

 

[semperfi83]

Ok thanks.
Whats the differents in the Darpa xm3 and the xm3 from custom shop?

 

[MattRich]

I just wish I could find one of the xm3s, custom shop did have a few neat models

 

[Jrb572]

Ok thanks.
Whats the differents in the Darpa xm3 and the xm3 from custom

The DARPA ones were made by IBA. I had one recently built by IBA and am disappointed in the build quality. They added a US stamp to the receiver that was originally not there and several other things and when I called them out I was told I was the problem. There is a thread on mine here. For the money have someone like LRI build one. Or tell IBA not to do certain things. I tried to tell them I wanted it stamped and marked like the originals. Mine came back and is not. So good luck.

 

[fdkay]

To me, it depends what you're going to do with it.
If it's going to see field use as well as range use, then I would say the XM-3.
If it's going to be almost exclusively a range rifle, then the 40XS.
Honestly, with what a repro would cost to build either way, I'd just build a .308 to the specs I wanted.