Capybara
Member
Hi all:
I have become a bit bored with my regular 5.56 AR rifle and pistol. I want to build a .458 Socom AR but I am a bit confused by all of the choices. I will mostly use it to shoot steel at 200 yards and under, possibly hogs at some point if I get ambitious. Cannot spend a lot of money but I don't want to buy junk either. I reload so ammo is taken care of but I am undecided on which upper to buy to build the rifle. Anyone have any builder/user experiences they want to relate? Love your upper? Regret buying your upper? Does such a thing as a full length A2 older AR style upper in .458 exist? I would like to build with an A2 stock and an A2 stock with a modern long length keymod handguard would probably look stupid, right? I am thinking a full length, traditional AR handguard with an 18" barrel might look cooler but I don't know if that even exists in .458 Socom? Everything I see looks like 14.7" with a pinned comp with a full length keymod handguard.
Anything else I need to look out for as I put together a parts list?
I have become a bit bored with my regular 5.56 AR rifle and pistol. I want to build a .458 Socom AR but I am a bit confused by all of the choices. I will mostly use it to shoot steel at 200 yards and under, possibly hogs at some point if I get ambitious. Cannot spend a lot of money but I don't want to buy junk either. I reload so ammo is taken care of but I am undecided on which upper to buy to build the rifle. Anyone have any builder/user experiences they want to relate? Love your upper? Regret buying your upper? Does such a thing as a full length A2 older AR style upper in .458 exist? I would like to build with an A2 stock and an A2 stock with a modern long length keymod handguard would probably look stupid, right? I am thinking a full length, traditional AR handguard with an 18" barrel might look cooler but I don't know if that even exists in .458 Socom? Everything I see looks like 14.7" with a pinned comp with a full length keymod handguard.
Anything else I need to look out for as I put together a parts list?