In '94 I bought a SR-25 Match, my first AR-10 type rifle, in the beginning it went to the range with me every trip but after a few thousand rounds I got bored with it and it eventually became a safe queen. When it did go I'd set up 5 golf balls at 300 yards ... Picking them off was effortless and back to the safe it went. A beautiful Valmet M78 came along in 308 and I had to have it, being short on cash the Stoner found a new home and I had a new toy ... It didn't take long to regret that decision. Over the years I tried several different models to fill the void it, I tried an Armalite & DPMS neither had as nice of a trigger or measured up in accuracy or fit & finish and even though it was the same cartridge, everything about the Stoner was a much smoother rifle, even in recoil ... Ok, enough of all that!
A couple years ago the itch kicked in again and I picked up a SiG 716 DMR, it was better than the Armalite & DPMS but still didn't do it for me so I started looking for another SR-25. I saved a search on GunBroker with a price range of 0 to $2,400 and after a couple months one popped up and I bought it for $2,300, it has some finish wear and you can tell that it's been used, but like my first one, it will pop a golf ball at 300 yards with no problem ... It sits in the safe a lot too but it's good having it back.
Used upper end 10's are out there but patience is usually needed to find them ... Since then I've also built a 6.5 Creedmoor on a Spikes Jack 308 receiver using JP Enterprise parts, Geisselle 2-stage and the Magpul PRS stock ... It too will pop golf balls at 300 yards, it set me back about $2,700 plus glass but the receiver was $600 and there are less expensive 308 receivers abound ... regardless of all else, I would highly recommend the JP Super Match barrel!
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