AR15 style 243 cal

[stubbicatt]

How many manufacturers of AR 15 style, 243 caliber, rifles are there? Is there one which stands out from the rest?

If so, how so? Any cheap magazine varieties?

 

[JesseL]

Are you asking about rifles chambered for the .243 Winchester cartridge specifically (which would have to be built on the AR-10 platform rather than the AR-15 due to issues of cartridge length), or are you asking about rifles chambered for any cartridge firing a 6mm/.244" projectile (such as .243 WSSM, or 6x45mm, which can be made to work in the AR-15 platform)?

 

[stubbicatt]

Ugh. I've seen what looks like AR15 rifles chambered in 243. I think DPMS makes one, maybe Bushmaster does, I don't know. So the AR10 platform it is.

Not the AR15.

Sigh.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Olympic or someone makes a .243 WSSM rifle, but the AR15 platform is too small for the .243 Win.

The AR10-style, on the other hand..... DPMS has a .243 win rifle or two available.

 

[Idano]

There are at least three companies out there building 243 Winchester Super Short Magnum (WSSM) on AR-15 lowers. My friend built up one with the this Olympic Upper from Midway and has been real happy with it without any feed issues.

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=398382

 

[Onmilo]

Armalite and DPMS can provide AR10 type rifles in .243 Winchester.

 

[alaskanativeson]

I have a DPMS in .243 Winchester. I can get sub-moa groups out of it.

 

[stubbicatt]

ANS... Which ammo does your DPMS seem to like? Are the magazines for your rifle commonly available?

 

[JesseL]

Magazines for a .243 Win AR-10 shouldn't be any different from the standard .308 ones, which aren't too hard to find.

 

[bigdaddydan]

dpms and armalite make the ar platform in .243 caliber

 

[Browning]

The AR-15's in .243 Win from DPMS seem to be the most popular from what I can tell.

http://www.impactguns.com/store/LR-243.html

They're what I've seen the most often around here anyway.

For what it's worth everyone that I've talked to has been very happy with them.

 

[UnTainted]

Accuracy Systems AR-10 Builds in many calibers