So which gets the nod of approval for a purchase. You have to have a favorite.
i have both, the M1a scout and the new windham 308 20".[/QUOTE]
I looked at one of those at Cabelas last year... I thought it was a pretty nice package! If I was to go the AR-10 route, I'd probably look there, first.
That's because you don't stand to lose piles of money over it. I'm sure you'd want your intellectual property protected.Yeah and if we all worked from that the only AR 15 would be Colt. While each manufacturer has their own names the shooting community in general tends to use AR 15 and AR 10 pretty widely. I even see manufacturers referring to the AR naming conventions. Never did see any reason to get anal over naming conventions.
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I agree and my point was that inevitably the subject comes up in forum discussions and the common reference term is an AR 15. Eventually somebody will point out that the naming convention is owned by Colt who did pay good money to Armalite Rifle to buy the name. That said to argue it over and over again in a gun forum just gets a little old. So in a gun forum I really don't see Colt losing any money to anyone else over a naming right which they own and have owned since around 1959.That's because you don't stand to lose piles of money over it. I'm sure you'd want your intellectual property protected.
OKIf "AR-15" falls into common usage, Colt loses it as intellectual property. In fact, protecting model names is so important, Colt went to court to protect their right to "M4". Colt lost that battle. Most folks online call an AR an AR, not "AR-15".
If you're tired of people pointing out the mis-use of model designations, such as AR-10, stop mis-using model designations and stop defending the practice.
I've never shot an AR10 but drawing conclusions from my AR15 building experience, I would build an AR10 to my liking. If nostalgia is on order I would get an M1 garand. Why buy a copy of something when you can have the real deal?
Have a few friends who own the "real deal" and while firing a M14 or M16 in full auto is fun as well as nostalgic I am not about to run out and buy one. Last fall I invested 30K in a garage which took precedence over any guns.I bought an AR15 (M4 variety) primarily for nostalgia reasons.
It’s a copy too, because I didn’t want to pay $30k for the real deal
Nature Boy, you get bonus points for having that ventilated handguard on there... My Socom has one, too...
I saw a rifle ad and thought, "How do the Springfield M1A and the AR10 compare to each other? They're both .308 semi-autos, right? What are the pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages? Price comparisons? I have never shot either of these and just got curious.
I've had 5 different "AR-10" model rifles; KAC Stoner SR-25, late 90's model Armalite AR-10, (not to be confused with the original 50's era AR-10) a DPMS LR-308, SiG 716 DMR and last year I built a Spikes "Jack-308" ... None of the uppers would fit any of the other receivers, the bolts wouldn't fit the other barrels.No, they aren’t. I know there’s the DPMS pattern, and also the ArmaLite pattern, which differ from one another. Those are the two major options. Of the two, DPMS is more popular in terms of what most AR10 manufacturers adhere to.
And if you want to be strict about it, there’s only one “AR10,” which is ArmaLite. I don’t know what we’re supposed to call all the rest of the “long action AR pattern rifles,” but some guys are anal about it.
For quite a white, I had the same question as the OP and was torn between the two. I’ve since settled on neither and have been very happy with my decision. Got a 308 bolt gun instead.