Your most highly -preferred non-.308 caliber in an AR10 type?

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

See Poll

 

[gvnwst]

.260 Rem, just because it is such a versitle cartridge, from hunting to LR paper and varminting.

 

[padd54]

I said "other", I am having an AR type being built in .338 Lapua Magnum. "RND EDGE 2000"

 

[TurboFC3S]

I have one of the DPMS lightweight .338 Federals ... the other round I was considering in a AR-10 platform was a 300 WSM. I like the 338 Federal though, easy to load for, easy to shoot, big bullets and shoots just as flat as a 308 out to any range I'll ever use it for. Shorter bullets means less bearing surface and more case capacity - I can get 100-150fps more vel out of a 338 Federal with the same bullet weight as I can with a 308. It also shoots 225gr bullets well ... and still have 20 in the mag

 

[Z-Michigan]

Not likely to buy any of these, but .260 Rem or more likely 6.5 Creedmoor would be my choice - either one seems to add a lot for long-range shooting.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Dang, I should have put creedmoor in the poll.

And I'm specifying "semi-auto" round that feeds through the magazines.

 

[MJR007]

Hard to say a 300saum, or one of each

http://www.ar-10-rifles.com/index.php

 

[oak1971]

Sorry, 308 is my choice.

 

[MTMilitiaman]

.260 Remington or 6.5 Creedmore

 

[FlyinBryan]

Sorry, 308 is my choice.

i think its a safe bet that it would be most folks first caliber for an ar10 platform if it was a hasty decision.

my first choice for a non 308 ar10 would be the 338 federal.

if im not mistaken, its a necked 308 case, and surpasses the parent cartridge in performance. i believe its a 308 length cartridge that approaches the old '06 in terms of pure power.

this was my first sentence in this thread.

i think its a safe bet that it would be most folks first caliber for an ar10 platform if it was a hasty decision.

but some quick research has me reconsidering that statement, at least where my opinion is concerned.

cool thread man.

 

[ar10]

Geez:banghead: There's only one caliber in AR-10. .308. Everything else is..... Well you figure it out.

 

[kentucky_smith]

For what purpose?

 

[rbernie]

For medium thin-skinned game? 7mm08?

As a bush rifle? 358.