Hello from a newbie with lots of questions
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 10:51 pm
Hey guys, first post here. I got an invite from Svh off of one of my Predator Masters posts.
So here the quick down and dirty because I could talk for a long time about all this. My favorite rifles are all customs and shoot wonderfully, a custom Ar10 308, AR15 .223, and a full blown custom .257 Wby Mag in a Remmy 700 action. I'm a decent shot, wife says I'm a sniper, but I know there's a lot more to it than making good shots, plus I don't get to shoot as much as I'd like.
I have been a doubter of the 300 blackout thinking of it as a fad round. With all the political unrest and my desire to support the AR15 industry I have opened my eyes and educated myself a bit, becoming somewhat obsessed with my options and figuring out the best choices, problem is, I know nothing about the .300blk round.
I am determined to get another rifle and have a few choices as to how to do that, and even more choices with the component to get me there. I started off thinking on buying a 16" rifle, which is definitely an option. The rifle would definitely be in the hands of myself as well as my wife and hopefully my young daughter. Main purpose is home defense and coyote or hog hunting and remaining compact and lighter that the heavyweights I already own. Then I got to thinking, which rifle does better in a SBR configuration, 5.56 or 300. What I found was the .300blk is the better choice in a SBR. That kind of sucks because I have a 10.5 SBR in 5.56 and just ordered a thunderbeast suppressor to complete the build. My mind was actually smoking this afternoon thinking on the best thing to do now since money doesn't grow on trees. I am a precision shooter, I want this rife to group as good as anything else I have, but I'm not sure if that is something to expect from what I'm doing with this new rifle.
Here is what I have figured my choices to be:
1-Buy another complete rifle in 300
2-Buy a complete SBR rifle in 300 +$200 and wait
3-Buy a SBR upper 300 and put on my existing lower, remove 10" .223 barrel from it and build a 14.5" SBR upper in .5.56, buy and designate a lower for SBR. +$200 and wait
4-Same as above, just build it 16" instead, but they don't look as cool, and it is for wife and daughter too.
5- I wish I could take possession of a full 300 SBR rifle now and separate them, put the upper on my current SBR lower be ready to go and wait for the lower paperwork and money to build the 14.5" .223 which would both take a little time.
- all options would eventually get a Thunderbeast Ultra 5 muffler on the end, $$$
-I also have a stripped upper and lower which could be thrown in to help with a build, but was wanting to use them for a decked out 6.5 Grendel build later.
-I do reload
Maybe I'm overthinking this, maybe I'm not thinking enough and have forgotten something. One thing I thought of is the home defense aspect. It will not stay locked up, just hidden and easily accessible, so the SBR may not be a good idea? I've got it bad guys, and need another evil "weapon of war". What do I do?
Hopefully I didn't ramble too bad, this was the abbreviated version. Just looking for the best option without breaking the bank (not opposed to registering another SBR though). Thanks for input!
This was the post at PM that got me the invite from Svh to come over here.
http://www.predatormastersforums.com/fo ... ost1178274
So here the quick down and dirty because I could talk for a long time about all this. My favorite rifles are all customs and shoot wonderfully, a custom Ar10 308, AR15 .223, and a full blown custom .257 Wby Mag in a Remmy 700 action. I'm a decent shot, wife says I'm a sniper, but I know there's a lot more to it than making good shots, plus I don't get to shoot as much as I'd like.
I have been a doubter of the 300 blackout thinking of it as a fad round. With all the political unrest and my desire to support the AR15 industry I have opened my eyes and educated myself a bit, becoming somewhat obsessed with my options and figuring out the best choices, problem is, I know nothing about the .300blk round.
I am determined to get another rifle and have a few choices as to how to do that, and even more choices with the component to get me there. I started off thinking on buying a 16" rifle, which is definitely an option. The rifle would definitely be in the hands of myself as well as my wife and hopefully my young daughter. Main purpose is home defense and coyote or hog hunting and remaining compact and lighter that the heavyweights I already own. Then I got to thinking, which rifle does better in a SBR configuration, 5.56 or 300. What I found was the .300blk is the better choice in a SBR. That kind of sucks because I have a 10.5 SBR in 5.56 and just ordered a thunderbeast suppressor to complete the build. My mind was actually smoking this afternoon thinking on the best thing to do now since money doesn't grow on trees. I am a precision shooter, I want this rife to group as good as anything else I have, but I'm not sure if that is something to expect from what I'm doing with this new rifle.
Here is what I have figured my choices to be:
1-Buy another complete rifle in 300
2-Buy a complete SBR rifle in 300 +$200 and wait
3-Buy a SBR upper 300 and put on my existing lower, remove 10" .223 barrel from it and build a 14.5" SBR upper in .5.56, buy and designate a lower for SBR. +$200 and wait
4-Same as above, just build it 16" instead, but they don't look as cool, and it is for wife and daughter too.
5- I wish I could take possession of a full 300 SBR rifle now and separate them, put the upper on my current SBR lower be ready to go and wait for the lower paperwork and money to build the 14.5" .223 which would both take a little time.
- all options would eventually get a Thunderbeast Ultra 5 muffler on the end, $$$
-I also have a stripped upper and lower which could be thrown in to help with a build, but was wanting to use them for a decked out 6.5 Grendel build later.
-I do reload
Maybe I'm overthinking this, maybe I'm not thinking enough and have forgotten something. One thing I thought of is the home defense aspect. It will not stay locked up, just hidden and easily accessible, so the SBR may not be a good idea? I've got it bad guys, and need another evil "weapon of war". What do I do?
Hopefully I didn't ramble too bad, this was the abbreviated version. Just looking for the best option without breaking the bank (not opposed to registering another SBR though). Thanks for input!
This was the post at PM that got me the invite from Svh to come over here.
http://www.predatormastersforums.com/fo ... ost1178274