5.56 vs. 7.62

[rgramjet]

Nice, I love RR stuff!  

Did you get a stripped lower or did it come assembled?  Ideally I wanted the rifle to be from a single manufacturer but I got too good a deal at a gun show in MD on the stripped DPMS lower.  Just saw a built lower assembly from RR for $450!!  Saw them at a gun show six months ago for $250.

Felt funny to fill out all the paperwork then wait 8 days just to pick up an innocuous looking piece of metal.

[rgramjet]

Which Stag did you get?  The 2H?

[Rameses]

Yeah, just got the 2H.

And yeah, the receiver's stripped.

I too thought about keeping everything Stag, but the deal was good on the RRA.

I might pick up a Stag lower if I can find a good deal on one by the time the kit gets here though.

[acalles]

Yeah, just got the 2H.

And yeah, the receiver's stripped.

I too thought about keeping everything Stag, but the deal was good on the RRA.

I might pick up a Stag lower if I can find a good deal on one by the time the kit gets here though.

I'm thinking of building a stag lower and RRA EOP varmint upper in .223 wylde. If I don't it'll be to save up for a M1A with a sage EBR stock.

Almost bought a bushmaster .450... till I figured the cost of ammo in 

[Mother]

I'm thinking of building a stag lower and RRA EOP varmint upper in .223 wylde. If I don't it'll be to save up for a M1A with a sage EBR stock.

Almost bought a bushmaster .450... till I figured the cost of ammo in 

Ugh

maybe do it in reverse

RRA Wylde chambers are great if you never put a reload in it

or a round that isn't perfectly polished to a high luster

Ask The Plumber

We used to take the stinger out of my trailer hitch and beat on the charging handle

He returned it to RRA and they said nothing was wrong

but it locks up if you use any reloaded round

[He Man]

I haven't done much reading on the SPC round, other than to hear that people like it.  My issue would be availability of ammo.  I like the idea of being able to get access to mass amounts of NATO-issue ammo.

Thats kind of a different issue though. NATO issue ammo is cheap and you can buy surplus of it and shoot it for pennies a round. it wouldnt be for anything but recreation because it probably isnt that accurate. If your shooting for home defense, your not buying surplus, your buying high quality ammo, in that case a gun shop will more than likely have 6.8 SPC and if they dont, they can always special order it for you.

If we're talking about a doomsday scenario, yea you want easily available ammo which is .223 or .308. But theres always the option of having more than 1 gun, unless you live in one of those gun nazi states.

[rgramjet]

I live in a "Gun Nazi" state and it sucks.

Check Milsurp ammo prices lately?  .223 is running $.20-.45 per round.  .308 is $.40 per round, and thats per thousand!  You can do a little better on the steel cased junk thats out there.

[rgramjet]

Of course, as soon as I type that I find this!  Dont know anything about PMP Ammo,,,,

http://www.centuryarms.com/pmp.htm

[He Man]

Of course, as soon as I type that I find this!  Dont know anything about PMP Ammo,,,,

http://www.centuryarms.com/pmp.htm

THats exactly what i was buying in florida, south african surplus. i think i paid about not too much over $100 for 2000 rounds this was about 2 years ago though.

[rgramjet]

Yes, ammo prices have skyrocketed.  Most places are sold out of the decent stuff.

140 round battle packs are running between $65-85.  Ive seen them even higher at the local gun gouger, I mean shop...

[acalles]

Ugh

maybe do it in reverse

RRA Wylde chambers are great if you never put a reload in it

or a round that isn't perfectly polished to a high luster

Ask The Plumber

We used to take the stinger out of my trailer hitch and beat on the charging handle

He returned it to RRA and they said nothing was wrong

but it locks up if you use any reloaded round

really?

I' had been advised that the wylde chamber was the way to go. Supposedly bettery accuracy on bulk and surplus ammo. I hadn't heard of any problems with them. I was planning on reloading as well.

[Mother]

really?

I' had been advised that the wylde chamber was the way to go. Supposedly bettery accuracy on bulk and surplus ammo. I hadn't heard of any problems with them. I was planning on reloading as well.

keep in mind that this is a single rifle experience

but

the reason I lost confidence in RRA is that after the rifle was returned, inspected, and given a clean bill of health

we took it out to the range and the very first round I put in it jammed up

[ducpainter]

<snip> and given a clean bill of health

we took it out to the range and the very first round I put in it jammed up

Doc was wrong.

[rgramjet]

Just finished assembling the DPMS lower.  Took about 45 minutes taking my time and not using any of the recommended tools (roll punches etc).  Im very happy with the results and cant wait to break this thing in!

[rgramjet]

Put about 100 rounds of Winchester hollow points through the M4.  So far so good, not a single hang up! Recoil is very manageable compared to the .308.