rbernie
Contributing Member
I've been slowly saving my pennies for a 6.8SPC AR-15 build (for use as a deer hunting rifle - not a range toy, and not a sniper tool), but I'm being sorely tempted...
Today as I perused the racks at my FLG, I noticed that they'd taken in a Armalite AR10 on consignment. Heft/balance wasn't too bad - not any heavier overall than most HBAR AR-15s but without the muzzle heaviness of an HBAR. It looked pretty clean, and the asking price was $795. Now, I dunno much about AR10's but that price seems quite, ah, competitive. I'd have put it on layaway right then and there, just to hold it overnight, but it's a consignment piece and they don't do layaways on consignments....
Before I run back there tomorrow AM and grab it and COMPLETLY piss off my wife by spending so much out of pocket on it, somebody help me. Is picking up an AR10 worth blowing my 6.8SPC budget? Is $800 as decent a price as it seems? How much of the parts are different from a AR15, other than magazines and bolts and such? Do the FCG parts, selector switches, furniture, and such pretty much interchange?
Today as I perused the racks at my FLG, I noticed that they'd taken in a Armalite AR10 on consignment. Heft/balance wasn't too bad - not any heavier overall than most HBAR AR-15s but without the muzzle heaviness of an HBAR. It looked pretty clean, and the asking price was $795. Now, I dunno much about AR10's but that price seems quite, ah, competitive. I'd have put it on layaway right then and there, just to hold it overnight, but it's a consignment piece and they don't do layaways on consignments....
Before I run back there tomorrow AM and grab it and COMPLETLY piss off my wife by spending so much out of pocket on it, somebody help me. Is picking up an AR10 worth blowing my 6.8SPC budget? Is $800 as decent a price as it seems? How much of the parts are different from a AR15, other than magazines and bolts and such? Do the FCG parts, selector switches, furniture, and such pretty much interchange?