Zundfolge
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I've decided that I need a .308 battle rifle.
I've been looking at the various offerings and have decided that it would be best for me to save my pennies and get a good one ... no CETME, no parts kit FAL etc.
So I've narrowed the list down to 3 rifles (each with several variations):
Springfield M1A
DSA FAL
AR-10
All three are in the $1000+ range so I don't think price is an issue (although I have seen DSA's under a grand).
I recently sold an AR-15, so I'm quite familiar with the manual of arms and ergonomics of the AR ... and I liked shooting my AR-15 (and didn't shoot it poorly). So there's that personal advantage for me.
In my digging for info on these rifles, I think I have a good idea what the advantages and disadvantages of the M1A and the FAL are, but what are the disadvantages of the AR-10?
It seems to me that as popular as the AR-15 is that the AR-10 would also be quite popular, however the M1A and FAL seem to have larger followings (the FAL makes sense because of all the inexpensive kit guns out there expanding its market).
I've been looking at the various offerings and have decided that it would be best for me to save my pennies and get a good one ... no CETME, no parts kit FAL etc.
So I've narrowed the list down to 3 rifles (each with several variations):
Springfield M1A
DSA FAL
AR-10
All three are in the $1000+ range so I don't think price is an issue (although I have seen DSA's under a grand).
I recently sold an AR-15, so I'm quite familiar with the manual of arms and ergonomics of the AR ... and I liked shooting my AR-15 (and didn't shoot it poorly). So there's that personal advantage for me.
In my digging for info on these rifles, I think I have a good idea what the advantages and disadvantages of the M1A and the FAL are, but what are the disadvantages of the AR-10?
It seems to me that as popular as the AR-15 is that the AR-10 would also be quite popular, however the M1A and FAL seem to have larger followings (the FAL makes sense because of all the inexpensive kit guns out there expanding its market).