Building an AR 15 input please

[DrHenley]

, when I google "BCM" I get "Bravo Company USA." When I Google "Bravo Company" I get "Bravo Company USA." Same web site.

What's the big secret?

[Grizzman]

I think the Bravo Company Manufacturing "subsidiary" is dedicated to the manufacture/selling of complete rifles. https://shop.bravocompanymfg.com/default.asp

The Bravo Company USA segment of the company seems to be geared towards the manufacture/selling of components....though all Bravo Company components are named BCM, not BCU/BCUSA. It's likely that both complete rifles/lower assemblies are made on machines sitting next to machines making handguards, receiver extensions, etc.

It's common for the company to be called Bravo Company, but I never see it shortened to BC.

[Riverpigusmc]

Now for a new question. ..I want an AR 10 in .308. How complicated is that gonna be?

[Grizzman]

There are more 308 offerings now than ever before.

Are you considering assembling one (or half of one), or buying it complete?

[Riverpigusmc]

Originally Posted by Grizzman

There are more 308 offerings now than ever before.

Are you considering assembling one (or half of one), or buying it complete?

dunno. I imagine it takes a different lower than the 5.56

[TLE2]

308 offerings are better but not ubiquitous. I've been wanting a 308 AR for a while.

[Grizzman]

Both the lower and uppers are larger than the 5.56 units. The LMT MWS is a nice rifle, but it's heavy weight and $3000 price tag will likely eliminate it from consideration.

Armalite's previous magazines eliminated it from my consideration, but they now seem to use PMAGs. They are likely at the more affordable end of the complete rifle spectrum.

Two other somewhat reasonably priced rifle manufacturers are Fulton Armory and DPMS. I have no experience with Fulton, but know they follow the DPMS pattern. I've owned my DPMS LR-308C (heavily modded) for 8 years, and it's been very reliable and accurate. I assembled the lower, and any parts that were proprietary, like the pivot pins, were easily purchased from DPMS. I bought the upper as a complete assembly.

If I were to get another, I'd likely assemble one from scratch using Mega MATEN stripped receivers.

[Riverpigusmc]

3 grand?? That's what I paid for my Wilson. I'll just stick to the bolt rifle for hogs

[Grizzman]

Even an "inexpensive" 308 AR pattern rifle will run damn close to 2 grand.

A 6.5 Grendel or 6.8 SPC upper on a standard AR lower will work well on hogs.

Here's my 6.8.



I plan to replace this barrel with a 6.5mm something or another and screw the 6.8 into an Aero upper I bought a few weeks ago.

[Arley]

http://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-p...rifle-kit.html