Urgent help DPMS AR vs Century AK

[1911 Junkie]

......Seriously, what would I need to switch to go to a .308? The AR10 is my dream rig.FQ13 

Well, to start, you would need an AR 10.


The receiver you have won't work. The opening for the mag is not wide enough to convert.

[fightingquaker13]

Well, to start, you would need an AR 10.


The receiver you have won't work. The opening for the mag is not wide enough to convert.

DOH! Oh well, the .556 is obviously good enough for government work. Is this going to be a problem stepping down to a .22 cal conversion? I thought this would be a great way to save money at the range and all I would need was new mags, a new upper and maybe a new barrel, or am wrong here as well? This was a buying decsion I had less than an hour to make and it was not researched as well as I normally do.
FQ13

[1911 Junkie]

DOH! Oh well, the .556 is obviously good enough for government work. Is this going to be a problem stepping down to a .22 cal conversion? I thought this would be a great way to save money at the range and all I would need was new mags, a new upper and maybe a new barrel, or am wrong here as well? This was a buying decsion I had less than an hour to make and it was not researched as well as I normally do.
FQ13

.22 conversions are very doable. Probably easiest to have a dedicated .22 upper. But after you do that, what's another $300 to have a complete gun?
Some of the guys I shoot with have talked about converting to .300 Whisper, not sure which lower they had, I think 5.56.
To shoot .50 Beowolf all you need is a barrel and a 7.62 bolt/carrier. That is a fun round. You can use your standard magazine, it just becomes single stack.
Since you love pistol caliber carbines, 9mm conversion is also doable.

Try doing that with an AK. 

[MAUSERMAN]

Heck i like AR's but if i had choice AK47 or AK74. Mags are more reliable and function is unquestionable. Wait ammo is cheap and eazy to find.

[Badgersmilk]

She wears military cold weather gear, and is standing her ground.  If the AR doesnt jam, the parka should be enough to stop 5.56 penetration...  She bites pretty hard!



Sorry FQ.  Had to post it.  

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[Badgersmilk]

Full auto .22LR conversion...  Easily best use for AR!  Run Mr. squirrel!  RUN!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR0Yj24SCUI&feature=related
Hopefully nobodys walking though the woods back there!

One note on the AR10.  At least my DPMS.  The whole gun is "scaled up" from the size of an AR15 / M16.  Problem here is if you try to do what your trained and keep your finger out of the trigger guard until your ready to shoot you'll likely find yourself far MORE likely to accidently fire off a round!  The front edge of the trigger guard is far enough away from your palm that you dont get a very good grip on the gun.  With a little jerk or other sudden movement your finger will QUICKLY slip off the edge of the trigger guard and onto the trigger...  BOOM!!!  Off goes your foot!  I've changed out the pistol grip on my gun with nearly every brand you can think of with no change, the opening for the trigger is just to long...  VERY unsafe imo. 

With the HUGE variety of ammunition available in .308 you'll also find there picky on what you feed them if your interested in emptying a clip without at least 1 jam (rare for most AR's I've every shot).

[1911 Junkie]

Badger,

You're still the same dumb shit that nobody could stand when you first started posting here. Guess some things never change. You have reliability issues with an AR? Maybe it's the operator and not the gun. Can't kill anything with a 5.56? Maybe you shouldn't shoot it in the ass. Oh yeah, I forgot what a outstanding round the 7.62x39 is.

All your arguements are lame. "I'll take an AK because I can get dropped naked anywhere in the world and still find mags and ammo". And that is going to happen when? Let me buy you the ticket. Guess what? You are not in some third world shit hole that could only afford AKs. You are more likely to find AR's and AR mags and ammo here in the good old USA. Get over it. I don't know what kind of crappy AR's you've shot, but mine function just fine. I'll take accuracy AND reliability any day. IF my AR failes, it won't matter, I only need one shot to begin with. The sad thing in all this is that people might actually listen to you. If I want an AK, I'll shoot somebody that has one and take theirs.

You are a wanna be Rambo with a big mouth and no knowlege (and I'm guessing skill) to back it up.

You wanna take me to task, just bring it.


Sorry for the dumb shit part, the rest, not so much.

Rant over.

[Badgersmilk]

   Feel all better now?  The AR's I've handled were most all military issue.  Baby them enough, and they'll make it through a couple magazine (2-3 without a jam), but it was very rare.  I've had much better luck with the DPMS I bought new.  And so long as you feed it balistic tip ammo.  It'll usually make it though 3 magazines or so before a jam.  Combat reliability???  If you say so.  Its your life.  Good luck!

I am curious if anybody has heard why AR's were designed to dump fouling (dirty gas, whatever you want to call it) directly into their actions???  Is it just a "we need to be different" thing?

I know it stinks being convinced something is "the best thing ever"!!!  Dumping a TON of money into it, and finding out it was all propoganda, politics, advertising, and ignorant hype...  Unclinch and accept it for what it is!  A respectably accurate semi-auto rifle thats PERFECT for killing ground squirrels.

If you really need press to guide your purchases, hunting magazines usually say much the same thing.  Not many suggest the round for game as big as a coyote if looking for a clean kill though.  It IS WHAT IT IS.

[ericire12]

Badger,

You're still the same dumb shit that nobody could stand when you first started posting here. Guess some things never change. You have reliability issues with an AR? Maybe it's the operator and not the gun. Can't kill anything with a 5.56? Maybe you shouldn't shoot it in the ass. Oh yeah, I forgot what a outstanding round the 7.62x39 is.

All your arguements are lame. "I'll take an AK because I can get dropped naked anywhere in the world and still find mags and ammo". And that is going to happen when? Let me buy you the ticket. Guess what? You are not in some third world shit hole that could only afford AKs. You are more likely to find AR's and AR mags and ammo here in the good old USA. Get over it. I don't know what kind of crappy AR's you've shot, but mine function just fine. I'll take accuracy AND reliability any day. IF my AR fails, it won't matter, I only need one shot to begin with. The sad thing in all this is that people might actually listen to you. If I want an AK, I'll shoot somebody that has one and take theirs.

You are a wanna be Rambo with a big mouth and no knowledge (and I'm guessing skill) to back it up.

You wanna take me to task, just bring it.


Sorry for the dumb shit part, the rest, not so much.

Rant over.

Comment of the day award!

[tombogan03884]

In 30 years of firing military AND civilian AR's the only time I've had or seen problems was firing blanks, I have heard that suppressors crud them up quick as well, otherwise clean it at the end of the day and no problems. Never had Mag issues either, that includes 3 years running range details in the National Guard. All the problems I saw were due to the nut behind the trigger.