StevieP
NES Member
I have a dpms pattern .308 AR built from an 80% lower when it was still allowed in MA. Yes I eFA10'd it at the time with serial number blank.
It's a pretty nice shooter, and I don't want to dissuade you from a semi-automatic. But it's a "SASS" type gun, really only set up to shoot from a bench using a bipod. very much "single use" type of firearm.
My only other non-AR centerfire rifle is the Gunsite Scout Rifle. It's a pretty decent rifle. Handy size and weight. Does many things well, perhaps none of them perfectly. I've played around with the open sights, a red-dot, a forward rail mounted 2-7x long eye relief scout scope, and a traditional 4-16x scope mounted over the receiver. I've shot it off-hand, from bags, and with a bipod. I have carried it on a sling. I have 3, 5, and 10-round mags for it. buttstock spacers come standard to adjust LOP. It literally shoots everything I feed it within 2moa. "target" ammo maybe a little tighter but not really a tack driver. Trigger is just OK. I want to change from the standard flash hider to a different compensator. Maybe another Griffin. It definitely fits the "If you can only have one do-it-all gun" mold. Not a benchrest target rifle. Closer to a hunting rifle, with "scout rifle" qualities. No AWB premium, and there are probably even a few on the used market at non-rapey prices.
It's a pretty nice shooter, and I don't want to dissuade you from a semi-automatic. But it's a "SASS" type gun, really only set up to shoot from a bench using a bipod. very much "single use" type of firearm.
My only other non-AR centerfire rifle is the Gunsite Scout Rifle. It's a pretty decent rifle. Handy size and weight. Does many things well, perhaps none of them perfectly. I've played around with the open sights, a red-dot, a forward rail mounted 2-7x long eye relief scout scope, and a traditional 4-16x scope mounted over the receiver. I've shot it off-hand, from bags, and with a bipod. I have carried it on a sling. I have 3, 5, and 10-round mags for it. buttstock spacers come standard to adjust LOP. It literally shoots everything I feed it within 2moa. "target" ammo maybe a little tighter but not really a tack driver. Trigger is just OK. I want to change from the standard flash hider to a different compensator. Maybe another Griffin. It definitely fits the "If you can only have one do-it-all gun" mold. Not a benchrest target rifle. Closer to a hunting rifle, with "scout rifle" qualities. No AWB premium, and there are probably even a few on the used market at non-rapey prices.
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