Thoughts on Bushmaster .308 ORC?

[Midnight412]

I've been wanting to get a rifle in .308, and have been looking at M14 SOCOM, but the price is much more than I really want to pay for a rifle I won't really use unless the SHTF.

I have been waiting for the ACR to be released, but it looks like it won't have .308 as an option, so I guess that is out too.

Anyway, I just noticed the .308 ORC http://www.bushmaster.com/catalog-308ORC-Rifle-BD200200.asp and think it might be what I am looking for. Does anyone have one? What are the thoughts? .308 Win is the round I want, but is this the rifle to have?

 

[xTACKLEBERRYx]

It was just released... It'll take them another 6-8 months to make a ban compliant model (if they even do).

 

[Gadsden]

I'm sure I will get flamed for this, but I am not excited about it. They don't seem to really be doing anything that has not already been done for years. I am holding out for an *affordable* AR-308 that is piston operated (no more sh*ting where it eats!), accurate, lightweight, and will take affordable mags (either G3 or the new DPMS-compatible P-Mags). Sig teased me with the 716, then blew it by choosing expensive Armalite mags.

 

[vellnueve]

Well, I assume it is DPMS-receiver/mag compatible if not actually built by DPMS, considering that Cerebrus owns both companies plus Remington.

 

[Rockrivr1]

Hopefully it will be better then their earlier 308 AR they had put out. That model had some significant bolt issues. Rock River picked up that design from Bushmaster when they dumped it and created their LAR8 series 308 ARs. Very much improved from the Bushmaster design. I'm assuming that Bushmaster learned from their earlier mistakes and this will be a quality rifle. Unfortunatly though, there nothing new there and they are getting into a market already saturated with a number of different vendors and models.