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13” 308 MCX SPEAR??
Posted on 2/20/24 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 2/20/24 at 5:54 pm
Thoughts on this caliber/barrel length combo?
Lots of questions/debates over the SPEAR itself, but I’m mostly curious what everyone thinks of running a 308 with a 13” barrel.
The military version of this rifle is chambered in 6.8x51 (.277 fury) and the pressure is much higher, resulting in more velocity. Makes sense in a short barrel for that but I’m having a hard time rationalizing the short barrel with .308.
Lots of questions/debates over the SPEAR itself, but I’m mostly curious what everyone thinks of running a 308 with a 13” barrel.
The military version of this rifle is chambered in 6.8x51 (.277 fury) and the pressure is much higher, resulting in more velocity. Makes sense in a short barrel for that but I’m having a hard time rationalizing the short barrel with .308.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:43 pm to Geauxtac260
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Lots of questions/debates over the SPEAR itself, but I’m mostly curious what everyone thinks of running a 308 with a 13” barrel.
I would get a SCAR and send it to Jared at Parker Mountain. He can cut the SCAR barrel and pin your muzzle device to a clean 16.1”. He specializes in the SCAR.
Here is one cut to 14” that is 16.1 OAL.
If you go with a 13” SPEAR I would form 1 it. Having a brace on a 7.62 is not real practical. The braces won’t handle the recoil impulse over time.
This post was edited on 2/20/24 at 6:47 pm
Posted on 2/20/24 at 6:47 pm to Geauxtac260
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running a 308 with a 13” barrel
It will look super cool. You will hate to shoot it. Everyone around you will hate you when you shoot it.
Besides "because i can" why would you want that? What is it that you gain by going so short?
Posted on 2/20/24 at 7:52 pm to Geauxtac260
I hope you plan on suppressing it. I’ve got a 556 sbr either 10.5 or 11.5, I double up on ear pro to shoot it. I’d have to imagine 308 gonna be worse. That’s the main reason I went 18 over 16 on my ar308 build.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 7:33 am to Geauxtac260
I was able to shoot the 556 and 308 spear at a shoot sig event. The 308 suppressed had surprisingly low recoil for a 308. It was one of the better shooting 308s I have ever shot, but it comes with a pretty steep price tag. I can't see any advantage of the 13" over the 16". To me dealing with the SBR/brace over 3" on a large frame rifle isn't worth it. I liked the 556 spear so much I got one. It's my favorite AR platform rifle I have now.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 11:27 am to Geauxtac260
Why can you believe the short barrel in the .277 but not the .308?
Posted on 2/21/24 at 3:03 pm to Geauxtac260
I have a 9” Spear LT in 300BO. It’s a sweet shooter.
I don’t see the appeal of a 13” .308, other than LARPing the NGSW. It’s gonna be loud as shite unsuppressed and doesn’t have the subsonic capabilities 300BO does.
The appeal of the Spear, IMO, is that it uses a piston system. That makes it foldable for compactness, to put in a backpack, home defense, or firing from a vehicle. You are sacrificing that compactness by using a 13” barrel, and not getting the full potential from the .308 cartridge while making that sacrifice.
If I would prefer a shorter (6.75” Rattler LT or 9” Spear LT) 300 blackout or a 14.5” 5.56 over a 13” .308.
I don’t see the appeal of a 13” .308, other than LARPing the NGSW. It’s gonna be loud as shite unsuppressed and doesn’t have the subsonic capabilities 300BO does.
The appeal of the Spear, IMO, is that it uses a piston system. That makes it foldable for compactness, to put in a backpack, home defense, or firing from a vehicle. You are sacrificing that compactness by using a 13” barrel, and not getting the full potential from the .308 cartridge while making that sacrifice.
If I would prefer a shorter (6.75” Rattler LT or 9” Spear LT) 300 blackout or a 14.5” 5.56 over a 13” .308.
Posted on 2/21/24 at 5:21 pm to Geauxtac260
I have a 12" 308 mainly because of the PSA meme lowers (space cannon). I'm about to run a dead-air pyro on it for fun. Supressed its not that bad tho.
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