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What caliber is your AR and why did you choose that one?

Posted on 2/21/24 at 1:09 pm
Posted by CouldCareLess
Member since Feb 2019
2854 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 1:09 pm
I have a .556 / 223 but want another in a different caliber. What do yall suggest?
Posted by Rize
Spring Texas
Member since Sep 2011
16581 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 1:22 pm to
.300 win mag.
Posted by jorconalx
alexandria
Member since Aug 2011
9092 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 1:29 pm to
300 ham’r
Posted by Clames
Member since Oct 2010
17212 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 1:31 pm to
Mine are all 5.56 chambered. I have an M1A for sending 7.62 as fast as I want my wallet to cry. I've never had a personal use to expand my caliber stock beyond what it already is.
Posted by bootlegger
Ponchatoula
Member since Dec 2012
5395 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 1:33 pm to
Started out with 5.56, mainly because it's just what is most "common". Killed 2 deer with it, and decided I liked hunting with the platform. Because I already had an AR15 lower, I stepped to a 6.5 Grendel upper in order to keep hunting deer with it. Then bought a lower to dedicate to the Grendel.
Posted by reds on reds on reds
Birmingham
Member since Sep 2013
4312 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 1:35 pm to
.223
300blk
308
More .223s

Debating building a 22 creed for predator hunting
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
24050 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 1:39 pm to
In the next ammo crisis you'll be wishing you hadn't spent all that $ on a rare caliber and instead invested in more 556/223, 308 and 9mm.
Posted by El Segundo Guy
SE OK
Member since Aug 2014
9999 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 1:56 pm to
5.56
6.5 Grendel
.308 Win

I'm looking at new AR-15 uppers. Maybe .223 wylde maybe .224 valkyrie. I'm not sure. Heck maybe another 5.56. I have no idea but I know I want something.

Ammo storage has become a problem. I have 2 5 gallon buckets full of new boxes that are just hanging out in one of my spare rooms.

ETA--I really want a Seekins SBR-8 but I don't feel like waiting on another Form 4.
This post was edited on 2/21/24 at 3:32 pm
Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
25895 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 2:18 pm to
quote:

What caliber is your AR


Singular?

5.56
6.5 Grendel
6.8 SPC
.300 blk
6.5 cm
.308
9mm
.22lr
Posted by FightnTiger
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2007
1068 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 2:27 pm to
AR10 - 308
AR15 is 556
currently building my third. 556
Posted by bayoudude
Member since Dec 2007
25256 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 2:43 pm to
Have one in several calibers
300 blk gets the most use as a hog gun. My new 6.5 creedmoor needs some attention as on its first outing it fired off a round out of battery and blew the mag out the well into pieces. Scared the shite out of me.
Also have a few in traditional 556/223
This post was edited on 2/21/24 at 2:44 pm
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
5165 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 3:02 pm to
It's not a big deal now, but eventually ammo is going to be hard to come by. Having standardized ammo that will feed all your's, your family's and friend's weapons will be important. We're still a quarter century (or longer) from that, but it will come. When i buy ammo, I always think, I'm not just buying this for me, but for my kids and grandkids, they may not have an opportunity to buy it.
Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
25895 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 3:14 pm to
quote:

It's not a big deal now, but eventually ammo is going to be hard to come by. Having standardized ammo that will feed all your's, your family's and friend's weapons will be important. We're still a quarter century (or longer) from that, but it will come. When i buy ammo, I always think, I'm not just buying this for me, but for my kids and grandkids, they may not have an opportunity to buy it.


Reload and stock up on components...
Posted by jpainter6174
Boss city
Member since Feb 2014
5595 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 3:17 pm to
454 socom (joking... Kind of)
This post was edited on 2/21/24 at 3:18 pm
Posted by TheBoo
South to Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
4801 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 3:34 pm to
quote:

I have an M1A for sending 7.62

How do you like it? Next on my list is an M1A Scout I think.

Before my boating accident, I had a 5.56 and 6.5 Grendel. Both are tack drivers relative to my shooting ability and the price I paid for them. 5.56 for obvious reasons, 6.5 Grendel for mo powa. Plus, I started with a 5.56 upper and grendel upper to interchange, and waited for a lower at a price I couldn't pass up. Eventually ending up with two separate guns.

ETA: were*
This post was edited on 2/21/24 at 3:36 pm
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
5165 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 3:37 pm to
quote:

Reload and stock up on components...


100%. That day's coming. I'm 57 and i do think it will be in my lifetime.

Way too many (off the record) weapons to ever round up, but they can make ammo very hard to get. That will be how they institute gun control.

As long as you stay off the radar, you'll probably be safe to keep weapons at home, but if you ever get on a "list" they're gonna be on your arse. There'll be programs to rat out your friends, family and neighbors.
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
26617 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 3:46 pm to
50 BMG...







J/K obviously. Something, something all my AR's were lost in a boating accident...
Posted by TutHillTiger
Mississippi Alabama
Member since Sep 2010
44336 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 3:58 pm to
308 and 223
Posted by pdubya76
Sw Ms
Member since Mar 2012
6149 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 4:09 pm to
I have a .22 Lr, 223/5.56 and a 350 legend. The 350 occasionally comes out of the safe for a deer hunt.
The other 2 are just used to play around.
This post was edited on 2/21/24 at 4:32 pm
Posted by lsufan1971
Zachary
Member since Nov 2003
20161 posts
Posted on 2/21/24 at 4:18 pm to
.22 plinker
.224 Valkyrie long range shootings
5.56 2 SBR’s and 1 16 inch gun
300 BO I have 1 SBR and one pistol build truck gun
9mm SBR sub gun
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