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Surprise AR lower. What should I do with it?

Posted on 11/6/21 at 5:07 pm
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 11/6/21 at 5:07 pm
I got an email this morning from Aero Precision that my lower that I ordered the other day has been shipped. I may have been drunk after last week's Saints debacle and forgot that I bought it.

Now... what do I DO with it? I have 0-500 yards covered in the AR platform and I already have a couple of SBRs. I was thinking maybe .224 Valkyrie to cover out to 1000 yards and beyond, but I have nowhere nearby to reach out that kind of distance, so I fear that build would end up being a safe queen. I kinda thought maybe .50 Beowulf because it amuses the hell out of me, but $3 a round and over a grand for the upper kind of kills that.

I'm open to suggestions.

ETA: How is Bear Creek on quality? This gun is likely going to be more of a fun gun, so I'm not looking to put every round into a dime at 3000 yards and Bear Creek's uppers are priced so that I could get two or three.
This post was edited on 11/6/21 at 6:57 pm
Posted by mfiredog
Stonewall
Member since Oct 2016
717 posts
Posted on 11/6/21 at 5:17 pm to
I have a 7.62x39 and love it. Ammo is pretty easy to get. BUT really want a 350 Legend or 6.5 Grendal
Posted by pdubya76
Sw Ms
Member since Mar 2012
6464 posts
Posted on 11/6/21 at 5:22 pm to
My son has a 350 legend . It’s a accurate rifle and little to no recoil . Ammo has been fairly easy to find also.
Posted by thejudge
Westlake, LA
Member since Sep 2009
15034 posts
Posted on 11/6/21 at 5:28 pm to
quote:

have a 7.62x39


Buy the bolt from Black Rifle Arms. They redesigned it for the 7.62x39.

More meat on it. Stronger extractor. It's a great bolt.
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 11/6/21 at 6:09 pm to
quote:

7.62x39

I am considering this. It doesn't fill any roles I don't have, but it's another readily available ammo. At least until Der Fuhrer decides that all European ammo is just as naughty as Russian ammo.
This post was edited on 11/6/21 at 6:12 pm
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
70919 posts
Posted on 11/6/21 at 6:09 pm to
458 socom?
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 11/6/21 at 6:11 pm to
quote:

458 socom?

It's on the short list as well. Uppers are WAY more available and cheaper than the .50 Beowulf, though it does still suffer from that "three bucks a round" thing.
This post was edited on 11/6/21 at 6:22 pm
Posted by mallardhank
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2006
1332 posts
Posted on 11/6/21 at 9:22 pm to
You can’t lose with the 6.5 Grendel
7.62x39 is good option also
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
70919 posts
Posted on 11/6/21 at 9:37 pm to
7.62x39 in the cheapo caliber choice.

Or maybe a pistol caliber? A 9mm upper would be cool as cotton
Posted by Junky
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2005
9063 posts
Posted on 11/6/21 at 9:50 pm to
quote:

You can’t lose with the 6.5 Grendel


If you don't go with the grendel, Jesus will not be pleased.
Posted by Stumpjumper_84
Prairieville
Member since Sep 2017
49 posts
Posted on 11/7/21 at 6:09 am to
450 Bushmaster for the win! Does a number on deer for sure
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
19873 posts
Posted on 11/7/21 at 10:31 am to
I would also vote 6.5 grendel, but if you don’t already have ammo or brass you may wait a while to shoot it. Bear Creek gets trashed online but the upper I have has been fine so far. It is a 18” stainless barrel 6.5 grendel.
Posted by lsufan1971
Zachary
Member since Nov 2003
23618 posts
Posted on 11/7/21 at 11:20 am to
quote:

was thinking maybe .224 Valkyrie to cover out to 1000 yards


I built a MK12 clone in 224 that my 14 year old uses for deer hunting. It’s a pretty good round. Ammo was pretty easy to find last year. I ended up going with a Wilson barrel. My son can ding steel out to 600 yards with it.
Posted by MetroAtlantaGatorFan
Member since Jun 2017
15598 posts
Posted on 11/7/21 at 1:07 pm to
Where are y’all finding this cheap 7.62x39?
Posted by 007mag
Death Valley, Sec. 408
Member since Dec 2011
3921 posts
Posted on 11/7/21 at 7:16 pm to
quote:

be more of a fun gun
I heard that a friend of my BIL's cousin knows a guy who built a 5.56 pistol with a WOT Trigger
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 11/8/21 at 7:18 am to
I thought those things got yanked. Or is that another trigger that I'm thinking of?
Posted by btrcj
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2019
693 posts
Posted on 11/8/21 at 1:52 pm to
Posted by 007mag
Death Valley, Sec. 408
Member since Dec 2011
3921 posts
Posted on 11/9/21 at 9:18 am to
Rare Breed is is the one you're thinking.
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