New LR308 build

ajviera · Jan 2, 2018

My latest build with an awesome cerekote job by Legion Rifles

outrider58 · Jan 2, 2018

Very nice. You have been a busy little beaver!

kraftyone · Jan 2, 2018

Couple questions for you. What is your intended use for this setup, long range, hunting etc? What's the weight? I am considering a 308 build for deer hunting but am having trouble making up my mind on this or a 308 bolt gun.

ajviera · Jan 2, 2018

kraftyone said:
Couple questions for you. What is your intended use for this setup, long range, hunting etc? What's the weight? I am considering a 308 build for deer hunting but am having trouble making up my mind on this or a 308 bolt gun.

I built it to be a long range bench rifle and it weights 12.1 lbs as pictured

drking2 · Jan 2, 2018

El_flasko · Jan 2, 2018

Great looking rifle.

DSBartender · Jan 2, 2018

Very nice!

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Pitbull410 · Jan 2, 2018

Loving that cerakote!

davsco · Jan 2, 2018

very nice

EliteContent · Jan 2, 2018

I want o get my shotgun cerakoted.

How much did it run you?

Overboost44 · Jan 2, 2018

That looks great! I may have to get them to do an AR15 for me.

Not to hi-jack... but I am wondering how light of a .308 could be built on a AR chassis? Could someone get down to 7lbs for a hunting rifle? I am guessing a lightweight stock and a 16" barrel with a smaller profile would help a lot but not shave off that much.

ajviera · Jan 2, 2018

EliteContent said:
I want o get my shotgun cerakoted.

How much did it run you?

Give them a call 301-994-6995, Prices vary based on type of gun, multiple colors or not and so on.

Pitbull410 · Jan 2, 2018

Overboost44 said:
That looks great! I may have to get them to do an AR15 for me.

Not to hi-jack... but I am wondering how light of a .308 could be built on a AR chassis? Could someone get down to 7lbs for a hunting rifle? I am guessing a lightweight stock and a 16" barrel with a smaller profile would help a lot but not shave off that much.

I believe Wilson combat sells a 7ish lb "ar10"

Here ya go:

http://mailchi.mp/wilsoncombat/the-new-hunter-ar-series-1405117

lazarus · Jan 2, 2018

Overboost44 said:
That looks great! I may have to get them to do an AR15 for me.

Not to hi-jack... but I am wondering how light of a .308 could be built on a AR chassis? Could someone get down to 7lbs for a hunting rifle? I am guessing a lightweight stock and a 16" barrel with a smaller profile would help a lot but not shave off that much.

Yes, roughly that for a very lightweight build without going exotic.

To me 8lbs is the sweet spot for a hunting rifle. I’ll probably be tired by the end of the day if I am waking the woods a lot, but fine. My new 18” 6.5 grendel is 8lbs 2oz with optic and sling (no mag). Looking to swap the scope mount for an aero precision to skim 2-3oz off at some point.

My 16” .223 is 7lbs 3oz with red dot on it. My 20” .223 is 9lbs even. Downsides to HBARs (my grendel is as well, but it is a flutted Barrel at least).

fabsroman · Jan 3, 2018

lazarus said:
Yes, roughly that for a very lightweight build without going exotic.

To me 8lbs is the sweet spot for a hunting rifle. I’ll probably be tired by the end of the day if I am waking the woods a lot, but fine. My new 18” 6.5 grendel is 8lbs 2oz with optic and sling (no mag). Looking to swap the scope mount for an aero precision to skim 2-3oz off at some point.

My 16” .223 is 7lbs 3oz with red dot on it. My 20” .223 is 9lbs even. Downsides to HBARs (my grendel is as well, but it is a flutted Barrel at least).

Sounds like a bunch of cyclists trying to get a sub 12 pound bike, with other cyclists jumping into the thread and saying, "lose 10 pounds of body fat and you don't need to worry about the bike." Please, we cannot be going the cyclist route here on hunting guns. lol

Damn, now I am thinking about hanging my .300 Win Mag from my bike scale to see how much it weighs. Finished thinking about it. It weighs 12.01 pounds.

ajviera · Jan 3, 2018

Overboost44 said:
That looks great! I may have to get them to do an AR15 for me.

Not to hi-jack... but I am wondering how light of a .308 could be built on a AR chassis? Could someone get down to 7lbs for a hunting rifle? I am guessing a lightweight stock and a 16" barrel with a smaller profile would help a lot but not shave off that much.

JP Enterprises makes a lightweight 308 that comes in a little over 6 lbs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON7iMJZ7G5w

kraftyone · Jan 3, 2018

Only reason I care about the weight is hunting in South Dakota a normal hunt is between 5-7 miles of walking. If I was just sitting in tree stand it wouldnt matter.

Overboost44 · Jan 5, 2018

Thanks everyone. I guess I wasn't looking hard enough. 8 lbs. would be fine with me also. Fabs, come weigh my gun please :rolleyes:

kraftyone said:
Only reason I care about the weight is hunting in South Dakota a normal hunt is between 5-7 miles of walking. If I was just sitting in tree stand it wouldnt matter.

That is similar to my situation. Up in Maine, we will walk 5-7 miles a day. After putting 10-15 lbs. of backpack on my back, I want to save all the weight that I can.

dreadpirate · Jan 6, 2018

Very nice.

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