If I won a second 102, what would I do?

[Johnny_Canuck]

So with the 2nd run of 102's coming to a close soonish and the "sorry this took a while" rifles drawing after that,

What would you do with a 2nd BCL 102?
6.5CM?
243?
338 Federal?
Sell it for a few truck payments?
Trade it for?

Me, I would do it up in .45 Raptor if possible. Something about semi auto big bore that rustles my jimmies in a nice way.

Thoughts? What would you do?

 

[Far North]

easy dual wield lol

 

[Spcamno]

I have been contemplating one in 375 Raptor but can't find any loading data or much info other than the Raptor site itself any reason you pick the 45 over 375?

The 338 federal seems a bit more economical to do (can find ar10 barrel vs custom and no need to source out reamer and factory load available vs to brass for both Raptors etc)

 

[HirvGotti]

easy dual wield lol

 

[tharkhold]

Sell it, use those funds for a MD SLR

 

[HirvGotti]

Sell it, use those funds for a MD SLR

Screw the SLR, wait for the BCL 556, which I believe Ryan cryptically confirmed doesn't have a restrictive trigger pack and uses normal pins for take down.

 

[tharkhold]

Screw the SLR, wait for the BCL 556, which I believe Ryan cryptically confirmed doesn't have a restrictive trigger pack and uses normal pins for take down.

Ok, sell second 102 and get NR 556 rifle

 

[Traveler]

What I would really want is a 6.5 CM version of the 102. I would probably sell the I would get and wait for a 6.5 CM upper to come out from the factory.

 

[saltednutz]

8m8.

 

[DT741]

sell it and buy ammo or...

Keep it for parts

 

[Dr. Hunter]

See if I like the gen 2 or gen 1 better and likely rebarrel one to 6.5 cm

 

[Johnny_Canuck]

45 raptor seems like a good enough step to justify. 338 fed won't do anything a 308 won't. Not gonna be shooting matches so 6.5cm, while an awesome cartridge, is in the same boat, and while i trust my 6.5s for hunting. Again. The 308 will do it in reasonable hunting ranges.

Already have 460 dies anyway. Lotsa 308 cases to chop

45 raptor will have a nice wide meplat to dump energy and shut off the nervous system for close in heavy bush work.

I like my ruger 44 carbine. So more power is better right

 

[bananarama]

you don't win a second one, if you win sfrc just reimburses you your purchase

 

[HirvGotti]

you don't win a second one, if you win sfrc just reimburses you your purchase

It didn't sound like that, he said he was giving away his personal rifle and a demo rifle or something.

 

[cr5]

Keep it for spare parts

 

[saltednutz]

Y66

 

[JaredP]

45 raptor is stupid. look into it. they built the cartridge really short so that it can get around some silly Ohio hunting law where you can't hunt with a centrefire cartridge longer than 1.8" or something. You lose out on a ton of performance and then have to use modified magazines. absolutely no point in going through all the trouble to run a gimped cartridge through special magazines for a law that doesn't exist up here.

look into running an extended 450 bushmaster, AKA 450 Legendre Magnum. It's basically a full length 284 win necked up, whereas 450 BM is a 284 win chopped off below the shoulder.

284 win is one of the best parent cases out there. Same bolt face as 308, slightly rebated rim with a thick body for a ton of case capacity.

There is one guy one the 450 BM forums who exceeded 458 win mag performance using this cartridge.

 

[saltednutz]

Fff

 

[Spcamno]

.45 Raptor. Already doing my first to .338 Federal.

Please share some pics and build info if you don't mind as I am considering doing mine in the near future.

Thanks

 

[bananarama]

well then I'd keep one in 308 the other on 6.5 creedmore