Finding AR10 BCG and Barrels?

[H Wally]

I'm looking for the most basic no frills AR10 308/7.62x51 bolt head and barrel here in Canada.

I'm quite unfamiliar with most black rifles so don't know where is a reasonable place to find these components, both in terms of availability and price. Your experiences with any dealers or suggestions on a worthwhile.

 

[Conte]

Wolverine is the first to pop into my head. They seems to have stock too, if you like a 20".

I've dealt with them before for AR parts, went smoothly. Emailed in the order, paid EMT.

 

[H Wally]

Hmm - is $500 reasonable for an AR barrel? I know our prices are higher than the states, but that's almost 2-4 times higher than I've come across.

 

[mildcustom2]

Hmm - is $500 reasonable for an AR barrel? I know our prices are higher than the states, but that's almost 2-4 times higher than I've come across.

Depends on what type of barrel it is. When it comes to the AR10 its supply and demand and you have to be willing to pay to play. Buying individual parts for an AR10 build will always be way more costly than buying one complete.

 

[Conte]

Hmmm, yeah eh.

For a stripped AR barrel, hell no, not unless it's premium match grade.

An AR-10 barrel, I think everything gets more expensive for that platform.

Mind you, it also comes with a bunch of extras it seems.
Delta nut $53.50
Gas Block ~$50
Guard Cap ~$10
Gas Tube $17.95
That's $131.45 right there. You can get those parts for cheaper, but brand new oem armalite comes with a price tag.

So then you're paying $369.50 for the barrel which, if you look at what many quality AR barrels are going for, that's on par.

It shows a flash hider, which is another $32.50 I would say, but does say it comes with it, but under specs suggests that it does . . .
That would bring the barrel down to $337. Pretty much putting it the same price range of most any quality AR barrel.

Armalite is a brand I would trust for the AR-10 platform. That's just me, cause I would like to think the creators of the platform know a thing or two about building thier own rifles.

It's chrome lined, I like that. Super easy to clean.

For ultimate perspective, they have the exact same package listed in 5.56 and it goes for 399.95 which makes the AR-10 package $100 more, which to me, sounds about right.

Meanwhile, if no frills is what you're going for, then you get what you need to get things going. Just bolt it on an upper, slap on a poly guard, slip in a BCG and it's done.

I've never built of owned an AR-10 personally, but if I was on the market to build one, that's probably the route I'd take and the prices I'd expect to pay.

 

[Blastattack]

I'm looking for the most basic no frills AR10 308/7.62x51 bolt head and barrel here in Canada.

I'm quite unfamiliar with most black rifles so don't know where is a reasonable place to find these components, both in terms of availability and price. Your experiences with any dealers or suggestions on a worthwhile.

Brownells. They have the extensions and bolt's as well. To keep your cost down, find a used barrel on the EE and fit it. No sense buying a complete AR 308 barrel, because you'll be throwing all the attached crap away, plus you have to deal with having, and somehow blocking the gas-hole. Use a standard AR trigger as well, cheap and available. Attaching your trigger via a hanger is also your best bet:

As it attaches directly to the receiver, you further distance yourself from any notion of a variant.

 

[Epoxy7]

Wolverine as mentioned. Also give Abhobbyist a shout. He sometimes has parts.

WTB is another option along with calling gunsmiths. If Wolverine had it then that's the easiest way to go.

 

[dogzilla]

Just remember that an AR .308 isn't the same as an Armalite AR10. While a lot of parts will fit both there are some that do not. Uppers and lowers aren't interchangeable, and neither are barrel nuts. The best deal I got for An Armalite was $895 for a complete carbine upper including BCG from Wolverine. They are the Armalite dealer for Canada (I believe)

 

[Epoxy7]

Just remember that an AR .308 isn't the same as an Armalite AR10. While a lot of parts will fit both there are some that do not. Uppers and lowers aren't interchangeable, and neither are barrel nuts. The best deal I got for An Armalite was $895 for a complete carbine upper including BCG from Wolverine. They are the Armalite dealer for Canada (I believe)

But could you use a DPMS barrel and bolt with an AR10 barrel nut in an AR10 upper?

 

[dogzilla]

From what I understand the barrels are the same. Although I have been told (by Kreiger) that if you mix and match bolts and barrels(say a dpms bolt and an armalite barrel), that you should check headspacing since (apparently) there is no mil spec for .308 AR's and there may be some slight tolerance differences between manufacturers. If you want a kreiger barrel, they either come un chambered or you must supply them with the actual bolt for headspacing

 

[scott585]

Armalite is a brand I would trust for the AR-10 platform. That's just me, cause I would like to think the creators of the platform know a thing or two about building thier own rifles.

the modern armalite is completely unrelated to the armalite that designed the AR-10, infact the SR-25 is closer to the AR-10 than the new AR-10 is

 

[Epoxy7]

the modern armalite is completely unrelated to the armalite that designed the AR-10, infact the SR-25 is closer to the AR-10 than the new AR-10 is

People keep saying that but I don't entirely agree. You see companies bought and sold all the time or under new management. You don't hear them claim the new company isn't the old one. Many firearm companies lately are under a larger parent company and no longer the same as previous. DPMS/Reminton/bushmaster, S&W/T/C etc etc.

I still consider it the derivative of the original company and the current AR10 as the result of that lineage. Eugene Stoner working for KAC doesn't make the AR10 line theirs. The mags often referred to as SR25 are really original AR10 based.

Lets also keep in mind the current AR10 like the KAC and LMT 308 rifles have been in military service. They work well and are a solid design. In fact their forgings are 7175 not the standard 7075.

Armalite makes good stuff and right now as they're getting left behind with features by the competition they have become a good deal for a solid AR308 rifle.

 

[Epoxy7]

From what I understand the barrels are the same. Although I have been told (by Kreiger) that if you mix and match bolts and barrels(say a dpms bolt and an armalite barrel), that you should check headspacing since (apparently) there is no mil spec for .308 AR's and there may be some slight tolerance differences between manufacturers. If you want a kreiger barrel, they either come un chambered or you must supply them with the actual bolt for headspacing

I thought that was the case. Glad to hear it.

By the way your AR10 lower will match up with a LMT/KAC upper. Mine fed snap caps, ejected etc using AR10 G2 mags. I haven't tried it live but it did appear to work. Fit was actually decent too. The take down pins are slightly smaller on the AR10 so the other uppers work. However since the takedown pins on the LMT/KAC lower is slightly larger the AR10 upper won't connect. AR10 spec tKe down pins on the LMT lower and it would work. Again I don't know if there would bd feed issues eventualy or bolt wear etc. I thought this was interesting though. Yet the bolt on the LMT seemed more DPMS based..