lightweight ar10?

[diygunsmith]

has anyone ever built a lighter weight ar-10 im thinking on a 308 or 260 rem???

 

[justinspicher]

The Ruger SFAR is probably on of the lightest factory AR10s I’ve ever picked up.

Otherwise, it’s an expensive endeavor to make an AR10 light.

 

[North of 60]

I went with a 16" SFAR and have no regrets. Other than having a tight chamber requiring more attention to handload/reload, it is a joy to shoot suppressed and is my favorite woods rifle.

I'm with Justin, it is a lightweight rifle for the cartridge.

There are more expensive options, including Roam or build your own for those so inclined.

 

[diygunsmith]

I am trying to buy a complete upper. Since I have a good lower.i can't find the ruger star for sale as just a upper

 

[JoeK]

And you won’t, it’s a proprietary receiver and not cross compatible with others such as DPMS etc. but if you want a lightweight.308 AR it’s the obvious answer.

For $1000 you may not beable to get down to weightmatching by building an Uber light upper and putting it on your existing lower. And probably not save $ compared to an SFAR ~$1000. Used to see them ~$900 not sure current price but The SFAR is drastically lighterweight than most factory AR10s and the receiver is a big factor.

 

[diygunsmith]

And you won’t, it’s a proprietary receiver and not cross compatible with others such as DPMS etc. but if you want a lightweight.308 AR it’s the obvious answer.

For $1000 you may not beable to get down to weightmatching by building an Uber light upper and putting it on your existing lower. And probably not save $ compared to an SFAR ~$1000. Used to see them ~$900 not sure current price but The SFAR is drastically lighterweight than most factory AR10s and the receiver is a big factor.

well the roam is 2000 bucks so ill just buy the ruger.

 

[Kauaihunter]

SFAR!

 

[NorthIdahoDude]

POF Rogue has entered the chat. Near a pound lighter than a SFAR, and the basic models can be had for about the same price.

 

[NorthIdahoDude]

There are also a few lightweight AR-10 receiver sets out there, and lightweight BCGs. Add a pencil barrel (Faxon), MFT minimalist stock, and you'll wind up +/- same weight as a SFAR (and +/- the same cost, but you can get exactly what you want as far as options that way).

 

[wyosteve]

I considered a POF Rogue when I was looking, but most reviews were not good. Ended up going with the SFAR and am very pleased.

 

[RockAndSage]

OP, when it comes to ARs, "lightweight", accurate, and reliable are generally at odds with each other, and done right they're usually not cheap. As others have mentioned, the SFAR is about as close as you'll get to that, but some of the early ones had some reliability issues. If you're familiar with working on ARs then you can probably tune one up just fine. Lightweight AR-10s are lighter when you can find a small-frame one, and options for that are limited.

The best ultralight AR10s I'm aware of are F4's Night Hawks.

Something I've learned the hard way several times, is that when you don't go with the best quality to begin with, you usually end up spending as much as you would have just in trying to get lesser quality gear up to speed. Plus time and frustration. If you like tinkering, it's less of an issue. But if you just want the gear to work, at top performance, just pay for it and run the hell out of it. It's a much more satisfying experience.