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OK, I have an AR-15 .223cal and will probably get a second one. But I also want a heavy hitter in .308 that hopefully will shoot both .308 comerical and mil-surp ammo and be accurate, reliable, and easy to keep working.
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Do a search
here about the headspace requirments to shoot both 308/7.62.
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I sorta like the AR platform like the DPMS .308, and I hear good things about it, but I am concerned that it doesn't have chrome chamber and bore.
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Unless your shooting thousands of rounds per year I feel it's a non issue. I to want a .308 in a AR platform.
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I like the M1A but again the new ones anyway don't have a chrome chamber and bore, and some say they shouldn't be fired much with comerical ammo, do to higher pressures, resulting in bent OP rods.
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It has more to due with the bullet weight, this can be compensated for with a grooved gas piston.
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Then we get to the FALs, and others that I don't know much about, but as least many of these do have chrome chambers and bores, which might make a difference under a real survival siduation.
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Personally I would not be so concerned about a chrome bore. I'm not in the jungle in a combat situation.
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Maybe a civilian is better off with a good scoped bolt action with a mauser extractor, and possibly a stainless barrel? But I think a good semi-auto with a 20 round mag just might get one out of a tight spot better. I guess the main thing is, I am looking for something that will work, even if it gets abused and put up wet too many times.
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Shop around for a older M1A. There are a lot of safe queens out there. I just picked up a M1A, made in 89, with TRW bolt, op-rod, trigger and GI barrel. Looks like it may have been fired a hundred times. This is my second one and well stay a standard GI rifle. It shoots damn near as well as my scoped NM M1A.