Has anyone gotten one of these yet (either a receiver and built it, or one of their guns)?
We were adding the pieces and parts costs up at work the other day and were coming up with about a $900 "AR-10".
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Has anyone gotten one of these yet (either a receiver and built it, or one of their guns)?
We were adding the pieces and parts costs up at work the other day and were coming up with about a $900 "AR-10".
USMA84DAB
No experience, but I thought about building an AR308/10 but with the new DPMS Gen2 I'm holding off to see the direction of the AR308. I suspect if must manufacturers go the way of the Gen2 the Gen1 prices will come down a bit.
I've read some reports of their dimensions being incompatible with others' parts (such as their upper being too low so the hammer actually hits the carrier instead of the firing pin, lower take down/pivot pins out of place, incompatibility with Geissele triggers, ect.). I'd wait for them to iron out the bugs...
Last edited by Plasman; 10-06-14 at 02:08.
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I bought one of their complete PA-10 lowers and complete uppers (the 16" with stainless steel barrel and MI 15" SS freefloat rail). I put it together a few days ago but have been waiting for my scope and mount to get it out to shoot. So far the fit and finish look good, the BCG and castle nut are properly staked, and they are supposedly on par with their 'Premium' line of rifles, which have proven to be very reliable and good quality. For under $1,000 for a complete 308 AR with MI rail, they seem like a great option for a lower budget 308AR. If they prove to be reliable and accurate, they should sell a lot of them.
There are reported issues of incompatibility between the barreled/complete Palmetto 308 upper and NON-Palmetto (but DPMS-patterned) 308 lowers. IMHO, this is not unexpected since there's really no TDP/"mil-spec" standard for the .308 caliber AR platform. However, buyers should be aware that if you're using Palmetto parts to assemble a 308, you should use both their upper and lower receivers.
Not the case at all. Geissele and PSA are working together to iron out issues mentioned above. PSA tested the lower with several G triggers before releasing but ran into some minute dimensional issues.
As posted above just wait a bit and let the "growing pains" work out. These could work out great for a .308 fun gun!
Last edited by Split66; 10-06-14 at 20:29.
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Just purchased one of the complete lowers myself. Can you elaborate on these trigger fitment issues? All the LR-308/SR25 platform lowers I've put together just used standard FCG's. I'd like to believe that PSA has cranked out enough lowers in their day to get standard triggers to fit. Unless it's some kind of proprietary trigger to PSA.
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