First post here; info searches have sent me here enough over the years that I know this is THE place to go with questions like this, so I finally joined. Sorry for being long winded - here goes:
I’m in the market for my first .308 AR10; I would rather buy, but I can build if necessary. I had a plan to go LMT, but parts availability, cost, and the proprietary nature of their barrels have made me change course. All I’ve read has pointed me in the direction of Seekin’s SP10 as a top-tier option. My wife is a southpaw, so ambi controls are icing on the cake.
Thing is, I really would like a more compact format. I’m looking for a 16” barrel and collapsible stock. I wrote Seekins a while ago, but given how overloaded they currently are, I doubt they’ll be able to help, or even reply. So, on to my questions:
If the configuration I’m after can’t be had from Seekins, and I go with a stock SP10 instead (assuming I can even find one),
Last but not least, I’ve seen some SPX rifles for sale on the second-hand market. I know these were earlier models of what became the SP10. Does anybody know what the differences are? How are they with parts interchangeability?
Any other questions I didn't know enough to know I needed to ask?
Thank you all in advance for any help or bits of wisdom (or even wry laughter -
)!
I’m in the market for my first .308 AR10; I would rather buy, but I can build if necessary. I had a plan to go LMT, but parts availability, cost, and the proprietary nature of their barrels have made me change course. All I’ve read has pointed me in the direction of Seekin’s SP10 as a top-tier option. My wife is a southpaw, so ambi controls are icing on the cake.
Thing is, I really would like a more compact format. I’m looking for a 16” barrel and collapsible stock. I wrote Seekins a while ago, but given how overloaded they currently are, I doubt they’ll be able to help, or even reply. So, on to my questions:
If the configuration I’m after can’t be had from Seekins, and I go with a stock SP10 instead (assuming I can even find one),
- Is the buffer tube standard, and will allow me to swap for a collapsible stock (size, detents, etc.). If not, can I just swap to a different buffer tube easily, or is the size/demands of buffer such that that’s an issue? For that matter, does the SP10 use a proprietary buffer?
- Will the stock SP10 MLok handguard allow a 16” barrel? It is supposedly a 15” length, but “measured from where?” is always the issue with that. Any hurdles to swapping for a shorter tube?
- Swapping the barrel would just be a new DPMS-style tube and matching bolt, yes? Or are there other pitfalls?
Last but not least, I’ve seen some SPX rifles for sale on the second-hand market. I know these were earlier models of what became the SP10. Does anybody know what the differences are? How are they with parts interchangeability?
Any other questions I didn't know enough to know I needed to ask?
Thank you all in advance for any help or bits of wisdom (or even wry laughter -
)!
