I say "build" because I'm not the putting the upper together
My brother is going to join my father and me on our annual prairie dog shoot in South Dakota this year. He's selling one of his old trap guns to help fund this build I've helped him think through, so the budget is kinda tight, around 1200 or so. I was thinking of putting together
Stag varminter/model 6 upper, no BCG, no charging handle ~370
inexpensive coated bolt ~130
charging handle with extended latch ~25
inexpensive lower, rock river, PSA, etc ~60
generic lower parts kit with grip, no trigger ~40
a2 buffer assembly ~50
DPMS a2 stock extender if I can find one ~15
a2 stock and 4.5 lb 2 stage no name trigger ~free, I have them
SWFA fixed 12x42 ~300
SWFA Salt mount ~60
Harris 6-9" with podloc ~115
Just rifle total to ~795, with scope and mount ~1155
My rationale
I have a stag 6l with about 2500 rounds through it that can shoot a 0.7 moa 5x5 with the 50 gr v max load we shoot for prairie dogs. I would never claim that it'll outshoot your WOA, etc, but that is plenty accurate for our purposes. I can make hits on pdogs out to 500 consistently if the wind is reasonable with my gun, and that's about all I expect with this build. The rifle will also pull some duty as a bench gun and we'll shoot some steel out to around 700 from time to time. The barrel is a 1/8 twist so we could toss some 69-77 gr stuff in it if we wanted to go further. My brother is about 6'4, which is why i'd like to find one of the old DPMS extenders. The rifle has to be an AR, we just prefer it for clusters of dogs and quick follow up shots. I own a fixed 12x SWFA that my brother has used on my AR and he likes the reticle, turrets, etc. A variable would be nice, but I can't think of any mil/mil FFP scopes I'd trust under a used 3-15 SWFA for about 520 in the PX. Can you guys help critique the parts list and tell me if any of the parts are going to bite me or if I can save anywhere else?
Thanks
My brother is going to join my father and me on our annual prairie dog shoot in South Dakota this year. He's selling one of his old trap guns to help fund this build I've helped him think through, so the budget is kinda tight, around 1200 or so. I was thinking of putting together
Stag varminter/model 6 upper, no BCG, no charging handle ~370
inexpensive coated bolt ~130
charging handle with extended latch ~25
inexpensive lower, rock river, PSA, etc ~60
generic lower parts kit with grip, no trigger ~40
a2 buffer assembly ~50
DPMS a2 stock extender if I can find one ~15
a2 stock and 4.5 lb 2 stage no name trigger ~free, I have them
SWFA fixed 12x42 ~300
SWFA Salt mount ~60
Harris 6-9" with podloc ~115
Just rifle total to ~795, with scope and mount ~1155
My rationale
I have a stag 6l with about 2500 rounds through it that can shoot a 0.7 moa 5x5 with the 50 gr v max load we shoot for prairie dogs. I would never claim that it'll outshoot your WOA, etc, but that is plenty accurate for our purposes. I can make hits on pdogs out to 500 consistently if the wind is reasonable with my gun, and that's about all I expect with this build. The rifle will also pull some duty as a bench gun and we'll shoot some steel out to around 700 from time to time. The barrel is a 1/8 twist so we could toss some 69-77 gr stuff in it if we wanted to go further. My brother is about 6'4, which is why i'd like to find one of the old DPMS extenders. The rifle has to be an AR, we just prefer it for clusters of dogs and quick follow up shots. I own a fixed 12x SWFA that my brother has used on my AR and he likes the reticle, turrets, etc. A variable would be nice, but I can't think of any mil/mil FFP scopes I'd trust under a used 3-15 SWFA for about 520 in the PX. Can you guys help critique the parts list and tell me if any of the parts are going to bite me or if I can save anywhere else?
Thanks
