Looking at 2 AR-10s in 308. The SP10 and the Wilson Combat Super Sniper. I get LE discount so price is the sameish. GAP and the SP10M are out of my price range for this set up. Wont be a high volume gun. Familiar with both products in AR15. The 1/10 twist in the Wilson is attractive and I own a Wilson Combat Franken build. This will be a buy once cry once. Only going to be used for 600 yard steel and maybe a club comp.
Wilson Combat or Seekins??
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IMHO, both are fine Large Frame AR's. I would have a tough time deciding.
I would prefer the 1n10 twist barrel.
I would prefer a 20" barrel over an 18" for the added velocity.
I do like the ambi controls
I like the Seekins stock over the Super Stock.
The flat bottom on the Seekins handguard is a bonus to me.
I would prefer the 1n10 twist barrel.
I would prefer a 20" barrel over an 18" for the added velocity.
I do like the ambi controls
I like the Seekins stock over the Super Stock.
The flat bottom on the Seekins handguard is a bonus to me.
I had an order in with Wilson at the time of the Sandy Hook situation developed. Part of the order was for some of their magazines. Seems they could never fill my magazine order but 100's of those same magazines showed up on GunBroker and sold for three times what I was going to pay for them. The GunBroker seller was located in Berryville, AR......... I'm sure it was just a coincident.
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Went back and found email correspondence with Jay Smith, mid December 2012. Sandy Hook was his excuse for not filling my order.
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Went back and found email correspondence with Jay Smith, mid December 2012. Sandy Hook was his excuse for not filling my order.
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Mags were in stock when I ordered....What I am saying is "it could have been a coincident"......... Berryville, AR, population 5,000
Left a bad taste in my mouth
I've had seekins 223, 308 build kit, and a factory 308. They've always worked great for me. I like the adjustable gas block on them, the flat hand guard, and the proprietary lockup between the hand guard and the upper reciever. I shoot my ars at pigs and preditors via tripod and I like knowing that I can load my tripod mount and not worry about flex. That said I've never had a Wilson so I have no comparison.
The Seekins SP10 receiver set and handguard combo is far superior to the Wilson combat..
The Wilson combat has a shorter handguard and utilizes the conventional barrel nut to hand guard fit which puts the pressure directly to the barrel nut. These are the things that I look at because down the road I know I'm going to be putting a custom Barrel in most rifles.
As stated above by others, I would rather have the Wilson 20" barrel as well.
The Wilson combat has a shorter handguard and utilizes the conventional barrel nut to hand guard fit which puts the pressure directly to the barrel nut. These are the things that I look at because down the road I know I'm going to be putting a custom Barrel in most rifles.
As stated above by others, I would rather have the Wilson 20" barrel as well.
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No experience with the Wilson, but my 6.5 SP10 is an excellent rifle, I can’t imagine that their .308 would be any different.
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The reason I utilize their IRMR in my .223. Like the IRMR, The SP10 upper receiver is a one piece milled unit the hand guard attaches directly too giving it as “monolithic” as you can get with the hand guard being milled with the receiver. The SP10 is actually more like the IRMT as it has a flat bottom hand guard. Nice on a large frame. Mine is about 15# with Accutac bipod, ZCO 527 and XRay stock fyi. I do have a Proof 18” barrel so that may save a little.
And when prices shot when Obama was elected Glen didn't raise prices at Seekins like everyone else. I'd choose Seekins again.
I prefer the Wilson because of the ability to mix and match parts if I want to. Like Bill Wilson said. People are coming up with solutions for a problem that doesn’t exist. Don’t want the added weight to a receiver when it isn’t needed. Don’t want anti rotation tabs. What I want is tight tolerances. My experience with Wilson’s customer service has been excellent. Package lost by UPS. Sent a email. Same day they send out replacement order. Then the first order showed up three weeks later. Emailed them. They said to keep it as a gift. Miss placed a part on one of their rifles. Called. They sent out two for free. Bought a lot of Seekins parts and scope mounts. One of their mounts will not tighten up on the rifle I ordered it for. Just slightly over sized. Both companies make great rifles. And as for Seekins they are more affordable. Went to order one of their rifle stocks. Discontinued. Wanted to buy some scope mount accessories for one of their mounts. Out of stock. Builders set. Out of stock. Own three of their scope mounts and a stock. If I were looking for a large frame AR in 6.5 Creedmoor. There are some great deals on Seekins right now. Found dozens online from different retailers for under $2500. Which is a great deal.
