I went and visited a buddy of mine that I have not seen for several years. We were pretty tight back in the day and I was really excited to see him.
Anywho, both of us have pretty good sized gun collections and he brought out his AR to show me. Bought all the parts and built it himself. He asked if I had any spare parts laying around, which I usually do, so I told him what I had and he said that he had a bunch of .308 ammo that he did not have a gun for and would like to trade parts for ammo.
Now, I just happen to have that brand spankin new Remmy 700 Tactical AAC-SD .308 and my H&R .308, but I have a very limited supply of ammo for them. Needless to say, he had peaked my interest.
We made arrangments for another visit and 2 weeks later I went down with all the spare AR parts I could scrounge up. About $250 worth of parts I figured. He took almost everything and we set down at the kitchen table and commenced to installing parts. Magpul CTR OD green stock with dual sling attachment adapter, Badger Ordanance ambi selector switch and extended charging handle, Tru-Glo 4x IR Mil-dot scope with rings and a carry handle scope mount. Also a dual rail adapter for his front sight post.
When it was all said and done, I left with the following ammo;
1 box of Hornady Light Magnum 150 gr. BTSP.
5 boxes of Federal Premium 168 gr. BTSP hunting rounds for the H&R.
and 22 boxes of Federal Gold Match 168 gr. Sierra Match King.
for a grand total of 560 rounds of quality .308 ammo.
If you think I ripped him off (which I thought I was), according to him, I did not. He still had 7000 rounds of 7.62 NATO for his 2 CETME rifles. He says his rifles shoot the NATO rounds better so he did not need nor want the .308. Said it was taking up too much room in his safe.
Anywho, both of us have pretty good sized gun collections and he brought out his AR to show me. Bought all the parts and built it himself. He asked if I had any spare parts laying around, which I usually do, so I told him what I had and he said that he had a bunch of .308 ammo that he did not have a gun for and would like to trade parts for ammo.
Now, I just happen to have that brand spankin new Remmy 700 Tactical AAC-SD .308 and my H&R .308, but I have a very limited supply of ammo for them. Needless to say, he had peaked my interest.
We made arrangments for another visit and 2 weeks later I went down with all the spare AR parts I could scrounge up. About $250 worth of parts I figured. He took almost everything and we set down at the kitchen table and commenced to installing parts. Magpul CTR OD green stock with dual sling attachment adapter, Badger Ordanance ambi selector switch and extended charging handle, Tru-Glo 4x IR Mil-dot scope with rings and a carry handle scope mount. Also a dual rail adapter for his front sight post.
When it was all said and done, I left with the following ammo;
1 box of Hornady Light Magnum 150 gr. BTSP.
5 boxes of Federal Premium 168 gr. BTSP hunting rounds for the H&R.
and 22 boxes of Federal Gold Match 168 gr. Sierra Match King.
for a grand total of 560 rounds of quality .308 ammo.
If you think I ripped him off (which I thought I was), according to him, I did not. He still had 7000 rounds of 7.62 NATO for his 2 CETME rifles. He says his rifles shoot the NATO rounds better so he did not need nor want the .308. Said it was taking up too much room in his safe.
^^
