I ordered up a Faxon Match 18" (non-fluted) barrel and was going to build it out in the next week or 2. My goal for the upper is to do a little target shooting out to 500 yards once in a blue moon, out to 300 occasionally but mostly I go to a 100 yard indoor range. It would also be my hunting rig for pigs and deer out to 200 yards or so.
A like new Aero factory built upper, Atlas 1 hand guard, 20" barrel w/ an Aero bolt fell into my lap in a trade deal. Not a mark on it and the guy said he put 80 rounds through it. He took it out hunting and went back to his 308, just because. I really wanted something a little shorter and lighter but its not a deal breaker and I could sell the Faxon for what I paid for it... What would you do? I've read many of your comments on precision barrels, 6 months waiting etc... I don't have the time or money for that right now. If I like the cartridge I may go that route. I'm sitting a bunch of ELD and American gunner I snagged right before it dried up a couple weeks ago.
Off memory I think the Aero barrel is just over a pound more than the Faxon. I'd probably have to get a Faxon Bolt as well?
Thanks
A like new Aero factory built upper, Atlas 1 hand guard, 20" barrel w/ an Aero bolt fell into my lap in a trade deal. Not a mark on it and the guy said he put 80 rounds through it. He took it out hunting and went back to his 308, just because. I really wanted something a little shorter and lighter but its not a deal breaker and I could sell the Faxon for what I paid for it... What would you do? I've read many of your comments on precision barrels, 6 months waiting etc... I don't have the time or money for that right now. If I like the cartridge I may go that route. I'm sitting a bunch of ELD and American gunner I snagged right before it dried up a couple weeks ago.
Off memory I think the Aero barrel is just over a pound more than the Faxon. I'd probably have to get a Faxon Bolt as well?
Thanks
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