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This family isn't my bailiwick, but I'm familiar enough to know that considerations about weight in a 308 battle rifle are similar to considerations about MPG in a one-ton pickup. Do you want a 308 battle rifle, or do you want a rifle that's truly light?

A few thoughts: FN FAL - has seen more combat than any other 7.62NATO rifle. Gas can be adjusted to work reliably with whatever ammo is available. Rugged, reliable, decent ergonomics and handling. Sights are not precision, but adequate for normal combat roles. Easy takedown and maintenance. Parts and mags are reasonable. M14/M1A - excellent sights, decent ergonomics and handling. Prices are a bit high for rifles, parts, and good mags compared to other choices. Likes good quality NATO spec ammo. Can be finicky with other ammo. Get a non-wood stock so humidity changes don't affect POI. G3/Cetme/HK91 - reliable and accurate. Adequate sights HK style is better than Cetme. Very reasonable parts and mags. Ergonomics and handling of a 2x4. Likes hard brass, soft brass tends to stick in the chamber. Very inexpensive parts and mags. BM59 - a good alternative to the M1A. Rifles and parts are reasonable right now from Classic Arms. Mags are a bit pricey but VERY well made. Likes NATO spec ammo, but users report good results with heavier bullets too. Get one with the tri-compensator. Nothing else has a decent combat history except the original 1960's AR10. Those are very pricey and spare parts are almost non-existent. FYI, a very nice Portuguese model just sold at auction for $9000! Handle, and if possible, shoot, several to narrow down your choices. All of the above have worked well under combat conditions.

This worked good last year for keeping the BF sales consolidated.

The FAL is a beast...and I mean that as a compliment, not a pejorative. If I ever felt the 7.62x51 itch, that's where my money would go.

You could have fun by adding them to a buddy's range bag and let him try to figure out why in the H3ll they wouldn't fire.

In .308 A’s I have owned a DPMS Panther and now own a DPMS 308 Recon LR-GII. I’ve never had an issue with either. I only sold the Panther because it had an A2 front sight post I didn’t want (I use optics on most everything), also DPMS changed the specs of their lowers and had different heights. That became an issue when trying to buy accessories; so I sold it and got the current model. I’m very happy with it, other than the scope I put on it. The main piece of advice I would give you is that there isn’t a Mil-Std for the AR-10. That makes aftermarket options much more expensive than for a Mil-Std AR. So it will cost you less if you get the options you want, on the rifle from the factory when you buy it. I own many firearms that serve many different applications. But if I had to pick and keep only one rifle; it would be my DPMS 308 Recon LR-GII; it serves most any purpose. https://dpms-gii.com/full.html

The 1911 is an addiction. After the first purchase, there is no cure.

+1 on that for sure. In the early 90's I bought my wife a Plymouth Voyager since we had two young kids and needed a minivan. Read all the reports about the bad transmissions, but was assured that the factory had fixed that with the new design. The first transmission crapped out just out of the 60K warranty so I had to fight with them to get them to cover the majority of the repair cost since I had brought it in with a reported problem around 35K miles. About 60K later again that transmission crapped out. So two transmissions by 120K. At this point I was kinda stuck with a vehicle with a blown trans, so I put in another one since it was cheaper than a "new car". I'm thinking around 50K later it blew a head gasket and I was done with Plymouth/Chrysler/Dodge vehicles. I guess you could give me one now, but I won't buy one with my own money.

office depot black friday ad got posted. In case you could wait. At least as a comparison. https://www.bfads.net/stores/office-depot/ads/black-friday/page-1

Well, I setup an appointment with a company I found via Google. Auto Glass Now Seemingly good reviews. In and out for $161. If the glass looks good and install goes well, I guess I’ll be satisfied.

Me Too, brother! And I'm here with my leg up and ice packs on as well. Had my knee replacement done a week ago. Bored out of my gourd!

I think it's a tie.

Ha! Hellcat on the gun doesn’t bother me, but any car with Dodge on it gets a hard no.

If you were wondering how Sig reacted about the Hellcat... https://streamable.com/e57h0

I had to have the windshield replaced in my Silverado. They assured me their aftermarket was the same as OEM. First try, there was no tint at the top on their glass. Second try they sent a guy out that tinted it. It was a strip of tint all the same shade; no gradual change, looked terrible. Third try they got an OEM and put it in.