I was able to do some trading this past week, and came out smelling like a rose IMO. I picked up a Rock River .458 socom upper for my $500 5.56 16" upper. I plan on building a complete .223 gun out of some billet receivers, so it works out good.

traded this:


for this:

 

If you dont reload prepare to go broke feeding that thing if you shoot it much. Thats probably the caliber Id go with if I was looking for a heavy hitter in an AR platform.

If you plan on getting any NFA items you might want to think about getting those ***** rolling in case Obama gets re-elected. No telling what will happen with gun laws if that happens.

 

How are the .458 as far as kick compared to another gun? was looking at them and thot it maybe would take the fun out of shooting

 

.458 is nice, but as he said, to hell with paying to shoot it. That's what I sold my 6.8, I am currently building a .223 wylde, there posted here as well.

 

No first hand experience but from the videos Ive seen of people shooting them they dont look bad at all. The buffer spring is still the same so it cant be too much worse. These things are about like the old 444 marlins, big, heavy, slow round that packs a punch but has a very limited range.

 

I plan on getting set up with reloading stuff by Jan next year. I am not plinking with this one for sure, but I do like the different bullets you can use with it. 250 up to 600 grain. It is more like a 45-70 rd than a .444 imo.

not sure yet, I am changing optic mounts on it, and I will report back. I have been told it is more like a 20 ga shotgun.

I am going to build me another 5.56 upper too. I am going to build it just like the last one but with a different handguard and BCG. I like the Green Mountain barrels. They are nice for a button rifle. I will have no need for cut rifle.

 

not bad...

I like my SKS for a pig rifle

 

I personally like the AR15performance barrels, if not them, Black Hole or White Oak

 

Geez,, i just saw Cheaperthandirt had SBR 458 ammo in stock.. $61.09 for a box of 20...
$3.05 per shot, and i thought 50BMG was expensive.

Ive shot the 450 bushmaster in a M4 type setup and it was a stout thud, bout like a light weight 20ga single shot.

Since you come out ahead on the trade,, you could always sell/trade the 458 and have everything you need to do your next 5.56?

 

yeah they are expensive, but I always wanted a big bore AR, and I will just carry it with me hunting. I got 15 rds of corbon 405 grain soft points in the trade to go with it.

On a side note, it is lighter than what I expected it to be. I guess all the bull barrel weight got taken out with the large hole thru the center of the barrel