Here's a tip from someone who has 4 or 5 trigger groups from parts kits sitting in the parts box: Save up and spend as much as you can for a good trigger. I would look at the geissele line of triggers, they are top tear and the company/owner is a HUGE gun rights supporter. 200 bucks sounds like...
If you understand their policies, and still choose to do buisness with them, then you don't get to whine about it.
Fact of the matter is, PSA is the wal-mart of the AR world right now. They provide a decent product for a great price. Don't like the wait times? Want a better quality...
First thing to do is narrow down what you want out of the gun. Second step is to nail down a budget! Once you have those two questions answered, then you can start digging. With the .308 AR platform, 1 thing to keep in mind is that it is not completely interchangeable from different...
Another +1 on Flour, rice, and rolled oats. Once you get a couple buckets of each, then start looking into grains and a grain mill. Keep in mind, a 25lb bag of rolled oats will fill 3 5 gallon buckets and have some left over! Start researching grain mills, and pick one up. Then get small amounts...
Most service rifle people use a 1 in 8 twist barrel. We tend to shoot the heavier projectiles. I am running nosler 77gr bthp over 24.0 gr of varget for now, and it shoots good. The three projectiles you have listed will work just fine. Work up your loads and give it a go!
Actually the most important thing you need to find out is whether or not your place of employment is exempt from the law. I work in the telco industry, and it is a no go for us. I belive the steel plants up north are the same way. After that, I would find a gun friendly management type person at...
AR15.com has a survival board in their outdoors tab. It is nice in that it is more about practical prepping/survival and very very little tinfoil/paranoia/agenda drama.
Nothing is compatible between an ar-15 and an ar-10, except the buttstock. Do some dilligent research, as there are several different "patterns" to ar-10 rifles. AR-10 is a generic term, unless you are speaking specificly about the armalite ar-10. For instance, and DPMS lr-308 is not parts...
AR15.com has an excellent build it yourself sub-board. It is a gfreat resource. It really isnt that hard to do. A word of advice, do NOT attempt your first build in a carpeted room. There is i very high chance that you will launch a pin which is almost impossible to find in carpet!