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What AR15 chamberings are compatible with the standard bolt face gas system and mags?

BigDanSBigDanS Posts: 6,992 Senior Member
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So I am considering alternative uppers, and for simplicity sakes I want to stay with the same magazine, bolt / gas system. Basically I want to swap uppers and be done.

I know the following are the same:

5.56 / .223
6x45
300 aac

What else?

Thank you in advance.

D
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  • justin10mmjustin10mm Posts: 688 Senior Member
    #2
    17 remington
    204 ruger
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  • JasonMPDJasonMPD Posts: 6,583 Senior Member
    #3
    .222Rem (seen an AR for this, believe it or not)

    6.5x45 (6.5/.223) also fits.
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  • BigDanSBigDanS Posts: 6,992 Senior Member
    #4
    So if you got a modified bolt with an upper, do other cases use the standard ar 15 magazines?
    "A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain
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  • JasonMPDJasonMPD Posts: 6,583 Senior Member
    #5
    .50 Beowulf does, as I understand it. 6.8SPC does NOT use 5.56 mags and 6.5 Grendel uses 5.56 mags, I think.
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  • BigDanSBigDanS Posts: 6,992 Senior Member
    #6
    I am liking what I read about the .458 socom...

    D
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  • JasonMPDJasonMPD Posts: 6,583 Senior Member
    #7
    BigDanS wrote: »
    I am liking what I read about the .458 socom...

    D

    Also uses AR mags.

    I think it is superior to .50Beowulf...mostly because AA didn't develop it.

    If you want an AR to be a .45-70 then .458 SOCOM is your huckleberry. Great pig caliber for sure. And WAAAAAY better bullet selection. Everything from Hornady softpoints to hydro-statically stabilized Woodleigh solids...mucho fun.
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  • JayhawkerJayhawker Posts: 18,356 Senior Member
    #8
    .17 Rem....and anything that uses a .223 case as a parent
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  • JasonMPDJasonMPD Posts: 6,583 Senior Member
    #9
    cpj wrote: »
    I thought the Beowulf was 7.62x39 sized?

    The mags, not the bolt face.
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  • jbp-ohiojbp-ohio Posts: 10,932 Senior Member
    #10
    Both the Wulf and SOCOM have a larger diameter rim than the 5.56.......
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  • timctimc Posts: 6,684 Senior Member
    #11
    Beowulf will single stack in a standard 5.56 mag and will shoot reliably but if you don't trim the feed lips a little it will scar the brass.
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  • jbp-ohiojbp-ohio Posts: 10,932 Senior Member
    #12
    cpj wrote: »
    I thought the Beowulf was 7.62x39 sized?


    See, I wasn't the only one who thought they were talking about both........
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  • jbp-ohiojbp-ohio Posts: 10,932 Senior Member
    #13
    knitepoet wrote: »
    :uhm:
    quoted in my first post to this thread
    Not to mention SIX uses of the word mag or mags

    Edited because I missed one

    Ever think for a second no one was talking about your post or even read your post? When using Tapatalk posts sometimes don't show up, or I just miss them. Many times I will reply to a post (that is the last in a thread), and when I refresh Tapatalk, there will be multiple replies between my reply and the post I was replying too..

    I read Jason say the Wulf does fit, and Dan say he's liking the SOCOM. Last thing I saw was CPJ's post when I replied, so I just said they won't use the same bolt which was the the original question.

    You may now reach down and pull your panties out of your crack.
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  • 41magnut41magnut Posts: 1,306 Senior Member
    #14
    I am not sure about the bolt face dimensions, but this round seems interesting.

    http://www.rifleshootermag.com/2011/01/04/ammunition_rs_30remingtonar_200904/

    OK, read the full article and it has a different bolt face, a modified ar-10 bolt carrier. But an interesting round none the less.
    Seems like this would be a more useful round than the 300 Blackout.

    I am willing to bet ammo would be just short of none existent.
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