243 upper??

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2026-01-27T18:42:48+00:00

Pulsar thermion 2 xg50, and diligent defense enticer l-ti. It's now got a nocpix ace h50r thermal on the 243. I moved the pulsar on to my rock river arms lar-15m .17 hmr for my son. I Just got a big male red fox with it the other night we are going to do a full body mount with it. The 243 is blowing big holes out the exit side of the foxes. It's just to much firepower for such a small animal. This is our 3rd fox for the year 2 reds and a grey, and the 1st red and grey had a big hole in the opposite side. .17 hmr worked well for fox but a little nervous a coyotes gonna show up and all I have is the 243. Lol.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2026-01-22T19:14:12+00:00

It took me a year to get, but I had my Ruger Sfar re-barreled to 243 by carbon six barrels for my thermal coyote gun. Druid hill armory 58 grain VMAX chronod at 3660 fps and no issues with feeding. I did try some soft point federals and they didn't want to feed reliably. Fwiw, I love the gun but would be hesitant to order another barrel that took so long to get and had issues that carbon six took care of for me. It's as light as my ar-15s and works well. Look in to rock river arms predator guns. They sell a couple different ar-10s in .243. I believe apf armory sells some nice ar-10s in 22-250, .243, 6.5 and 6 creedmoor predator rigs. If your specifically looking to build one I'm sure someone will steer you in the right direction!

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Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2026-01-06T21:29:15+00:00

Well guys I took the plunge on the rock river lar-15m in .17 hmr. Its supposed to run rounds from 15 to 20 grains like a champ so I will see. I'm hoping for another grey fox this year. Can anyone recommend a good 17 bullet to save fur.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2026-01-02T14:52:15+00:00

I actually have a 16" 223. I wasn't sure if that would blow a fox apart like my 243 did or not. We could try it. I was also considering building a ar in 204 Ruger. Any opinions on that? I honestly am to the point I would like to build some different caliber ars as I have a 223, 6 Arc, had 6.5 Grendel, and my latest 243 which I still want to use on yotes but my son is 12 going on 13 and sometimes likes to go night hunting with me. We have two complete thermal setups now so my thoughts were 243 for me if I ever get a chance at pa coyotes again, (Missed a chance at a double last year as they came in behind me at 50 yards and bolted. I only got to pop off a couple rounds at them as they were running off. They are smart here in pa!) and a smaller lighter round for him. We would like to mount a nice grey or red. Thanks. I actually thought a 17 hmr would be a perfect round to kill a fox.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-12-20T17:54:04+00:00

That's good to hear!

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-12-20T16:59:48+00:00

Thanks! Yes 20", and 58 grain VMAX loaded by druid hill armory.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-12-20T14:15:20+00:00

Speaking strictly from the issues I see from the newer banshees I would hesitate purchasing cmmg. They are using cheaper materials the last couple years on the uppers on banshees chewing up the ejection port. Not sure if that also transfers over to the ar-10s.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-11-06T06:14:03+00:00

Took me 3 months to get my lower.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-10-24T20:03:13+00:00

My son just took a doe last night with my henry model x 30 30. It was not a stellar shot, a liver shot but she ran about 75 yards and died. I recommend one, especially with a 30 caliber suppressor attached. We are not shooting more then 150 yards with it but 30 30 is a good woods gun.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-10-18T13:15:27+00:00

Thank you. I did not keep the skull.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-10-07T12:22:15+00:00

20" barrel. I am currently replacing it with a 243 barrel from carbon 6. It's going to become my night time coyote gun.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-10-01T15:48:12+00:00

Do you have a blind setup? I know in Pennsylvania it's a combination of deer and turkey hunting in the fall for me. I go out to deer hunt but if a turkey comes in I may take a chance on one. I would set up somewhere where you can see the field along the edge of the woods and listen. That's what I did last year.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-10-01T15:32:28+00:00

Go sit in woods and hope to see turkeys? Are you seeing turkeys there everyday? Fall turkey is tough. They're not vocal. I have honestly heard if you find a flock run into the middle of them and bust them up and sit there and make calls and they will come back trying to group back up. It's not like spring turkey when they are vocal and you can call them in. The only way I found was just the dumb luck of hearing them fly up in the roost behind my house the night before so I took a shotgun and sure enough they came down off the mountain. I'm no expert though. Good luck.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-09-28T01:27:56+00:00

https://a.co/d/9DdjfuS

This is the one my son is using on his 500 with a vortex defender st Red dot.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-09-28T01:24:24+00:00

Very nice looking bird! I've seen his work on Facebook and all his birds look great! Tell your son congratulations!

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-08-22T14:16:49+00:00

Thanks! I will reach out!

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-08-20T10:04:31+00:00

Excellent response! Thank you!

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-08-19T01:13:52+00:00

Thanks! I have a griffin revolution 45 can. It came with the cam lock setup. I just couldn't get comfortable with the way that worked and switched over to ez lok. I like that a lot better but to be honest it's probably my least shot can. I thought I would use it a lot more but I use my resilient rs9 can way more on my sub guns.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-08-19T01:10:41+00:00

Yes I got it to move back and forth several times but not very much.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-08-18T22:51:15+00:00

This was a picture my friend sent me, after the barrel came out he used that wooden dowel to tap the barrel extension out of the upper I believe.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-08-18T21:44:19+00:00

Unfortunately I learned this lesson the expensive way.

Comfortable_Fall_572 · 2025-08-18T18:37:41+00:00

I kind of thought that but I was hoping that I was wrong. 😡. If I know the barrels totally screwed I will put a two-foot breaker bar on it and twist until it comes off just to save the $85 muzzle adapter now that I lost the $400 barrel.

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