hunter90899

I am looking at getting a.223 (5.56) in AR but I am indecided about which kind. I have one retailer telling me that Rock River is a much better brand and built better than the S&W, and the other telling me the opposite. Now is this like the debate about which truck is better Ford or Chevy when for the most part it is personal preferance or is there in fact some truth to what one of these retailers are saying, then which one?
RR VS. S&W your opinions?
Thanks
Steve

statjunk

It doesn't matter at all. If price was the same I would take the RR simply for the resale value. Otherwise it doesn't matter.

Tom

bigtim6656

Most of the high end AR makes are good. HEck same platform same spec i am sure. I would go with either properly the RR for resale like said. Though i am looking at a S&W .308 AR right now 1400 bucks with a bipod from gander

tjj

Rock-River

hunter90899

There is only a thirty dollar dif in the packages (rifle,case and 5 mags) the RR is the more. But with the S&W I would not be able to change the upper to a larger caliber (308) in the P15 platform I would have to spend a little more and get P10, but with th RR I could get the 308 if I choose to but like I said if I choose to. Yeah bigtim trying to get one in 308 is hard the one shop as soon as they were put out on the shelf they were gone. Plus the cost of amo for the most part this will be used for Coyote and just having fun with.
Thanks I really appriciate ths info this far

homers brother

Hold on a minute here....

Just to clarify, we're NOT talking about putting a 7.62x51mm (.308) upper on a 5.56x45mm (.223) lower, are we?

Unless you buy an AR-10 based platform, you're limited to cartridges that will feed from an AR-15 magazine: .204, .223, 6.8 SPC, 6.5 Grendel, .30 AR, .450 Bushmaster, .50 Beowulf, ...

If you can't fit it in an AR-15 magazine, you can't run it through an AR-15 lower receiver.

bigbulls

Like HB said not gonna happen with either of the 15 based rifles.

As far as the S&W and RR go.... flip a coin.

hunter90899

homers brother thank you for correcting me, and no it isnt the 308 it is in facted the 6.8 and 6.5 uppers that fall in between the 5.56 and the 7.62 thanks again.

Centaur 1

Like everyone said they're both built to the same specs, the only thing different is the name on it. Have you ever thought about building your own? My son just built one. He bought a S&W M&P lower locally from a gun shop, it's the only part that's serialized. Then he picked up a 9MM upper from a guy on AR15.com. He went to a gun show and bought the trigger group, stock, flip up sights, red dot sight, and magazines. By doing it this way you can buy the accessories that you like. He doesn't know it yet but I picked up a free floated forearm for Christmas for him. It's a Yankee Hill Machine Black Diamond that's midlength in size.

Since everything is built to government specs there really isn't much difference in quality between brands. By building it yourself you will have the satisfaction of doing it, as well as the fact that you can buy exactly the accessories that you like, not what the manufacturer puts on it. You'll also spend less money doing it this way. Check out AR15.com for in depth info about these guns, they are a great source of info.

Centaur 1

These uppers will fit either brand lower.