Comments on: SHOT Show Report: Remington 30AR Rifles and Ammo

By: Carlos

Carlos — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:15:20 +0000

Hi:
I would like to know the balistics with a .165 or .173 gr. bullet.
Thank you in advance

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:38:43 +0000

I’ve had an Colt AR carbine in 7.62×39 for years, and it shoot great. Only problem is finding magazines that work right. The body taper of the 7.62×39, and the straight magazine well of the AR make it hard to build a fool proof magazine for more than 5 rounds. The .30RAR looks like it might solve that problem. If anyone know of a good magazine for the 7.62×39, please let me know.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:44:06 +0000

Ed, you hit the nail squarely on the head. The 7.62×39 is a great round in the AR-15 style of rifle. Very accurate and does everything this 30 Rem will do especially if handloaded and much cheaper!

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:16:21 +0000

Am I missing something, what is the new & uniquely significant performance difference between the 2009 Remington .30AR(7.62×40)123gr and the 1945 Russian 7.62×39 123gr cartridges.

By: William Reich

William Reich — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:26:16 +0000

This cartridge when I first looked at it reminded me of the .308×1.5″ cartridge developed in the 1960’s. So I looked up the information up on it, they almost look the same. Interesting! It will be an interesting cartridge to work with on different platforms. Can I get about 5 sample unprimed cartridge cases to plan some projects around? Who will be making the reloading dies for reloading this cartridge. Thanks.

William Reich

By: WILLIAM O'NEILL

WILLIAM O'NEILL — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:43:21 +0000

How to make this caliber more popular? Make it avalible in a greater variety of rifle types. i.e.(M 700, Model 7, 770 etc.)

By: WILLIAM O'NEILL

WILLIAM O'NEILL — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:29:28 +0000

Much anticipated.Will be well suited in model 7 action rifles and carbines.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:58:24 +0000

It’s all about the 2A any gun for any one, like Sam Colt said “The Lord made men, but Sam Colt made them equal”.

I hope this one doesn’t turn into the gun of the month and sticks around, my accumulation of dies is getting large and would like to stop on the next good one.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:29:26 +0000

I have never felt the need for a “Sports Utility Rifle” that mimics any fully-automatic military arms. I slept with my very own issue M-14 enough nights in the Army to get over ever wanting a military “SUR” for my very own rifle. I will stick to my Winchester 1892-1894’s for light hunting cartridges, thanks. Especially when the serious hunting ammunition for the 30 AR costs the same as for my 7mm Magnum!

By: Gary Pease

Gary Pease — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:32:40 +0000

Let’s see, 20 round magazine, medium and/or bull barrel, flat top, three cases of ammo(or reloading components),my wish list could go on forever! A thirty in a light AR platform that won’t beat the gun to death in a week, thank you Remington! Now the AR can truly compete with the ak/sks platforms as a true battle rifle as well as a hunter and home defense weapon.I will never say that the 5.56 round is not a capable round, but a thirty should be as small as should be allowed on the battlefield. What are the ballistics of this round? What is the maximum distance to safely take a deer sized animal with it, or is that still to be determined? A true all around cartridge, also to be determined, but I can hardly wait!