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  • lonewolf23c

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    If I buy an AR chambered for .223, can I swap out the upper at a later time for say a 6.8? Or do I have to buy a whole new AR for each caliber?

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    Bill
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    crazy_taco

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    You can swap it out if you buy an upper in 6.8 SPC.

    As far as I recall, all you need to do to convert your existing upper to 6.8 is to replace the bolt head, barrel, and maybe the magazine to ones made for 6.8. (PRI makes mags better suited for 6.8, and feed better than regular AR mags made for .223/5.56.)
     

    lonewolf23c

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    You can swap it out if you buy an upper in 6.8 SPC.

    As far as I recall, all you need to do to convert your existing upper to 6.8 is to replace the bolt head, barrel, and maybe the magazine to ones made for 6.8. (PRI makes mags better suited for 6.8, and feed better than regular AR mags made for .223/5.56.

    That's kind of what I thought was it was just a swap to 6.8 upper parts. Thanks.
     

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    I always reccomend more AR lowers, but yes, you can certainly swap out uppers. Taht is the beauty of the AR-15 system.

    Its like LEGOs for adults.
     

    lonewolf23c

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    I always reccomend more AR lowers, but yes, you can certainly swap out uppers. Taht is the beauty of the AR-15 system.

    Its like LEGOs for adults.

    Cool, thanks, I was planning on picking up a couple more lower's later on. Oh but AR's are so much more fun than legos ever were.
     

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    If I buy an AR chambered for .223, can I swap out the upper at a later time for say a 6.8? Or do I have to buy a whole new AR for each caliber?

    Thanks,
    Bill

    Yep. By pushing two pins, you can go from .223 to .22 long rifle to .50 BMG to 9mm and back to .223 all in less than ten minutes if you want.
     

    ConnRadd

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    From what I understand, all I would have to do is buy this item above (for example); Take the Upper off my current AR-15 and put this on. Then just slap in the 6.8 magazine and I'll be ready to roll???
     

    lonewolf23c

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    Awesome, sounds like I can easily convert to different calibers whenever I want. Does anyone currently do this, and if you do, how do you store your unused uppers (or rather what is the proper way to store unused uppers?)
     

    M. Sage

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    I'd say store it just like you'd store a firearm. Lube it and put it away... Just be sure to keep the bolt with the upper. Easiest way to do that is drop the bolt group in place and put the upper in your safe (or wherever) muzzle-down.
     

    lonewolf23c

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    I'd say store it just like you'd store a firearm. Lube it and put it away... Just be sure to keep the bolt with the upper. Easiest way to do that is drop the bolt group in place and put the upper in your safe (or wherever) muzzle-down.

    Thanks, really didn't know if there was a special way to store them when not attached to a lower, but seems pretty easily done in a safe (if I had one).

    Bill
     
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