My Marine would like opinions on Rec 7

[Steelharp]

Guys, my son is very interested in a Barrett Rec 7 6.8. He would like to hear from any of you guys that have any experience with them. Reliability, any personal pros or cons... anything. Thanks in advance.

[willis68]

I have heard they are awesome weapons, a couple of years I pursued buying one but could never find one available, Future Weapons on the Discovery channel did a show about them a year or so ago

[Chris]

Full disclosure: I work in marketing for Barrett. That being said, the REC 7 is an awesome gun. It's tough as nails... I've seen the gun buried, submerged and treated in some truly horrific ways. Each time it fired without fail. Pretty serious piece of hardware.

[Steelharp]

Chris, I received this from one gent: "A very expensive toy, with expensive ammo. It has about the same ballistics of a 270 Winchester at 200 yards.

A 308 on the AR platform is more sensible, easier to feed and reload for, and monumentally more efficient."

What say ye?

[Guest 6.8 AR]

The Barret may be an expensive toy, but I have several 6.8's and like them a lot more than the 5.56's I started with. The ammo is a bit more expensive until you start reloading. I'd love to try a Recce. 6.8's are every bit as accurate and quite more lethal.

If you already have an AR lower, you can find 6.8 uppers starting at $650 or so, that are great shooters. You would just need new mags. Go to 68Forums.com and learn all you ever wanted to know them.

[Smith]

Chris, I received this from one gent: "A very expensive toy, with expensive ammo. It has about the same ballistics of a 270 Winchester at 200 yards.

A 308 on the AR platform is more sensible, easier to feed and reload for, and monumentally more efficient."

What say ye?

Eh, ammo cost are near the same as 5.56 now (minus Wolf/steel cased stuff) and ballistically the same as .308 (not .270) out to 350 yrds. Add in the ability to change uppers, cheap mags (c-products), and it weighs a lot less than any .308. I don't see any comparison to a .308 AR. They are to different animals. It is best compared to a 5.56 AR.

As far as cost, a Barret will run you more but has the GP system, rail etc. that make it fairly reasonable when pitted against an 5.56 AR with similar features. There are other custom guys that are actually cheaper than a lot of 5.56 builds (feature to feature). Bison Armory and Titan Armory for examples (Not GP BTW).

Edited December 26, 2009 by Smith

[Guest m14man]

Barrett 6.8 SPC REM REC 7 NIB AR-15 RARE AR15 : Semi-auto at GunBroker.com

i have played with this one. seems like a well built gun, no wiggles or rattles, just out of my price range.