Rebarrel DPMS ?

How much trouble is it to rebarrel a DPMS LR 308 B? This thing is a boat anchor I have a FN Tact. Carbine that has spoiled me . Weight wise. I bought a DPMS G2. I'm thinking of a rebarrel in something 6.5. Probably 260. I don't have the tools to do it, so i'll look for a good smith.
 
as noted - any smith worth their salt should be able to rebarrel it in not much more than a few mins with very basic tools. the only thing not mentioned above would be a set of go/nogo gauges to verify that the bolt headspaces correctly with the new barrel/barrel extension.

make sure you order a barrel with the correct extension on it though - the AR-10 platform isnt nearly as universal as the ar-15 platform is... there is no "MIL SPEC" for ar-10 stuff. if you have any questions talk to whoever you're ordering the barrel from, make sure they're aware its for a DMPS G2 and they'll steer you in the right direction.



generally speaking swapping a barrel on any ar-platform rifle can be done in just about any garage/basement workshop in the country with only a few specialty tools and following simple instructions from a number of youtube videos. mechanically speaking the process of changing an ar-10 and ar-15 barrel are basically identical and the only real difference is paying attention to the proper torque specs (45-90 ft/lbs for ar-10 vs 35-80 ft/lbs for ar-15)
 
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