Posted on 01/26/2016 6:15:16 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
I have been given first shot at a Primary Weapons Systems PWS MK114 rifle in .223 Wylde.
I've always wanted something like this but know nothing about them.
Good, bad or otherwise, please share your vast and valuable knowledge.
Thank you all, in advance.
http://www.armslist.com/posts/5050888/minneapolis-minnesota-rifles-for-sale--pws-mk114-primary-weapons-system
That sounds like a wildcat round. You have to make them or they are really hard to find.
You can shoot .223 and 5.56 safely and accurately.
https://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=3&f=118&t=407696
From what little I have read, The Wylder barrel allows both, compensating for the higher pressures of the 5.56
This was just dropped on me this afternoon so I’m kind of in a happy rush to make a decision tomorrow.
I see no downside to the cartridge.
But I only know what I read on the Interwebs. :)
Thanks for the link.
Think it’s a good price?
Is the price right?
This is just me but for $900 you can get a Wyndham AR 15. great rifle. We have one. No problem with ammo.
Not an ar guy. But I really remember the one I did not buy.......
Lists for $1949 so it’s $500 under list. But I only know what I read on the Interwebs.
http://primaryweapons.com/store/product-category/firearms/mk1-series/mk1-rifles/
Oops ones...
Don’t know anything about that caliber, but I have a primary arms 5.56 and it has been a good rifle. Only downsides to it are that the rails aren’t free-floated, and can’t be relaced because of the proprietary gas system (it is a piston driven gun, not direct-impingement).
If I had it do over again, I would just buy or build my own DI AR, no more fancy non-standard piston driven stuff for me. That said, Primary Arms makes a solid and quality product,
Ammo isn’t the problem. .223 or 5.56
Question is...
Is it worth $1450.00?
That price is pretty high for an AR. AR’s are pretty simple rifles, you can get a fine one these days for $600.
Oops ones...
New, it lists for $1900.00
That’s way too much for an AR.
Surprisingly, .223 Wylde is not a wildcat. It is a design that allows you to shoot either 5.56 or .223, and it’s good for both, even with the (potentially) higher pressures of the 5.56. I have an AR in .223 Wylde and like it a lot. I do not have the exact model he is looking at, but I have found it convenient for cheap 5.56 bulk ammo but also very accurate when I want to push myself to the limit on target shooting with precision .223 ammo.
The bottom line: I’m happy with the .223 Wilde but have no experience with the particular rifle under discussion.
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