*After having personally witnessed ( I shot it too) a bone stock DPMS LR308 (.308 AR 24" barrel) shoot maybe a hair over 1MOA with surplus ammo (we were shooting clay pigeons at 100 yards and we hit the pieces until we couldn’t see them in the 10x scope we were using), I bought me up one of dem bad boys.
*I had my talented gunsmith friend Rob cut the barrel to just under 21" so that it’s lighter, shorter, has a stiffer barrel, and *still has the legs to go to 1000 yards. *He also installed a CMMG 2 stage trigger, an Armalite scope mount, and a Magpul PRS stock. *A Pride Fowler 3-9x scope finished her off. *He’s checking the gun over to see if the gas port needs opened up and I should have it by next week. *So cue the Tom Petty “The Waiting is the Hardest Part” and tell me what you think.
*FYI, Rob built an AR15 that shots sub 3" groups at 600 yards. *The guy does exacting work to your specification and his work is safe. *
Trying to fight the urge for a .308 AR . I am trying to talk myself into a MK12 MOD1 clone it makes it hard to do when I see one nicely done as yours. Looks good with the barrel cut down to 21 inches and that PRS stock looks good to.
Nice Rifle…
The trigger should be the first to go on those things. I put an RRA two-stage in mine. Best upgrade I ever made.
One word of caution on the two-stage triggers. I don’t know if the CMMG has this issue but the RRA setup can cause light primers strikes in the LR-308. This is not a big deal for me since I use Federal primers but may be an issue for those that are using military surplus, etc.
Beautiful rifle, 21" looks just about right. I have an LR308 that I’m setting up just about like that. Going to do the PRS stock, trigger should go out in a day or two to Springfield for his 3lb trigger job, then I just need glass and rings. I was thinking 20-22" should be about right, stiffen the barrel up a little, and move the center of gravity back a little. I don’t want to go down to 18" as I want o have the velocity to shoot at 800-1000 if I should ever decide to shoot that far. The PRS probably helps balance it out a little? I was also considering having the barrel fluted for some additional minor weight savings and stiffening. Probably going to leave the free float tube alone, its a target rifle after all. Only thing I was considering was adding a small piece of rail at 6 o’clock to add a bipod. I know I can mount it on the stud, but I like the look of the rail mount and I think its a little more solid. My only problem is that all the add on rail I’ve found is for 2" handguards and the factory handguards are 2.25". I want the underside of the rail to closely follow the contour of the handguard so it bolts down real solid and doesn’t make scuff marks at the edges. Anybody have thoughts on where to get rail machined with a 2.25" diameter radius on the mounting side? Anyway, great looking rifle, give us a range report ASAP-Norcal911
Nice shooter, Dude! Mind if I ask how much $$ you have in it? I’ve been eying a build almost exactly like this for a while. Soooo … when I build it, don’t call me a copycat.
I hope you plan to follow up here with your AAR and pix!?
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Why didn’t you opt for some type of flash hider/ suppressor for it? BTW- Ammoman has some foreign mil contract match ammo on sale. Might be worth looking at.
If your going to push anything past 600 yards, hand loads are a must. For my 600 yard loads I’ve been shooting JLK 80gr VLD just off the lands. Sub 3 inch in my service rifle. Only took about 500 rounds to find the sweet spot! That rifle should shoot better than 3 with a well setup hand load. Nice!!
Oh really? Why is that? Especially since I have seen snipers/DDM’s make hits further than 600yds using factory match ammo. I guess they didn’t get the memo.
Thats what just works for me and is my experience. I’m sure if you want to start a pissing contest we can mention organizations using both and determine who’s dick is bigger by the accuracy of our listings. The man got a new rifle. Your advice is just as valid as mine. I’m sure then he pulls up his big boy pants in the morning he will decide what information to use and which to disregard. This is a forum. Information is king.
No need for dick measuring as I have a fairly small one. The fact is you stated that in order to push past 600 yards, handloads are a MUST. That is an absolute and it is completely untrue. In addition to all that. When I attended the SPR Course last October we were hitting targets in excess of 600 out to almost 900 yds. using 5.56 77gr. Match ammo from Black Hills. So explain that.
My ammo recommendation to LL was simply to let him know that there was some cheap match ammo out there for him to look at, nothing more.
Shutup and stop calling attention to what I forgot about Actually, I just didn’t think of it. I don’t think I really need it though and if I get out to any matches, a brake would probably just piss the people off that are next to me. I might have it threaded. This beast is heavy enough that recoil is nothing to worry about anyway.
It sounds like the really only polite thing to do is add a can to it
Best way to get some elbow room at the range is to have a 7.62 AR with a muzzle break and a bunch of loaded mags out in plain sight.
To me a bolt-action with a flash hider, and an AR without a flash hider look funny.
Sounds like a real nice rifle, and less than going the KAC route. How would you compare DMPS 5.56 to 7.62 products?
Iraqgunz- Just tell women how long it is in millimeters, makes you sound foreign and huge.
