brown dog Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 They've had some issues and LMT have had to replace 7000 bolt groups, but it's a great rifle 16" barrel and service ammo is Black Hills MK 262 77gn, so ticks all the right boxes Incidentally I did some velocity tests with 16.5, 18 qnd 20" barrels with the same ammo and on a 5 rd average the 16.5 showed more velocity than the 18" 16.5" Hi 2753fps Lo 2738 Av 2743 SD 7fps ES 15.5fps 18" Hi 2757 Lo 2709 Av 2726 SD 19.4 ES 47.7 20" Hi 2820 Lo 2773 Av 2802 SD 18.5 ES 47.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 Opps , is it just me , why are there major bolt issues with a Ar15 type rifle in the year 2018 , and why are people , just saying , oh its alright nothing to see move on , what rubbish , sorry its not good enough in my view , they should never have gone with this company , too small & no real experience in small arms , should have gone to one of the majors , HK , FN or Colt Canada or Steyr . The rifle has broken bolts very early into use , its also rusting quite bad as well , and RE the ammo choice 262 , its too expensive for normal use , and word is they are using M193 ammo . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 1 hour ago, ChrisF said: Opps , is it just me , why are there major bolt issues with a Ar15 type rifle in the year 2018 , and why are people , just saying , oh its alright nothing to see move on , what rubbish , sorry its not good enough in my view , they should never have gone with this company , too small & no real experience in small arms , should have gone to one of the majors , HK , FN or Colt Canada or Steyr . The rifle has broken bolts very early into use , its also rusting quite bad as well , and RE the ammo choice 262 , its too expensive for normal use , and word is they are using M193 ammo . Why do all the major car manufacturers still have recalls? Things break and sometimes there are QC issues, that's just the way it is LMT said there was a hardening issue and they have rectified it under warranty, it was actually firing pins I believe They stood by their warranty and you can't ask for more than that with a company, can you? As for major rust, well it's mostly 7075T6 aluminium and plastic LMT by the way have been around since 1980 and are a good company, the British Army has just bought another 400 Sharpshooter rifles and no problems reported here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 The NZ order was by far the largest order they ever had , I would have gone to a more established company that makes everything themselves , and would have gone HK433 or FN Scar , but if I wanted a AR15 type rifle would have gone HK 416 , what these have over others is pistons & a suppressor setting , and as a lot of users are using cans . The SAS use I think the new Colt monolithic uppers from Canada . The cost of any of these rifles would be similar , something the HK has that most AR s donot have is a safety that operates in all 3 posn , reguard less of the hammer being cocked or not . I am fully aware of what ARs are made out of , just saying what has been said by the troops , and be aware NZ is very wet country normally . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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