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BoilerUp
19 January 2019, 08:23
Anyone here with experience with the LMT MRP? After watching the video below, I'm feeling a strong desire to pick up the LMT New Zealand Reference rifle (https://lmtdefense.com/firearms/nz-mars-l)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=funfIwBPCyo

https://lmtdefense.com/media/2017/10/NZ-MARS-L-1024x280.jpg

UWone77
19 January 2019, 08:26
I've owned probably 6 or so over the years. I think I still have 3 MRP's? 2 10.5's and a 14.5" Great rifles. Typical LMT Quality. Throw a MRP upper on a MARS lower and you can't ask for much more.

Weird timing... you just missed out on Brownells selling MRP uppers for $699. They had them for months, including the New Zealand Upper.

BoilerUp
19 January 2019, 08:58
I've owned probably 6 or so over the years. I think I still have 3 MRP's? 2 10.5's and a 14.5" Great rifles. Typical LMT Quality. Throw a MRP upper on a MARS lower and you can't ask for much more.

Weird timing... you just missed out on Brownells selling MRP uppers for $699. They had them for months, including the New Zealand Upper.

Thanks for the inpu. Yes, i saw those MRP uppers on sale after they were OOS. Where the NZ uppers on sale, too? The MARS lower looks fantastic.

UWone77
19 January 2019, 09:01
Thanks for the inpu. Yes, i saw those MRP uppers on sale after they were OOS. Where the NZ uppers on sale, too? The MARS lower looks fantastic.

NZ uppers sold out first if I recall correctly. 10.5's were on the website much longer. I'm guessing they cleared out everything as I only see 16's in stock now at full price.

If you want AMBI, the MARS is probably the last forged lower you'll ever need.

SINNER
19 January 2019, 11:09
Agree. Great rifles. I need to grab a few MARS lowers myself.

VIPER 237
20 January 2019, 12:12
Best place to find a mars lower?

UWone77
20 January 2019, 12:35
Best place to find a mars lower?

https://www.thoroughbredarmco.com/product/77/

Stripped are out of stock right now, but I've been able to snag a couple just from the stock notice sign ups.

The complete ones are in stock.

I'm sure there are other retailers, but that's where I've bought mine.

VIPER 237
20 January 2019, 17:37
Thanks man, I’m in the notify list so hopefully soon. I wanna pair it with my urgi upper


https://www.thoroughbredarmco.com/product/77/

Stripped are out of stock right now, but I've been able to snag a couple just from the stock notice sign ups.

The complete ones are in stock.

I'm sure there are other retailers, but that's where I've bought mine.

BoilerUp
20 January 2019, 19:39
Thanks man, I’m in the notify list so hopefully soon. I wanna pair it with my urgi upper

RifleGear appears to have some stripped lowers in stock: https://www.riflegear.com/p-9940-lmt-mars-l-stripped-lower.aspx

cjd3
20 January 2019, 22:23
Besides the ambi controls, is the bolt catch and mag catch still standard?

UWone77
20 January 2019, 22:49
Besides the ambi controls, is the bolt catch and mag catch still standard?

They're all preinstalled so I'm not actually sure. The bolt catch doesn't look milspec.

VIPER 237
21 January 2019, 16:54
RifleGear appears to have some stripped lowers in stock: https://www.riflegear.com/p-9940-lmt-mars-l-stripped-lower.aspx

ugh i was too late

Stone
21 January 2019, 17:11
They're all preinstalled so I'm not actually sure. The bolt catch doesn't look milspec.

The left side mag release looks out of reach for medium hands with regular fingers.
6205

For comparison.
6206

FWIW, I shoot on both sides and when I do a mag change shooting lefty I still find myself (50% of the time) reaching up with my right hand/thumb to hit the mag release and strip the mag out.

BoilerUp
21 January 2019, 17:34
The left side mag release looks out of reach for medium hands with regular fingers.

Using a pistol grip w/o the beaver tail should help. I'd have the opposite problem of trying to hit a spot so far back on the LWRC.

BoilerUp
21 January 2019, 17:39
ugh i was too late

Nuts. They had 3 last night and I've been pondering today if I should order one, a complete MARS lower, or hold out and get a complete New Zealand Reference Rifle. I was leaning towards the last but I finally noticed that the NZSAS in the video above seem to be running 10.5" barrels with their Surefire SOCOMs so now I'm a little less conflicted about getting the factory Kiwi gun with 16" barrel.

Edit: WA implements new "assault rifle" rules this summer, so I'm figuring out which purchases I might want to make before that hits and just makes everything a bit more PITA. An LMT MARS and an MP5 clone top the list, but I'd buy the latter as a piston anyway so that wouldn't really be an issue.

UWone77
21 January 2019, 17:48
Nuts. They had 3 last night and I've been pondering today if I should order one, a complete MARS lower, or hold out and get a complete New Zealand Reference Rifle. I was leaning towards the last but I finally noticed that the NZSAS in the video above seem to be running 10.5" barrels with their Surefire SOCOMs so now I'm a little less conflicted about getting the factory Kiwi gun with 16" barrel.

Edit: WA implements new "assault rifle" rules this summer, so I'm figuring out which purchases I might want to make before that hits and just makes everything a bit more PITA. An LMT MARS and an MP5 clone top the list, but I'd buy the latter as a piston anyway so that wouldn't really be an issue.

You could always get the MP5 later as a pistol.

BoilerUp
9 February 2019, 11:40
Picked up my New Zealand LMT yesterday. I'm impressed.

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-mW2bdTW/0/ecaa988e/X3/i-mW2bdTW-X3.jpg

Thanks to StrongsideTactical (https://www.strongsidetactical.com/) for hooking me up.

I think I'm going to have to get a MARS-H to complement it.

fledge
9 February 2019, 14:50
BU, looks great!

I figured I’d ask this question here for opinions.

For same price, if you could choose between these uppers (not complete rifles):

LMT MRP with 12” piston MLOK
Or
SR16 11.5 upper URX 3.1

Which one?

cjd3
9 February 2019, 21:18
Looks good, how are the ambi controls?

BoilerUp
9 February 2019, 23:43
Looks good, how are the ambi controls?

I should probably get some trigger time before I answer that, but I'm in the middle of Seattle Snowmegeddon so it might be a few weeks before that happens.

BoilerUp
6 May 2019, 21:12
Best place to find a mars lower?

MARS lowers, both -L and -H are in stock at Tombstone Tactical.

$270 for small frame: https://www.tombstonetactical.com/catalog/lmt/m7sl-mars-l-ar-15-stripped-lower-receiver/

$350 for large frame: https://www.tombstonetactical.com/catalog/lmt/lm308amsl-mars-h-ar-10-stripped-lower-receiver/

Former11B
2 March 2022, 10:53
Even STG from the NZ police would use this place as they do train with the NZ SAS.

What?

Jerry R
2 March 2022, 11:01
What?

I only deleted the post, will give them another chance. If it continues ...