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Thread: LMT MRP experience?
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19 January 2019, 08:23 #1
LMT MRP experience?
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
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19 January 2019, 08:26 #2
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.
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19 January 2019, 08:58 #3
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19 January 2019, 09:01 #4
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19 January 2019, 11:09 #5
Agree. Great rifles. I need to grab a few MARS lowers myself.
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20 January 2019, 12:12 #6
Best place to find a mars lower?
FFL 07/ NFA 02
TWN Certified Hydro Dipper
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20 January 2019, 12:35 #7
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.
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20 January 2019, 17:37 #8
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20 January 2019, 19:39 #9
RifleGear appears to have some stripped lowers in stock: https://www.riflegear.com/p-9940-lmt...ped-lower.aspx
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20 January 2019, 22:23 #10
Besides the ambi controls, is the bolt catch and mag catch still standard?
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20 January 2019, 22:49 #11
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21 January 2019, 16:54 #12
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21 January 2019, 17:11 #13
The left side mag release looks out of reach for medium hands with regular fingers.
For comparison.
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.Last edited by Stone; 21 January 2019 at 17:23.
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21 January 2019, 17:34 #14
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21 January 2019, 17:39 #15
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.