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Member Section => Tactical Rifle & Carbine => Topic started by: tommy tornado on December 24, 2009, 08:53:11 PM
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now I believe I will have a two to three month wait before it arrives. I am looking forward to getting it and will post pics once it arrives. I went with an A4 flat top with the standard mid-length forearm. Now I have to decide on a scope. It will be used for hunting hogs and deer, so I will probably go with a 3-9 or something like that. Merry Christmas all! ;D
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now I believe I will have a two to three month wait before it arrives. I am looking forward to getting it and will post pics once it arrives. I went with an A4 flat top with the standard mid-length forearm. Now I have to decide on a scope. It will be used for hunting hogs and deer, so I will probably go with a 3-9 or something like that. Merry Christmas all! ;D
Good pick-up! A bushnell elite is hard to beat at the price.Also think about an eotech if you're working under 200 yards. I will look forward to the range report, as I'm interested in that upper myself. If you don't mind my asking, what did it set you back?
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$495 from their website. As of right now they don't have a shipping charge yet but they will add that eventually.
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I think you'll be very happy with it. I'm very impressed with the overall quality of the new Rock River Arms LAR-9, 9 MM Carbine we bought. Excellent fit and finish throughout the whole weapon. I think with the AR-15 market becoming so vastly competitive, these companies cannot afford to let their quality control slip the least bit. All it takes is one bad rifle to send a customer to another supplier. Once a consumer loses faith in a brand, that company has lost them forever. Bill T.
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all means, let us know how it goes with the RRA 6.8 upper. I have a Stag Arms version of the 6.8, but I haven't built up the lower for it yet. I did test shoot it on another lower, and got very nice groups.
One of these days I'll have to figure out how to download my phone's pictures so I can post them.
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I decided to go with a Leupold VX-I 2x7 with the long-range cross-hairs. This will be my third Leupold scope and I love them.
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I decided to go with a Leupold VX-I 2x7 with the long-range cross-hairs. This will be my third Leupold scope and I love them.
Which mounts are you choosing? I am torn about this. I have a B@L Elite 3000 on my .270, but I want to be able to put it on my AR as well, if I want more accuracy than the eotech can provide. I am tempted to go Leoupold quick release, but some of the one piece mounts have caught my eye as well. The smart move would be to buy a seperate scope, but this is just a backup option, better to spend $75 on mounts than $300-500 on new glass. There is also the question of high versus low mounts. What have you found in your research?
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http://www.rockriverarms.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=385
Went with the 1-inch hi-rise mount that is found on the link. I have one for my Varmint RRA rifle and like it a lot. Again I am not looking for a quick release SHTF rifle but a hunting rifle.
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It arrived, now I just have to wait on my brass to get here. I will post some pictures sometime this weekend.
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CONGRATS!! Can't wait to hear the reviews!
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That was quick......congrats!!!
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Apparently they are starting to catch up on back orders.
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Here is my new RRA 6.8 Mid-length Rifle and my Varmit Upper. Now I just have to get ammo and head to the range.
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Somehow, plain old "ooooh's and aaaaah's" don't do it justice. ;)
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are you using a .556 lower? if so does 6.8 use .223 mags?
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Yep a plain old Ar-15 lower, and the you can use standard AR-15 mags but you have to change out the follower. I found some 6.8 mags online for about 12 a piece on gunbroker.
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very cool! ;D
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Man, I thought I was going to get off easy by getting a 6.8 upper for my DPMS to use for hunting. Imagine my surprise when I found out "The Great Hunting State" (PA) has such archaic hunting laws that 'black powder rifle' means FLINTLOCK ONLY! Percussion cap and inline are allowed only during regular rifle season, and semi-autos are completely banned.
Even my communist neighbor state to the north (NY) allows semis w/ limited cap mags, ARs included.
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Man, I thought I was going to get off easy by getting a 6.8 upper for my DPMS to use for hunting. Imagine my surprise when I found out "The Great Hunting State" (PA) has such archaic hunting laws that 'black powder rifle' means FLINTLOCK ONLY! Percussion cap and inline are allowed only during regular rifle season, and semi-autos are completely banned.
Even my communist neighbor state to the north (NY) allows semis w/ limited cap mags, ARs included.
GA, as many others, uses the term "muzzle loader". I think the courts have ruled in our state, the powder, bullet and ignition system are irrelevant, as long as the powder and bullet are loaded through the muzzle.
Sorry about the semi-auto ban.
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PA is the reason Remington makes a pump rifle.
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Not a problem in Texas.
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PA is the reason Remington makes a pump rifle.
Ah, the second way to increase the size of just one forearm.
;D
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Yes, it offsets what the beer curls do for the other one ;D
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Ah, the second way to increase the size of just one forearm.
;D