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Posted: 4/25/2012 6:08:49 PM
[Last Edit: 4/25/2012 6:09:49 PM by DVCAPI]
Originally Posted By TXBorn: I don't think he's saying there's only a .25" eye relief, just the sweet spot where you don't get the black doughnut effect is within a .25" zone. Originally Posted By BrewRifle: Originally Posted By TXBorn: Finally decided on and ordered my optics for my new OBR 5.56 16". I went with the Leupold Mark 4 2.5-8 36mm with Illuminated TMR Reticle. I love the reticle, the eye relief and so far just about everything about this scope. Just got it mounted today...I think it's looks pretty cool on my new rig  Anxious to get to the range and try it out with the new optics! This is the Illuminated Reticle on my new Leupold Mark 4 I have a Leupold Mark AR 3-9, and the eye relief is horrid in my opinion. How much eye relief are you getting? Mine has maybe a 1/4 inch window of actual useful view. I might just have to spend the extra money on a nicer optic. My new Leupold Mark 4 has generous eye relief. I can adjust the stock all the way either direction and still have plenty of eye relief...way more than 1/4". I'd say I have somewhere between 4-6" of eye relief with this scope. I'm really pleased with my new scope.  RDS's don't care where your head is when you look through them. But every Telescopic sight I've ever owned had a 'range' or 'zone', the 'eye box', that your eye had to be in. Some scopes have a larger 'eye box' than others, but they all have one. That's why you need a consistent cheek weld when you shoulder the Rifle.  ETA: dang not paying attention again and missed page ownage.  |
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Posted: 4/25/2012 10:14:15 PM
Originally Posted By TXBorn:
Originally Posted By BrewRifle:
Originally Posted By TXBorn:
Finally decided on and ordered my optics for my new OBR 5.56 16". I went with the Leupold Mark 4 2.5-8 36mm with Illuminated TMR Reticle. I love the reticle, the eye relief and so far just about everything about this scope. Just got it mounted today...I think it's looks pretty cool on my new rig
Anxious to get to the range and try it out with the new optics! This is the Illuminated Reticle on my new Leupold Mark 4 I have a Leupold Mark AR 3-9, and the eye relief is horrid in my opinion. How much eye relief are you getting? Mine has maybe a 1/4 inch window of actual useful view. I might just have to spend the extra money on a nicer optic. My new Leupold Mark 4 has generous eye relief. I can adjust the stock all the way either direction and still have plenty of eye relief...way more than 1/4". I'd say I have somewhere between 4-6" of eye relief with this scope. I'm really pleased with my new scope. The Mark 4 is One of Leupold's top lines, and the Mark AR is an entry point scope. If you are dissatisfied with the Mark AR, don't assume it has any similarity or bearing on the Mark 4. Go on LT's site and price the Mark 4 scopes and you'll see what I mean. Not knocking your scope, just like I wouldn't knock a Ford, I just wouldn't compare it to a Ferrari. |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 3:06:26 PM
Originally Posted By Hangtown-Shooter:
It would appear the 18" 7.62 version OBR has the longest wait at this point with zero delivered (to civilians...to my knowledge) since I became a member of this fine site... likely due to previously mentioned Mil. contracts, but still unconfirmed "officially" at this point. I have stumbeled across a few threads within that same time period stating some have received their 16" or 20" OBR 7.62... along with a handfull of threads regarding 5.56 OBR's of various length's also being received. I have not been paying close attention to the PredatOBR or PredatAR thread's I must confess as they do not directly concern me...
ETA: Tomorrow mark's the One Hundred and Sixtieth (160) day in my wait just for reference (18" 7.62), and I know there are several ahead of me who have been waiting longer. Day 191 since placing my order here. 
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Posted: 4/28/2012 4:54:02 PM
183 days for me today, exactly 6 months since I both placed and paid for my order.
Thinks it's time to cancel and move on. Absolutely NO communication from them over the past 60 days. I hope some of you are having better luck, but my patience has run out. |
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Posted: 4/28/2012 5:16:34 PM
[Last Edit: 4/28/2012 5:18:39 PM by 33shooter]
Originally Posted By wood-chuck:
183 days for me today, exactly 6 months since I both placed and paid for my order. Thinks it's time to cancel and move on. Absolutely NO communication from them over the past 60 days. I hope some of you are having better luck, but my patience has run out. I've been very vocal about this cause I'm impatient. But I recommend you call and check on your order. Give them till Friday. I think this is going to be a good week for future OBR owners. |
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Posted: 4/30/2012 12:22:56 PM
I called in the beginning of March and I was told that the rifle (18" OBR) would be ready mid to late April. Called today and I was told I could expect the rifle in May or June.
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Posted: 4/30/2012 1:22:39 PM
[Last Edit: 4/30/2012 2:59:53 PM by wood-chuck]
Just talked to a very nice gentleman at LaRue, and now I'm going to take a deep breath and sit back down by the Margarita blender for 2 weeks.
Then I'll go insane again. Film at 11. |
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Posted: 4/30/2012 7:24:23 PM
Originally Posted By rabidtexan:
I called in the beginning of March and I was told that the rifle (18" OBR) would be ready mid to late April. Called today and I was told I could expect the rifle in May or June. Looks like 6-8 weeks really was 6-8months.
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Posted: 4/30/2012 7:35:40 PM
Originally Posted By 33shooter:
Originally Posted By rabidtexan:
I called in the beginning of March and I was told that the rifle (18" OBR) would be ready mid to late April. Called today and I was told I could expect the rifle in May or June. Looks like 6-8 weeks really was 6-8months.
Just a simple slip of the tongue... |
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Posted: 4/30/2012 8:23:07 PM
Damn, my buddy and I were hoping a bunch of you long-timers would bail and let us move ahead in the "In Queue" Hell line. Oh well...
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Posted: 4/30/2012 9:00:56 PM
My order was placed mid December. I will hit the 6 month mark in a couple of weeks.
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Posted: 5/1/2012 8:18:17 PM
Ok. Since I'm sitting here by the margarita blender in LaRue purgatory for the next 2 weeks, does anyone have the perfect margarita recipe?
I'll have 2 weeks to try them out, so any suggestions would be appreciated. If this takes off, I'll start a new thread. Now I'll be looking for my lost shaker of salt... |
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Posted: 5/1/2012 9:29:47 PM
Hey guys... been lurking the past couple days since I started to get impatient with my OBR order... sounds like I haven't even gotten started with my waiting.
Put in my order with the only dealer around that would agree to order LaRue (even though they've never ordered from them before).. guess they haven't made as much of an impression up here in the northern mid-west... hope to change that. Fortunately, the gun dealer I picked is a local business and I have gotten to deal with the one employee I respect; he has personally made the order for me and kept me up to date. It's cheaper than buying an FFL license anyway. I called today to see if the person I got a hold of at LaRue would give me a different time table than they gave my dealer, but unfortunately they said that "All OBR orders will be around 14-16 weeks." Which is the same amount of time they told me when I ordered it on April 12th. I really feel for some of you who ordered last year even as far as October or September... I don't think I'd be able to wait that long, ugh. But, from what I found earlier in the thread, the OBR 5.56's (which is what I ordered, an 18" to be exact), are actually coming in sooner than expected, so I'm holding on to that hope [crosses fingers]. I really hope this forum attracts more LaRue customers so that we can know more accurately when their guns are being shipped & what kind of time tables we can expect. |
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Posted: 5/2/2012 11:20:23 AM
From what I can see, there are no reports that the 5.56 version is back ordered.
The hold up is the 7.62 version. |
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Posted: 5/2/2012 11:39:25 AM
Originally Posted By SigDave:
From what I can see, there are no reports that the 5.56 version is back ordered. The hold up is the 7.62 version. When I talked to LaRue about switching my 7.62 to a 5.56, he said that ALL of the OBRs were backordered right now, and switching wouldn't save me any time. For what it's worth... |
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Posted: 5/4/2012 12:39:09 PM
[Last Edit: 5/7/2012 3:56:18 PM by randybill]
i'm in queue for a 18" OBR (7.62) as of today. the waiting begins!
when i ordered my 16" predatar (5.56) last year- i learned patience. hopefully i haven't forgot! :) ETA- caliber of each. |
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Posted: 5/5/2012 8:35:09 PM
I had hoped that trying to forget I ordered a 7.82 OBR (18") back in October was like not watching the pot of water. Has anybody else who ordered one back that far received theirs?
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Posted: 5/5/2012 8:36:12 PM
Originally Posted By VegasShooter:
I had hoped that trying to forget I ordered a 7.82 OBR (18") back in October was like not watching the pot of water. Has anybody else who ordered one back that far received theirs? Not in the civilian sector that I've heard of at least. |
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Posted: 5/6/2012 12:17:18 AM
Originally Posted By Krazny13:
Originally Posted By VegasShooter:
I had hoped that trying to forget I ordered a 7.82 OBR (18") back in October was like not watching the pot of water. Has anybody else who ordered one back that far received theirs? Not in the civilian sector that I've heard of at least. Oct 28th, same gun as you, still waiting... And waiting... And waiting... |
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Posted: 5/6/2012 9:44:18 AM
I ordered my 16 in OBR 5.56 on 31 Jan. It was delivered around 24 Feb. I won't be back home to pick it up 'til the end of May. I feel for y'all that are still waiting on yours to be made. How pissed do you think the wife will be if I want to go straight to the gun store to pick it up after being deployed for a year?
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Posted: 5/9/2012 5:39:00 PM
and waiting...
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Posted: 5/9/2012 5:41:56 PM
[Last Edit: 5/9/2012 5:42:29 PM by tx51210]
Quoted approx. 12-14 weeks. I better sell some more bodily fluids before the wife sees this on the CC.
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Posted: 5/9/2012 10:56:54 PM
Going on 4 weeks now (tomorrow), so I guess I have a minimum 10 weeks and a maximum of 13 weeks left to wait....
Originally Posted By abroken11b:
I ordered my 16 in OBR 5.56 on 31 Jan. It was delivered around 24 Feb. I won't be back home to pick it up 'til the end of May. I feel for y'all that are still waiting on yours to be made. How pissed do you think the wife will be if I want to go straight to the gun store to pick it up after being deployed for a year? What time frame did they quote you in January, abroken11b? |
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Posted: 5/9/2012 11:09:17 PM
[Last Edit: 5/9/2012 11:09:48 PM by 25MMSSG72]
Originally Posted By abroken11b:
I ordered my 16 in OBR 5.56 on 31 Jan. It was delivered around 24 Feb. I won't be back home to pick it up 'til the end of May. I feel for y'all that are still waiting on yours to be made. How pissed do you think the wife will be if I want to go straight to the gun store to pick it up after being deployed for a year? ...I would say that it depends on how "straight to the gun store" you actually go. Right off the Freedom Bird, through the airport, and "straight to the gun store", you're likely going to get a very negative counseling statement... Stop by a No-Tell for a couple hours before you kick in the doors to the gun store, you might get a raised eyebrow and a head shake... Hard to tell, since pics of the wife are not loading... |
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Posted: 5/10/2012 9:51:04 PM
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Originally Posted By 25MMSSG72:
Originally Posted By abroken11b:
I ordered my 16 in OBR 5.56 on 31 Jan. It was delivered around 24 Feb. I won't be back home to pick it up 'til the end of May. I feel for y'all that are still waiting on yours to be made. How pissed do you think the wife will be if I want to go straight to the gun store to pick it up after being deployed for a year? ...I would say that it depends on how "straight to the gun store" you actually go. Right off the Freedom Bird, through the airport, and "straight to the gun store", you're likely going to get a very negative counseling statement... Stop by a No-Tell for a couple hours before you kick in the doors to the gun store, you might get a raised eyebrow and a head shake... Hard to tell, since pics of the wife are not loading... I was told 12-14 weeks. Its a 5.56 16 in. and this is the only pic i will post. 
ETA: straight to the No-tell, won't happen, thanks to the little cockblocker in the pic. |
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