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Posted: 2/18/2019 2:03:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CJofFL: Maybe you asked the wrong person? Similar to what others are posting, 2 stores I went to had them marked at $879, but both were really $799 after they looked on the computer. One initially tried to tell me $879, but I told them my understanding, they looked further and came back with $799. |
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Posted: 2/18/2019 3:12:18 PM EDT
[#2]
Trying to decide if I should buy a SBR parts kit as well. Probably wouldn't hurt.
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Posted: 2/19/2019 12:22:51 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Master_Blaster]
[#3]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 556Cliff:
I agree on the looks as well... Though if I had a need for the lower pic rail I would get it despite the looks. It kind of looks cool with the SBR barrel with sound suppressor and the short BCM VFG. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 556Cliff:
Originally Posted By thehun06: On the ARX's ergos...I agree...I also find the lower pic rail to uglfy the gun more...just me. I am tempted to get the Nexus Tactical charging handle though. It kind of looks cool with the SBR barrel with sound suppressor and the short BCM VFG. |
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Posted: 2/19/2019 6:44:15 AM EDT
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I dig the looks too...
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Posted: 2/19/2019 11:55:11 AM EDT
[Last Edit: 556Cliff]
[#5]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Master_Blaster: I genuinely like the aesthetics of it with lmthe lower rail on. Obviously, I'm an outlier, but the ARX looks good to me, maybe partly because it's unique. Though when I first saw the ARX at the 2009 Shot Show it was a little off putting. 
The looks really grew on me, but it took about a year after first seeing it. Before the ARX I was just about to buy either the ACR or the SCAR. |
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Posted: 2/19/2019 1:59:20 PM EDT
[#6]
I much prefer the ARX100 over a SCAR16...had both.
However my all time favorite platform so far is the Tavor SAR. |
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WA, USA
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Posted: 2/19/2019 4:41:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 556Cliff]
[#7]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thehun06:
However my all time favorite platform so far is the Tavor SAR. 
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Posted: 2/21/2019 12:34:22 PM EDT
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Bullpups are awesome...except the MDR...so far...
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WA, USA
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Posted: 2/21/2019 1:44:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thehun06:
Bullpups are awesome...except the MDR...so far... |
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Posted: 2/21/2019 2:37:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 556Cliff: InRangeTV did another video on the MDR... It looks like they got it working maybe. > Link. Problem with the MDR is even once they get it cycling...the MDR suffers from subpar material choices, polymer is crap, side rails crack, pins walk out etc etc and its 95% MIM (not that current MIM is bad...but at $2500...I expect more quality parts vs Asian made MIM)...time will tell... |
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Posted: 2/21/2019 3:06:35 PM EDT
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The ARX arrived today. Can't wait to shoot it this weekend.
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WA, USA
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Posted: 2/21/2019 4:02:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thehun06: Meh...yes and no...I would have much rather see them getting a non-press gun that got fixed and looked over again by DT for a fair assessment...however...it is looking up. Problem with the MDR is even once they get it cycling...the MDR suffers from subpar material choices, polymer is crap, side rails crack, pins walk out etc etc and its 95% MIM (not that current MIM is bad...but at $2500...I expect more quality parts vs Asian made MIM)...time will tell...
I guess if I was forced to choose a bullpup I would go with the Tavor. |
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Posted: 2/21/2019 4:20:06 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 556Cliff]
[#13]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dissident:
The ARX arrived today. Can't wait to shoot it this weekend. Also, before removing the barrel be sure that the bolt carrier is actually locked back by pulling out the charging handle (as if you were going to change what side it was on) and pushing it into the ejection port so that it's pointing forward towards the chamber/barrel. If you only lock back the bolt carrier with the bolt catch (as incorrectly demonstrated in every single YouTube video about the ARX) it can disengage while trying to remove or re-insert the barrel and possibly damage the polymer receiver. Be sure to read the manual. |
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Posted: 2/21/2019 5:36:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 556Cliff: Interesting, I didn't know that it has so many other issues... Though I admit that I haven't been following it to closely because it's a bullpup.
I guess if I was forced to choose a bullpup I would go with the Tavor. |
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Posted: 2/21/2019 6:05:28 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 1888mustang]
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Finally got a Shooting Sight Trigger in my FDE ARX SBR. It is as good as the original was bad. Had I known it was this good I would have bought it years ago. Now I have to order another one for my Factory SBR that is in jail for who knows how long (first world problems :)
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Posted: 2/21/2019 8:03:16 PM EDT
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I panic bought my ARX less than 2 months ago for $799 from Academy, efiled for SBR, and was already approved yesterday!
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Posted: 2/21/2019 8:06:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CJofFL:
I panic bought my ARX less than 2 months ago for $799 from Academy, efiled for SBR, and was already approved yesterday! |
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Posted: 2/21/2019 9:25:51 PM EDT
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I haven't found an Academy that has them in stock around here
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Posted: 2/22/2019 7:08:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By jmftexas:Panic bought? At the bottom? If you gotta panic buy that’s the way to do it I guess lol. |
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Posted: 2/22/2019 11:11:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CJofFL:
I’m going to try to panic buy at the bottom moving forward ;)
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Posted: 2/22/2019 10:47:58 PM EDT
[#21]
FDE ones here with free shipping:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/800720351 |
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Posted: 2/22/2019 10:56:14 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 1888mustang:
FDE ones here with free shipping: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/800720351 |
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Posted: 2/23/2019 12:11:44 AM EDT
[#23]
yep overlooked that part
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Posted: 2/23/2019 12:31:23 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Dissident]
[#24]
So, the snow is pretty deep and my little lefty and I haven’t been able to get out and try the rifle. I will say that that the trigger feels great. We put a Sig Romeo 5 on and took the buis sights off. The Beretta charging handle extension is perfect. This rifle is so cool and I can’t wait to put some rounds through it. The one issue I have with it is the safety selector. It needs to be longer, or at least a little more prominent. Does anyone know of anything to alleviate this?
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Posted: 2/23/2019 1:55:22 PM EDT
[Last Edit: thehun06]
[#25]
Someone has molded like plastibond or something to make it a longer lever...it is on the short side but not too bad.
The factory buis arent actually that bad...they are back up...plain and simple...but they work for what they are designed to do. |
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Posted: 2/23/2019 2:16:27 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dissident:
So, the snow is pretty deep and my little lefty and I haven’t been able to get out and try the rifle. I will say that that the trigger feels great. We put a Sig Romeo 5 on and took the buis sights off. The Beretta charging handle extension is perfect. This rifle is so cool and I can’t wait to put some rounds through it. The one issue I have with it is the safety selector. It needs to be longer, or at least a little more prominent. Does anyone know of anything to alleviate this? Is it just hard to reach or do you feel that you just need more leverage because it's stiff? When I replaced the trigger on my first ARX with the Shooting Sight trigger I had the chance to clean out all the grey colored grease that Beretta uses at the factory on the selector lever and it's detents. when I put it back together I greased it up with Slip 2000 EWG and the selector lever became way easier to use. |
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Posted: 2/23/2019 3:54:53 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dissident:
So, the snow is pretty deep and my little lefty and I haven’t been able to get out and try the rifle. I will say that that the trigger feels great. We put a Sig Romeo 5 on and took the buis sights off. The Beretta charging handle extension is perfect. This rifle is so cool and I can’t wait to put some rounds through it. The one issue I have with it is the safety selector. It needs to be longer, or at least a little more prominent. Does anyone know of anything to alleviate this? 
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Posted: 2/24/2019 12:25:14 AM EDT
[#28]
Not sure I've ever engaged the safety
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Posted: 2/24/2019 2:55:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thehun06:
Someone has molded like plastibond or something to make it a longer lever...it is on the short side but not too bad. The factory buis arent actually that bad...they are back up...plain and simple...but they work for what they are designed to do. 
LPA MAS & MAS-7 BUIS FTW. Not kidding. |
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Posted: 2/24/2019 8:26:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Master_Blaster: https://xrayparts.it/2315-large_default/t-mas7-mas7-rifle-sight-kit-lpa.jpg LPA MAS & MAS-7 BUIS FTW. Not kidding. |
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Posted: 2/24/2019 10:26:34 AM EDT
[Last Edit: thehun06]
[#31]
Yup on the A3 models I think...but the factory poly buis will work in a pinch if you ever have to use them as a backup...and that is what they are.
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Posted: 2/25/2019 1:30:08 PM EDT
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From: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/02/21/cobra-commander-themed-hk-xm8/ When I saw this, I thought of how neat it'd be to have an ARX100 like this, but I'd never do it really. One of you should though and post a picture so I can relive my childhood vicariously. |
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Posted: 2/25/2019 3:00:37 PM EDT
[Last Edit: thehun06]
[#33]
I love and hate HK.
They are screwing themselves out of so much money its insane...if they would only invest more into manufacturing stateside so that we could proper long guns. HECK...they haven't updated the MR556 at all with anything except a stupid handguard that no one likes. US MR556 is still an A1 config....there are at A7 now....most of those updates...HK USA could easily implement... Sorry...I am a little salty with HK USA's lack of offerings in the US. |
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Posted: 2/25/2019 3:43:50 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Master_Blaster: https://xrayparts.it/2315-large_default/t-mas7-mas7-rifle-sight-kit-lpa.jpg LPA MAS & MAS-7 BUIS FTW. Not kidding. I wish we could get the Italian flash hider as well.. |
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Posted: 2/25/2019 3:45:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thehun06:
I love and hate HK. They are screwing themselves out of so much money its insane...if they would only invest more into manufacturing stateside so that we could proper long guns. HECK...they haven't updated the MR556 at all with anything except a stupid handguard that no one likes. US MR556 is still an A1 config....there are at A7 now....most of those updates...HK USA could easily implement... Sorry...I am a little salty with HK USA's lack of offerings in the US. You are right on target, think of how many G36's they could sell..... This is why they have finical issues. |
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Posted: 2/25/2019 4:47:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ak47Dennis:
Not to take our conversation off topic. You are right on target, think of how many G36's they could sell..... This is why they have finical issues. |
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Posted: 2/25/2019 6:40:15 PM EDT
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Has anyone installed the (SCAR specific) Dead Air 3 prong flash suppressor/suppressor mount on the 16" ARX Barrel?
It's designed to seat on the muzzle face of the SCAR barrels since they have no barrel shoulder. I'm wondering if it would also seat on the muzzle face of the 16" ARX barrel, but I'm not sure if the ARX's barrel shoulder would prevent it from seating against the muzzle face or not. I prefer flash suppressors that seat against the muzzle face because they eliminate the gap that leads to carbon building up on the muzzle face that is present on most muzzle devices. |
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Posted: 3/2/2019 12:48:19 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Solo_]
[#38]
Okay,
so this might be the right time to get on the wagon. Just bought a super cheap 160 .22LR version; from Palmetto. I think I am ready to jump onto the ARX 100 version, too. I wasn't able to figure out if it's been discontinued or not (I read some of this thread over the years but not all) and I will have to get a California compliant version - which should be no problem. Where should I buy? PS funny thing: I am actually Italian. Was born here to Italian parents but grew up entirely in Rome, IT. Never thought I'd have wanted to buy them Shitalian rifles but wrong I was! |
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Posted: 3/2/2019 1:02:21 AM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SoloDallas:
Okay, so this might be the right time to get on the wagon. Just bought a super cheap 160 .22LR version; from Palmetto. I think I am ready to jump onto the ARX 100 version, too. I wasn't able to figure out if it's been discontinued or not (I read some of this thread over the years but not all) and I will have to get a California compliant version - which should be no problem. Where should I buy? PS funny thing: I am actually Italian. Was born here to Italian parents but grew up entirely in Rome, IT. Never thought I'd have wanted to buy them Shitalian rifles but wrong I was! |
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Posted: 3/2/2019 1:21:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By glklvr: lol 
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Posted: 3/6/2019 3:21:46 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Master_Blaster]
[#41]
Just had my 16" barrel chopped to 14 5". Looks good, & probably will tighten groups a bit. Now to open the upper forend vent slots for that A3 touch..
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Posted: 3/6/2019 6:11:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Master_Blaster:
Just had my 16" barrel chopped to 14 5". Looks good, & probably will tighten groups a bit. Now to open the upper forend vent slots open for that A3 touch.. |
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Posted: 3/6/2019 9:29:46 PM EDT
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So I'm hearing mixed messages...
Is this rifle discontinued or not? |
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Posted: 3/7/2019 12:25:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BarrettBoy:
So I'm hearing mixed messages... Is this rifle discontinued or not? I believe they will know. Will let the hive know of their response |
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Posted: 3/7/2019 1:10:29 AM EDT
[#45]
Brownells CS told me they have parts coming in (I ordered some stuff), which would seem to indicate that it's still in production.
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Posted: 3/7/2019 1:43:27 AM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Master_Blaster:
Brownells CS told me they have parts coming in (I ordered some stuff), which would seem to indicate that it's still in production. |
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Posted: 3/7/2019 6:47:04 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Master_Blaster]
[#47]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dissident: How about some pictures of the work. |
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Posted: 3/7/2019 11:06:05 AM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Master_Blaster:
Sure thing. I plan to open the vents this Sat. Will post when it's finished. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Master_Blaster:
Originally Posted By Dissident: How about some pictures of the work.
Are you going to have to remove the rails and barrel guide for this project? |
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Posted: 3/7/2019 2:12:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 556Cliff: I wish you good luck so that you don't mess up your upper receiver.
Are you going to have to remove the rails and barrel guide for this project? |
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Posted: 3/7/2019 2:48:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 556Cliff]
[#50]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thehun06: He would have to remove the front end that holds the aluminum heat shield/support... To remove the barrel front guide the top rail will have to be removed to be able to remove the barrel front guide latch. Removing the top rail is something that Beretta advises against due to the use of a supposedly high strength threadlocker used on the top rail screws. The side rails and polymer front ring will also have to be removed. Also, the T15 TORX drive slots on the rail screws are easily deformed, I found it best to treat them as one time use only items... I do the same with the two hexagonal inserts. Re-installation: 10 inch pounds for the side rail screws, and 15 inch pounds for the top rail screws... Be sure to use a medium strength threadlocker on the screws, I prefer to use Loctite 243. |
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