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Lima Six Belt fed AR15 Build Thread (Page 88 of 91)
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Originally Posted By SiVisPacem: Might I suggest the Lima Seven project start from the ground up with a dedicated Inoculum Group lower? If it's strictly belt-fed, there's no need for a magazine well and adapter, and while there aren't readily available 7.62 nutsacks at this time (though I would wager they'd come along pretty quickly from places like Tribe Tactical), the Inoculum lower's profile would look a lot better than an unnecessary mag well. MK48 sacks are available! I have one on my HK21 
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100% in for a LIMA 7. Already plotting what I will need for a build  Just gotta start saving up early this time.Also, 100% in for DPMS pattern lowers. Stoner/SR25 pattern is such a small portion of the AR-10 market share that it would diverge pretty heavily from making it an accessible platform. |
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Originally Posted By LimaSix: Thread title change to LIMA SEVEN build thread? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/490765/HPonaxGWIAAOMVQ-3810964.png 
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Originally Posted By ABabyEater: Also, 100% in for DPMS pattern lowers. Stoner/SR25 pattern is such a small portion of the AR-10 market share that it would diverge pretty heavily from making it an accessible platform. |
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Originally Posted By November5: Exactly this. Personally I'd prefer the slant cut, but I also recognize that it's obsolete at this point. Originally Posted By November5: Originally Posted By ABabyEater: Also, 100% in for DPMS pattern lowers. Stoner/SR25 pattern is such a small portion of the AR-10 market share that it would diverge pretty heavily from making it an accessible platform. From a market share aspect yes, the slant cut is cool, but for those wanting to "Build as you go" the DPMS cut makes more sense as for as share of market. Of course Insta is all over the Stoner cut! It does look way cooler! |
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Originally Posted By LimaSix: Thread title change to LIMA SEVEN build thread? https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/490765/HPonaxGWIAAOMVQ-3810964.png I vote new Lima 7 thread! Awesome! M13 links take a bit more force to strip than M27. 5.56 M27 link: 5.5–16 lbf 7.62 M13 link: 8.5–18 lbf |
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Originally Posted By LimaSix: I think I need to get permission from a mod to post a new thread. Since I have an arfcom dealer account I need to be careful as to what is construed as advertising. I have specific permission to post in this thread. Well it’s a development thread for now. When it becomes a commercial product that can be ordered or pre-ordered that’s when I recall this very thread getting locked/disappeared. When you paid the ransom money and became an industry partner this thread was reinstated. |
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Originally Posted By TZLVredmist: From a market share aspect yes, the slant cut is cool, but for those wanting to "Build as you go" the DPMS cut makes more sense as for as share of market. Of course Insta is all over the Stoner cut! It does look way cooler! Will you be making a lower for the 308 version? I wouldnt call it a mistake per say, but definitely was a little bummed? Annoyed? Maybe is the right word when I got the hydra lower and a week later the ambi version came out. only to find out to get the ambi upgrade id have to bascially spend the same amount as a whole new lower to get it. Wish I would have seen yalls lower because its a lot cleaner and the drop through hole for links when you accidentally drop one is nice. Doing the same clean setup for the 308 version would be sweet! |
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Originally Posted By dkozy: Will you be making a lower for the 308 version? I wouldnt call it a mistake per say, but definitely was a little bummed? Annoyed? Maybe is the right word when I got the hydra lower and a week later the ambi version came out. only to find out to get the ambi upgrade id have to bascially spend the same amount as a whole new lower to get it. Wish I would have seen yalls lower because its a lot cleaner and the drop through hole for links when you accidentally drop one is nice. Doing the same clean setup for the 308 version would be sweet! Originally Posted By dkozy: Originally Posted By TZLVredmist: From a market share aspect yes, the slant cut is cool, but for those wanting to "Build as you go" the DPMS cut makes more sense as for as share of market. Of course Insta is all over the Stoner cut! It does look way cooler! Will you be making a lower for the 308 version? I wouldnt call it a mistake per say, but definitely was a little bummed? Annoyed? Maybe is the right word when I got the hydra lower and a week later the ambi version came out. only to find out to get the ambi upgrade id have to bascially spend the same amount as a whole new lower to get it. Wish I would have seen yalls lower because its a lot cleaner and the drop through hole for links when you accidentally drop one is nice. Doing the same clean setup for the 308 version would be sweet! Sure, I have yet to get any further than anyone else in this thread however, so who knows timeline! |
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Originally Posted By November5: Exactly this. Personally I'd prefer the slant cut, but I also recognize that it's obsolete at this point. I'd take a slant cut but I have 2 lowers for use with it. Not sure but if it had a slant cut it could also be used on a DPMS lower with a gap??? |
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I can't wait. Hopefully I'll be able to get in on the first frop as I did with the 6. Looking forward to making it a heavy beast with a 20 in bull barrel and full length handguards with the bipod as far forward as possible. |
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Originally Posted By ShooterPatriot: I can't wait. Hopefully I'll be able to get in on the first frop as I did with the 6. Looking forward to making it a heavy beast with a 20 in bull barrel and full length handguards with the bipod as far forward as possible. |
| Maybe you can co-develop a Lima 8 at the same time is working on Lima 7. IE, a stretched version to run cheap 8mm Mauser ammo. Easier to find cheaper ammo and often already linked. Not saying release it at the same time, but maybe design with such a goal in mind from the start? |
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This is awesome!!!! I'm 100% in! I need to get my Inocolulm lower for my next L6. I'm self dubbing it the L6A1 vs the current L6 I have on a Hydra lower I want to do a an L7A1, inocolulm lower, piston with QCB. Harvey is a great communicator and inclusive on these things, hopefully the the communication stays current as the L7 develops with the other companies. I'm off to start aquiring accessories for the L7. Mk48 sacks, more links, another bipod, stock, riser, grip, lpk, sights and a 762 B&T muzzle device. Now who makes the best 762 FRT? |
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Originally Posted By whiteryno: Be cool for those who backed the inital preorder for the L6 got first dibs on the L7. this is totally not self serving idea  Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Wolfy42: Why did you choose a 18 inch barrel? I would have thought a 16 would be more popular and available. More dwell time. Also, when I inititially asked customers about barrel length there was a big split between 16 and 20. Its also the same length as the M249 saw. |
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Here's another adapter for an M249 butt plate to a Magpul PRS Lite and/or whatever the collapsible version is called. You'll need a 1" long 10-24 button head or flat head cap screw. It adds .200" of length. SAW adapter STL SAW Adapter STEP     
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Originally Posted By SirM1Garand: Does anyone know if there is a difference between the Midwest Industries Combat T rail and the Lima Six MI rail? It is about the last thing I need to figure out for my build. The L6 rail is the MI Combat T rail. The L6 rail on an L6 complete upper is modified a little for a Riflespeed gas block. |
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Originally Posted By SirM1Garand: Does anyone know if there is a difference between the Midwest Industries Combat T rail and the Lima Six MI rail? It is about the last thing I need to figure out for my build. The dedicated L6 rails that we currently have on our site are custom made for us and there are several modifications. They have more clearance for the riflespeeds, they use a longer barrel nut for more rigidity, we delete the swing QD holes, and we changed the shape of the front cut (it's a straight 90 degree cut instead of angled). FYI, the first few hundred units we shipped had modified Midwest rails, then we switched over to the custom made rails. |
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Originally Posted By LimaSix: The dedicated L6 rails that we currently have on our site are custom made for us and there are several modifications. They have more clearance for the riflespeeds, they use a longer barrel nut for more rigidity, we delete the swing QD holes, and we changed the shape of the front cut (it's a straight 90 degree cut instead of angled). FYI, the first few hundred units we shipped had modified Midwest rails, then we switched over to the custom made rails. Thank you! Sounds like I need to wait for the dedicated 10.25in L6 rail to come back in stock then! |
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Originally Posted By SirM1Garand: Thank you! Sounds like I need to wait for the dedicated 10.25in L6 rail to come back in stock then! We actually have them in stock, but we are waiting on the retail packaging for them. It shouldn't be long. |
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Originally Posted By SitrepSnafu: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/610189/IMG_1890_jpeg-3796072.JPG Got the butt plate from stuff-n-things. It's perfect |
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Originally Posted By jaqufrost: Anyone making a 20" chrome lined heavy barrel for these? Everyone seems to hsve settled on 18". Anyone have pics of the RRH upper with the heat sinks? I may go that route. I mean what do you wanna know? Its an 18" barrel thats about as heavy as you can make it. Its straight .98" all the way to the gas block. While the heatsinks are just that, aluminum heatsinks and they do a great job keeping it cool. The star of the show for me was the gas tube. What an absolute chonker of a gas tube. Its crazy thick and also fins are machined into it. With all the extra weight I definitely dont see the need to go to 20". |
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Originally Posted By jaqufrost: Anyone making a 20" chrome lined heavy barrel for these? Everyone seems to hsve settled on 18". Anyone have pics of the RRH upper with the heat sinks? I may go that route. The issue is that most (if not all) 20" barrels are rifle length. You end up needing a massive gas port and still can't reliably run our recommended buffer setup. You can run rifle length systems but they take very careful setup and may only run certain ammo types reliably. |
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Originally Posted By LimaSix: The dedicated L6 rails that we currently have on our site are custom made for us and there are several modifications. They have more clearance for the riflespeeds, they use a longer barrel nut for more rigidity, we delete the swing QD holes, and we changed the shape of the front cut (it's a straight 90 degree cut instead of angled). FYI, the first few hundred units we shipped had modified Midwest rails, then we switched over to the custom made rails. That’s interesting. I have one of the first versions then. I wondered why the website said 10 1/4 inch and mine is 10 inch. |
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Originally Posted By LimaSix: The issue is that most (if not all) 20" barrels are rifle length. You end up needing a massive gas port and still can't reliably run our recommended buffer setup. You can run rifle length systems but they take very careful setup and may only run certain ammo types reliably. |
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Originally Posted By WestOfMcAllister: Any news on when 18-inch chrome line barrels will be available on the Lima Six website? Unfortunately no, we are still waiting on a shipment of these to finish some backordered uppers. One thing I've learned is that any hard chromed part in the firearms industry takes absolutely forever to get. There are not many chrome shops and they are all insanely backlogged. Add it to the list of many many parts that I'm trying to get by throwing money at vendors. Gas tubes, links, barrels, and overruns of our parts to sell as spares...we just cant get enough parts fast enough. That being said, we are on track to have everything in stock on our website by the end of this year, including uppers, kits, and spare parts. |
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Originally Posted By jaqufrost: Anyone making a 20" chrome lined heavy barrel for these? Everyone seems to hsve settled on 18". Anyone have pics of the RRH upper with the heat sinks? I may go that route. I have a chrome lined HBAR I plan to convert for mine. I'm going to plug the rifle length gas port and put a new port and journal at intermediate or possibly mid length. |
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Don't have my Lima yet but saw some comments about some stuff fitting worse than others. Out of state friend sent me this, not sure if they might be a good idea to grab and shipped to me. Guess I can't direct upload photo https://x.com/Sludig_foh/status/2089803290733089067?s=20 |
| My upper build kit arrived, ordered March 14th. I can finally start putting it together! Now I'm just waiting for my Inconel Gas Tube ordered the same day (different order) but is shows shipped with invalid tracking. I've reached out via email and Insta, if someone from Lima Six could assist on getting this sorted I would appreciate it! |
Lima Six Belt fed AR15 Build Thread (Page 88 of 91)
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