Posted: 3/11/2016 3:49:24 PM EDT
| Does anyone know what serial number range Larue switched from LW barrels to the in-house ones? This is for 7.62. |
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I don't think they are necessarily shipped in order.
Of my 7.62 Larue Rifles, I have an in-house Tobr with a lower serial number, and an LW barreled Tar that was a few years older with a higher number. So I'm not positive that you'll be able to tell by serial. Lore likely production date/test target. |
| If it is a LaRue barrel, it will say "Field Grade" near the muzzle threads for a field grade barrel. It will say LaRue and "Reardon Steel" near the muzzle threads if it is a match grade barrel. I am at work right now so I can't look at both barrels to add any further detail, but those two markings will surely identify the barrel as a LaRue. |
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How much of a difference is there between the Larue and LW barrels? Are guns with one more desirable than the other? I have a 14.5" Costa 5.56 / 16" Heavy PredatAR 7.62 with in house barrels and a 16" PredatAR 5.56 / 18" OBR 5.56 with contracted barrels. I don't see where one is any more special to me than the other. They both had to pass LaRue QC and test target goals. |