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Quoted: It's a nice looking upper but at 1300, I don't know how many of us who carry these on duty every day will be able to afford them....
Wes |
And many of these items, in my opinion, should be sitting on what I'd call "working" rifles ... that will live up to their potential use or abuse... not keeping Sally Spider company in the safe.
Not knocking on anyone, or trying to take money out of LaRue's pockets, just an observation. |
I hear ya...I run LaRue items on my rifle that get used everyday so no friends of Sally Spider in my house.
I guess on a tech note, this is the Designated Marksman Rifle upper, hence the DMR...not quite the duty upper.
That said...heres my idea for a duty upper:
Stealth Upper+Carbine Lenght Free Float+Colt/LMT 14.5" Chrome Lined Barrel w/pinned flash hider & F-marked A2 FSB+LaRue Milspec BCG+gas tube+charging handle=$900 for the upper
+
LaRue lower+LMT/RRA LPK+UDE Rail Covers & a MOE+UDE CTR+Buffer/Spring & Buffer tube=$500 for lower
=
1400 for a complete rifle that would be more than ready for full duty.
You'd give Colt one hell of a fight for the market on higher price complete guns that are ready for combat and it'd be nice to see someone knock the Colt worshipers off of their rocker.
I know Mark likes to keep his stuff as in house as possible but the guys at Armalite turn out a lot of good barrels[Camp Perry & all], including stainless steel, and they could probably provide the barrels at a low enough price to get the them Ion Bonded and still keep total pretty darn close to the above pricing.
Just a thought.
Wes
PS: It'd be nice to see a beefed up upper reciever offered outside of the stealth. The LT lower has a lot of extra meat, how about matching the upper to it. Right now the only thing that comes close is offered by Vltor and we all know the story about that based on what Mark's turned up in the "other" thread.