Quoted: Any chance you could get the barrel w/ a fixed front sight? Or use flip up only? Anybody, anybody? -Justin
Why not just mount the flip up on the rail?
If anyone has any negative feed back on the MRP I want to hear it.
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Well, maybe not negative, but some concerns that I have heard... I know I will catch hell from a few people here for speaking ill of the (current) holy grail -- but, to be honest, LMT was not the first to think of a "monolithic" upper, there are designs and prototypes going back over a decade...
First, very expensive, labor intensive design...
Uses propritary parts, limits the amount of parts available
The quick change barrel is more a neccesasity than a feature, in order to machine the upper from a solid chunk, they had to come up with a different way to secure the barrel. Cutting the conventional threads would not be *impossible* on this upper, but would have seemed like it... Also, I dont classify a barrel that needs tools to change as "quick change"... no matter what period of time is needed to make the change, and as an old ass in the grass grunt, I just dont like the system -- again, more out of necessity than anything.
The concept of a mono upper sort of flys in the face of the modular concept... the system you have is all you got -- if something way more cool comes along any time in the future, you may not be able to play and any damage to the upper, renders the entire package possibly ooc.
LMT has some QC issues early on (but who doesn't huh?) and some dealers had to send product back, but I am sure this was just an old growing pain.
The MRP is pretty cool... but as said, it is certainly not the only, or even first, to come to the plate. Bottom line, if it blows your skirt up... get one -- if not, well there are are LOT of other things out there.