DPMS LR-308B
Friday, October 26th, 2007
As we discussed before, we have been special ordering all of our rifles because we found was our clients wanted customized rifles. However, the lead time has been taking 3 – 4 months. So we analyzed what the most common requested options and style were and then combined them. Although this is a little risky in terms of anticipating the market and if it will pay off in terms of profitability, and customer interest, satisfaction, and needs. There have been a few that we’ve ended up holding onto for a little longer than we liked but that’s part of the deal. We’ve listed a couple on the consignment page if you’re interested.
Regardless, one of the rifles we ordered was the DPMS quasi SASS, but we never had a chance to list any these. We would receive a call and start talking with one of you and soon the topic turned to what specifically they were looking for and it so happened was we hit the mark on what we special ordered. What we had ordered was the DPMS LR-308B 18” stock rifle with flutes, threaded barrel, and a Miculek compensator. After that we stepped it up a notch with some JP trigger and hammer action, grips, tac latches, 4 rail free floats and the next thing we all knew was we had a rifle that would make a liberal wet his pants and a real man, well you guys know what a real man does so no need explaining.
We sent the first one out to our good friend in Nevada the first one. We appreciate the comments Earl has given our work and it’s what we work to provide to everyone. Since I already know these things, I was interested in the performance and his opinion. Thanks for using us Earl.
Hi Darrel & DPMS guys,
Just a quick note with what I did this weekend with the rifle I got from you guys. The top two targets on the top of the scan were groups from today and the bottom two are from two weeks ago (note the first group from the rifle was with Federal Gold Medal Match and not the RL15 Load).
Thank you to DPMS and D9Firearms.com! I custom ordered this LR308B rifle with a fluted barrel, full length hand guard, standard gas block (no rail), and a Miculek compensator. It is exactly what I wanted in every respect. I didn’t have to spend hundreds of dollars to anyone local to get a stock LR308 with the options I wanted.
The attached photo in the top right is a new personal record and it was witnessed by my father. A tenth of an inch group at 100 yards (confirmed by a Leupold Rangefinder)! My best with my other LR308B is .19″ at 100 Yards. I can’t wait to see what the 42.5 Grains of RL-15 will do at 300 Yards (my standard configuration LR308B has achieved a .81″ group at 300 Yards with Federal Gold Medal Match 168 Grain). This rifle is consistent under a half inch with this load, and the Federal Gold Medal 168 Grain factory load, as long as I do my part. I started off poorly today because my bipod was not level and was a little loose… even then it shot under an inch for five shots. I tightened it down and shot the top two groups in the photo! The difference in point of impact was the hold against my shoulder. This was the first time I have shot from a bipod with this rifle.
Thanks again,