Current state of LWRC?

[Tzook]

Does anyone have any recent experience with LWRC? I heard from a friend the company had changed hands and he believed the quality of products they were putting out had been slipping, but I haven’t been able to find anything to verify this. Back in the day (when piston was fashionable) I had one of their rifles and it ran well for me, but that’s been years and years ago.

A friend just picked up one of their DI individual carbine rifles, and it seems like a pretty solid option for the money.

[JRHorne]

I'd like to know as well. I too shot one maybe 5 or 6 years ago and it was nice. You never saw the rifles sub $2k and now I see all types of deals. Just saw one of their piston ICs for under $1,500 new and their black DI for $950.

[Caduceus]

I have their DI for $975 or so for the last few months. Only 2-300 down the pipe, as I have been focused on pistol lately.

It seems nice. Solid lock up, I like their BCG and ambi controls. Nice even finish. Overall a solid feeling rifle and accessories. The rail is proprietary, IIRC. Did you have any specific concerns?

[Tzook]

I have their DI for $975 or so for the last few months. Only 2-300 down the pipe, as I have been focused on pistol lately.

It seems nice. Solid lock up, I like their BCG and ambi controls. Nice even finish. Overall a solid feeling rifle and accessories. The rail is proprietary, IIRC. Did you have any specific concerns?

Nothing in particular, just curious if they can still be considered high quality guns. My buddy just paid barely over a thousand for an FDE one, and it seems really nice.

It does seem strange that some of their piston guns cost upwards of two thousand, but they can sell DI guns for right at about a thousand.

[JC5188]

Nothing in particular, just curious if they can still be considered high quality guns. My buddy just paid barely over a thousand for an FDE one, and it seems really nice.

It does seem strange that some of their piston guns cost upwards of two thousand, but they can sell DI guns for right at about a thousand.

No magic in a standard DI. Do the shit right and it doesn’t need to be expensive.

[ExplorinInTheWoods]

Piston set ups are more expensive to manufacture because of the piston system and the BCG has to be different as well. Not sure if the gas port is different. LWRC's were also so expensive because of their rail set up. Piston guns are typically proprietary rail too. I had heard even when they were top tier that they were hit or miss accuracy wise.

[scooter22]

A buddy of mine is a contractor and trainer who uses LWRC piston guns exclusively stateside and overseas. He swears by them.

The only real data point I have is that his gas block cracked around the 25k mark.

[vicious_cb]

A buddy of mine is a contractor and trainer who uses LWRC piston guns exclusively stateside and overseas. He swears by them.

The only real data point I have is that his gas block cracked around the 25k mark.

Gas blocks on DI dont crack. There is zero reason to own a piston AR.

[Shooterman017]

A buddy of mine is a contractor and trainer who uses LWRC piston guns exclusively stateside and overseas.

This is what I can echo; deployed with a full suite of optics (ACOG, T1, EOTech) to choose from and a Surefire Mini Monster suppressor. They have been using them for a while. Next time I get a chance I'll ask and see if they are still using them...but his input was that they were good guns. IIRC they moved to LWRC from a short HK416 variant.

[tvfreakarms]

Piston set ups are more expensive to manufacture because of the piston system and the BCG has to be different as well. Not sure if the gas port is different. LWRC's were also so expensive because of their rail set up. Piston guns are typically proprietary rail too. I had heard even when they were top tier that they were hit or miss accuracy wise.

Generally lwrci AR 15 is more expensive in general.
They have a regular forged lowers AMD nothing really special but they command over 2k for their AR 15's.
And their 308 rifles are way over priced

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