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    Quote Originally Posted by Bolverk93 View Post
    The salesman who is someone I believe assured me it was in use with some of the SOF around here.
    Total bull shit! That right there would be enough to walk away. If the guy is going to blatantly lie to about that then what else is he lying to you about?
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    This is the only customer testimonial on their site.



    I hope this email finds you and yours well. I see your taking your show on the road to the Shot Show. I'm sure you'll be well received and I would like to do my part to help promote your excellent equipment. I've been carrying your rifle around Afghanistan for the last 6 months and it's done great. Never a malfunction and very accurate. I'm finishing off the the third can of military issue 118LR so since new the rifle has over a thousand rounds through it without a malfunction. It still holds minute of angle when I put a 10x scope on it and can do failure drills and fast engagements when I have my ELCAN on it. Thanks again for everything,

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    Last edited by Split66; 11-08-12 at 10:10.
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    I am from NC and I know of quite a few people that own them and are very happy with them. I personally own a DDM4 and have no first hand experience with them. I found a pretty detailed article on the company at http://www.majorpandemic.com/2012/09...bpm-15-ar.html

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    To be fair, I know some guys in the tier 1 group at Bragg that DO own them, but own them as private citizens, not in an official capacity.

    Before one 'walks away', or takes it back for a refund, or whatever, do a little research. It seems like most people here are basing posts on opinions and hearsay (including me, but at least I have handled one).

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    Update

    Last night I had decided to keep it and run with it. I wiped it down and oiled it before taking it to go shoot. When I reassembled it I realized the upper receiver stuck out almost an 1/8" over the lower receiver on the right side. The left side was flush as it should be. Anyway, this morning I exchanged it for a Daniel Defense which is what I was shopping for anyway. I would say lesson learned, but I knew I ****ed up as soon as I brought it home knowing that I never make impulse buys like that.

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    Ah, a rare happy ending!
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    You made the right choice, OP. Their price point matches the big mil spec brands so going with the known quantity is always a good idea. Non mil spec BCGs is like the prime red flag in shitty ARs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Split66 View Post
    I hope this email finds you and yours well. I see your taking your show on the road to the Shot Show. I'm sure you'll be well received and I would like to do my part to help promote your excellent equipment. I've been carrying your rifle around Afghanistan for the last 6 months and it's done great. Never a malfunction and very accurate. I'm finishing off the the third can of military issue 118LR so since new the rifle has over a thousand rounds through it without a malfunction. It still holds minute of angle when I put a 10x scope on it and can do failure drills and fast engagements when I have my ELCAN on it. Thanks again for everything,

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    Too bad M118LR is 7.62.

    Glad you were able to return it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PlatoCATM View Post
    Too bad M118LR is 7.62.

    Glad you were able to return it.
    Talked with Andrew, the owner of BPM last week. Customer in the photo was killed here recently. Rifle in question is a 7.62 version not shown on the website.

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    Shot one of these today and talked with the Barnes guys while at Tigerswan. While Im not sure guys with the groups around Bragg are using these for work guns,they are shooting them everywhere else.


    I really like their Ultralite ETRM rail, It's barrel nut and how it indexes on bothsides of the upper is what the TRX/Alpha rail wishes it was. I can't find a good picture of one to really see how it locks up. I'm not sure about the BCG's and all that but I'm still shooting a normal carbine handguard and FSB because none of the gamer tubes look solid enough. This one, while expensive, might get my money.


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