LMT MRP still relevant?

[Benito]

I think they are still a good choice, I think they dropped the ball with their skinny/light rail though. They should have gone with a keymod rail.

I totally agree. A monolithic KeyMod/MLok rail would have been sweet, but I think they released their "slim" MRP/MWS just before KeyMod came out. I might be mistaken on that, though.

[Firefly]

I have an LMT rifle but not an MRP.

It's on the bucket list.

[rushca01]

I totally agree. A monolithic KeyMod/MLok rail would have been sweet, but I think they released their "slim" MRP/MWS just before KeyMod came out. I might be mistaken on that, though.

I think you may be correct or they were within months of each other. For the money I think they also dropped the ball by not including steel inserts in their mounting holes. Repeatedly screwing and unscrewing from aluminum would be a concern of mine. Centurion Arms I think realized this and included steel inserts in their slim rails, but they are also releasing both a keymod and m-lok rail this year....

[Renegade]

When it first came out, it was the bee's knees. Continuous top rail, quick change barrels, and a super slim rail. But it was slightly heavy.

Fast forward to 2016 and now we see a trend for lighter rifles as well as a ton of extended rails on the market. Does anyone still use theirs regularly over other options on the market today?

Mine is still my go-to hog gun for 556.

[jstalford]

How is it compared to the monolithic Colts?

[rushca01]

I'll also add they go quick here on the EE, that should be a clue.

[ARETE]

They were well represented at a recent TAPS course I attended (mine continues to work fine).

[krichbaum]

I enjoy the wide variety of "standard" AR15's and configurations enabled by the insane aftermarket support, but my favorite is still the MRP. I trust them the most, I enjoy them the most, and if I could only have one it would be an MRP.

[bad aim]

"Relevant" was a poor choice of wording on my part. One of the top selling points of the MRP was the quick barrel-change feature, I was just curious if anyone has actually constantly changed barrels once getting one? We all have that "oh yeah, I'm definitely going to be using that feature!" when we buy something, but then maybe realize that you can have an entire new barrel + upper for about a hundred or so more.

Too bad Spike's no longer offer their .22LR MRP barrel...seemed like a fun and cheap way to pull the MRP out for more practice. I know Marvin can convert barrels, but it's just an added expense.

[Stickman]

It is as relevant as the quad rail VIS.