Yes the 14.5” was a 16” cut down and pinned. The LW wasn’t available at the time unfortunately...Originally Posted by lahunter57
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Yes the 14.5” was a 16” cut down and pinned. The LW wasn’t available at the time unfortunately...
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Thank you. I’ll have to weigh it at work. I had a weight on the barrel itself at one point but I don’t remember what it was. As to the rifle overall I am curious myself. I’ll get a measurement.
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@ALCOAR . I didn't take the barrel out to weigh it, but rifle sans kit, with an empty 20 round PMAG inserted and 14.5" pinned Marvin Pits ball milled barrel, weighs 8.7 lbs. I think this is very favorable especially considering the KAC ACC weighs 8.3 and the Larue 14.5 PredatOBR weighs 8.2... I doubt that is with mag inserted and sans huge barrelcollar that the MWS will always have
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Yeah I'd say you just achieved having your cake and eating it too
I just git a Scalarworks gen 3 micro mount that weighs 1.65oz....a T-2 weighs 3oz for a total of 4.65oz mounted T-2.
Your rifles weighs 139.76oz + 4.65oz = 144.41oz or 9.025lbs. Throw in KAC or LMT sights, and a M300c...sub 10lb kitted out, most bombproof .308 AR ever conceived. That's a special rifle. After getting the MLC, that's all I want. The feel in the heads is just perfect!
I wish I owned that rifle! Lotta time, and money already invested in it.
ETA: DAT trigger guard, dang that's sweet. I wants MARS everything in my life. IWSs, and a half ambi MWS lower will have to settle for awhile though.
Last edited by ALCOAR; 02-02-19 at 15:31.
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Yeah I've been out of the, what's in, in the current AR market. I fully disclose that I didn't know who Scalarworks was until two weeks ago. I've researched their mounts and they appear to be Kool-Aid worthy. Would love to give the red dot mounts and a 34mm Scope mount a go. I've only experienced Laure Mounts thus far and have Lusted over Sphur, KAC and Giessle Mounts.Yeah I'd say you just achieved having your cake and eating it too
I just git a Scalarworks gen 3 micro mount that weighs 1.65oz....a T-2 weighs 3oz for a total of 4.65oz mounted T-2.
Your rifles weighs 139.76oz + 4.65oz = 144.41oz or 9.025lbs. Throw in KAC or LMT sights, and a M300c...sub 10lb kitted out, most bombproof .308 AR ever conceived. That's a special rifle. After getting the MLC, that's all I want. The feel in the heads is just perfect!
I wish I owned that rifle! Lotta time, and money already invested in it.
ETA: DAT trigger guard, dang that's sweet. I wants MARS everything in my life. IWSs, and a half ambi MWS lower will have to settle for awhile though.
You're correct though, this rifle could go mobile I believe if set up properly. A lot with the MWS though is balance and it will always be somewhat of a redhead due to the barrel collar making them slightly more front heavy then their peers. I have a co-worker that owns a PredatOBR 14.5" that was the handiest feeling 7.62 I've ever felt. I haven't compared the MLOK MWS to it yet, but I would suspect it still eeks it out. However the PredatOBR has a lighter profiled barrel. I'd be curious to feel an MLOK MWS with a factory LMT light weight barrel that was 14.5" and pinned. Wasn't an offering when I ball milled mine. I would bet though that as far as function the LW barrel would be favorable. The ball milling looks great but I'm sure a thinner profile would make a more user friendly rifle.
The MARS Lowers are quite a leap forward for LMT. I like them quite a bit more then the ol 5.56 defender. The MARS-H is more feature rich, but the original MWS Lower was quite a bit nicer then the 5.56 variants...more KACish.
Last edited by Sabre675; 02-02-19 at 19:00.
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Thanks for the enjoyable commentary, and reply.
To still pull off KAC weight all the while maintaining that massive barrel extensive/headspace collar/hookup is truly the best of both worlds when you factor in just what you get in return for that huge barrel hookup design. It's rigidity & significantly reduced amount of flexing under fire yields about as perfect of a base to build accuracy on as possible within the AR design. It also acts as a huge heat sink increasing it's heat dissipation over other designs helping with accuracy, and potentially extending barrel life.
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☝️All great points. For the money I’ve invested I could have easily went with another brand. I truly have no regrets with the path I’ve taken. In fact I have grown more passionate about the platform and value banter with others that share this affliction.
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Keep it up my friend, your new MWS build is the epitome of this thread's purpose. I love to see the possibility, and envelope pushed to the max by folks like yourself in this thread.
I'll wait til your masterpiece is finished, and then I'll copy it
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Anybody else see this new option....
This is the part that really has me jazzed up at the prospect of buying as a stand alone barrel:
This particular model features a 13.5″ light weight barrel with pinned 3-prong flash hider, ultimately reaching 16″. No tax stamp required!
Getting a 13.5" LW barrel pinned direct from LMT would be fantastic!
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That is very, very cool. LMT is at least thinking outside of the box a bit with the MWS Platform.Anybody else see this new option....
This is the part that really has me jazzed up at the prospect of buying as a stand alone barrel:
This particular model features a 13.5″ light weight barrel with pinned 3-prong flash hider, ultimately reaching 16″. No tax stamp required!
Getting a 13.5" LW barrel pinned direct from LMT would be fantastic!
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