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    Larue 5.56 PredatAR ?

    Anyone have one of these yet ? If so what is your review ?

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    Been running one of these since April, what specifically do you want to know?
    "There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Titleist View Post
    Been running one of these since April, what specifically do you want to know?
    Pluses, minuses ? I'm wanting to add a 16" LW
    How does it compare to the DD LW or a BCM ?

    Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by sullafelix View Post
    Pluses, minuses ? I'm wanting to add a 16" LW
    How does it compare to the DD LW or a BCM ?

    Thanks
    That's about as vague as the original question. I'm not going to do a full review due to time, or lack of it, but simply put:

    It's a fantastically light rifle, both in weight and in recoil. It's just a skosh over 6lbs in its stock configuration. In that config you get a fantastically accurate light weight barrel, SSA trigger, a super long (and light/thin) slick rail that's about the best forearm I've ever used.

    Throw a Larue handstop on the rail and you can damn near get your fingers to wrap around the whole circumference of the forearm. For how I grip the rifle that's the shit!

    It's also the best bang for the buck in terms of premium rifles I've seen. And out of the 4 ARs I own, it's THE BEST one of the bunch. Even kitted out with a T1, Surefire K brake, SF Mini-scout, and DBAL my gun still stays around the 7.3lb mark.

    The gun shoots great, nice and smooth with the mid-length gas system. For 1500 dollars it's hard NOT to like the rifle. It doesn't have any real proprietary parts...*cough* like a specific bolt or gas tube. So it's easy to service IF you manage to break anything from use.

    My only complaint would be to potentially ditch the billet lower for a forged one to save further on weight. However since Larue uses only two lowers (7.62 or 5.56) making another set would make inventory hard to manage with different demands.

    Simply put, between this and the BCM complete guns I'd say the Pred is the gun to beat. I've got about...6000 rounds on mine since April alone and I couldn't be happier.

    If you have SPECIFIC questions I can best answer those.
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    Dont feel bad titleist I just busted my old ithaca 37 for the 3rd time. Time to send to the shop and source parts.

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    And Titleist hasn't broken it yet which means a lot!

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    When you shoot guns enough they do in fact break!

    As I keep saying I'd rather be the guy breaking guns from use, then never breaking them from being stuck in a safe.
    "There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."

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    titleist- do you own a 14.5 LW middy? i had been trying to decide between a BCM 14.5 LW middy or a predatar. i went with a BCM but a 16" would be nice to add also.

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    I don't own a 14.5 middy, but I've shot that config many times. I'd still take a predatar.
    "There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."

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    Titlest, the LaRue website states that the PredatAR barrel has a life span of 10k rounds. As you approach that round count, does that worry you?

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