LWRC 223 Thread.

[(Ronin)]

Basically, reduced heat. Not for all but all for some.

Any guesstimate on the price for an upper?

 

[dangertree]

Adjustable Range Aimpoint Micro mount.

 

[Gunslinger]

Mmm...., now this is interesting!

 

[greentips]

That is an interesting piece actually - for sale?

BTW, these are built with cold hammer forged barrels from Canada right?

 

[dangertree]

That is an interesting piece actually - for sale?

This is an original LWRC piece, but not available for sale. The new factory should help them in producing small complex parts in marketable quantity.

BTW, these are built with cold hammer forged barrels from Canada right?

The source of the cold hammer forged barrels is not public info. They're not LW though.

 

[furet]

Awsome, an Aimpoint on an Elcan pattern mount, I love this idea..... keep us posted, please.

Adjustable Range Aimpoint Micro mount.

 

[Reaper]

I'll wait until their QC is sorted out, and the new barrels are made.

 

[dangertree]

What have you heard about QC issues and when?

We will be getting the new CHF barrels. AFAIK they're currently selling 4150. I'm told the CHF barrel will not change the price.

 

[Reaper]

There are issues with extraction due to the extractor/spring/insert as well a sthe barrel issue that has been sorted from the looks of things. Until they get their new ISO9001 certified factory up and running full bore and these issues are sorted with parts or suppliers I'll pass.

 

[dangertree]

I'm curious myself, so I did some googling and found this thread of ARF (thread kinda goes south/OT towards the end.)

What's the barrel issue?

 

[Mercury0_0]

Did you say they are definitely Restricted? I wanted the SABR version but if it's restricted I'm gonna have to rethink things a bit.

 

[CZ85Combat]

Did you say they are definitely Restricted? I wanted the SABR version but if it's restricted I'm gonna have to rethink things a bit.

Of course it will be restricted.
All AR variant are restricted by name

 

[Reaper]

I'm curious myself, so I did some googling and found this thread of ARF (thread kinda goes south/OT towards the end.)

What's the barrel issue?

Some of the 16 inch barrels they were using were not to spec, hence the switch to CHF barrels on the new production rifles, there are some old non spec barrels out there still apparently. I'll wait until they secure the ISO 9001 certification, thus ensuring all bits and pieces are fully inspected and in spec.


Note: I'm not saying they are bad rifles or a bad company but I'd say they got too big too fast and couldn't maintain the same QC as when they were a small company.They are taking steps to sort it out.

 

[Mercury0_0]

Of course it will be restricted.
All AR variant are restricted by name

In the original thread there was a lot of speculation about whether the LWRC would be Non-restricted or Restricted. A lot of the guys said it would be Non-res because it's not a variant. And on paper that should be the case. Of course, the holy grail is a .308 black rifle that's non-res, and the authorities just would not allow that. It's just like the GSG-5, it should be non-restricted not prohibited, but the Libs just don't like the look of it so we can't have them.

 

[greentips]

The 308 and the 223 rifles are totally different animals. Read between the lines before getting all pissy.

 

[Mercury0_0]

Aren't we talking about the .308?

 

[chanman]

Aren't we talking about the .308?

The name of the thread is "LWRC 223 Thread"


The original post states that

The 308, give LWRC some more time for public sale on these.

So it would appear not.

 

[Mercury0_0]

D'oh!!!

 

[greentips]

I'm curious myself, so I did some googling and found this thread of ARF (thread kinda goes south/OT towards the end.)

What's the barrel issue?

It seems that someone at LWRC forum reported an undersized chamber that wont' shoot the guy's handload.

 

[Reaper]

There was more to it than that, it looks like their supplier stiffed them with some bad barrels.