Looking for reviews on this AR compared to Bushy and RRA...etc. I've Ben thinking of going this route over a scar for a bench/hunting rifle.

Only passing along second hand info but I haven't heard any negative reports other than cost.

They use abarrel that is almost identical to Noveske, light weight modular handguard and quality components inside.

About $1500

LaRue are over priced and you are paying for the name, RR is just as good

Oh, if we add in the Geissele trigger, LW-50 barrel, a much better hanguard and billet (which I don't like but do increase cost) upper and lower, MOE furniture, 6.25 pounds, I'd say RR was way behind.

Pay for a name or pay for what you get, you get quite a bit with the LaRue.

Rock River ain't all that great.

I won't argue that RR isn't top of the line, but most every one I've ever shot or seen shot will do .75 moa all day long with the right loads. Most don't need or want more than that.

To risk trying to get below that with a Walther barrel is like risking it with a douglas..... if I'm about to spend money, real money, I want a top line barrel, not an almost top line one.

With La Rue like some others you pay to get their name and if thats what you gotta do, you gotta do it, me, I'd rather have a real custom done for less money in the end typically.

Thats right!!

Not hard to make a fat barrel shoot...

So.......what's your recipe for a lightweight, accurate AR? Please give specifics on upper, lower, barrel, stock, trigger, free float tube, BCG, etc. You seem to really know your stuff, I'd like a recommendation.

I build my own AR's and i have found it is hard to do better than the Montana Arms SS Barrel. I used a Montana 16 inch M4 barrel on the Stag LH Upper and Stag Lower , McCormick Trigger , Magpul CRT, Midwest Free Float , Yankee Hill Gas Block and Vortex Flash Hider. This is how it groups with the 60 gr V-Max and Varget. I don't think the LaRue will group any better , if it will group as well. My other AR i built using identical Montana Barrel groups just as well. The last photo is the other built using Montana Barrel with the 6.8 SPC upper with a Bison Arms Barrel.

Me, have yet to see a Krieger or Rock tube even light weight contours, shoot bad. Worst I"ve seen is one that was shooting 10 shot groups at 300 yards of 2 to 2.25 inches on average.

The rest of the parts really don't matter that much as long as its a good bolt( and any of the makers can turn out good or bad at times) and headspaced to a properly done barrel.

The way something looks and feels matters to most as well as weight and durability.

Of course a super tight upper lower fit and a 3/4" 3 shot accuracy guarantee is all some have...

I have a LaRue Predatar 5.56 with an 18 inch bbl. It has been 100% reliable so far. It shoots several loads- five shots under one inch at 100 yards (Harris bipod over the roof of my Kubota ATV), almost everything else goes under two inches. It handles well and I like it. Shot a doe this year at 175 yds with the 53 grain Barnes bullet (one it shoots very well). Went down in her tracks, very impressive as I have mostly shot bigger stuff through the years.

Jim

All I'm saying is the barrel is what makes the AR accurate and you don't have to pay double just to get a Big name. The cheaper ones will shoot with the Big name brand if the barrel is a good one

bea175,
Curious, What did you pay for the end product in the above pic (top one)? Total price - less optic. If you did the work yourself what would be the estimated cost of a smith and then total cost of parts?
Thanks

I would have to figure it up for the exact amount but under 800.00.

Good Lookin gun(s)


I've been hemming and hawing for a few years about an AR build and would be tempted to try and duplicate what you have put together.

Montana Rifleman barrel: $175
Stag upper: $150
Stag Lower stripped: $119
cmc trigger: $160
Midwest tube: $129
Magpul CRT Stock: $85
Vortex flash hider: $50
YHM Gas block: $35 (est)
Bolt carrier group:$150 (est)
Stock extension, buffer, spring: ????
Grip: $25 (est)
Mag release, charging handle, shipping, gas tube, misc.: $50 (est)

Total.... approx $1,125.

Prices are what I found on a quick search, or Brownell's discounted prices. You must have found some great sales!

C'mon bea175, it's just us guys, we won't tell your wife how much you spent... LOL

Never try to add up what you spent on a custom build. We don't build em to save money...

Looking at what I've spent on mine LaRue's price is getting cheaper.

That's what I thought.) With parts and then the smith work or tools to put it together were talkin $1,400 plus (est) The price of the LaRue don't look so high now and then there is piece of mind that if it don't work you send it back.

I'm not tryin to bust your balls bea175, just looking at it from a different perspective thats all. It is nice if you have the know how to put one together on your own.

I purchased the barrel from Montana when they were closing them out for under a 100.00 each. I also have a dealership with Brownell and purchased the part at dealer cost.

I have a dealer account at Brownells and a few others too. I enjoy putting the pieces together but I'd bet you didn't shave $400 off that gun...

The prices I listed are mostly Brownells dealer prices. Estimates are listed when specific part wasn't available.

I never purchased all the parts from Brownell's , The Free Float i ordered from another a place. The McCormick Trigger i purchased from Cheaper Than Dirt when they has them on sale. I search for the cheapest place to buy part. The most i have payed for a barrel on my AR built is the White Oak PacNor 20 Practical barrel and the Shilen 204 barrel. The STAG Stripped lower i purchased five of them for 80 something each, can't remember the exact cost. I purchased 3 more at the same price a few month back and still have two on reserve in the safe. I believe i purchased them from Dynamic Armament but according to their Web Site they are closed until JAN 31, so can't check their current price. I have built AR'S for my brothers and my Nephew and some of my close friends. I used the 6.8 marked lower on the right to build a cal specify lower for the 6.8 upper in the photo a few post back.

here are some photos

bea175... nice setup, and nice rifles. I have no doubt you paid what you paid, but in terms of what a guy who's looking to build ONE rifle will pay, your costs are not what mine would be.

In reference to the OP, I can say from my experience buying LaRue Tactical products over the past 6-8 years or so, they are very, very good, and their customer service is second to none. Not to mention they support our guys in uniform way over and above the call of profit.