01-06-2018, 02:01 AM
wilecoyote Wrote:Hey,
I've been busy with work and getting parts together for my two builds I have going. The MBT isn't bad, just not on par with others. Actually saw a comment stating it was as good or better than most that cost two to three times the price. I agree it may be better than some, but not most. My reviews on LaRue's website saying it was just OK and a good $100 trigger were censored. The first never saw the light of day. The second was shown online for about two hours and was promptly removed. Guess the "three out of five dillo" rating and mentioning a long pull and gritty reset was not what LaRue wanted to be stated... only that the MBT is greater than sliced bread is allowed. Hahaha...
I'd use another in my latest carbine, but that's a really short distance build. The other longer range I'm going with another Triggertech. I may go with the adjustable this time though.
Post some info on your new project, sounds interesting.
You mean you have a life outside of posting on gun forums? Perish the thought!
I would say the LaRue is as good as (maybe not quite as smooth, but it breaks cleaner) the Geissele SD-E...which for me, is to say "meh". I'd give it a 4/5 for value. It will do what I need it to do with an irons-only 556 chambered CHF 1/7 twist barrel (18 inch S2W Daniel Defense mid-gas).
My 2nd Grendel project (and I'm still working on the 1st...my how these things multiply) is pretty far from the top of my priorities list.
So far I have:
Seekins Precision SP223 ambi lower
Hexmag Overmolded Grip
15 inch (really a 16.5 inch because of the slant) Diamondhead VRS-T Handguard
White Oak Armament rifle buffer tube
BAD ASS lightweight ambi safety (really just to aesthetically match the lower)
LAR-Grizzly NIB side charging bolt carrier
Might use the Truss trigger on this one (again, aesthetics) and use the black PVD Triggertech straight trigger over on my RECCE. Buy parts for one build, they end up on another. Big boy legos.
As for the rest I have sort of sketched out mentally
Eisenach Arms side charging upper
Rainier Arms Avalanche Ambi charging handle
JP SCS buffer (maybe)
Cobalt Kinetics Billet fixed stock
Probably an AFAB flash comp
Still up in the air on barrel choice. Leaning towards the Proof Research stainless (non CF) barrel but could conceivably end up using a Faxon fluted (not overly impressed with accuracy reports on them so far), or if LaRue decides to sell us Grendel barrels, maybe one of them (he knows how to make barrels that shoot, no doubt).
Sights? Scope? Idk. Ask me again in the summer.
Now that I've accidentally threadjacked...