Looking for some feedback on the Larue OBR .308. There's one up for that local to me that i'm interested in and it seems to be in good shape with a low round count. It's an older xtran model with a switch block. How do these stack up against the SIG 716 DMRs?
Opinions on Larue OBR?
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I have a tOBR in 308 and it's a tack driver. The OBR is heavier and has also been reported to be extremely accurate. I can't offer any help comparing to a Sig.
If its the older pre-2014-ish with LW barrel I'd say snatch it up if its a reasonable price. The newer LaRue barrel OBRs are kinda hit or miss it seems, some are great (Sub-MOA) and some are alright (1.5ish MOA). The SIG 716 DMRs are kinda in the same boat, had 5 of them come through an LE class last year and they where all solid 0.5-0.75 MOA rifles but they all had been back to SIG 2 or 3 times before hand due to poor accuracy.
I’m not sure of the exact year of this gun but it does have LW barrel and the owner says that he’s shot 0.3-0.5 with it
If it is under 2700, that would be a good price and you should buy it right now.
As another early OBR owner, I do not think the group size claims are an exaggeration, even with 5-round groups. .5-.8 should be the norm, not the exception.
I also had a new production tOBR 18" in 7.62, as well as a PredatAR 16." The newer guns were cosmetically nicer, but not in the same league as shooters.
What you will find with the older guns is that parts were sourced all over the place and run in different batches, so there may be some different anodizing across the gun and the machining is not as nice as the new ones in places. This is not to say they are bad, but they are not quite up to the well-matched works of art that the new guns are. You probably won't notice this when you are stacking rounds on top of each other.
I am not aware of an LW barreled guns that had XTRAXN chambers. I am not sure that is a bad thing. Brass from the older pre-xtraxn gun is easier to size and the gun itself is more reliable.
Mine is an LW barrel with XTRAXN. I always full length resize and haven’t had any issues.
I think it was many years before Larue started making their own barrels.
I imagine his built in house stuff has to meet QC before being shipped regardless. For $3k I bet they don’t screw around.
Thing is I wonder how many people are buying he top notch stuff when their “kits” go for so much less.
I think it was many years before Larue started making their own barrels.
I imagine his built in house stuff has to meet QC before being shipped regardless. For $3k I bet they don’t screw around.
Thing is I wonder how many people are buying he top notch stuff when their “kits” go for so much less.
Fair; and I did not know XTRAXN was machined into some of the LW barrels. My experience seems to be the exception and is probably an outlier, as there are plenty of owners that are getting great results out of the newer guns. The PredatAR, which I should have noted above was 5.56, had it too, and I did not notice any excessive sizing pressure there.
I am sure much of the markup on their complete rifles comes from the extra labor that goes into them, from the PST, which requires drilling two ports and matching the block, to the parts matching/fitting and test firing. The tOBR, as well as the predatAR, showed incredible attention to detail in finishing quality and matching all of the anodizing 'tones.'
I did notice the newer guns come with 3-round test targets while the older ones came with 5-round targets. If sub-moa tests before leaving the factory is your requirement, it is a lot easier to do with 3-round tests. In general, however, I have not found a shipped test target to be completely deterministic toward how a rifle will shoot.
I would pass unless the price was stupid low like $1500 or less. They are from a time with little long range large frame precision rifles on the market. They have been surpassed and their propietary party's makes updates expensive. It's also in an outdated cartridge for today. They are also hit and miss function wise. If you do get a dude good luck getting larue to do shit about it.
I did end up passing on the OBR and picked up a (308) SIG 716 DMR instead. I’ve only gotten to the range once with it but it seems like it’s going to do pretty well with 168 FGMM based upon the first couple of groups
I have two, an OBR, and a "suitcase rifle(pre predatOBR I believe,)". Both shoot very well, but the Suitcase rifle is close to .5 moa. Definitely the most accurate gas guns I have ever shot.
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