JP is good stuff and put them up there, if not ahead of all of the competition. That is if you are going to buy one. Otherwise you can do well by putting one together yourself if your only going to run it 3 times a year..
I'm replying to this thread a year after the last post . . . I know BigJake is not big on Larue (at least from a value perspective), and while I have ordered a Larue, I have not yet "drunk the Kool-aid". Here's what I Know: I know that Larue came through HUGE for a friend of mine who had some "significant" issues with the his 7.62 OBR. I think firearms manufacturers generally handle customer service poorly, but Larue (who never have given me that "warm fuzzy" feeling when I've ordered mounts from them before), came through like I've never seen before.
And here's what I think: I think that the JP Rifles are Fugly. They look like something out of Tron or something - they look imbalanced and weird. Better yet, they look like they've been hacked together with mismatched parts, but in a pussified way. I know they haven't been "hacked together" so please hold your powder, but that's what it looks like.
Don't get me wrong: I LOVE the way that they innovate - but dang . . . that's a face only a mother could love. I don't buy rifles for looks, but man . . . Maybe if you're 50 or older and Tron was a cool thing. While I'm at it. . . the GAP10 is also pretty darn unloveable due to the Seekins handguard - which looks thin and cheap. Contrast the OBR 7.62 handguard, "carved" from billet. That is craftsmanship. I wasn't sold until I saw and shot it in person (and then it was a quick $3370 from my checking account).
I'm a 1/4 minute shooter with my bolt guns on bipods and sandbags (some day, maybe I'll get to the .10s, but probably not because a 1/4 is about all I care about). I figure that the accuracy delta between a JP and a Larue is minimal (based on non-scientific, purely anecdotal evidence - though I have shot a GAP10 and the OBR), and even if a JP or a GAP is .05-.10 of a minute better, I'm willing to trade that for the ridiculously solid construction of the OBR 7.62.
Here's my beef with Larue: Where's the 6.5 Creedmoor barrel option? I know, you can buy an "DIY" Upper, and, yes, I know they offer .260s, but, especially for gas guns, 6.5Creedmoor (PSA, it's not spelled "Creedmore") is the better option. Oh, and their trigger. It has a weird wavelength draw to it. No Bueno. But no one's perfect.
