LMT DMR stock?

[coyotewillie]

For you that have used the LMT DMR, how does it attach/lock on the buffer tube? I put a Magpul Gen 3 PRS stock on my RPR. On my AR's I don't have any problem with LOP but it makes an RPR LOP pretty long. I see the DMR is supposedly only 9" long and this would be shorter (and work better) than the Magpul. Can't tell from the picture how it mounts on to the tube though.

 

[coyotewillie]

So how solid is it on the tube? I always felt most collapsible stocks have a bit of a "rattle to them". Of course there's no movement to a stock that's somehow "bolted" or connected to a buffer tube. I didn't know if the DMR could be locked solidly down on the tube or not.

 

[pmclaine]

Nice thing about DMR is it uses a carbine length tube.

The Magpul offering requires a full length rifle tube.

I had a Magpul PRS on my LMT and found it heavy on a rifle that was already heavy.

I went back to the LMT SOPMOD.

If the DMR is like the SOPMOD its a pretty solid lockup.

Minimal movement if any.

 

[SD Carpenter]

I put a piece of pipe tape down my buffer tube, one piece at a time until it locks up solid.

 

[The DFC]

Mine doesn't move at all on the tube of my 6.5 MWS. Super solid.

 

[pmclaine]

The Magpul PRS GEN3 will work on both rifle length and carbine length buffer tubes. It comes with 2 different extensions. 1 for a carbine and 1 for a rifle.

Good to know.

Don't know what gen mine was but it was rifle only and heavy.

 

[coyotewillie]

Yea, I used the carbine ext and it still extended the LOP about 1.5". Of course I'm trying to use it on an RPR magnum so weight isn't an issue on an 18 1/2# rifle LOL. LOP probably won't be an issue off the bench either.

 

[redneckbmxer24]

So how solid is it on the tube? I always felt most collapsible stocks have a bit of a "rattle to them". Of course there's no movement to a stock that's somehow "bolted" or connected to a buffer tube. I didn't know if the DMR could be locked solidly down on the tube or not.

Get an LMT enhanced buffer tube to mount it on and it won't have any slop. The LMT buffer tube is slightly oversized so stocks don't wiggle around on them. I use them on every build because of this.

The LMT DMR stock is extremely solid and IMO is the best precision AR type stock available.

 

[coyotewillie]

Red, could you possibly give me a measurement from the buffer tube lock nut to the rear of the butt pad at the stock's shortest extension? Before I go with the DMR I'd like to know what the shortest LOP would be.

 

[coyotewillie]

Hope you don't mind all the questions but...I don't see on LMT's website about an "enhanced" buffer tube. Is there an actual "enhanced" one different than the one I see offered? Also, what is the difference between the 556/308 stocks? Thanks

 

[SBE2]

this post caught my eye, im looking to sell my DMR556, been to the range only a couple times..

 

[redneckbmxer24]

Here’s a couple pics of the measurement you asked for plus fully extended. LOP to the trigger is about 12 3/8”-15 3/4”. I run a pretty short LOP and I still run it out at the first notch and I run the butt pad out 1/2” or so. It goes pretty short.

There’s a difference but I’m not sure what it is. If you call LMT customer service they can tell you the differences though.

This is the 5.56 enhanced buffer tube. They have a 7.62 as well.

5.56 Extension Tube - LMT

LMP259A

lmtdefense.com

 

[coyotewillie]

Thank you! Just exactly what I needed to know.

 

[SBE2]

On the DMR308 the cheek riser is further back on the stock due to the longer bolt or charging handle on the 308

 

[redneckbmxer24]

That makes sense, I definitely wouldn't go with the 308 version on an RPR then since there's no need. The reason I run the butt pad out 1/2" is to get my cheek on the riser good so it's not falling off the front. The 308 stock would be worse.

 

[coyotewillie]

OK, I'm going to revive this thread with another question. As an update I picked up a DMR stock and switched out my RPR stock with it. My question...do you think, considering the recoil of a 338LM compared to a 556/308, will the pin and the hole in the buffer tube hold up to the pounding? The first pin (shortest position) is 1/4" out from the front of the stock butting up against the tube castle nut. I butted the stock up against the nut, popped the rear of the buttstock(hard), and the stock bounced back 1/4'' and locked up on the pin hole. I don't know whether it will bounce back pulled up against my shoulder under firing conditions. Maybe, maybe not.

Or...should I grab another buffer tube, and shorten the threads up a 1/4" so the end of the stock butts up against the nut when it's pinned in the first hole? Taking the recoil and spreading it out between the pin and stock itself?

Or...is the wear on the steel pin/aluminum tube hole negligible enough I'm obsessing over absolutely NOTHING?? LOL