I visited St. Augustine to watch a SPR/DMR comp this past weekend.
I saw a lot of high end kit. KAC, Larue, Geissele,.. S&B, Nightforce, Razors,... Lots of cans.
There were a handful of really talented shooters behind some of those rigs too.
I might have felt under-gunned if I competed that day with my "DMR" setup.
My DMR-ish upper is a mutt. Spikes CHF barrel, Colt BCG, BCM HG, Stiener 1-4 in ADM mount, Atlus QD bipods, etc...
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Durable and good parts, but it only produces 1.5 minute 5 shot groups with match ammo.
I'm thinking about putting together a CLE Bartlein upper with a NF 2.5-10 or 1-8 before I jump into this style of comp now that I know what's expected of the shooters.
For those of you that compete with or work with dedicated SPR/DMR rifles, what are you running?
While we all like the latest and the greatest gucci gear, I would really not recommend chasing parts before you running a few comps and seeing what you are having issues.
If I was in your boat I would probably grab something like a noveske SPR upper, and pairing it with a 3-18 class optic and call it a day, Dropping a barlien and maybe a longer handguard would be a good option as well.