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Thread: LMT MARS-L How are they working out for the NZDF?.

  1. 08-05-2020, 01:53 PM #1
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    LMT MARS-L How are they working out for the NZDF?.

    I was wondering if anybody knows how these rifles are working out for the NZDF.

    I did read that they had firing pin issues when first introduced, but haven't read anything since then.
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  3. 08-05-2020, 03:34 PM #2
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    I remember reading that and something about bolts cracking both to do with hardening I think? LMT resolved both issues I understand.

    I've read and heard first hand the troops love them.
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  4. 08-05-2020, 04:36 PM #3
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    Maybe of interest
    https://youtu.be/R_heB1cvlvU
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  5. 08-05-2020, 05:19 PM #4
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    The firing pin issue got sorted under warranty. They are a big upgrade over the styer
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  6. 08-05-2020, 05:52 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by NZShoota View Post
    Maybe of interest
    https://youtu.be/R_heB1cvlvU
    Interesting watch. LMT have taken care of their mistakes by the sound of it.

    Damn, I want my AR15 back. It wasn't an LMT, but I wish I had it just the same.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mauser308 View Post
    It wouldn't be hard for it to be better than the Steyr. What a piece of crap... We had one that had a bolt/carrier separate while on the range, ask me how that happens and in the next breath how do you get it apart again to fix it?
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  8. 08-05-2020, 08:07 PM #7
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    LMT =

    I replace my firing pin, BCG and upgraded to the enhanced bolt.
    Guessing it will never fail in my lifetime...
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    Quote Originally Posted by grunzter View Post
    LMT =

    I replace my firing pin, BCG and upgraded to the enhanced bolt.
    Guessing it will never fail in my lifetime...
    Cos it will never be fired again....
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    Quote Originally Posted by dogmatix View Post
    Cos it will never be fired again....
    ...yeh...
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    I asked a guy in the Territorials, he said even a few weeks after being issued them, they were shooting similar scores to what they did with the Steyrs and years of familiarity, he seemed to like them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tommygun View Post
    I asked a guy in the Territorials, he said even a few weeks after being issued them, they were shooting similar scores to what they did with the Steyrs and years of familiarity, he seemed to like them.
    Individual fire to 500. Styer was only good for section fire at 500
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danger Mouse View Post
    Styer was only good for section fire at 500
    Is that in mint condition, or just with a worn barrel?
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  14. 08-05-2020, 11:58 PM #13
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    They're very good, much better than the old Steyr IMO.
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  15. 09-05-2020, 07:51 AM #14
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    Good bit of kit, all the issues to date have been ironed out. Only wish I could take out the ambi mag release
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt-P.Nth View Post
    Good bit of kit, all the issues to date have been ironed out. Only wish I could take out the ambi mag release
    Why's that?
    "Sixty percent of the time,it works every time"
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