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For your viewing pleasure....



Mine came with the 20" Chrome-lined MG Barrel, and I decided to spring for the LMT 18" Stainless 5R Barrel as well.

I went with the Atlas Bipod (not pictured), but I can't afford the planned Niteforce ATACR optic & AADland mount just yet....

I don't typically keep the PVS on it but assuming its on the bipod with it mounted it's a heck of a setup.

Lots of LMT MWS love here.

https://www.m4carbine.net/show...s-show-us-your-setup

I just started...

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
Lots of LMT MWS love here.

https://www.m4carbine.net/show...s-show-us-your-setup

Wow, 250 Pages of LMT MWS love!

I'll be in my bunk....

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
Wow, 250 Pages of LMT MWS love!

I'll be in my bunk....

Yeah they are serious about the MWS over there, TONS of info about caliber swaps, barrel dimpling, rail cut downs, SBRs, suppressing, etc, etc, etc.

Some great shooting videos and photos as well.

I came close to getting an MWS several times but it just never worked out - when I have the cash, the are OOS, when they are in stock, I pass or can't swing it.

I've been slowly piecing together one as well. Just have the MARS-H lower, Vortex Viper PST Gen II 3-15x FFP scope and Nightforce Unimount right now.

I have to say, I'm torn over whether to replace the LMT 2-stage trigger with a Geissele SSA-E. I think the LMT trigger, while heavier, compares favorably with the SSA. I don't think it'll hold a candle to the SSA-E but I haven't shot with an SSA-E before.

The 16" will be getting chopped to 14" with a P/W brake and dedicated can.

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Originally posted by Uriah:
The 16" will be getting chopped to 14" with a P/W brake and dedicated can.

Is the lower one an 18” barrel with the Surefire brake? I was thinking of going with 18” barrel and Surefire brake.

Yes, 18" SS with a Surefire.

https://i.postimg.cc/fTMG15Cc/fullsizeoutput-12f3.jpg
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Marvin Pitts dimpled the barrel but it's still
heavy

MWS is in the back

Just got her yesterday.

Any spotted from their new facility in Eldridge, IA yet?

Both of the lower receivers I can see look to be from Milan, IL still.

I hope Sigmund sees this thread...he can add a few pics I’m sure.

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Any spotted from their new facility in Eldridge, IA yet?

I'm not sure when they made the move but I just picked up two stripped LMT MARS lowers (one 308, one 5.56) and both are rollmarked Milan, IL.

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Originally posted by C-Dubs:
Any spotted from their new facility in Eldridge, IA yet?

Both of the lower receivers I can see look to be from Milan, IL still.

I hope Sigmund sees this thread...he can add a few pics I’m sure.

No pix but here's some news: LMT's new IA-side manufacturing facility (with indoor range) is not open yet, they're planning an open house "soon" and I will share the date. LMT still does their test firing weekdays at the range in Milan IL, I just saw them there last week.

Since you asked, LMT will not create as many jobs in Eldridge IA as they had first said. This link has one exterior photo of the new plant:

https://qctimes.com/news/local...45-7063523628a6.html

Gun maker reduces number of expected new jobs at Eldridge facility

Jennifer DeWitt jdewitt@qctimes.com
Mar 18, 2019 Updated Mar 19, 2019

Lewis Machine & Tool will not hit the job growth it originally projected for its new facility in Eldridge, but instead plans to hire more highly-skilled workers at higher wages, a company representative said Monday night.

The gun maker, which will begin to relocate from its Milan headquarters in April, is requesting the Eldridge City Council amend its development agreement to update its job commitment.

"We won't get to 178 (employees) because we've grown in efficiencies," Matt Pruitt, Lewis Machine's sales and marketing director, told the council at its meeting. "We want to hire higher-paying jobs, we just don't need as many."

He could not say how many skilled positions will be created, but said the company will add more jobs when it moves to Iowa. It also will relocate all of its 110 current employees to the new facility. "We all want the new building open," he said.

The company has requested to amend its agreement commitment from 178 jobs by 2020 to 50 full-time employees at a wage threshold of at least $18.74 per hour. Pruitt said the new jobs are at greater wages than previously estimated.

Pruitt said the state required either a commitment of 178 jobs or 50 higher-paying jobs. "We're trading it for wages," he said after the meeting.

"We have better machines and we need better talent to use those machines," he said. Pruitt also said there will be more need for CNC and lathe operators as opposed to general labor workers.

Eldridge City Administrator John Dowd told the council that the city's agreement mirrors the language of Lewis Machine's agreement with the state. "The 178 (employee) number is not critical for them to receive the incentives," he said, adding that the state's requirement is for 50 new jobs to qualify for tax benefits.

"In our TIF policy, 25 (jobs) is the threshold, so it qualifies for that matter," he said of the proposed amendment.

But at Mayor Marty O'Boyle's suggestion, the council voted unanimously to send the request back to the city's economic development committee for review before voting on the amendment.

"This took us off-guard," he said, adding that the city had expected 178 employees, including the current workforce and additional hires. "Now we're not hearing that many people."

Lewis Machine received about $1 million in state and local incentives for the facility, which will include a production plant, offices, warehouse and its own firearms testing range.

Pruitt said the office will move into the new facility around April 15, but moving the manufacturing operations could take a couple months and needs to be coordinated with production. The building is located in the Eldridge Industrial Park.

In January, the gun maker announced it would bring a new $25 million contract to make 16,000 rifles for the Estonian Defence Forces to the new facility in the Eldridge Industrial Park. Estonia borders Russia and the Baltic Sea in northern Europe.

I had the DMR stock but went back to the SOPMOD. It just feels better with the SOPMOD to me.

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Originally posted by werd:
https://i.postimg.cc/fTMG15Cc/fullsizeoutput-12f3.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/fLm4Qr1K/fullsizeoutput-12f7.jpg
Marvin Pitts dimpled the barrel but it's still
heavy

Very nice, I wish the SLK was available when I purchased mine. I'd much rather have the SLK version.

That stick is begging for an ATCAR 1-8 or 4-16, maybe an NX8 or or NXS of some variety