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I use the tan colored mole skin on mine. Works great and sticks well. The glue eventually seeps through the felt (took about 2 years), but I just take it off and put a new one on. In hot weather it sure works at not burning your cheek.

Very nice!! Who did the .260 for you? Or did you do it? (nevermind. I just saw your other thread)

I've never had an issue with magazines, unless the magazine itself looks like it came straight from the front line of some forgotten war. Those still work fine in the FAL, but won't in the LAR-8. The newer metric magazines work just fine in the LAR-8.

Very nice Hollywood! How do you like the rear monopod? You see those JP brakes a lot in 3-gun competitions.

Thanks! I really like the Rock River AR's. That Varmint model is seriously accurate. Here's a 10 shot group at 110 yards(100 meters): (Yes, I did say 10 shots) I know this one isn't a Rock River, but even my wife gets nekkid when she sees this one: <lmao> :o

:banana: I was nekkid when I shot the picture! <laughs>

Ok, let's get back on track. Here's a couple of LAR-8's:

I've got the 26" Varmint and it has proven to be the most accurate .308 semi auto that I've owned. (See my other post for pictures of groups I've shot, including a 10 shot group). I'd like to get my hands on a 20" Varmint model just to see how well it would shoot.

I don't think they cared, because I told them what happened. (I don't even recall seeing the note about reloads) The funny thing is on one of the rifles I had shot nothing but factory ammo. I was shooting Black Hills when it broke. RRA did ask me to send them a couple of fired cases, which I did. But I never heard back from them about the cases. To give you a bit of history on the BHO issue, I've actually broken 3 of them. The first time it happened on my 16" mid-length. I used a suppressor a lot on it, and thought that maybe the suppressor caused a pressure build up. But RRA, didn't think much of it and just sent me a new BHO rod. It was easy to replace and I never had any more issues with it. The second time happened on my 26" Varmint. It was a very bad break, as it shoved the top piece of the BHO up into the chamber and buggered it up badly. RRA ended up replacing the whole rifle. The third time was on the newly replaced 26" Varmint. This one also shoved the top piece of the BHO up into the chamber, but RRA just replaced the BHO rod and polished up the chamber. I asked them if they thought it was something that I was doing, but they did not think so. So far, I've shot a few hundred rounds through the fixed Varmint model and haven't had any issues. It has the most accurate .308 AR type rifle that I've shot to date. A DPMS that I use to have came close to matching the accuracy, but it had major problems with reliability.

Hi there, I found out about this forum from another member and thought I would come and check it out. I'm glad to see another place that has discussions about the LAR-8. I've had one since they first came out, a 16" mid length model, but have since sold it because I didn't use it that much. I still have my LAR-8 26" Varmint model though. I probably will never get rid of it, mainly because it is just darned accurate. In fact it's the most accurate Semi-auto that I've ever owned! (and I've had one of every major manufacturer). I should say that this is my second Varmint model, because I had a problem with the first one. The BHO rod broke and jammed the piece that broke off up into the chamber. RRA was great and replaced the whole rifle within about 2 weeks. This second one is every bit as accurate as the first one was. I usually shoot my own reloads. I've found that it really like 180 gr Nosler ballistic tips. I'm not sure why I started with those, as I usually shoot 175 match kings in my bolt guns. I think I just had a bunch lying around and decided to try them out. The first ones out were so impressive, that I haven't tried anything else. Anyway here's a picture of a couple of targets and of my LAR-8's, of course I don't have the Mid-length any more. I'm looking forward to discussing more on the LAR-8 with all of you!