shovel1966 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Hello,My friend's son recently purchased a DPMS Oracle. He likes it and it seems to be a great gun. I haven't seen it first hand, but my friend says the firearm is labeled ".308 multi" I'm not sure if this marking is on the barrel or on the lower receiver. I'm not sure what this "multi" marking would mean. I know that the DPMS website states that all the Oracles are chambered for .308Win/7.62x51. Does anyone here have an explanation?I have purchased AR style stripped lower receivers before that were marked "multi-cal" before. Thanks in advance for any information or insight anyone may have on this subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmackc Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 I have a one year old LR308 Oracle that is marked CAL.308 on the lower mag well and is marked DPMS 7.62X51 1-10 on the barrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washguy Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Shovel is it a factory built gun or assembled by someone?"We stamp the letter ”K” on the end of the serial number (eg. FH12345K) to indicate a NON factory built rifle. No “K” in the serial number means factory built"from the DPMS website Wash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 I didn't know that wash, nice. They had some lowers marked 338 and judging by how they all went on super cheap clearance I'd guess they decided to just stamp them multi cal from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washguy Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 I didn't know that wash, nice. They had some lowers marked 338 and judging by how they all went on super cheap clearance I'd guess they decided to just stamp them multi cal from now on.Blue Yep I bought a couple of the 338's the price was nice on closeout Wash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 I wish I could have grabbed a few. I'm scraping and scrounging just to get my matrix build off the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 I would assume its reads DPMS on them & don't recall ever seeing a DPMS stamped Lower with Multi on it . Of course ,That's assuming it does read DPMS on the Lower Receiver . Maybe someone built one like the DPMS Oracle & said its a DPMS type Receiver , built like an DPMS Oracle . Or a DPMS Oracle complete Upper assembly & a 308 Multi , on the Lower from another manufacturer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shovel1966 Posted October 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 I will try and get more detailed information if I am able. Not sure where he purchased it or if a different company "built" it using a DPMS lower and/or upper. Will post when I know more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 I'm going to take a wide guess That you have a 66 Shovel , I had a 69 , one of many Shovels I've owned . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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