Serial number with a K

[Budshad]

Hey guys. So I know/ have heard that if the LR308 has a K in serial that it was sold as a stripped lower. Here’s my thing though. My LR308 Gen2 came fully assembled in a DPMS box with manual, mag and whatever else they came with. So...it’s a stripped lower that someone completed and i purchased as a new gun from my local gun shop?  Paperwork showing that I was the first owner?  Im confused. BTW Hello everyone. Im new from Macon Ga. 

Edited March 12, 2020 by Budshad

[98Z5V]

3 hours ago, Budshad said:

Hey guys. So I know/ have heard that if the LR308 has a K in serial that it was sold as a stripped lower. Here’s my thing though. My LR308 Gen2 came fully assembled in a DPMS box with manual, mag and whatever else they came with. So...it’s a stripped lower that someone completed and i purchased as a new gun from my local gun shop?  Paperwork showing that I was the first owner?  Im confused. BTW Hello everyone. Im new from Macon Ga. 

Post a pic of your serial number, with the K in it.  You can delete part of it, but leave the K in there.

All DPMS LR-308 stripped lower receivers had a K at the end of the serial number. Last digit. 

You're talking Gen 2, as well, so who knows what they did with that platform.  The discussion and clarification was about the original LR-308 stripped lower receivers.  I'd still like to see the K at the end of your serial number...

Edited March 12, 2020 by 98Z5V

[98Z5V]

Since Remington killed off DPMS, all the historical links from DPMS are now gone.  If they weren't, I'd give you a direct link to the DPMS FAQ, that specifically states that information, about the K and the end of the serial number.

[98Z5V]

Here's a great example - they blurred out the serial, but left the K to prove it's a stripped lower:

[98Z5V]

Here's mine, to add to the discussion - I bought this DPMS LR-308 stripped lower in Jan or Feb of 2010. 

[RedRiverII]

Welcome Bud,  looks like you were answered quick enough.  Now I re-read your post.  That does seem odd.  Have you called DPMS?  I'm guessing you have a legit concern.  Have you been taken advantage of?  Have you used the rifle?  All well on the functions?  Have you asked the dealer about it?  Curious minds want to know.

[98Z5V]

He has a DPMS G2 (not the DPMS LR-308 original platform), and I'm betting that the K he has in his serial number isn't at the very end. 

[Budshad]

Sorry it took so long to reply. The K is in front. It starts FFK.....Thank for the replies. 

[98Z5V]

Glad it's straightened out, and the information is indeed correct.  If it's a DPMS LR-308 lower receiver, and it has a K as the last digit of the serial number, then it was sold FROM DPMS as a stripped lower.  That's the only way they ever did it.

This information doesn't pertain to the DPMS GII profile, and I don't know if they ever sold stripped GII lowers at all, ever, anyway.  And the DPMS LR-308 is not a DPMS GII.  They are two different animals, completely.

[Chuck Saint]

Hi.....i know this is thread about 7 months old but ....

I am purchasing a DPMS LR-308 lower off of Gunbroker.

I was wondering if it's a G1 or G2 and hoping it will fit my my Aero M5 AR-308 (high profile  210 tang) stripped reciever which it also states that it's compatible with DPMS components.

I asked the seller this very same question and they didn't know.

Hopefully someone here can help and let me know.

BTW, the serial number doesn't have a "k" in it at all.

It actually begins with a "FFM"

...thx

[Armed Eye Doc]

23 minutes ago, Chuck Saint said:

Hi.....i know this is thread about 7 months old but ....

I am purchasing a DPMS LR-308 lower off of Gunbroker.

I was wondering if it's a G1 or G2 and hoping it will fit my my Aero M5 AR-308 (high profile  210 tang) stripped reciever which it also states that it's compatible with DPMS components.

I asked the seller this very same question and they didn't know.

Hopefully someone here can help and let me know.

BTW, the serial number doesn't have a "k" in it at all.

It actually begins with a "FFM"

...thx

First, welcome to the forum.

Second, do you have a link to the listing?

Third, I don't know how much I would trust buying a firearm (parts) from someone who can't answer what should be a simple, but vital, question about a 308AR.

Fourth, you would be better served buying an Aero M5 lower to guarantee that it will work with your upper.

https://www.armorally.com/shop/aero-precision-m5-stripped-lower-receiver/

[98Z5V]

Very well stated, Doc.  

[Weedy]

Good afternoon, like said above, I know this thread is older. However I just picked up an DPMS LR-308 at a hell of a deal. The question I’m having issues with, is it a Gen 1 or Gen 2! I it does have the newer “lower profile receiver”, so would I assume it’s the Gen 2. Also, my serial number has the “K” in it, but it is third after the FF. Not at the end of the serial number. Thank you for any and all help with this rifle. I’m trying to pick up some extra parts for it and want to get them right the first go around.

 

thanks

Walt

[98Z5V]

11 hours ago, Weedy said:

Good afternoon, like said above, I know this thread is older. However I just picked up an DPMS LR-308 at a hell of a deal. The question I’m having issues with, is it a Gen 1 or Gen 2! I it does have the newer “lower profile receiver”, so would I assume it’s the Gen 2. Also, my serial number has the “K” in it, but it is third after the FF. Not at the end of the serial number. Thank you for any and all help with this rifle. I’m trying to pick up some extra parts for it and want to get them right the first go around.

 

thanks

Walt

PICTURES!!!  Post them up. No other way around this, when you don't know what you have - and WE certainly don't know what you have.

Post pics of your receivers.  Can't think of another fix, but that. 

Edited February 10, 2021 by 98Z5V

[Weedy]

6 hours ago, 98Z5V said:

PICTURES!!!  Post them up. No other way around this, when you don't know what you have - and WE certainly don't know what you have.

Post pics of your receivers.  Can't think of another fix, but that. 

 

[98Z5V]

That's a first-gen DPMS LR-308, and it was built at the factory and sold from the factory as a complete rifle.  The whole "K" thing was only on stripped lower receivers on the original (not the G II receivers) LR-308s.  They stamped a K at the very end of the serial number, as a way to identify all the LR-308 lower receivers that they manufactured and sold as "stripped lowers." 

Now, you need a pic of the upper receiver in here, so we can help you identify if you have a High or Low profile upper receiver.

Here's a cheat guide for that - keep clicking it (3 times on my computer) and it gets bigger:

 

@imschur - you'll love the link, brother...  

 

Edited February 11, 2021 by 98Z5V

[Weedy]

9 hours ago, 98Z5V said:

That's a first-gen DPMS LR-308, and it was built at the factory and sold from the factory as a complete rifle.  The whole "K" thing was only on stripped lower receivers on the original (not the G II receivers) LR-308s.  They stamped a K at the very end of the serial number, as a way to identify all the LR-308 lower receivers that they manufactured and sold as "stripped lowers." 

Now, you need a pic of the upper receiver in here, so we can help you identify if you have a High or Low profile upper receiver.

Here's a cheat guide for that - keep clicking it (3 times on my computer) and it gets bigger:

 

@imschur - you'll love the link, brother...  

 

Thank you, I have the lower profile upper. I do appreciate your help with this info. Was considering getting rid of it, if it was a Gen2. Again, thank you for your assistance. 

[Madredr1]

Hello, so dredging up this old thread in the hopes to get some help - I inherited a stripped lower and trying to find what will work with it - I want to build it as a sort of memorial to the person I inherited it from.

Has Huntsville, AL on it, and the serial starts with FFKXXXXXX

 

TIA!

[shooterrex]

Eyedoc answered in the other thread. The upper he linked should work. Also I have an Aero upper that fits my Bushmaster lower and it is the same pattern.

[Madredr1]

4 hours ago, shooterrex said:

Eyedoc answered in the other thread. The upper he linked should work. Also I have an Aero upper that fits my Bushmaster lower and it is the same pattern.

Sorry, I couldn’t find my original post under general discussion so thought I’d post here, but thanks for the info!

[shooterrex]

3 hours ago, Madredr1 said:

Sorry, I couldn’t find my original post under general discussion so thought I’d post here, but thanks for the info!

Go to the top of any page and hit the three lines in the top right corner.

Then select activity.

Then my activity streams.

Then you can pick content you have posted in.