malpais Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Hi all, Looking for a monolithic upper for LR-308 (something to the tune of VLTOR's VIS receiver). If anyone knows, please share a link /mfg name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Welcome from Indiana brother malpais.Look at Mega. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 just to clarify, since people can mix up nomenclatures...you are looking for a monolithic upper in a DPMS compatible format? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt.Cross Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Hi all, Looking for a monolithic upper for LR-308 (something to the tune of VLTOR's VIS receiver). If anyone knows, please share a link /mfg name. I don't think anyone is making one. Mega Arms had a great thing going with their MTS-4400 but production ceased when they found out LMT held the patents for monolithic receivers. I don't know how Les Baer and LWRC have continued to build monolithic .308 ARs unscathed, but they are the only ones I know of and they aren't DPMS patterned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robocop1051 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Mega changed their design on their own. It was supposedly to preempt any action from LMT, but there was never an actual threat issued from LMT towards any other designer. I think their "woe, is me" reaction to LMT getting the patent was more of a marketing ploy to sell their new design and get people to forget about their monolithic design. Look at how fast the monolithic upper flew off the shelves afterwards! Excellent business plan put into action on their part. They get to release a new product, and they have zero inventory from the previous product. The LMT design, especially with their MWS, had nothing in common with the Mega MA-Ten Monolithic upper. Mega played the "boo-hoo, we're just a small company getting bullied by the big guys" card, and a lot of people bought into it. The fact that Les Baer and LWRCi still have a very successful rifle system shows that there is no threat from LMT. I don't mean to crap on Mega Arms (I own two) but they are a FAAAAAAAR cry away from being an LMT. Edited March 31, 2014 by Robocop1051 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpais Posted March 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Thanks for the welcome. Yes, the upper has to be LR-308 specific, and not the AR-10 pattern. As far as I can see everything MEGA produces is for either their own "matched" lower/upper pairs, or it is the AR pattern with that 45 degree "edge" on the rear of the receiver, not the half-hemishpherical like the LR. Their page for Had a quick look at Les Baer and LMT and they both make the AR pattern uppers. As far as MEGA goes their monolithic upper page is down, I don't know maybe there is another site showing their uppers, a downloadable catalogue or something, but can't seem to find anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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