brick13 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Posted April 21, 2014 Hi all, i'm new to this forum and new to the AR-10 platform, but not new to weapons. former LEO and trained police sniper. Helped form the first SWAT Team for an agency here and was a member. most of that was about 35 years ago but some things never leave you. Almost retired now and still doing fraud investigation for a local county agency. have a variety of guns and just picked up our DPMS LR-308 two weeks ago. Still need to clean it and do some range work. i went through basic with the M-1 and my son sent through with the M-16. He knows both like the back of his hand. so far i am very impressed with the weapon. I chose this over another because these guys are still an independent manufacturer? I think? it's a pleasure meeting fellow weapon lovers and i hope that i may be able to help with some of my meager knowledge on other weapons as well as draw from here. thanks and take care, bill
Toolndie7 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Posted April 21, 2014 Welcome from RI Bill. Sounds like you've come to the right place.
Robocop1051 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Posted April 21, 2014 Uh oh brick, you made a forum faux pax. We always forgive the first one. Lol Only Armalite makes an AR-10. It's kinda like saying you own a Mustang, when you bought a Chevy Camero. We try to generalize the rifles as "308AR's" but even that gets confusing as guys build .260, .243, .338 and so on. Good to see some of you old timers evolving to the newer format... and who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Welcome aboard our ship of misfits and miscreants... and thank you for your service.
shibiwan Posted April 21, 2014 Report Posted April 21, 2014 Welcome from AZ!! I would no longer consider DPMS "independent" since they got acquired by the Freedom Group and make the same firearms for Bushmaster and Remington, albeit with different branding. :D
Robocop1051 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Posted April 21, 2014 Welcome from AZ!! I would no longer consider DPMS "independent" since they got acquired by the Freedom Group and make the same firearms for Bushmaster and Remington, albeit with different branding. :D No doubt the R15/R25 are made by DPMS, but I'm pretty sure Bushmaster is its own operation... despite having the same parent company.
unforgiven Posted April 21, 2014 Report Posted April 21, 2014 Welcome from Indiana brother Bill,THANK YOU and you'r son for you'r service.I love my Garand. :love4:
brick13 Posted April 22, 2014 Author Report Posted April 22, 2014 thank you to one and all! i'm sorry for the mistake on the designation?? like i said, i'm new to this type of weapon!! but i'll learn quick. and i should have learned to check things out before saying who bought who?? i went to a bass pro shop and figured they hire folks with knowledge in the business....... anyway, i attached the front and rear sight today, then ran out of time to learn the dissamble and clean routine....i learned on open sights so i'm going to see how the first time at the range goes. i learned point shooting with both eyes open in LE and its still easy to quickly acquire target..this will be a real test of open sights for me......this will be my all around weapon for about everything, except where i cant carry it but my S&W 59 will do in those cases. my all time favorite for close encounters is a short shotgun with "00". the grips in my pic are for a riding buddy that needed another set for his Sauer single action 357. unforgiven, thanks for the reply........my son loves his garand also!! i see where a lot of folks live where i have family and friends......the world is getting smaller!!
gnatshooter Posted April 22, 2014 Report Posted April 22, 2014 anyway, i attached the front and rear sight today, then ran out of time to learn the dissamble and clean routine....i learned on open sights so i'm going to see how the first time at the range goes. i learned point shooting with both eyes open in LE and its still easy to quickly acquire target..this will be a real test of open sights for me. Open sights and both eyes totally rocks.
shibiwan Posted April 22, 2014 Report Posted April 22, 2014 No doubt the R15/R25 are made by DPMS, but I'm pretty sure Bushmaster is its own operation... despite having the same parent company. Don't think so. They moved the entire Bushmaster operation out of Windham and I believe DPMS is making them now. The ex-Bushmaster contract machine shops in the area came together and set up Windham Weaponry...
planeflyer21 Posted April 22, 2014 Report Posted April 22, 2014 Don't think so. They moved the entire Bushmaster operation out of Windham and I believe DPMS is making them now. The ex-Bushmaster contract machine shops in the area came together and set up Windham Weaponry... Correct, after passage of the 5-year noncompetition clause.
brick13 Posted April 23, 2014 Author Report Posted April 23, 2014 unforgiven, i have a family member in Greensburg...... Sketch, have one there too.....but she's my sister and she can stay there!!! hahahaha gnatshooter, once you learn its hard to quickly focus on anything else unless you are positioned right.. thanks to everyone else for clearing up the manufacturer topic......i now know who made my weapon....
unforgiven Posted April 23, 2014 Report Posted April 23, 2014 Looks like they are south of me about 2hrs.,I'm about 40mins. south of Chicago.It is always a pleasure to see more Veterans join this forum. <thumbsup>
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