bennythemook
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Orderd a RRA, but it came with a DPMS stamped barrel? Any advice?
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riggins_83
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Where did you purchase this from? Rock River rifles often use Wilson Combat barrels.. is it possible you received a Rock River lower and DPMS upper?
bennythemook
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Pawn shop.
Dealer orderd it from RRA factory and said that RRA owned DPMS.
Dealer orderd it from RRA factory and said that RRA owned DPMS.
If you paid a premium for the RRA brand, I'd have a problem with that. If you got a good buy on it, just shoot it and don't pay any attention to the logo.
Considering the point of purchase, it might be a mongrel assembled from internet auction parts by someone in their basement/garage(like me for instance). It still might shoot as well as 90% of the shooters in the world and function better than most require.
Considering the point of purchase, it might be a mongrel assembled from internet auction parts by someone in their basement/garage(like me for instance). It still might shoot as well as 90% of the shooters in the world and function better than most require.
Marquezj16
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I would call RRA. Something about this doesn't sound right.
MOshooter65202
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That doesn't sound right at all?,I would call RRA
Crow Hunter
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That is 100% not true.
Cerberus Capital owns DPMS. Along with Remingtion, Marlin, Bushmaster, AAC, NEF and possibly some others that I have left out.
DPMS does make barrels. RRA may have bought barrels from DPMS. I would have thought they would have asked to have them "rebranded" to the RRA stamp though.
Call RRA, and give them the serial number and find out what configuration it left their factory.
madcratebuilder
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The multi-headed hound owns a lot of the fire arms industry. We may see more of this cross brand use of parts.
I would e-mail RRA and ask about it.
I would e-mail RRA and ask about it.
It's assumed that any of these Brands actually make the barrels? I got the impression most purchased parts out and simply assembled.
Very likely the guys who ship RRA barrels also make DPMS. It could be deliberate, or maybe they shipped one by mistake, but overall, saying Rock River > DPMS without knowing where barrels are really coming from is somewhat, umm
naive.
If it's a milspec barrel, gotta ask what the odds are of it being much different even if it was from somebody else. Chromed button rifled and 2MOA is a commodity item, not something special.
And, we're taking the dealer at his word.
Very likely the guys who ship RRA barrels also make DPMS. It could be deliberate, or maybe they shipped one by mistake, but overall, saying Rock River > DPMS without knowing where barrels are really coming from is somewhat, umm
naive.
If it's a milspec barrel, gotta ask what the odds are of it being much different even if it was from somebody else. Chromed button rifled and 2MOA is a commodity item, not something special.
And, we're taking the dealer at his word.
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Crow Hunter
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DPMS does have a barrel production capability. They also make quite a few other parts. (Although not necessarily to specifications...
)I think Olympic does too.
I know Colt does at Diemaco I am not sure about the US plant (I assume they do though).
FN does at their M16 plant.
Daniel Defense does too.
Those are the only ones that I am sure of.
I am pretty sure that RRA doesn't and contracts out their barrels.