DPMS guns?

I've had mine about a year. Zero problems with mine with any ammo and accuaracy is just fine. The trigger is pretty heavy and it would probably be even more accuarte with a better trigger.

They are not the top end of AR's and the price reflects that. I have other more expensive AR's that to be honest would be the ones I'd pick up in a serious life or death situation.

It serves the role I bought it for. It was inexpensive, lightweight and accurate enough with optics for a carrying around coyote rifle.

DPMS AR-15s are pretty much the standard middle-of-the-road AR. Far from the best, but far from the worst. They shoot as well as any other budget AR and are reliable enough for plinking or range time, but they can have problems sometimes- usually with the FCG. The DPMS LR308 is a whole different story, though. It's a very good AR-10 type rifle and very accurate and reliable, seems to be produced on a whole different level from their AR-15s.

To 90% of the shooters an AR is just an AR, and the name is just a roll mark. Dpms is fine.

The only concern I have with them is that they were recently bought out by CCM the same people who nearly sank Chrysler and have ruined Remington.

Kachok said:

The only concern I have with them is that they were recently bought out by CCM the same people who nearly sank Chrysler and have ruined Remington.

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That's why if you want a "true" Panther, buy a Windham.

buy with confidence, we have 4 in the family and they all work the way they were intended to do...

Avoid at all cost. I have had terrible experience with multiple DPMS rifles I used to personally own along with countless ones I used to sell. For the money you can get much better quality.

DPMS are perfectly fine guns but for the same money you could get a RRA or for roughly 10%-20% more you could get a Colt. Most people look at the out of pocket expense at the cash register. Look at how colts have appreciated in the last 30 years and by an heirloom unless you are going to run the snot of it.

I have one that I've shot since before the Democrat passed Assault Weapon Ban. No significant problems (some flash on the safety lever caused it to stick). Don't know about the current ones, but mine was built for the beginning of the multi-gun competition craze when it was the brand to have. Colts retain their (overpriced) value because there are Colt fanboys out there, in my opinion. BTW DPMS started out supplying parts to the US military.

Colts are not priced high and have not been in years.

Also DPMS has never supplied AR parts to the US Military.

DPMS, Bushmaster, and Remington are all owned by the same investment group and pretty much coming out of the same parts bins now.

A Remington R-15 is a DPMS/Bushmaster AR black rifle with a camo paint job.

rc

kwelz said:

Colts are not priced high and have not been in years.

Also DPMS has never supplied AR parts to the US Military.

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Colts have always been overpriced and only lately have they started to come down in price because of the quality AR's being made now by other brands. As far as DPMS rifles are concerned, all our rifles work just fine. If you don't like them, don't buy them...

I have a DPMS upper featuring a free-float hand guard, 16" stainless fluted barrel, flat top. I had to send it back to DPMS because there was not enough head space. After they fixed that, it has been very accurate and reliable. The gas rings in the bolt assembly are about worn out after a few thousand rounds. Easy fix, but I would have expected longer life.

jem375 said:

Colts have always been overpriced and only lately have they started to come down in price because of the quality AR's being made now by other brands.

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Yes but DPMS is not one of those brands making quality ARs

jem375 said:

As far as DPMS rifles are concerned, all our rifles work just fine. If you don't like them, don't buy them...

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Are you implying you work for DPMS? Or just that the ones you own have been fine? If it is the latter how much use have they gotten and what do you use them for?

I would never buy a DPMS again. And with good reason. I also feel it is important that people are educated on what they are spending their money on. DPMS is one of the lowest quality manufacturers in the market right now. The QC is laughable and their materials are sub par.

I am not saying someone has to spend more money and get a KAC SR15 or Noveske N4. But they should spend their money with a company that does take pride in their products.

Well, I can speak from experience in owning at least one DPMS product a .308 TAC20. It has never malfunctioned and shoots 1 MOA at 100 yards. It does everything asked of it. Frame fit is still tight.

I don't think there is a manufacturer of a mechanical device out there that is 100% with any product produced. That being said, I've got other guns (no DPMS brands) that are more expensive and have had feeding problems.

There is always gossip that one brand or the other is inferior/superior quality.

I have one DPMS rifle (LR-308T).
While I haven't "wrung it out" in any kind of "tactical operators course," I have had it to the range a few times, and it seems to work just dandy.

DPMS has been making AR-type rifles for years.
I bet they made some that had some issues at some point.
The buyers who have them will be sure to let you know how awful they are.

Any manufacturer can deliver a rifle that falls short of somebody's standard.
I got a Colt with "crop circles" on the receiver a few years ago.
I'm beside myself with disappointment.

http://www.ar15.com/content/swat/keepitrunning.pdf
ar info when getting new/used unit.
1.clean and know how to properly strip/lube unit correctly(see above)
2.always install extractor upgrade unit first thing.eliminates tons of crap malfunctions.

jem375 said:

Colts have always been overpriced and only lately have they started to come down in price because of the quality AR's being made now by other brands. As far as DPMS rifles are concerned, all our rifles work just fine. If you don't like them, don't buy them...

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This. I'd rather have an M&P of the same price with their outstanding customer service over a Colt LE6920 any day of the week. DPMS, you can buy confidently and get what you pay for.

The AR design, albeit accurate, is flawed. If I'm spending money on an AR, I'm buying cheap.

If I'm buying a rifle for HD/SD, zompocalypse, social/economic collapse or for shooting the piss out of a rifle that has no need to be babied like my AR, I'll buy another AK. There's a design that worked right the first time.

As for a cheap range gun, DPMS will deliver just fine.

kwelz said:

Yes but DPMS is not one of those brands making quality ARs




Are you implying you work for DPMS? Or just that the ones you own have been fine? If it is the latter how much use have they gotten and what do you use them for?

I would never buy a DPMS again. And with good reason. I also feel it is important that people are educated on what they are spending their money on. DPMS is one of the lowest quality manufacturers in the market right now. The QC is laughable and their materials are sub par.

I am not saying someone has to spend more money and get a KAC SR15 or Noveske N4. But they should spend their money with a company that does take pride in their products.

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We have 4 DPMS's in the family and they all work just great. dependable and accurate.
there are worse AR's and there are better ones, some are just plain over priced and people who buy the higher brands all seem to belittle the ones that cost less and does the job just as good as the over priced ones...
Like I stated above, no one is forcing you to buy a DPMS, go ahead and pay for an over priced AR. I will use the money saved for ammo...

I have been shooting DPMS rifles for years. No issues on them except a broken hammer pin on a RRA 9mm conversion that I used a DPMS lower on.

I have been shooting Colts for years and have had no issues with them except for a Match HBAR that would not feed from the supplied 9-rd mags, but with M16 mags was just fine.

I have had a Bushmaster lower that I've run for years with an insane round count and have not had a problem.

To me, an AR is an AR and the only difference I can notice is the rollmark. That being said, some of the manufacturers don't even make their own lowers and they contract them out to be made for them. IIRC Colt doesn't even make all their lowers themselves any more.

The leigons of brand supporters will beat the drum claiming that their favorite brand is best, but for my purposes, the maker is not important to me.

I've had my DPMS for 4 years now and have about 3k rounds through it. I have not had one problem with this rifle and it has been 100%. It is nothing special and is just a run of the mill AR-15. For just range use it's fine, but it would not be the rifle I pick up for SHTF.

3 DPMS rifles and all have over 2k rounds with zero issues. Colt is overpriced in every gun they build not just ARs.

mnhntr said:

3 DPMS rifles and all have over 2k rounds with zero issues. Colt is overpriced in every gun they build not just ARs.

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at the risk of being redundant, you can say that again

Just another voice with one of those junky DPMS AR's.
I built mine from a stripped lower, DPMS lower parts kit, White Oak trigger, DPMS CMP style upper, misc parts sourced used.
I'm not an operator, but shoot mine at the range, and it functions fine, actually never has had a hiccup with any kind of ammo, including reloads.
As accurate as I can shoot.
I'd buy another with no problem.