Took my new DPMS Mark 12 in 7.62/308 to the range today. It still only had the Midwest Industries flip up sight that came with the rifle due to my scope not getting here in time.
The rifle has a real nice fit and finish. It comes stock with MI flip up sights, 18 in stainless fluted barrel,floated quad rail, rifle length gas, billet upper and lower receiver, hogue grip, Magpul CTR mil-spec size stock, and a DPMS "military" 2 stage trigger. It also came with a comp/brake that was supposedly specifically designed for this rifle. The rifle is finished with teflon it says in the specs whatever that means. The rifle arrived very dry so make sure you apply lots of lube if you get a new DPMS, I did and it worked fine,
The rifle is a bit front heavy probably due to the rifle length quad rail, the weight and the "specially designed brake" didn't keep the muzzle down very well during rapid fire. The trigger was very crisp though. I never had a two stage trigger in any AR so this was definetly a very nice trigger to me.
I was sighting in the irons and breaking in the barrel . (probably not the best to do at the same time) But at 50 yards the rifle kept 1 inch groups with irons, even with the whole shot and clean drill. At 100 the best group was 1.75 inches with most of them being closer to 2 inches. Hopefully they will tighten up with a good scope and after the barrel is fully broken in. (200 rounds according to DPMS)
I used Federal 150 grain SP in 308 and Winchester 147 grain FMJ. The rifle definetly like the Federal better and I plan to use Federal 168 grain BTHP for sighting in the scope. In all I only shot 45 rounds.
All in all I was pretty happy with the rifle, it is ok accuracy wise considering I was only using irons. But I am really impressed that I had 0 malfunctions, the rifle worked flawlessly. It also kept itself pretty cool after rapid fire somehow. (maybe the fluting?)
I might add pics later. I will also do another range report once I add the scope and more rounds down range.
The rifle has a real nice fit and finish. It comes stock with MI flip up sights, 18 in stainless fluted barrel,floated quad rail, rifle length gas, billet upper and lower receiver, hogue grip, Magpul CTR mil-spec size stock, and a DPMS "military" 2 stage trigger. It also came with a comp/brake that was supposedly specifically designed for this rifle. The rifle is finished with teflon it says in the specs whatever that means. The rifle arrived very dry so make sure you apply lots of lube if you get a new DPMS, I did and it worked fine,
The rifle is a bit front heavy probably due to the rifle length quad rail, the weight and the "specially designed brake" didn't keep the muzzle down very well during rapid fire. The trigger was very crisp though. I never had a two stage trigger in any AR so this was definetly a very nice trigger to me.
I was sighting in the irons and breaking in the barrel . (probably not the best to do at the same time) But at 50 yards the rifle kept 1 inch groups with irons, even with the whole shot and clean drill. At 100 the best group was 1.75 inches with most of them being closer to 2 inches. Hopefully they will tighten up with a good scope and after the barrel is fully broken in. (200 rounds according to DPMS)
I used Federal 150 grain SP in 308 and Winchester 147 grain FMJ. The rifle definetly like the Federal better and I plan to use Federal 168 grain BTHP for sighting in the scope. In all I only shot 45 rounds.
All in all I was pretty happy with the rifle, it is ok accuracy wise considering I was only using irons. But I am really impressed that I had 0 malfunctions, the rifle worked flawlessly. It also kept itself pretty cool after rapid fire somehow. (maybe the fluting?)
I might add pics later. I will also do another range report once I add the scope and more rounds down range.
