Larue Stuff: LAT + LT158

[ASH556]

I'm scraping up parts to round out an upper build (may eventually grow a lower, we'll see). Using a 14.5" Colt SOCOM barrel, BCM upper (had good luck with these and the slightly tighter bore), Larue LAT 11" handguard, Leupold Mk4 3.5-10 M3 Mildot scope in a Larue LT-158 VFZ (non-QD) mount (1.44" height with 10 MOA).

I know Geissele and others are much more modern and tend to be preferred. At the same time, Larue has a lot of runtime in theatre and frankly I was able to buy the Larue handguard + mount brand new for less than I was going to pay for a used Geissele mount.

I guess I'm just looking for a little validation and/or sharing of experience from those with experience with these things. As much as I've done with AR's, honestly most of it has been Geissele, BCM, DD, and Noveske-centric. I have a Larue mount on my T-1, I like it and have had several (LT660). I've also had a few Larue QD mounts on other optics (mostly 1-4's) and under ACOGs with good success.

Overall the upper will be setup with an AAC SPR/M4 reflex can as a hunting upper with a bent towards a short SPR-ish thing. In the future I'd like to add an RMR piggybacked at 12:00 to the Leupold (I've tried offset and piggyback and strongly prefer to keep the MRDS on the centerline). Was looking at the Trijicon mount for that as it seems to be a little lower than the Larue ring version.

Thanks for any feedback.

[SecondsCount]

3.5X for close quarters work is pretty difficult so adding the RDS is a good idea if you foresee that happening. I still run a LaRue on my 16" middy with a 1-4X Vortex Razor. The LaRue works well as long as you keep everything tight.

On my SPR, I have run a few different optics, including a 2.5-10 Nightforce, 1-8 Burris XTR II, and a 4-16 Vortex HST. I want to try the 4-16 ATACR and the 2.5-20 NX8 because I have had the opportunity to shoot small targets at distances beyond 400 yards, and the reticle gets pretty thick on the lower magnification stuff.

[littlejerry]

I'm not familiar with those Larue products.

If I were planning on a piggyback setup I'd look closely at the offerings from Reptilia and Badger Ordnance. Being able to integrate the MRDS mount into the ring is pretty slick and reduces weight.

I have a Burris Fastfire in a Burris 30mm mount for it. It places the dot at the perfect height over my NXS turret.

[ASH556]

I'm not familiar with those Larue products.

If I were planning on a piggyback setup I'd look closely at the offerings from Reptilia and Badger Ordnance. Being able to integrate the MRDS mount into the ring is pretty slick and reduces weight.

I have a Burris Fastfire in a Burris 30mm mount for it. It places the dot at the perfect height over my NXS turret.

That's exactly the setup I'm looking for. I hear you on Badger and Reptilia. Maybe when I get the coin scraped up for the MRDS I'll go all-in and upgrade the mount too. The RMR shown in the pic above is going on a G45 MOS. I agree from a form and function standpoint that is the way to go. Just struggle to justify $450 in optic mounts alone.