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8/30/2026 10:16:28 PM EDT
I see GTs latest video was covering the ZM Weapons LR-300.

I don't normally watch those big guntubers but it is really cool to see one that appreciates this rifle enough to do a video on it.

The Coolest Rifle That You Didn't Realize was real: THE LR-300


I had made a post here a few years ago looking for some parts for mine, specifically the tri-rail, unfortunately I still haven't found one yet. If anyone has any leads definitely let me know!

My gun (below) is still pretty much in the same configuration it was when I made that post (aside from taking the front grip off), I do have to admit though the ones with a shorter barrel do look pretty awesome though. Maybe if all this NFA stuff gets figured out and we get some favorable guidance from ATF I will go ahead and get a short barrel for mine.



8/30/2026 10:27:41 PM EDT
[#1]
I always thought they were a good thing, but it never caught on.  Didn’t Para get their hooks into it somehow, right before the fall?
If life was easy nobody would quit.
8/30/2026 10:31:21 PM EDT
[#2]
Yeah, I think Para got the rights and sorta drove it into the ground, Many such cases in the firearms industry. But that was well before I got mine so idk.
8/30/2026 10:50:57 PM EDT
[#3]
I got to finger the para version in the gun shop, think it was 1700 or so and that was years ago when that was some $.  Seemed nice, not that nice.  

You like yours? Acceptably accurate?
If life was easy nobody would quit.
8/30/2026 10:55:38 PM EDT
[#4]
Yeah I like it, it is good enough for shooting at trash on range day with the boys.
I don't shoot it too often though, I have better guns for serious use and I would worry about breaking some of the parts on this more than with my other rifles.

8/30/2026 10:56:12 PM EDT
[#5]
Someone posted another thread here on one recently I believe, watched GT's video earlier.


That tri-rail almost looks like an old GG&G product

Such a cool gun
8/30/2026 11:53:24 PM EDT
[#6]
I miss the shit out of mine .

Never should've sold it

GOA, Florida Carry
8/31/2026 6:44:07 AM EDT
[#7]
Now with more political fatigue.
8/31/2026 7:29:49 AM EDT
[#8]
Somebody should do a repro of the stock with a picatinny attachment method.
8/31/2026 4:36:53 PM EDT
[#9]


I think I am about 2.5 hours from you, if you ever want to part with it :)
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8/31/2026 4:48:24 PM EDT
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Somebody should do a repro of the stock with a picatinny attachment method.
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@PSA are you paying attention?
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8/31/2026 5:28:18 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By bluedog82:
Somebody should do a repro of the stock with a picatinny attachment method.
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The stock is actually quite long, even when fully collapsed it is as long as an A1 stock.
8/31/2026 6:04:51 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By ar154all:
I miss the shit out of mine .

Never should've sold it

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Same here man.




8/31/2026 6:48:15 PM EDT
[#13]
I shot some major 3gun matches with Allan Zitta, the inventor, after he sold it to Para.  Neat guy.
8/31/2026 11:02:20 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By boomfab:
I shot some major 3gun matches with Allan Zitta, the inventor, after he sold it to Para.  Neat guy.
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I remember in the 90’s when para ord was the distributor for the guns and a few people were using them in matches. Todd Jarret and a few others.
Didn’t really catch on.
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9/1/2026 2:42:43 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By DrSquirrelBoy12:
Yeah, I think Para got the rights and sorta drove it into the ground, Many such cases in the firearms industry. But that was well before I got mine so idk.
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Correction: Freedom Group/Cerberus morons.
9/1/2026 6:03:12 PM EDT
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Correction: Freedom Group/Cerberus morons.
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I thought Para bought the ZM rights. Freedom group killed Bushmaster and the ACR.
9/2/2026 5:10:44 PM EDT
[#17]
I really wanted one back in the day, and I wish I'd bought one then.

But their time has come, and gone. They are an evolutionary dead end. There are viable options that allow side folders these days.

BRN-180
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JAKL
MCX spear
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9/2/2026 7:33:45 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By DrSquirrelBoy12:


I thought Para bought the ZM rights. Freedom group killed Bushmaster and the ACR.
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Originally Posted By DrSquirrelBoy12:
Originally Posted By AR18:


Correction: Freedom Group/Cerberus morons.


I thought Para bought the ZM rights. Freedom group killed Bushmaster and the ACR.


Para was under the Freedom Group until they killed it off. One or two years after getting the ZM manufacturing rights.

Too bad you missed out on the ZM/YHM run during the early 2000s.

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