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Posted: 10/24/2010 11:35:20 AM EDT
| Anyone own one? How do they shoot? |
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I have owned two and both were top quality parts and assembly. They have since earned a reputation for spotty quality control attributed to being overwhelmed with orders. If their QC is fixed, they are near the top.
On the other hand: One very reputable gunsmith here does not have a favorable opinion of their barrel quality. having worked on several dozen or more. Edit for spelling. |
| I had a CMMG gun with a WASP barrel. I really liked it but I got rid of it because someone offered me something for it that I could not refuse. It ultimately led up to me getting a Spikes Midlength, that, in my opinion was smoother and of better overall quality than the CMMG. For just shooting occasionally, I think the CMMG is a decent gun |
| I bought a chrome-lined 5.56 CMMG 14.5" pencil middy barrel back in 2008 for my son's Spikes build. It was one of the only barrels I could find at the time due to the election craze and I was apprehensive based on some of the barrel accuracy and QC issues I had read about, but I've been very pleasantly surprised with its accuracy through about 2500rds so far. |
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Three uppers, two lowers, plus a bargain bin WASP. I've ran them enough to induce one extractor failure, but they've been accurate and reliable.
The conversion kits aren't bad, though the new conversion uppers are the real value. My M18 upper can print 1.5" groups at 100m with pretty affordable PPU 75gr HPBT ammunition, couldn't really ask for better out of such an affordable rifle. |
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Thanks for the good feedback guys. If I don't end up with a DD, I'll get one of these... Or a Spike... well as much as I love mine, I also have a spikes. As someone has said it seems like CMMG bit off more then it could chew and QC and customer service has been slipping. If you have the option a DD or Spikes are very solid companies. Again not saying CMMG doesnt make a good product, but those are 2 great (in most views) better alternatives. Spikes might even be cheaper |
| I have one of their chrome lined bargain bin rifles with about 1000 rounds through it in 5 months. Granted I just replaced the BCG with a Spikes Nickel Boron so we'll see how that runs. I've gotten 1 MOA groups out of this rifle using Fiocchi 77grn Matchkings with an ACOG. Most of the time I run XM193 ammo and have on had two FTF's do to bad primers. |
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