Got to fire a REPR today!
Today I attended an event at a local gun club where several industry big dogs came out and brought their firearms. I shot a Ruger LCP for the first time and the Ruger 556. I have to say that I am blown away by the number of high quality AR15 rifles there are out there and it’s amazing to see all of the piston driven guns being accepted by the public. The AR15 debate seems to never be put to rest but there are more reason to have a piston in the gun than not.
The real event of the day was firing an LWRC REPR. I was never impressed with the AR10 because it seemed to have all of the same liabilities that the AR15 had plus it was really hard to find decent magazines for. There are now PMAGs for the .308, but this gun was not like an AR15. LWRC uppers may make a gun look like a regular AR15, but the REPR functions more like an FAL. The gun was surpressed but I did feel a lot of gas coming back at me. The recoil was nothing and the gun felt about 2lbs lighter than my FAL.