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With the surge in modern sporting rifle sales, Lancer decided to take their experience in carbon fiber production to manufacture carbon fiber handguards. These were an instant success being purchased and installed by original equipment manufacturers. In 2012, Lancer launched into the AR-rifle business. These are not just assembled rifles from other company components but their own take on the rifle. The first rifle offered was the L15 rifle chambered in 5.56mm. The lower receiver was really the heart and soul of the Lancer rifle. The receiver has removable magazine well adapters allowing for different adapters which would include an oversized magazine well bevel. The lower receiver also sported an ambidextrous bolt release above the extended magazine release button on the right side of the lower receiver. Several models were offered. They would include Lancer Carbon Fiber handguards and some had stocks made of this material as well. The rifles were more geared towards the 3-gun competition market. The fast handling lightweight rifles ABOVE: Close view of the right side of the receivers of the rifle. Take note of the lack of forward assist, ejection port dust cover and fired cartridge case deflector. You can clearly see the ambidextrous bolt release, 10 round Lancer L7 magazine and the Nightforce BEAST optic. ABOVE: The L30, like the L15-Series have removable magazine well adapters. The adapter is removed by a takedown pin on the rear of the mag well similar to that of the takedown and pivot pins on the lower receiver. The pin is captured. really shined in this capacity and pricing was competitive with other manufactures in this market but offered out of the box performance that no other manufacturer could match. In 2014, Lancer introduced their newest member of their lineup of rifles, the long anticipated L30 family of weapons. This is their 7.62x51mm (.308 Win) caliber family of weapons. Like the L15-Series rifles, these too are based upon carbon fiber technology. The rifle sent to SAR for review is the Heavy Metal (L30 HM) version of the rifle. The L15 family of rifles uses the legacy direct gas impingement operating system which has been preferred for precision rifles. This 9.5 pound rifle will certainly qualify as a Designated Marksman Rifle. Both the Lancer upper and lower receiver are compatible with the DPMS pattern receivers. Starting at the rear of the rifle, the stock is the carbon fiber Lancer LCS fixed stock. The stock is 10.8 inches long and weighs just 10.4 ounces. The materials used in the manufacturing of the fiber stocks and handguards is Epoxy / Carbon fiber 2 X2 Twill. There is a quick detachment point that works on either side of the stock as well as standard soft sling attachment slots. These can be had in A1 or A2 length. The lower receiver itself is manufactured from a billet of 7075 T6 aluminum. This is a proprietary lower receiver that has all SAR Vol. 20, No. 2 44 MARCH 2016
the advanced features of the L15 rifle. This includes the ambidextrous bolt release. Also there is an oversized magazine release on the right side as well. Also just like the L15, the L30 has replaceable magazine well adapters. The L30 comes with the tactical magwell but the owner can purchase the other models. The first magazine well is called the Competition magwell. This one has a large bevel which will allow quick inserting of magazines. This would be very bulky for a combat rifle but perfect for the competitor. The next is the Tactical magwell. This is more of an in-between a Standard magwell and a Competition magwell. The third is the standard magwell which mimics the standard receiver. The fourth is the L30 LTR which is adaptable to either right or left hand shooters. It has a side cut out so larger capacity magazines can be removed and inserted in the prone position without the rifle being taken off target. The pistol grip on the tested rifle is the ErgoGrip Tactical Deluxe grip. Lancer does offer different trigger options depending upon the model offered. The Heavy Metal rifle received has a Geissele SD3G or Super Dynamic 3 Gun trigger group. This trigger has a very short, light pull and reset. It is designed specifically for close course competition where rapid target engagement and quick follow-up shots are required. This is a single stage trigger. The weight is determined by which hammer spring is used. Either a 3.25 or 4 pound spring is used for that overall trigger pull weight. It should be noted this trigger should not be used for duty use, bench rest, accuracy work or shooting small groups. This trigger is not adjustable. The upper receiver is also manufactured by Lancer. This also is manufactured from a billet of 7075 T6 aircraft grade aluminum. It is unique in the fact there is no ejection port dust cover and forward bolt assist. The fired cartridge ABOVE: Shown are the current three magazine well adapters available for the L30 rifle. case deflector is built into the octagon shape of the upper receiver. These things were eliminated to save weight. The forward assist was removed as most precision shooters will not force a round into the chamber if there is a malfunction. This type of action by forcing a cartridge in the chamber often results in failure to extract. This receiver is also manufactured of billet 7075 T6 aircraft aluminum. The handguard is the 15 inch Lancer Carbone fiber handguard. There is a Mil-Std-1913 rail segment on the top end of the handguard for proper align- BELOW: At the time of the arrival of the Lancer L30, Nightforce had sent their BEAST long range scope as well for test and evaluation. WWW.SMALLARMSREVIEW.COM 45 SAR Vol. 20, No. 2
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