SAR 20#2

munition in the industry and is the go-to
company for many in the US military and
Special Operations Command when
they need something, let's say different
from the norm. This author has used
Black Hills Ammunition extensively over
the years and finds it to be top tier. The
Lancer Heavy Metal consistently shot
an average of .450 inches at 100 yards.
The recoil was typical but it was clear
the muzzle brake did function as advertised.
Like always with a muzzle brake
you sacrifice noise for muzzle jump and
recoil. The Nitrous muzzle brake was
no different. The benefit of the muzzle
brake was certainly worth the trade off in
noise in this case.
The rifle was lightly lubricated with
G96 CLP. This is the current CLP in use
by the US military and it is referred to as
the Mobile 1 of CLP due to that is all synthetic.
This CLP is in full compliance with
Mil-PRF-63460E and in fact it exceeds
it. So much that during the competition,
the part of the requirement that required
protection from corrosive primers and
propellants could not be matched by
the other producers. Only G96 met that
requirement. It was dropped so the government
could have additional sources
of CLP. However G96 would not downgrade
their formula, it remains with this
additional component. The rifle functioned
flawlessly throughout all testing.
Lancer offers three different variations
in the L30 family of rifles. The
first is the rifle that was sent to SAR for
testing, the Heavy Metal (L30-RFL-HM).
This 9.5 pound rifle has an 18-inch, 1
turn in 10 inches White Oak Armament
stainless steel barrel and Nitrous muzzle
brake with a 15 inch Lancer L30 Carbon
Fiber handguard. The rifle has an adjustable
direct gas rifle length gas system
and a Geissele SD3G trigger. This
rifle has an MSRP of $3,344.99 . The
second is the long range L30 LTR (L30-
RFL-LTR-308). This 12.5 pound rifle has
a 24 inch 1 turn in 11.25 Bartlein heavy
profile barrel and Viper muzzle Brake
with a 18 inch Lancer L30 Carbon Fiber
handguard. The rifle has an adjustable
direct gas rifle length gas system and a
Geissele Hi-Speed National Match trigger.
The stock is different on this one,
it is a KFS Adjustable TACMOD. The
MSRP on this rifle is $4,199.99 . The
third model is the L30 MBR (L30-RFL-
MBR). This 9 pound rifle has a 16 inch
mid weight 1 turn in 12 inch twist barrel
and Nitrous muzzle brake with a 12 inch
Lancer L30 Carbon Fiber handguard.
The rifle has a rifle length gas system
and a Mil-Spec trigger. The stock is
a B5 Sopmod Bravo. The MSRP of
this rifle is $2,599.99.
Lancer has been a major player in
the magazine business. Their L5AWM
and L7AWM magazines are used by
original equipment manufacturers such
as LaRue, Wilson Combat, Handl Defense
and Adams Arms to name a few.
Their components such as carbon fiber
stocks and handguards are popular
with match shooters. Now they are in
the complete firearms market. Not just
making the same rifle as everyone else,
but finding their niche in competitive
shooting. Lancer has active product development
and is constantly coming up
with new products. The magazines have
achieved very high status and are trusted
by military and law enforcement. They
offer competitive pricing for their magazines
as well. Their complete rifles are
expensive, but they are far from stock
rifles. They are highly customized rifles
using the most modern manufacturing
techniques. You will not use a Lancer
rifle to shoot cans on the weekend,
but if you are competing in long range
or 3-gun matches, Lancer is a gun to
beat. Lancer rifles have found their way
into the law enforcement market as well.
The commercial market is quite vast in
their applications for the Lancer rifles as
well. Everything from competition, target
shooting, hunting and personal protection
Lancer will have a rifle for you.
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