glfa 300win mag info

[Peterpan]

GLFA, great lakes firearms and ammunition. i haven’t seen much on this company and i was wondering if anyone has any first hand knowledge of them. they are making a 300 win mag with a proprietary lower reciever that’s around $1100 bucks. i know it’s not a high end build gun. i know there has been some problems with the noreen and omen rifles and i’m curious if any of there guns went the route of the big bang yet.

if you have negatives with the gun or the company please give the reason. same goes with positive comments.

 

[Sauce06]

I might stay away. It does look cool, but the fit and finish on my 308 are sub-par. If they havent perfected the 308, then im sure the 300 win mag is lacking as well

 

[sparky702]

I have a glfa 5.56 carbine . I bought it to use in 2 gun matches . I have run around 2500 rounds through the gun and not had any issue's , but everybody sell's a 600 dollar AR 15 these days' , look at the volume of Palmetto state's sale's . A 300 winmag its a horse of a different color and having something like that next to your face is a big deal . While I can't say anything bad about glfa from personal experience I certainly would be extra cautious especially at the price point . Maybe let your ex-wife shoot it first .

 

[346ci]

For a cheap semi, I'd err on the side of caution with that much power a few inches from my face.

 

[Peterpan]

I might stay away. It does look cool, but the fit and finish on my 308 are sub-par. If they havent perfected the 308, then im sure the 300 win mag is lacking as well

wow, in this cnc world how do they leave machining marks like that. that’s almost unacceptable

 

[redneckbmxer24]

So higher end companies can’t get 300WM right, but you think a bargain bin $1100 rifle will be good? $1100 308 gas guns aren’t even worth owning.

 

[Peterpan]

So higher end companies can’t get 300WM right, but you think a bargain bin $1100 rifle will be good? $1100 308 gas guns aren’t even worth owning.

sometimes. look at the cheap 50bmg rifles mark serbu makes. only head one of them kabooming and that wasn’t the guns fault.

 

[DairyDictator]

sometimes. look at the cheap 50bmg rifles mark serbu makes. only head one of them kabooming and that wasn’t the guns fault.

No but it almost killed a guy when it did explode and that is the gun's fault.

 

[redneckbmxer24]

There's been more than one Serbu have an issue. Cheap guns are trash. If you have $1100 to spend on a semi auto buy an AR-15, it's the only way you'll get something for that price that isn't a piece of shit.

 

[Peterpan]

ur point?? any barrett would have went kaboom too in that situation

 

[redneckbmxer24]

No it wouldn't. Go buy one of these turds and tell us how it is.

 

[Peterpan]

There's been more than one Serbu have an issue. Cheap guns are trash. If you have $1100 to spend on a semi auto buy an AR-15, it's the only way you'll get something for that price that isn't a piece of shit.

if you have no experience with the company or specific gun mentioned in the primary post you have nothing to add to the conversation.

 

[DairyDictator]

ur point?? any barrett would have went kaboom too in that situation

Likely... but it wouldn't have sent a steel puck at mach Jesus towards your face.

 

[Peterpan]

Likely... but it wouldn't have sent a steel puck at mach Jesus towards your face.

no just a bolt, carrier, and aluminum fragments. when you get to those pressures anything can happen.

 

[DairyDictator]

no just a bolt, carrier, and aluminum fragments. when you get to those pressures anything can happen.

Take a look at what well designed systems actually do when they fail. They fail at pressures outside the operating window by a reasonable amount and explode outwards as much as possible. Holding a shit ton of pressure then leaving nowhere for the failure point to go but back at your face is a horrible idea. Anyway, enough arguing about a 50 BMG pipe bomb in an AR thread.