DefenseReview (DR) is a proponent of fully-ambidextrous controls on an AR lower receiver, and liked what we saw on the MARS-L. The ambi-BCG catch/release button/lever can really aid in clearing malfunctions/jams, making the procedure significantly faster and easier. The ambi controls on the MARS-L look well-designed, and LMT (Lewis Machine & Tool Company) certainly has a lot of experience manufacturing forged AR receivers. We should mention that the MARS-L carbine we shot sported a Leupold D-EVO (Dual-Enhanced View Optic) 6x20mm magnifier mated to a Leupold LCO (Leupold Carbine Optic) 1X/1-MOA-dot mini-red dot sight combat optic, which Ryan Smith of LMT described as “an amazing system”. DR agrees.
Defense Review doesn’t yet own any ambi lowers (AR-15 lower receivers), but we’d very much like to use a MARS-L lower for a future 5.56mm NATO (5.56x45mm NATO)/.223 Rem./300 Blackout (300BLK) tactical AR carbine/SBR (Short Barreled Rifle) build.
Anyway, enjoy the videos:
Company Contact Info:
Lewis Machine & Tool Company (and LMT Defense)
1305 11th Street West
Milan, IL 61264
USA
Phone: 309-787-7151
Fax: 309-787-7193
Sales Phone: 309-732-9527
Sales Fax: 309-787-2636
Email Contact Page: http://www.lewismachine.net/contact.php
Website: http://www.lewismachine.net
All embedded DefenseReview.com (DR) photos and videos were shot with an Apple iPhone 6s Plus smartphone still/video camera, but the second/bottom embedded video and one of the two bottom photos (guns back to back on floor) were shot and supplied by POF-USA to DR.
David Crane started publishing online in 2001. Since that time, governments, military organizations, Special Operators (i.e. professional trigger pullers), agencies, and civilian tactical shooters the world over have come to depend on Defense Review as the authoritative source of news and information on "the latest and greatest" in the field of military defense and tactical technology and hardware, including tactical firearms, ammunition, equipment, gear, and training.
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