( 5 out of 5) Amazing rifle!

by Will from Houston, TX on January 23, 2019

In 2011 I purchased a DPMS Oracle because it's all I could find for a decent price. I've always wanted the full rifle length AR, though, but at that point and time all were well over 1k unless you built it yourself, at which time I didn't have enough experience to know how easy that actually is. That being said, when the sale hit for 650 for this, I knew I had to have it even though I sold my WASR 10 to be able to afford it. Pitched it as a trade to the Mrs....who would have otherwise demanded some type of jewelry as a present...so me in my cheap ways were able to sidestep this Haha.

At any rate, shipping was quick and I was thoroughly impressed by the quality of the whole firearm. It is definitely worth the full non sale price tag of 1k for sure. I cleaned it and lubed it as you would any other AR and took it to the range. After sight adjustments at 50 yards I was getting decent 2-3 groupings with open sights. At 100 Yards I was getting about 5-7 groupings which isn't too terribly bad in my opinion with open sights. I'm sure others would do better than me, as I'm still working on my form and firing positions. Conditions were 1-5 MPH breeze from behind and the ammo fired was 55 grain Federal Lake City ammo.

I had ordered some 62 grain Lake City from SOSS but due to a mix up it had to be sent back, as it was sent in stipper clip configuration with fewer rounds than what I'd paid for. I did have some jams from a 20 round steel promag which I tossed and deferred afterwards to use the provided mag as well as some milspec STANAG aluminum mags...all of which had no further jamming issues. At any rate, this was an exceptional purchase for the price. I must also note that till this point, I've never been able to find an AR with a chrome lined barrel, so that was a big plus for me. This is my 3rd firearm purchase from SOSS and I will continue to do business with them moving forward.