Precision Takedown Rifle
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LaRUE TACTICAL HAS BEEN well known for years for their high tier AR style rifles as well as their return to zero quick detach optic mounts. The Siete is one of their newest editions to the LaRue line and it does not disappoint.
Manufactured in the dead center of Texas, the LaRue Siete is not only a precision bolt action rifle, but an entire system with six different caliber options along with a quick takedown and return to zero feature. Usually when I review a gun my first question is always “Well what’s different about it?” However, with the LaRue Siete being so unique, it’s shorter to list what’s similar to traditional rifles.
The Siete has an AR style compatible folding stock shipping with their LaRue RAT stock with 3 different height cheek risers so you can perfectly match your optic height. It includes a 2.5 pound Timney trigger and utilizes AICS pattern magazines.
Now for what’s different. The Siete is built onto a CNC-machined billet action and mated to a CNC-machined aluminum chassis with a quick detachable free floating hand guard with M-LOK attachments. Most users would ask – “Why would someone need a quick detachable hand guard?” Answer: Because you can swap calibers in a little over a minute.
The LaRue Siete with the 17” 308 Win barrel installed along with the LaRue TranQuilo suppressor.
(Photo: Dustin Ellermann)
The LaRue Siete is available in 6.5 Creedmoor, .308 Winchester, .243 Winchester, .22-250 Remington, .338 Federal, .260 Remington or all of the above. These are all match grade barrels of calibers based off the 308 bolt face, thus utilizing the same bolt. Head spacing is set on the shoulder of the receiver that the barrel screws to and bottoms out on. The Siete package includes a LaRue made torque wrench preset to 40 foot pounds and an action bar so you can easily swap barrels out at your own convenience as simply as unscrewing one and replacing it with another in about a minute.
I tested the Siete by finding the scope adjustments for all of my five different barrels. Using a Nightforce scope in a LaRue QD mount (which was also removed every time I swapped barrels) I had adjustments ranging up to 6.25 MOA elevation and 2.5 windage. After having my point of impact information for each different barrel and caliber, I went back through the same process of shooting 3 round groups at 100 yards after setting the optic to my same adjustments as found earlier. Every barrel swapped returned to the same point of impact it had earlier. So, you could be using the .338 Federal for whitetail during the day, then throw on the .22-250 barrel that evening to dispatch coyotes while never needing to re-zero your rifle, just use your adjustments from earlier.
I shot the best one-hole three round group of my life with my 17” .308 Winchester barrel measuring in at 0.117” with some 168 grain hand loads. Me and my son also hit golf balls at 250 yards with the .22-250 barrel during a video review I have posted on my YouTube channel.
And if that isn’t cool enough for you, LaRue is now offering a Briefcase Siete package. The entire rifle packs up into a Pelican 1495 case along with a rangefinder, bipod, TranQuilo suppressor and optic. Prices start at $3,999 and you can find out more at LaRue.com.
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