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This stuff pisses me off. You have companies like Barrett doing the opposite, saying if civilians cant own it, than they wont sell it to LE in that region either.

Just waiting on the Noveske flush mount sling mount for that stock 😉

Fire. Ive almost turned my A2 into an A4 build a few times now but I like the OG. ill have to accidently run across a KAC rail like you did and birth one around it lol. On a related note, pretty sure my A2 is built on @Sisco old upper he referenced above 😉 The stock, recoil system, handguard, BCG and gas tube, came from various brohams here as well. It was a family build. Possibly flash too but I dont remember.

I will say I never refer to mine as a MK12. while I have the look and several of the major components, its far from clone worthy. Most clone nerds will agree it MUST at a minimum have the SPR profile barrel with the Ops Inc brake and collar. Im running a ER shaw med contour fluted match barrel. Its amazing and makes tiny groups with 77gr OTM as well as 45gr ballistic tip ammo. Wont be changing that barrel out just to check the cool kid block. Its also built on a mega billet receiver set witch is a big nope for the purists because I built this gun during the great drought of 2012 and it was the only parts around. Again, not going to rip an awesome gun apart just for cosmetic reasons.

Got to be honest here my man....I dont see anything different with that FSGB other than clamp vs set screw and you using it on an M5 rail with an endcap. If im missing something obvious im going to blame the fact that im distracted getting ready to travel tomorrow Or are you hinting at a SAM-Rish build that is currently on the workbench?

There are some guys in there spending huge amounts of time and money to make 100% accurate clone rifles. Not my thing but I respect the dedication. There are some facebook groups and subredits on the subject but that forum is about as good as it gets.

Mk12: A BRIEF HISTORY (as authored by "LGT" & "FL") Mk12 Special Purpose Rifle (SPR) Scoped versions of the M16 rifle existed as far back as the 1960s. Like nearly all historic military rifles, the M16 went through decades of efforts to improve its accuracy, both in the military and civilian marksmanship communities. The need for the SPR dates back to the late 1980s and early 1990s when the 7.62mm M21 sniper rifle, a semi-automatic weapon of Vietnam vintage, was replaced by the M24 sniper rifle, a bolt action weapon. The M24 was originally specified to be a .300 Winchester Magnum, but the Army decided to field it in 7.62 NATO for a variety of economic reasons. This left the M24 in the unenviable position of being the worst of both worlds in the eyes of snipers at the time, since it lost the fast-shooing, semiautomatic capability of the M21, but did not gain the range advantage of the .300WM. This compromise left a vacant requirement for a fast-shooting semi-automatic sniper rifle. This need was most apparent in the US Army Special Forces (SF) community, since the other commands within the Special Operations Forces structure filled that need with Knights Armament Corporation's SR-25 sniper rifle. Army SF, being prohibited by its leadership from procuring the SR-25, sought the next best alternative, namely a Special Purpose Receiver (SPR) kit to convert the Army SF M4 carbines into highly accurate rifles. In late 1998, at the request of SFC Steve Holland of 5th Special Forces Group, and the approval of the SOPMOD joint IPT, the Special Operations Peculiar Modifications (SOPMOD) Program Manager, Troy Smith, authorized the purchase of 5 sets of commercial items as an SPR experiment. The original requirement was for USASOC, mainly the SF Groups, as WARCOM had the MK11, 7.62mm system. Once the SPR requirement was developed and demonstrated through experimentation, most of the other commands in USSOCOM added themselves to the Basis of Issue Plan (BOIP). The USSOCOM requirement for the SPR, with improved ammunition, was approved in July 1999, as part of the SOPMOD Kit, Operational Requirements Document, Version 5 (ORD 5). Further initial development included several variants of the SPR and new ammunition that were compatible with the M4 carbine's lower receiver. It was found that standard issue M855 5.56mm ammunition was not consistent enough to meet the requirement. In 2000, based on an upgrade requirement to provide a match-grade trigger to the design, Mr. Paul Miller, the SPR project manager, discovered an opportunity to pick through over 15,000 M16A1s that had been sent to Crane for destruction. Realizing that these M16A1 rifles, some of which were virtually new, could be used as "free lumber” to build full SPR weapons, Paul selected several thousand rifles to be set aside for the new SPR project. The SPR underwent a minor but significant name change, with the R having originally stood for "Receiver” now standing for "Rifle" The new weapon system was worthless without a matching round of ammunition to obtain the performance required. The PEO-SP USSOCOM authorized the new round that became Mk262 as part of the Mk12 system in August 2000. Paul Miller and his SPR team refined the 77-grain prototype ammunition and built approximately 124 SPR Rifles in the summer of 2001. These were finished just in time to ship out to Army SF in late October 2001, to be used in the first invasion of Afghanistan. The SPR rifles were extremely well-received, and the SOF combat units ordered hundreds more. In May 2002, USSOCOM removed the Mk12 and other complete weapons projects from the SOPMOD Program and placed them under the newly-formed USSOCOM Weapons Program. The fielded weapons included two versions (Mk12 Special Purpose Rifle Mod0 and Mod1). Fielding has since been structured for Mk12 Mod1 Special Purpose Rifle only. This rifle is used by Joint USSOCOM Commands and the USMC in combination with M262 (AA53, 77 grain) ammunition. Formal fielding of the full-rate production version of the Mk12 rifle and ammunition occurred in May 2003 and was completed in FY '04. In 2012, as the decade of war on terrorism was winding down and the SCAR weapon system began replacing the requirement for the Mk12, USSOCOM and Naval Special Warfare divested themselves of the Mk12 weapons system, and the Mk12 is now being looked at to fill a Designated Marksman Role within Brown Water Navy commands.

As much as I hate this place.... https://www.ar15.com/forums/ar-15/-/118-520524/?

....and just like that, the MRAD went on gunbroker.... *tactical mallet sold separately

Nerd power lol.

Feel kinda noobish saying this...but I never knew how 3 rd burst worked. Had it on my A2s my entire time in the ARMY and never really thought about it. That was during the AWB so I didnt have an AR until a while after I got out. good stuff.

Is that some mandalorian theme action on that magwell?

Holy double crappppl! @98Z5V im on this morale patch kick now and you are semi responsible with that damn BA tank patch. Been plastering my headliner. If you guys come across vendor patch swag at shot snag me some ❤️

Holy crap.

Thats awesome.

SCORE! Good condition? Is it replacing something or will it grow a rifle?

Since the first chrome slide owner started kissing dudes. It baffles scientists. Unsolved mystery.

3rd row in the 4runners is mostly useless and only comes in the SR5 trim anyway. When they are up there is no cargo room left in the back. I love my runner like nothing else, but if you aren't offroading regularly there is no reason to buy one.

Out of all the mini vans....those are the best looking.

Edited...fixed meme lol

Sweet lights, and when they do a big sale the prices are great.

If I had to guess, id say that guy is a leader of the resistance who traveled back in time 25 years to try to save the future.

Several companies make spacers that fit inside your D cell maglights that make them quite handy for storing items. Very good fit. Titanium or steel depending on how much you want to spend.

Nice. I just got a $25 gift card for amazon from work.

To update...i left the margin on the bottom and left side of each map square, and folded over the top and right side. That way you can always overlap the adjacent section for a seamless fit while still being able to see the coordinates at the left edge if you need them. I folded the other side instead of cutting it off so you can still flip the map over if you want to see the numbers on that edge. Kinkos has self laminating machines but the maps are a little too big. They charged me $18 to laminate six sections front and back and they did a pretty good job. Small wrinkled section in one corner thats not important but it looks like it was my fault for not taping that side down well. i was considering buying a roll of laminate and doing it myself, but ive laminated a million maps over my mil career and it can be a hassle and I didnt want to deal with it. I traced out the main trail up with highlighter before lamination for quick reference. Thought about marking them up more but I can always sharpie the other stuff. @98Z5V Can you shoot me a link or coordinates to the spot? Id like to burn that out as well. I zoomed around but im not 100% sure I was in the right spot.