Originally Posted By Markedup123:
Okay so I'm trying to get into the mk18 game And want to build a Mod 0.  I have a colt 6920 barrel from a mk12 build I just finished. Do you guys think I should cut down the colt barrel or buy an ADCO upper with the dd10.3 barrel? I was going to buy the Adco upper but then I read more about the gas port size being an issue with over gassing. So what would you guys recommend?

Oh and I plan on running suppressed eventually but that won't be for a while. I heard the dd has a little more kick to it as well but you can run shitty ammo through it. I never run steel cased. the shittiest ammo I ever use is 55g 5.56 NATO rounds

Originally Posted By Markedup123:
Yeah it would be a little cheaper and be more clone correct. But yeah the shittiest ammo I ever run is 55gr 5.56 NATO I never shoot steel cased. I was also wondering if I send adco the colt I have them open up the gas port correct? What should I have them open it up too?

Originally Posted By wayfaerer320:
I think if I had another shorty upper to compare I may actually notice the difference between my DD "MK18" 10.3 upper and another upper with a smaller gas port size.  

Originally Posted By Augee:
So, this might be a little too late - but does anyone know if the EOTech MRDS hood will fit a Docter?  

I would...guess... because they have the same mounting profile?  but I have no idea - but I'm wanting to try to better protect my little Docter.

/snip

~Augee

Originally Posted By Augee:
So, this might be a little too late - but does anyone know if the EOTech MRDS hood will fit a Docter?  

I would...guess... because they have the same mounting profile?  but I have no idea - but I'm wanting to try to better protect my little Docter.

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff502/augeekim/DSC01524.jpg


I know the ideal option would be to simply replace it with an MRDS, but I don't really have the cash to buy another MRD at the moment when this one still works, and anyways,  it's got some sentimental value to me.  

~Augee

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Originally Posted By tyrWRX:
Any chance you could do this for a MK12?

Originally Posted By ArmedFerret:



do what?

Originally Posted By tyrWRX:
If a UID label could be made for a MK12.

Originally Posted By Augee:
So at this point, it might be old news - but going back to the topic of the ATPIAL -

As far as I can tell, the AN/PEQ-15 is not a SOPMOD item.  

Lasers listed under the program and managed by NSWC-Crane are -

CVL - AN/PEQ-5
ITPIAL - AN/PEQ-2
ATPIAL-HP - LA-5/PEQ
ATPIAL-UHP - LA-5A/PEQ
ATPIAL-HP - LA-5D/PEQ (CAR Hardened)
ATPIAL-UHP - LA-5E/PEQ (CAR Hardened)

Meanwhile - as we've already established - not being part of the NSWC-Crane managed SOPMOD program does not mean "not in use."

Items like the AN/PEQ-15 and AN/PEQ-16 (and variants) are available to units' home branches - that is to say, just because MARSOC is part of USSOCOM, doesn't mean that they're not also still part of the Marine Corps - which also means they can still order items through the Marine Corps - meaning that they have access to anything that the Marine Corps issues as well as anything that they can get through USSOCOM (which, in terms of small arms - often means that it ultimately comes from NSWC-Crane).  The same applies to USASOC ordering supplies through the Army.  

Changing subjects again -

When you look at the different candidates for the RIS II, as someone has mentioned - it bears mentioning that DD's approach was fairly novel, and perhaps risky - one of the requirements, of course, of the RIS II was to free-float the M203 - something that both KAC and ARMS attempted to do by having cantilevered "arms" reaching out from a carbine-length rail - which would have, among other things, allowed both the 14.5" URG and the 10.3" URG to use the same rail and same P/N - and free-float mount an M203.  

DD, however chose to go with the extended rail section forward of the FSB - similar to the KAC MRE and use "hangers" to mount the M203 - this also meant, though - that an entirely separate P/N needed to be created, because it was the only entry that could not fit a 10.3" URG easily - in the meantime - the "more common" M4A1 RIS II - the non-FSP version, was, it seems, originally intended to be used on the M16A4 - when the RIS II program was conceived - there doesn't seem to have been an "intended" goal of using rifle-length rails on a carbine - that's simply, and literally, what someone apparently decided to do.  

Incidentally, DD was, again, if I'm recalling the "attitudes" of the time - kind of the "dark horse" of the three candidates - compared to KAC, which... c'mon, it's KAC - while Dick Swan had gotten himself embedded so deeply into the SOPMOD program that every single Phased Replacement and Increment II item was de-facto required to use his mounts if they wanted to be adopted.  Daniel Defense had provided a couple of M4 rails to USAMU for some SDM-R programs, and onesies and twosies here and there, but that was about it.  

It really would be fascinating, I think - to extrapolate what the M4A1 with both 10.3" and 14.5" URGs - had one of the other candidates ultimately won - realizing at the same time that in a lot of ways - official adoption also means a certain level of stagnation in and that the RIS II has not changed much in coming just shy of ten years now - while it almost seems like KAC is rolling out a new URX-decimal-something every six months.  

Regarding interesting alternate handguards - I still think one of the more interesting ones is the GG&G Modular FF.  

~Augee

Originally Posted By DontBuryMe:

I've never seen the rail in question. Anyone have a link or a pic?

Originally Posted By RussellAthletic:
I'd like to take a gander at all the items that didn't make the SOPMOD cut.

Originally Posted By DontBuryMe:

I can't find anywhere that says it, so I may as well ask you Augee; does it use the standard bbl nut?

Originally Posted By ECPrevatte:
Yeah I think I'm going to do another Block II upper. SU-231/M3X/Dual switches kind of look like I first started with.

Also, put some rounds down range with the M16. Finally breaking in some of the paint and building back up the beauty in use.

Originally Posted By Freedom556:
Can someone PLEASE help me find an M3X for my build?? I've been looking for weeks, and can not locate one. Everytime I do find one it's black.

Originally Posted By Freedom556:
Can someone PLEASE help me find an M3X for my build?? I've been looking for weeks, and can not locate one. Everytime I do find one it's black.

Originally Posted By drscws:
Can I hang out or should I kick rocks?

I am also not claiming this to be a Mk 18. Really wish DD wouldn't have put the logo on there like that.  I was gonna go buy and start the wait for an NT4 but now I am torn between that and a Mk 12 mod 0. Cant make up my mind. Yes i will eventually get both. Just what to buy first.

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae266/drscws/D7K_8640_zpskhpnwadm.jpg

Originally Posted By drscws:
Can I hang out or should I kick rocks?

I am also not claiming this to be a Mk 18. Really wish DD wouldn't have put the logo on there like that.  I was gonna go buy and start the wait for an NT4 but now I am torn between that and a Mk 12 mod 0. Cant make up my mind. Yes i will eventually get both. Just what to buy first.

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae266/drscws/D7K_8640_zpskhpnwadm.jpg

Originally Posted By ECPrevatte:

You could always rattle can the logo away.

Pretty solid. Buy the NT4 first and capitalize on the 3 month wait times.

Originally Posted By AZ_SBR:
Great looking rifle, drscws! I also have a Daniel Defense DDMK18 factory SBR that I am building up. I just picked up the KAC NT4 Flash Hider direct from KAC last week. They still have 'em in stock. Shipped fast and price was just over $100 with shipping.

5.56mm M4QD Flash Suppressor Kit

In other news, I was incredibly bummed when my long-awaited, brand new KAC front flip up sight showed up only to discover that the anodizing on the front of the sight base had two differing shades and a weird, outlined half circle discoloration. Pictures don't do it justice. Sorry, but when a measly $6 buys you a flawless and perfectly anodized enhanced mag release button from a company like Battle Arms Development, you expect better attention to detail for a $180 part from a top-shelf brand like KAC. Thankfully the authorized distributor agreed to return it for a refund. And luckily I already have another one on the way that I picked up on the EE. And per those pics, it's mint. The downside is I paid $240 for that one.

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I'm also not sure what's going on in those threads - it was like jagged metal in there.