Can anyone provide their personal experience with the latest piston driven Rec 7 gen 2? Especially when shooting suppressed? Any issues? Reviews I’ve read have been mostly positive.

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Anybody?

It's my favorite rifle. I have the flyweight.
Accuracy seems as good as any of my other 16" carbines.
I only shoot suppressed, and it does that very well. Of course it is can dependent on how much gas to face you get.
Only thing I did was install a BFG sling and Triji MRO.
ETA: also added a Raptor charging handle.

What can are you running? What rounds?

Thanks

YHM ULT, and Turbo.
I usually run Wolf Gold, but have shot 855 and anything else in my stash.

That’s not exactly a low back pressure can, so that’s a good thing.

I’m going to try one more trick with my SR-15, and if that doesn’t work, I’m selling it for the Barrett.

https://www.ar15.com/forums/Industry/SR-15-16-Mod-2-with-QDC-556-suppressor-gas-blow-back-/381-294356/

As long as I don’t do mag dumps, it’s pretty good. I’m a lefty, so I notice gas quite a bit sooner than you righties.

I have the regular Gen2 Rec7 5.56 carbine with a SilencerCo Hybrid, Q Plan B mount, and a Q Cherry Bomb muzzle brake.
I've only shot about 1000 rounds of Federal 55gr through it so far, roughly a third suppressed.

My experiences with the gun:

- The flash hider ping is very noticeable.
- The recoil impulse is sharp and the muzzle rises up and to the right.  Controllable, but you won't mistake it for a DI gun with a good brake.
- The gas block heats up quickly.  You won't make the mistake twice of touching the hot gas block or front sight without a glove.
- Brass usually goes to 2 o'clock
- The Cherry Bomb will cause muzzle flash, enough that you'll see the fireball through your optic.
- Trivial to clean, even shooting suppressed.
- Light for a piston gun.  Handles well.  Never weighed me down, even when carrying it in an all day class.


Things I like:

- The fit and finish is top notch.  It feels really good in your hands.  Nothing is wiggling around or loose.
- The Geissele trigger is fantastic
- 45 degree ambi safety
- Suppresses well
- Zero malfunctions
- Ease of maintenance.  BCG requires less cleaning and the gas system is easy to take apart, if needed.


Things I don't like:
- No ambi bolt release or mag release
- Hand guard doesn't extend past the gas block.  I know why (neither gas venting from the piston nor the hot gas block would feel good on your forearm), but if you mount a light on your gun, expect a lot of barrel / suppressor shadow, even with a forward mount.
- The flash hider.  Did I mention it pings like a tuning fork?

Overall, I love the gun.  It's rock solid.  I just wish Barrett made a piston version in .300 BO.  The short barrel version would be a very tempting PDW / home defense / backpack / truck gun and would also suppress well.


--Rando in TN

Thanks Rando.

I would be replacing the factory flash hider with a Knight’s QDC flash hider for my QDC 556 can immediately. Likewise, my SCAR’s gas block and all of my AR DI guns’ gas blocks get hot as heck suppressed. I always wear a glove when running them suppressed anyway (Vickers Gloves are good).

Key for me is no gas to the face. I have two military grade suppressors (Surefire SOCOM RC2 and Knight’s QDC), so both should in theory run.