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-KentuckyWindage- Bluegrass State of Mind Joined Dec 2018 Posts 950 EE 100% (126) KY, USA	Posted: 10/3/2019 7:09:54 PM EST [Last Edit: -KentuckyWindage-] [#1]

-Ascent- Scouts out! Joined Jul 2008 Posts 4078 EE 100% (26) AL, USA	Posted: 11/1/2019 10:19:52 PM EST [#2] Attached File

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Eames Joined Dec 2012 Posts 53 EE 100% (15) NC, USA	Posted: 1/17/2020 8:06:44 PM EST [#4] Freshly painted Mk18. First attempt. Pretty happy with the results.

mattjedi Joined Feb 2001 Posts 947 EE 0% (0) NM, USA	Posted: 3/24/2020 11:54:31 PM EST [#5] Slight update

modelbuilder56 Joined Aug 2014 Posts 691 EE 100% (76) PA, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 5:36:04 PM EST [#6]

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gaigeboyd Joined Jan 2019 Posts 85 EE 100% (11) GA, USA	Posted: 4/18/2020 6:52:20 PM EST [#8] The best Daniel Defense. Ddm4v1. Ddm4v7 would be the next best

SkyCatII

Displaced Michigander

Joined Jan 2005
Posts 8064
EE 100% (1)

VA, USA

Posted: 5/2/2020 2:53:46 PM EST

[#9]

Not yet finished Quarantine/2013 panic build:

Attached File

Bought myself a DDM4V7 upper this past week and a BCM Gunfighter Mod 1 SOCOM stock kit to go on the stripped Aero Precision lower I've had lying around with an LPK and MIAD since the 2013 panic. Never had the spare scratch to build it up until now (and the clear direction that VA is headed has necessitated I get it built ASAP). Waiting on a Trijicon MRO and LaRue mount I ordered last night. I'll pick up a weapon light, BUIS, and a few other odds and ends as what I want comes back in stock from online retailers over time. I can rely on the TLR-1 I've got for the time being once I've got an optic so I can make this my "bump in the night" gun.

So far, the fit and finish of the new lower is great and I'm really looking forward to putting some rounds through it.

"When you call the cops to raise your kids, don't be surprised when they try to pack 20 years into 5 minutes." -RealFastV6

FreefallRet This is the way... Joined Mar 2002 Posts 51129 EE 100% (185) USA	Posted: 5/2/2020 10:49:09 PM EST [#10] URGI #1 DD Barrel And #2 with new DD barrel
	RLTW!

fingerguns Joined Jan 2017 Posts 26 EE 0% (0) AZ, USA	Posted: 5/6/2020 11:31:01 PM EST [Last Edit: fingerguns] [#11] Nice looking rifles all.

Eames Joined Dec 2012 Posts 84 EE 100% (15) NC, USA	Posted: 5/25/2020 3:25:07 PM EST [#12] SOCOM MINI2 installed on Mk18. Cloooose to the rail, but works just fine. My first Surefire can; I really like the attachment method.

gfly Joined Dec 2008 Posts 331 EE 100% (2) TX, USA	Posted: 6/8/2020 2:11:13 PM EST [#13]

Zakk_Wylde_470 Down With The Thickness Joined Sep 2004 Posts 28976 EE 100% (12) PA, USA	Posted: 6/9/2020 9:30:23 AM EST [#14]
	As Laid-back As Reasonably Achievable

-Ascent- This is the way Joined Jul 2008 Posts 5250 EE 100% (26) AL, USA	Posted: 6/17/2020 9:35:32 AM EST [#15] DDM4V7LW got a new paint job Attached File

SkyCatII Displaced Michigander Joined Jan 2005 Posts 8140 EE 100% (1) VA, USA	Posted: 8/1/2020 5:12:49 PM EST [#16] Updated photo: Attached File
	"When you call the cops to raise your kids, don't be surprised when they try to pack 20 years into 5 minutes." -RealFastV6

mattjedi Joined Feb 2001 Posts 1082 EE 0% (0) NM, USA	Posted: 8/12/2020 9:12:49 AM EST [#17] Painted the V7LW

Zakk_Wylde_470 Down With The Thickness Joined Sep 2004 Posts 30911 EE 100% (12) PA, USA	Posted: 9/21/2020 12:18:10 PM EST [#18]
	As Laid-back As Reasonably Achievable

vet14tango10 Member Joined Feb 2011 Posts 2663 EE 100% (276) USA	Posted: 11/2/2020 7:16:41 PM EST [#19] Attached File
	Emotional attachment to a manufacturer doesn’t equal knowledge or ability.

AZ_SBR Joined Nov 2014 Posts 2091 EE 100% (464) AZ, USA	Posted: 11/6/2020 6:59:39 PM EST [#20]

Marler5811 Member Joined Nov 2004 Posts 1223 EE 0% (0) GA, USA	Posted: 11/10/2020 9:06:20 AM EST [#21] Quote History Originally Posted By AZ_SBR: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50574336401_113422c86b_c.jpg View Quote
	Joe Marler Daniel Defense Law Enforcement Sales Manager

-KentuckyWindage- Own The Night Joined Dec 2018 Posts 2499 EE 100% (126) KY, USA	Posted: 11/10/2020 10:18:31 AM EST [#22] Update pic of my Factory DD SBR on the right.

Eames Member Joined Dec 2012 Posts 142 EE 100% (15) NC, USA	Posted: 12/12/2020 6:01:06 PM EST [#23]

Eames Member Joined Dec 2012 Posts 158 EE 100% (15) NC, USA	Posted: 12/26/2020 5:28:29 PM EST [#24]

Marler5811 Member Joined Nov 2004 Posts 1226 EE 0% (0) GA, USA	Posted: 12/31/2020 10:20:00 AM EST [#25] Quote History Originally Posted By Eames: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/323065/8D47A8FF-DA83-4A9B-871C-7BE96E525207-1749627.jpg View Quote That's Hawt
	Joe Marler Daniel Defense Law Enforcement Sales Manager

AZ_SBR Joined Nov 2014 Posts 2204 EE 100% (464) AZ, USA	Posted: 1/18/2021 11:55:24 AM EST [#26]

-Ascent- Corn pop was a bad dude. Joined Jul 2008 Posts 5922 EE 100% (26) AL, USA	Posted: 3/17/2021 7:08:53 AM EST [#27] A couple more of my DDM4V7LW Attached File Attached File

Marler5811 Member Joined Nov 2004 Posts 1242 EE 0% (0) GA, USA	Posted: 3/17/2021 10:07:48 AM EST [#28] Quote History Originally Posted By XeroSasEnchros: A couple more of my DDM4V7LW https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/163367/4FCB83A2-22B2-4648-988B-D2938A9CB974_jpe-1868788.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/163367/D174C5CE-34BB-43A3-A7EE-E3FD859BC191_jpe-1868787.JPG View Quote
	Joe Marler Daniel Defense Law Enforcement Sales Manager

Eudaemon Joined Nov 2020 Posts 5 EE 0% (0) USA	Posted: 3/26/2021 9:16:01 PM EST [#29] Recently picked up my first rifle caliber gun

Newnimprovedusername Joined Mar 2021 Posts 4 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 3/26/2021 10:54:05 PM EST [#30] Here’s one I originally took for a knife-centric site but hopefully it’ll work in here too.

possumkop Member Joined Mar 2005 Posts 735 EE 100% (129) WV, USA	Posted: 4/3/2021 7:25:13 PM EST [#31] I love that green. I don't see a lot of them. I think it's my favorite color on a rifle.

Eudaemon Joined Nov 2020 Posts 10 EE 0% (0) USA	Posted: 4/16/2021 2:05:39 PM EST [#32]

VigilantPanda15

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EE 100% (1)

USA

Posted: 4/18/2021 7:13:55 PM EST

[Last Edit: VigilantPanda15] [#33]

For my first major clone project, I've cloned the Daniel Defense M4A1 used by Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) in "Sicario" and "Sicario: Day of the Soldado". Chose this as my clone project because I'm a huge fan of those movies, and it was the appearance of the DDM4 in those movies that got me interested in Daniel Defense and the SOPMOD Block II rifles.

Here's my clone:

Pics of the movie gun for comparison (all from the sequel, "Day of the Soldado", since it didn't get much use in the first film):

What is needed to clone the “Sicario” rifle:

1. EOTech 553 (FDE)
2. Surefire M720V RAID (black)
3. Troy dual-aperture flip-up back-up iron sights
4. KAC “broom handle”-style vertical grip
*NOTE: I used a DD vert grip instead, just because I already had it on the gun.
5. Magpul ladder rail covers (FDE)

Big thanks to two ARFCOM members for helping me complete this build: Dizkoboro for the EOTech, and BobRoberts for the Surefire!

Mac_Fan Han shot first! Joined Mar 2007 Posts 13063 EE 100% (69) OR, USA	Posted: 5/7/2021 11:59:17 AM EST [#34] Attached File Fresh out of the oven.
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xFREDx Joined May 2018 Posts 326 EE 100% (73) MO, USA	Posted: 9/6/2021 8:50:48 AM EST [#35] You MFR XS rail guys, any issues with mounting mlok on the bottom 6 o’clock by gas block? I am hearing there are issues

Marler5811 Member Joined Nov 2004 Posts 1265 EE 0% (0) GA, USA	Posted: 9/7/2021 8:21:12 AM EST [#36] Quote History Originally Posted By xFREDx: You MFR XS rail guys, any issues with mounting mlok on the bottom 6 o’clock by gas block? I am hearing there are issues View Quote some M-LOK fasteners will hit the bottom of the gas block. Easy fix - shift your accessory forward or backwards 1/2 a slot.
	Joe Marler Daniel Defense Law Enforcement Sales Manager

apocalypserisin Joined Aug 2020 Posts 123 EE 100% (24) VA, USA	Posted: 9/11/2021 10:37:10 PM EST [Last Edit: apocalypserisin] [#37] Brownells' SOCOM stripped upper (mid) is great, near clone right out of the box aside from the DD CHF SOCOM barrel vs Colt or FN. No DD markings on left side of receiver and uses standard dust cover, not their plastic ones.

Chowser Joined Mar 2007 Posts 3000 EE 100% (75) OH, USA	Posted: 9/17/2021 1:25:29 PM EST [#38] Woot! I have a lot to do when I get to work tomorrow. Too bad I can’t cancel vacation early and go in today.

Wake27

Joined Sep 2011
Posts 193
EE 100% (12)

CO, USA

Posted: 9/18/2021 1:25:45 PM EST

[#39]

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Originally Posted By apocalypserisin:
https://i.imgur.com/zOWRazm.jpg

Brownells' SOCOM stripped upper (mid) is great, near clone right out of the box aside from the DD CHF SOCOM barrel vs Colt or FN. No DD markings on left side of receiver and uses standard dust cover, not their plastic ones.

View Quote

How do you like it? Not much out there on DD SOCOM barrels. Curious on accuracy and how the gas port seems.

Chowser Joined Mar 2007 Posts 3008 EE 100% (75) OH, USA	Posted: 9/19/2021 9:01:18 PM EST [#40] Put one together. This rifle is very lightweight!

hellishhorses Joined Nov 2007 Posts 3336 EE 100% (2) TX, USA	Posted: 10/15/2021 4:18:15 PM EST [#41] To do list: Stock - sopmod maybe Optic - ACOG maybe Suppressor - TurboK, currently in jail Light - no idea Sling - magpul maybe As you can tell, I'm not fixed on what exactly I want to do with it. But I got a smoking deal on it...

TSR2922 Member Joined Jun 2008 Posts 613 EE 0% (0) AZ, USA	Posted: 10/24/2021 9:56:16 PM EST [#42] Attached File
	EPHESIANS 6:13-17 PSALM 144-1

Finslayer83 What have the Romans ever done for us? Joined Jul 2008 Posts 35296 EE 100% (186) TN, USA	Posted: 1/5/2022 3:28:13 PM EST [#43]
	Panem et Circenses Since it cost a lot to win and even more to lose...

astrocreep96 Living proof of a dying breed Joined Aug 2006 Posts 8824 EE 100% (6) ID, USA	Posted: 5/13/2022 9:29:19 PM EST [#44] I bought this in maybe...2010? Wears an LMT Sopmod stock now. And assembled this somewhere around 2017 using a Mega lower...
	When faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself.

-KentuckyWindage- 3D Printer Go Brrrrr Joined Dec 2018 Posts 3953 EE 100% (126) KY, USA	Posted: 6/23/2022 7:49:10 PM EST [#45] Factory DD MK18 SBR

patswin3 Member Joined Oct 2005 Posts 1965 EE 100% (363) IN, USA	Posted: 7/1/2022 11:33:11 AM EST [#46] Sold my v5LW upper and got this to replace it, optics planet 14.5” pinned, milspec brown 13” mfr mlok. Really need to try and get a fde Elcan now Attached File
	Freedom is all in your head

Alpha-Romeo3 AR-15 owner since 1971 Joined Feb 2005 Posts 10360 EE 100% (1) NV, USA	Posted: 7/7/2022 6:42:53 PM EST [#47] My old DD EZ CAR 7.0 drop in rail (2010 discontinued model) on RRA A4 9mm carbine. A1.5 fixed BUIS on my Colt upper receiver/ Faxon 10.5" barrel/ New Frontier Armory G-9 gen 2 lower receiver Glock 9mm AR pistol build.
	YMMV AR3

VigilantPanda15

Joined Dec 2019
Posts 62
EE 100% (1)

USA

Posted: 7/7/2022 11:10:53 PM EST

[#48]

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Originally Posted By patswin3:
Sold my v5LW upper and got this to replace it, optics planet 14.5” pinned, milspec brown 13” mfr mlok. Really need to try and get a fde Elcan now

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/82995/4B829D74-F8BB-4AB3-8502-3E12AB0C115D_jpe-2437606.JPG

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I saw those and considered buying one myself. Alas, I think I'm probably going to wait around for the RIII uppers instead now.

TheTacticalCoyote Joined Mar 2009 Posts 9730 EE 100% (213) UT, USA	Posted: 4/16/2023 8:10:26 PM EST [#49]

DaneLaw Joined Apr 2023 Posts 5 EE 100% (1) WY, USA	Posted: 4/16/2023 9:35:15 PM EST [Last Edit: DaneLaw] [#50] DDM4V7...a few minor changes

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