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Isn't this more of a MK12 Mod 0 set up?

No.

@lancecriminal86 are you looking for gov profile or socom?

As far as I know SOCOM, based on the photos. Realistically his would have probably been 2001 or so dated, you can tell he never replaced the barrel after the photo of it painted because even with the paint worn or stripped off in most areas the barrel was still tan underneath. I'm undecided if I should just use a close-ish year or hold out for an older one.

Unless someone knows 100% what the date of the LaRue photo of him is which I believe is said to be Afghanistan, and/or if that was actually after their Iraq invasion. From his bio it said he was deployed to Iraq 5 times and Afghanistan 3 times, but doesn't delineate between anything that could have been Gulf War, or any of the specific years later on. Maybe if SFOD did AFG 2x then Iraq then back to Afg that could explain some of the photos and obvious beard changes, I just don't know and probably won't. Hence why I figured 2001 or 2002 would be the most conservative dated barrel. If he was in Operation Anaconda, which one writeup indicates then I'd figure it'd be a 2002 or older barrel.

Guessing OP Anaconda or Iraq invasion, hard to perceive if there is paint but it doesn't look like it. Another pic out there of him on a Land Rover or other vehicle with just a handlebar stache. So it seems like those are earlier photos of him.





Definitely painted, filler tube, supposedly Afghanistan.



Looks to be Iraq and later, residual paint present. Similar grainy pics of him in Baghdad and elsewhere in jeans/t-shirt show paint splotches as well.

Have you ever tried to pull any Exif data off any of the pics? Some of them might be too old for digital pics and are just scanned film though. In front of the house on the hill is definitely Afg and the tank is definitely Iraq.

I found it interesting that he kept switching the peq to different sides.

To my knowledge, Bob was with AFO in the Shahi-Kot for Anaconda under Blaber. Guy was a REAL recon man.

Yeah, all those stories that pop up about him are the only reason I'm spending money on KAC bits. Guy was an absolute BAMF and turned out local down here. His brother I think is about an hour or so west of here, or at least he was based on some of the articles.

Found a stash of SFOD photos on some Russian Delta airsofter vk.com page, including some of MSG Horrigan I hadn't seen before but without his rifle. Either way it seems to strongly show that the painted rifle photo was probably 2002, meaning I need a very early 2002 dated barrel at the latest, 2001 or older to be safe. I appreciate if anyone can send me leads, FSB optional. I already have a chopped FSP with set screw that I can re-use because trying to get the FSB pins in last time did not work out well.

If you’re going to go all the way, saw a pinned FSB like a man. America was built by people who chose the harder path

Edit: sawed off taper pin fsb to show my cajones. If I can do it on my garage floor, you got this bro.
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Why go to the extent of finding the correct date barrel to use a set screw FSB?

When I did it last time I almost fucked the rail and my barrel pin slot. I haven't cracked the code on how to get the pins in on a MRE and somehow keep it in place without the barrel rotating, though it may be my AF upper was just really buggered. Tried wooden blocks to hold the barrel and support it with the reaction rod.

If the barrel has a FSB I'll chop it and try to get it done right, but if it's stripped I'll use the one I have for now. I may have to replace the AF upper I have and was going to but one slipped through my fingers.

Real pinned FSB or bust. Also, when installing the MRE, are you tightening the collar down all the way? I’ve found if I leave it a loose enough you can really line up the taper pins

As soon as the form 1 comes back for the SBR lower I’ll finally have a 15.1” NSW to post up, and should have a temporary Ops style can approved in a couple months hopefully.

Yeah, I left the rail a little loose to help align the pins, the issue was as I hammered it home the barrel was rotating in the upper. And I just couldn't get a good purchase to hammer the pins home and obviously you can't get an FSB block in there with the rail.

Have you tried a RIS II FSB? Same thing might happen there if you use the same upper and barrel, since it sounds like a fitment issue with your upper or index pin.

Anybody have a picture of a legit 15.1 Recce barrel? Were they coated? Beadblasted? Raw stainless?

Naw. No photos have surfaced without can.

Bump!

Bump!

I'm thinking of rattling the MRE while I search for a 2001 barrel. I still need to get an F1 going for the lower anyways so it's not like I was going to be able to slap it together with a 14.5 right away. That way the paint can start to wear down like his did. It almost looked like he stripped it off, or maybe it was the Bowflage that a lot of folks used early on. That might explain why it's mostly gone except for a few nooks and crannies and on the barrel.

On the scope, I think the most likely scenario is that it was a Vari-X III 2.5-8 done up by Leupold with finger-click turrets. For some context, when the SPR program was going Leupold submitted some versions of their LPS series scopes for evaluation. One of them did survive and is in an Arf member's hands, but it's basically their 1-6x42 LPS with tall 1/8 MOA finger click turrets.

An example of a 1.5-6 LPS here with the regular lo-pro click turrets and caps

Versus the one used in the SPR testing back to ~98-99 or so, which you will not find in a catalog or for sale anywhere:



As the story goes one of the testers asked to buy it from Leupold and did, it was basically a small batch or even one-off as I'm sure the 1/8 clicks was completely the opposite of what would be wanted for the SPR. Pics of the turrets under the caps basically look like the PR knobs on the Recce scopes some of y'all built but cut down in height.

At this point I'd either have to actually get Horrigan's scope (not happening), or there would have to have been another made just like it at SFOD to leak out of someone's personal collection. Not impossible, but extremely improbable. So for the purposes of "cloning" when the original bits aren't available I'm going to get some of the knockoff turret caps for now to go with the finger-click knobs on the 2004 VX-III.

Phase two will be try and get a 2001 or older Vari-X III 2.5-8, and a set of the aftermarket finger-click conversions that may have been available at the time. Then, try to get a set of turret caps machined using the knockoff caps as a base and get them done up to match what looks to be the originals.

New challenge: Try to figure out his sling setup. It looks a LOT like a VTAC style 2-point with no pad, maybe with a lengthened pull for the Alice style release. His rifle on display makes it look like the buttstock end was just looped around the buffer tube and the rail end maybe is near the barrel nut. I'm going to assume a KAC sling mount but I'll keep trying to re-review the pics I have for better clues.

Oh, and I grabbed an older 6P head for my GG light, and shifted the light back to how he had his mounted. I had one of the old 660 style shock bezels on there but in looking at it, he has a 6P head on there since the ridges are at the very end of the flashlight head. On the 660/shock bezels the head is much larger and has a pronounced step, and the ridges are in the middle of it.



Actually found a full crop of this pic, looks like they were doing simunitions. Looks like PEQ-2 is on the opposite side. In the display I think the PEQ-2 is removed and the mount is still present, can't make out which mount it is.

There is another way.

Here

Gain their trust over 1-10 years and just make it

I'm good, and unfortunately sounds like turnover has really hit Leupold over the last couple of years. I'm not sure there's even anyone there that would run to the back and look for a box of the turret caps I'd need. And based on how the custom shop was doing before they closed up, I'm not sure I'd have any good expectations anyways.

There was a time before we got flooded with legit parts that cloning meant a lot of fabrication, digging, and making do. Part of the fun of the early SPR project has been trying to actually recreate parts either by modification or from scratch, with a lot of help from some folks on here and elsewhere. I still need to get some repro side rails made or have some current ones welded up and modified. So I'll keep doing my best to recreate his scope from each scrap of info or photos I can find. And who knows, maybe more than one was made?

Yeah but I’m saying YOU could be the guy to go run to the back and whip up whatever you want. Sky’s the limit.

I have a pretty damn nice career going, I'm good. Sometimes biding your time works, sometimes it just means you'll have the pesos when what you need pops up (again). I got the rings sorted for now, just going to start poking for the next part and working towards a PEQ-2 at some point. I unfortunately missed that bus while the getting was good.

Anybody wanna sell/trade their recce upper with KAC RAS?

There’s one on the EE now.

15.1’’ NSW Recce w/L3 CRATOS Thermal clip-on

Nice Sangin man.

Hot damn, cuz.

Slightly modernized MRE build.  Noticeable changes including swapping the S&B 1-4 short dot with a mk6 1-6, and the old surefire light with a modlite on a old surefire style body.

NSW Recce found some friends

Haven't seen these discussed in here anyone have any further info?

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Probably because this is a NSW Recce thread.

Aaaaannnndd?



that is said to be with that unit

By who?

Joined the NSW recce club today. Got this NSW upper, the Atlas bipod, the NF 2.5-10x24 glass, and the NF 1.375" rings off a killer trade i couldn't pass up. Guy wanted my G barreled URGI 14.5" upper, Razor Gen2e, and Badger C1 mount for all of it. Will be taking it out soon.

What are yall zeroing yours at?

The 12.5 AAC MPW seen in a few AD Navy SMU pics was not allowed to be discussed either.

Recce is a job, but here it's just a rifle.

What in the world are you all talking about?

That rifle was discussed. What was belittled was the thoughts of one operator saying that rifle was a 1000yd rifle. When was it not allowed to be discussed?

The Recce rifle is a tool used to perform recon. Since this is Arfcom and not some wilderness surveillance forum we are discussing the rifles used for that role in Delta/NSW.

If someone wants to post Devgru 10.5 noveske rifles with a variable power optic in here that's cool too

And as far as this 6arc Barrett goes, that's cool  have any pictures of it in use or being tested?

when discussions started going forward about the 12.5", it was recommended to start it's own thread as to not derail this one. That is what I'm referring to.

That rifle is more than welcome to be discussed and posted in here.

Just joined this thread.

MRE?

Enlighten me.

MRE is the KAC rail used. It stands for "More Real Estate".

By using context clues

We know they have test and used 6 ARC and we know that these DOD contracts went to a "well known unit" per the manufactures.

Not to many dod units with the funding and requirements to be able to adopt the 6 arc besides SMUs imo. Especially ones that have the manufactures sign an NDA.

Of course this is just my thoughts on it and is up for discussion, which is why I brought it up. We have been trying to figure out what they are currently using and this could very well be it.

Personally I'm not looking to add another caliber to the lineup, but I'm very intrigued by 6ARC.

Stands for Modular Receiver Extension

I prefer my interpretation of the acronym.

does anyone acutally use that real estate?

Only in my best LARPing dreams...

That is a nice ass build!