James: iPhone 4 pic with an Instagram filter
Rifle Nerd: This kind of photo submission is bullshit. An iPhone can take a great photo, but you have filter fucked it up and destroyed the contrast, basically making it impossible to do a decent rundown of your rifle. Also, taken at such and acute angle, it’s also a bit difficult to get what’s going on with your rig.
So, I can’t even see what kind of rifle it is, but you have some sort of shiny FDE/gold lower going on. There is a SureFire MAG5-60 magazine, a SureFire MB556AR, Troy BUIS, and an Aimpoint Micro. The light looks like a E2E body with a KX2C head and a Z68 “Scout” tailcap in a LaRue offset mount. The stock looks like a Magpul UBR, but from this angle it’s hard to tell.
Everything else is lost in the oblique nature of the photo. It has the general feeling of a good rifle, but without digging into the details, I can’t say for sure one way our another. I like the light, but I’d run it at 10 o’clock instead of 5 o’clock. SureFire muzzle breaks must be awesome, it seems like everyone has one, I’ll have to try one. I don’t see a sling or accommodations for a sling, but I also can’t see shit, either way I would square that shit away. SF Mag5-60 mean either operator or gamer to me, and with a gold lower and guess which way I’m leaning. Nothing wrong with that, but I’d like to see a sling and maybe a fixed front sight; I don’t see a lot of rail being used up by devices. Nice rifle, get a sling, take better fucking photos.
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Charles: 2 of my toys. Tear them apart.
Rifle Nerd: So, another “hard c” name. We are on a streak folks. So tear them apart we shall. Let’s start with the carbine, then address the pistol-thing. It looks like an LMT 16” upper receiver with a Daniel Defense Omega Rail, 7.0 Carbine. Without a better photo it’s hard to tell. Magpul XTM rail covers in foilage green cover the rail. Upper has an A-frame front sight, just how we like it, and a very handy M203 cut in the barrel profile. We have an EOTech 552, Rifle Nerd approved, in what looks like a GG&G setup (Accucam, flip covers). BUIS is a Magpul MBUS. Charging handle has some sort of tactical latch, could be an LMT Tactical Charging Handle. Stock is a Magpul CTR, grip is a TangoDown Battle Grip, and and there is a Pmag. No sling is pictured.
The AR-15 pistol, well I don’t really fuck around with those, but this appears to have a LMT 10.5” upper with a Magpul MOE forend. A nice EOTech XPS, some BUIS I can’t identify and a pistol buffer to make it legally a pistol and not a SBR, and a Pmag in foliage green.
I like the setup of the carbine, I’d run that gun almost as is. I’d probably get an IMod and some KAC panels, maybe a KAC 600M Micro BUIS, but pretty much the same. Not a damn thing wrong with LMT. I’d get a sling, it looks like a sling is pondered or considered, but one should be gotten. Now this pistol thing, I see little practical use. I might get a single point sling and shoot it euro-subgun style, but it sort of screams “toy” to me. But I guess you get your kicks how you get them. Nice rifle Charles, get a sling and maybe paint it.
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Cliff: I have painstakingly gone over every inch of Isaac Marchionna’s Larue PredatAR and have successfully duplicated it to a tee. It really was no issue for me because I have no life and thrive off of other people’s creativity. Plus I hear Isaac is a phenomenal operator and figured if I took the time to study and duplicate his setup I couldn’t help but be as bad ass as him. Thank you for your inspiration.
Rifle Nerd: Why do all the cool guys get names like Cliff or Chad. Or Issac Marchionna? I’m pretty sure Cliff is pissing up my leg, but whatever, let’s do this by the numbers, stem to stern. The rifle is a 16” LaRue Tactical PredatAR coated in bling bling FDEish bronze. The muzzle is capped by a SureFire MB556K, no doubt to mount a nice SureFire can. We got a tan DBAL A2 and a SureFire M720V RAID white/IR light and a SureFire SR-D-IT tapeswitch for independent remote activation of each device. There is an OBR/PredatAR handstop way out where we like it.
The BUIS are KAC Micros, with a 600M in the rear. Micro AimPoint in a LaRue mount and another mount base, for like an AimPoint 3x or more likely a NVD. Rifle comes stock with a Gissele trigger and I assume that has not changed, but anything is possible. Rifle comes stock with MOE OD furniture and that has changed. I see a black Magpul CTR (with that sweet Magpul sticker), and a black MOE+ grip. Although who knows, there a like a thousand variations of the Magpul grip now, so whatever.
And a Pmag… wait, holy shit, a SureFire MAG5-60 in a pear tree.
And oh my word a sling on a rifle. It’s a BFG in a custom color, but as to what style I have no fucking clue. My guess is it’s a padded VCAS. Why it’s attached to the left and right sides of the rifle, again, no clue. Probably facilitate easier transitions when it’s slung over the neck, rather then across the back and shoulder. But then, why not get a padded single point sling? You don’t want all your expensive junk slamming around and banging into door frames? It appears you literally piss money, so what the fuck?
This is a excellent carbine and an outstanding photo. If I felt the need to trade a metric shit-ton of money for a rifle, I’d end up with something like this, but with a single point sling and an EOTech. And an IMod. And not golden sunset bronze. Good job Cliff, very nice rifle. I’m surprise it doesn’t have a hydrographic transfer of Costa’s face in multicam, however. But this is a copy of Issac’s rifle, right?
Anonymous asked: FYI, that photo of the 'copy of costa's rifle' IS costa's rifle. Just an FYI.
It must have been before he shot it, there is skate tape and such on it now. Or is Costa shooting a copy of his rifle? That guy…
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Thesmashy: Here is my rifle. It’s a 20” A4 CMMG upper with a STAG lower. You can figure out the rest.
Rifle Nerd: Second submission. Another “pile of man stuff” photo. Let’s do this by the numbers. 20” M16A4 profile rifle, going for that mean Marine look but the ACOG is wrong. I see a TA01NSN with the shitty mount instead of a TA31F or TA31RCO in a shitty mount. The holdovers are going to be all wrong, the TA01NSN is calibrated for a 14.5” M4A1 shooting M855, not a 20” A4 shooting whatever that is in those mags and strippers. No BUIS so I’m going to assume we’re sticking to the Marine theme. Standard A2 buttstock, A2 grip (hurray!), KAC M5 RAS with a full panel kit, and a TangoDown VFG in the right spot. The SureFire is a 9P with some sort of crazy tailcap and bezel config going on, probably a Z48 tailcap for clicky and an M2 or M3 bezel with a some sort of cover/filter/diffuser (it’s shut, I can’t tell). The light is in another Daniel Defense offset mount which is an outstanding mount, especially for this rifle because you will want to be holding that VFG in a “choke the chicken” style and you can knock that switch with you thumb. I see a standard A-frame front sight (which would come in handy if you had BUIS, but I guess you probably lug around a carry handle, right?) and a standard A2 compensator. This rifle has a buttstock mag pouch, definitely not a SPEC OPS brand, probably something nice and expensive. I see a three-point sling which is terrible unless you are going to be walking around all day with this rifle, and don’t need to switch shoulders that often. The rifle is laying on a claymore bag in coyote, which is sort of rad, you don’t see to many of those and they’re good bags, but then it’s all on a go-fast softshell from TAD gear or whatever that probably cost like $300. This rifle is a working man’s rifle and doesn’t really belong with that jacket. I see some USGI mags, beat up mags, which I like, and holy crap ammo on strippers so you can reload the mags quickly and easily. I’m not sure why there is a mix of 30 round mags and 20 round mags, and I don’t see 20 rounders with paracord loops very often.
This photo is shot well and except for the flagrant ”pile of cool guy stuff” motif, I’d say it’s composed well. I like the rifle, except for the wrong optic, and I’d add a BUIS even if it’s not “AS ISSUED” it would be useful and stuff. No Magpul and no painted in selector markings, very refreshing. Get a new sling too. Nice watermark by the way.
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Rifle Nerd: Winner winner, chicken dinner. As his go-fast gear betrays, this guy has the offhand stance of a stone cold killer. This operator is holding another rifle with the selector graphics painted in, in case you totally lose your shit and can’t remember which way you flick the selector lever. An ARMS BUIS and an ARMS #22M68 with a cantilever spacer holding an Aimpoint CompM3 with a dark earth rubber cover and flip-up covers that are actually flipping up. This is very helpful for when you lower your rifle to search and asses, because you have these covers sticking up in your field of vision. Also, the mount is placed just in front of the BUIS so the cantilever spacer hangs the optic just in front of the end of the receiver. Why a normal spacer wasn’t used I have no idea. Grip is probably Magpul, and the trigger guard looks like Magpul. The stock is the newer standard USGI adjustable stock. The RAS is a YHM, probably to make room for the can. That sweet, sweet can. I believe that is a YHM flip up front sight. Rails are covered by FDE/tan ladders. Now let us talk about the VFG/light setup. Let’s talk about it. The abomination that is holding that SureFire G2 LED is inefficient and dangerous. You should be very careful how you activate your weapon light, if its close enough to how you fire your weapon you can confuse the two and have a negligent discharge instead of activating the light. I believe that VFG has a trigger that activates the light, that is a bad fucking idea. Left hand trigger, right hand trigger; one lights up the room, one goes bang. Oh, and there is a FDE Pmag.
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Rifle Nerd: Oh luminous wonder. Two lights on one rifle, fuck yeah! And one of them fuckin strobes! All right, let’s do this by the numbers. Carbine length gas system, can’t see the barrel profile. Probably a KAC M4 RAS (Nice!) with Magpul XTM rail panels all mix-n-matched. PSA: this is a hard look to pull off, stop. Aimpoint CompM in a LaRue mount, some BUIS, let’s go with Troy. Ergo grip and a MOE trigger guard. Fancy lower receiver with an auto setting but I’m just going to guess there is no pin for that guy. And filled in with paint in case you can’t remember which way the selector switch goes. MOE CTR buttstock almost finishes this hot little ticket off. On the 6 o’clock rail we have a Streamlight TLR-1 and on the 3 o’clock rail we have a SureFire Z2-S Combat light jimmied into a Daniel Defense offset mount. I have this mount and it’s a good mount, if you’re using a VFG and want to knock that tailcap with your thumb. What is going here I have no idea. Bonus points for creative mounting. And a Pmag in a pear tree.
I love how this photo is shot and this rifle probably handles well. Besides the inbred light situation and the painted in selector graphics on the lower, I’d rock the casba with this any day. Two lights on one rifle is not a bad idea, but I’d rock maybe two E-series lights, or a X300 and a Scout light; you know light weight stuff.
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Rifle Nerd: A tight little carbine, and this guy loves tape! Old schoold Vltor clubfood Modstock with some 100mph tape to keep your whiskers from getting pulled out. TangoDown battle grip, a TangoDown VFG missing it’s cap (and wrapped with tape), and a Magpul trigger guard. A KAC free float RAS Medium (P/N: 20214) over probably a 10” barrel with a Smith Vortex flash suppressor. Mix and match of KAC panels, TangoDown, and rail ladders to cover the rail. Troy flip up BUIS in the front and rear. A very nice Schmidt and Bender Short Dot in a LaRue Tactical SPR-E mount. Some mystery bit of something screwed to the 12 o’clock rail. Maybe an offset light mount for that huge SureFire poking out behind the muzzle? The receiver end plate has single point sling mounts and this rifle has a an undetermined single point sling.
This is a tasteful SBR. The optic is probably a bit overkill for a 10” barrel and the light rig is a bit crazy, but I have a feeling this photo is a bit old judging by the lack of a Pmag. I’d probably run an X300 or a Scout light and have crazy lumens for half the weight, and run an EOTech or Aimpoint Micro, not that I don’t love me a Short Dot. Still, what’s up with the tape?
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Rifle Nerd: The SG 550, or in this case, a SG 552 “Commando”. An AK-47 done up by the Swiss (read: better), the Stgw 90s are Switzerland’s right arm of freedom. Every enlisted Swiss male over the age of 20 has a Stgw 90 and a tin a GP 90 in his closet until he’s 30. It’s not unusual for the rifle to stay in the family (with the burst or full auto function removed at the end of service). The government sells subsidized ammunition at ranges and there is a 4 week long shooting festival called Schutzenfest with over 50,000 marksmen.
This sturmgewhr is the SG 552 or Commando version of the 550. It features a crazy short 8.9” barrel, open three prong flash suppressor, and modified internals making it even more AKM-like and increasing the rate of fire. This is fitted with a black rather than the regular army green furnature, and for some reason there is a cheek piece on the folding stock. Drum sights (rotating diopter and hooded front post) and light weight (6.7 pounds) make this a fast handling CQB weapon. A standard 20 round mag is seated in the rifle, but for this guy I’d want a few 30s. A two point sling is the preferred sling for this shorty, but if SIG left a ring welded to the receiver I’d use it for a single point. She sure looks like a sweetheart. This is a “Fuck Yeah!” rifle if I ever saw one.
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