September 20, 2023, 06:49 AM
PGTKnight's Armament KS-1 Selected as the UK's New Alternative Individual Weapon for the new Ranger battalions and the Royal Marines Commandos - L403A1
Don't forget the ability of a suppressor to direct noise forward. Directionality matters as much as SPL reduction. Standard measuring technique is 3ft at 90 degrees right? Need a spider chart to show full SPL reduction in 360 degrees to understand the full benefits.
September 20, 2023, 07:02 AM
KSGMI know measuring silencer performance is controversial, and weighing different performance aspects is subjective. I still think I'd rather have a little more length and weight, with the additional suppression it would enable. Maybe the new 3D manufacturing enables high performance in a short silencer; surely it would be even higher still, if it was a bit longer. It may be past a point of diminishing returns though, with the designs enabled by additive manufacturing. With what these cans cost ($1600ish at the moment), I don't know that I'll ever find out for myself; not anytime soon anyway. It'd be cool if a forum member got one, and gave an objective review.
September 20, 2023, 09:06 PM
PASigquote:
Originally posted by Slippery Pete:
Interesting Knights beat the rest of them out. Not a huge surprise to me but these contracts are fun to see. I don't know much about that horrendous bullpup they've had for years, but seems like they are overdue to scrap that sucker.
It's definitely a cool little carbine.
They are overdue for a new rifle there for sure, I think what they all use as far as that bullpup design were built in the mid-1980’s and have been in use since then.
While deployed to Al Jaber Air Base in Kuwait in 2003, I had the opportunity to interact with RAF Regiment troops (their base defense force) and one of them let me check out his L85 one night and remarked that they all thought they were pieces of shit compared to our M16/M4 rifles and wished they had what we had.
Maybe this is the trial run for the entire force?
March 06, 2024, 10:05 AM
KSGMCheck this out. Apparently KAC donated one of these to a Shot Show charity fundraiser auction hosted by Crye Precision. I guess if you were bidding on this stuff, you had knowledge of where the money was going (it doesn't say anywhere on the auction site, that I can tell).
So, someone has one of these guns. Neat.
https://e.givesmart.com/events...i/_All/p4vi/?search=March 06, 2024, 01:24 PM
IndianaBoyquote:
Originally posted by KSGM:
quote:
Very nice trim looking rifle.
Until they put all those dumb lights and lasers on there; then they would have been better-served by selecting an M14!
Except those lights and lasers let you fight in the dark....
March 06, 2024, 01:27 PM
IndianaBoyquote:
Originally posted by KSGM:
I know measuring silencer performance is controversial, and weighing different performance aspects is subjective. I still think I'd rather have a little more length and weight, with the additional suppression it would enable. Maybe the new 3D manufacturing enables high performance in a short silencer; surely it would be even higher still, if it was a bit longer. It may be past a point of diminishing returns though, with the designs enabled by additive manufacturing. With what these cans cost ($1600ish at the moment), I don't know that I'll ever find out for myself; not anytime soon anyway. It'd be cool if a forum member got one, and gave an objective review.
Speaking as someone who prioritized durability and DB numbers on my first and only 5.56 can, I can see a big argument for a shorter and lighter can at the expense of some additional noise.
My can on a 16" rifle is a heavy pig. Not so bad on an 11.5 SBR.
March 06, 2024, 01:31 PM
KSGMquote:
Except those lights and lasers let you fight in the dark....
IndianaBoy, you've participated in enough conversations with me to know that was sarcasm.
Where the silencer is concerned, I think it had a lot to do with what the MoD's requirements were. I recently watched a brief interview with Trey Knight, in which he alluded to length requirements, and the fact that flash was the primary concern.
March 06, 2024, 01:55 PM
IndianaBoyquote:
Originally posted by KSGM:
quote:
Except those lights and lasers let you fight in the dark....
IndianaBoy, you've participated in enough conversations with me to know that was sarcasm.
Sorry. Sarcasm doesn't come through often in typed word. My bad on not picking up on it.
insert egg on face meme.
March 07, 2024, 07:58 AM
ElToroquote:
Originally posted by KSGM:
Check this out. Apparently KAC donated one of these to a Shot Show charity fundraiser auction hosted by Crye Precision. I guess if you were bidding on this stuff, you had knowledge of where the money was going (it doesn't say anywhere on the auction site, that I can tell).
So, someone has one of these guns. Neat.
https://e.givesmart.com/events...i/_All/p4vi/?search=
The charity was “frontline healing foundation”
https://frontlinehealingfoundation.org/March 10, 2024, 06:54 PM
BB61
So here is a screenshot of the competition rifles. Can anyone tell which one is the Glock AR?
March 10, 2024, 08:23 PM
RogueJSK2nd from the top in your photo.
Shown in greater detail here:
