Thread: Any one running a MK12 SPR type rifle

Nice! looks the part! I think I will put my spare KAS covers on mine...

Here is the Mk12 build for the American Sniper movie...


Make: Colt
Model: M16A2
Caliber: 5.56mm
Barrel Length: 18 inches
Overall Length: 40.125 to 43.325 inches
Magazine Capacity: 30 rounds
Weight Unloaded: 12 pounds
Specs:
Knight’s Armament Company RAS free-float handguard
Douglas premium air-gauged stainless barrel 1/7 twist
Crane low-profile gas block
PRI gas buster charging handle
OPS Inc. muzzle brake and collar
OPS Inc. 12th model suppressor
Harris bipod
KAC folding sights
Leupold Mark 4 2.5-8x36mm MR/T illuminated M1 Turret scope
LMT SOPMOD stock
ARMS 22H high scope rings
Docter red dot sight

Kyle uses the Mk 12 special purpose rifle (less its secondary red-dot sight) in a sniper training scene. Alan Brown, who also built rifles for NSW, and High Caliber Sales built six of them for Lone Survivor. It’s interesting to note that NSW Crane delivered all Mk 12 rifles to the SEAL teams with rifle-length receiver extensions, typically with A1 fixed stocks. The reason is that they wouldn’t run reliably in full auto with a carbine-length system. However, the end users didn’t care about full auto on these rifles, so they would often retrofit them with collapsible stocks (such as the LMT SOPMOD shown here). Some would even install semi-auto selectors as well to lock out full-auto mode.

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