Titan Defense TD-415 (HK416 clone) Gas piston upper preview (Pics inside)

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Here are the HK 416 gas rings I spoke about on the piston head which are not present on the Titan Defense TD-415



And the firing pin safety notch also NOT present on the Titan defense model

[QuickStrike]

Very interesting...

I will be watching how it does, once it gets around a bit.

Edit: BTW, thanks for the write up!

[M4arc]

That's pretty cool and I'd definitely be interested in one of these uppers. Thanks for the write up VB.

[No Bananas]

And the HK MR556 which is rumored to be $3500 when it goes for sale in 2010. Notice the rail height

And I doubt (very seriously doubt) that HK will be selling an upper (or complete rifle) in 10.5" or 14.5" bbl. lengths.

My biggest question would be how heavy is the TD upper?

It looks pretty cool and I'm very interested to see more info, tests, etc. on it. If you haven't had any issues with your LWRC, I don't know that I'd be in a hurry to sell it. Thanks for the great post and the pics.

[HPLLC]

To be honest shouldn't HK sue?

They designed and built a gun, and someone basically in large part copied it? Now if they had any patents, it would make really good sense to sue. When patents are concerned, especially on items that people largely believe are superior, that's sort of the proper thing to do in the interest of protected intellectual property.

It looks like a good gun, you mention stiffer recoil impulse, and I heard in the other thread that the rail height is .065" taller than the already tall 416, so with those in mind, why would you be interested in swapping your LWRC for it?

The LWRC guns, from the opinions of people I know who have them, seem to have very high regard.

[HPLLC]

Two more questions- did that work with your standard AR lower?

I heard 416's are not compatible with some trigger systems that work with std AR platforms.

Are they going to sell the upper alone as a bolt on to a customer's existing lower?

[eternal24k]

this is the first i am learning about this, very cool

[stony275]

Any plans to come out with this in 6.8 SPC?

[SRT-M4]

I myself will probably never part with my LWRC's. To me they are about as good as an AR can get. 0 complaints out of them.

Im just looking at this TD 415 and think that its a good alternative to the HK 416. I will base how much I like it after shooting it.

Maybe its a novelty thing but I got to have one the TD 415's.

The guys over there at Titan Dense seem to have their shit together.

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Any plans to come out with this in 6.8 SPC?

Yes. I saw their packaging and there are plans for additional calibers

And as for my LWRC, it was getting sold anyway. Only I was planning on replacing it with an M6A2. However, I admit to finding the Titan Defense product more interesting, and aesthetically, I've always liked the way the HK416 looks

I don't need a closet full of dissimilar AR15 piston formats, and I'm willing to give Titan a chance.

Their gun shot really well too. Like I said, I was impressed.