markm did a great job reviewing a similar carbine from BCM here and I think it is valuable to see his assessment is not an anomaly, so here is a quick review of my wife’s Bravo Company Manufacturing 14.5" Mid Length gas system carbine.
After my great experience purchasing a BCM MK12 SPR, my wife had been bothering me for a lighter rifle that she would enjoy shooting. I have a penchant for long rails and UBR stocks and she wanted something just for her.
Previous to my first Bravo Company Manufacturing product I had bought other makers uppers and parts from BCM, and the customer service and pricing have been excellent. I have had uppers and lowers from Bushmaster:eek:, Colt, Daniel Defense, LMT and I have to say the guys at Bravo Company are top notch, the fact that they will actually produce intelligently thought out uppers with your preference for rails and muzzle devices makes all the difference. The quality of their components is second to none and, in my experience, exceeds offering from there other makers I have had experience with.
So taking the pros and Bravo Company’s advice we went with a:
[b]BCM Standard 14.5" Mid Length Upper Receiver Group with Daniel Defense LITE 12" rail[/b] on [b]BCM Lower Receiver Group[/b].
They added BCM/Troy sights, BCM Auto bolt carrier group, BCM Gunfighter charging handle, and permanently installed a PWS FSC556 Tactical Comp.
I have to say that, just like the BCM MK12 Mod 3X I bought a couple of months ago, this upper and lower arrived quickly and were absolutely flawless! I mean is arrived without a scratch on it, lubed test fired and well packaged.
Here is the wife’s new carbine with Magpul’s Foliage Green furniture.
BCM Gunfighter Charging Handle
PWS FSC556 Tactical Comp perfectly permanently attached by BCM
BCM 14.5" Mid Length with the amazingly accurate BCM 18" MK12 Mod 3X-Bravo
This afternoon my wife and I had the opportunity to really wring this carbine out at the range (my wife blessed me a brand new baby girl only 8 weeks ago, so this was the first time back to the range for her in many months) so it was a perfect welcome back to shooting for her.
It is absolutely amazing how this carbine runs, it is nothing like my previous 14.5" carbine gas guns, it is even softer and smoother than my 16" mid-length. It shoulders, balances and moves extremely well. It is lively in the hands and is fast between targets, balanced, light weight and it just feels damn good!
We shot it with the stock H buffer that came with the BCM lower and also tried the H2 from my 16" mid length and the H3 from my BCM 18" rifle length. It is extremely soft shooting. I thought that the 16" mid length gas system was the sweet spot, but the guys at Bravo Company have caused me to re-think it!
At the range this afternoon Jen and I put 200 rounds of Federal value pack 55gr .223 through this carbine with zero failures, with any of the 3 buffers, the majority of shooting was done with the H3 buffer.
Here is Jen getting a feels for the carbine, remember she is part pixie so makes any carbine larger.
Working it, notice the ejected cases.
I have always thought that a correctly built rifle should zero close to the mechanical zero of the sights, and this carbine needed just 4MOA of windage adjustment to be right on, elevation was perfect, right out of the box.
My wife was absolutely giddy about her new carbine…
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Here I am running Lamb’s basic 1-5 drill, I gave the last target and extra round just to be sure.
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I think I see another Bravo Company 14.5" mid length in my family’s future.
Cameron
