I’ve got a Daniel Defense XV and a Bravo Company Model 0, to which I added the carrying handle. I plan on replacing my Colt 6920 by spring.
I plan to get one more “left of chart” M4 or mid-length that is not one of the above configurations/brands. Then I plan to get a duplicate of one of the “left of chart” brands that I’ve already got to shoot the heck out of and leave the others as occasional, babied shooters.
If you could only have one, what “left of chart” M4 or mid-length would you opt for, and why?
I’d have to say my bias is for Colt, but the BCM and Daniel Defense rifles are nice too.
Most complete rifle out of the box, nothing you don’t need, everything you do. Robust, strong, light, A+ fit and finnish, best CS department there is, everything is made in house, they stand by their product 100%.
I wanna get a BCM middy, and another 6920 (Just bought one the other day and the wife wants one too now). I also want to get a noveske recce in the future as well.
I’m back and forth as to whether I prefer the DD or the BCM. The BCM is more meat and potatoes a good basic M4. Still, I had to order the rear sight/carrying handle. The DD came with some custom features like the flared mag well and port for the single point sling swivel, not to mention a backup rear sight that doesn’t cover the whole rail.
I put 220 rounds through the BCM Saturday with perfect reliability. But, since I had to order the carrying handle/rear sight separately, the sights were putting the rounds barely on the paper at the start of the range session. I should have done some boresighting or something first. I think it’s sighted in now. My eyes got tired of looking at paper targets at 50 yards, but I hit even small rocks at the same range after I decided the sights were close enough.
The DD was sighted in pretty darn good for 50 yards right out of the box. I haven’t shot it much, but it was 100% function also.
One of these days I’ll put both on paper at 100 yards and see how they do.
Every Colt I’ve ever owned was GTG, so it’s a known quantity.
What I’m unfamiliar with is LMT, Noveske, and any of the mid-length rifles. Noveske seems a bit pricey, and I’m sorry to see the S & W isn’t more “left of chart.” I would have bet money right out of the gate that it was nearly the equal of Colt.
This type of question would keep me up all night. Lately I’ve been aching for a 20" A4 clone, so I’d go with a Colt for the build. Another M4 type? DD for me. I have an M&P15FT with a TA31F now, and it really is a great little gun. I would’nt sell it for a tier 1 gun any day.
My current thinking is, if I were restricted to owning only one top quality AR, I’d go with something spec’d like what I’m piecing together right now:
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[li]AGP Arms lower
[/li][li]BCM complete 16" pencil midlength upper with FSB and their BCG
[/li][li]ACS, MOE PG and MOE HG
[/li][li]ML3 on a Troy or Bobro QD
[/li][li]Hahn rear BUIS
[/li][li]TLR-1 or X300 on an IWC light mount
[/li][/ul]
To be honest, I’m sure I could get by with only this one weapon - but I do like my toys.
Well, I currently have a Noveske Recce Lo Pro (VLTOR MUR), a Noveske Recce basic, a Colt 6920, and a Bravo middy with a Larue 12.0. All four are setup slightly different, and I would be happy with any of them, but if I had to choose only one, it would be the Noveske low pro.
I’m pretty happy with what I have…I had Grant build me a lightweight AR this spring, using DD parts,(upper, lower,bcg, 16" pencil bbl) G&R lpk, magpul stock, triggerguard, blem’ed ras rail,(came with vfg,and rail covers) DD fixed rear, front sights, SF x-300, and a Aimpoint compM3… I’m thinking this should hold me over for awhile…
