No plans for a dust cover that I am aware of. Rich said that the way the carrier rides in the the action, it pretty well closes off the ejection port area.
Zak, I believe you can. As to whether that is a potential issue or not in regards to debris getting into the action that route, I’ll defer to Rich and commpany to answer. Hopefully when they get back and settled in from SHOT they can give some better info and answers than I.
Cant give any exact weights. I can say that it feels VERY well balance and pretty light, even with the Krink brake on the one that I kept trying to run away with.
I’d post the pic that Rich took of me holding it looking like a cheshire cat, but you guys would laugh at my ugly mug.
You can see a Troy rear BUIS mounted on the pictured rifle. They are probably smart enough to keep that geometry the same for the built-in front flip-up sight.
While I don’t plan to buy a Magpul Masada, I think it’s a pretty cool well thought out design. IIRC they said that it went front concept to a firing rifle in 3 weeks. I see this, the SIG 556 and the other gas piston AR stuff good for the M4s/M16s that we like so much. This stuff is only making our favorite rifles better and with many more options. Some of the immediate hatred like behavior reminds of a Benjamin Franklin quote.
“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid”–Benjamin Franklin
Very nice looking rifle. 3 months is crazy but they went from drawing board to a flying P-51 in WWII in about the same time.
I digress - Hawkeye, were the rails steel/aluminum or plastic/polymer? I’m not a big fan of plastic/polymer rails.
Looks well thought out - you can see parts of the AR in there, some G36 maybe, and a little SCAR. Too bad they didn’t have this bad boy up and running for the SCAR trials.
Another cool feature is the two position cheek piece, although it would be nice if the high position was a bit higher.
The controls are fully ambidextrous. The right side selector hit my trigger finger knuckle and when I mentioned this to Rich he said it was already on the re-design list.
The top rail, stock and grip are about the same relationship as on the AR so the feel is very familiar. I think the height-over-bore is the same as on an AR also. Standard AR buis work fine.
I too like the looks of the stock. The folding/adjusting unit is a very practical concept.
I’m not familiar with the removable sights, never used them, but it does provide a lower platform to mount optics. All solid in the positive column.
Given the expansion of the Marines and Army coming down the pike and the nature of the war we are fighting and will be fighting for the coming decades a flexible weapon for the grunts is a must.
I’m really impressed with Magpuls offerings. From start to today all Magpul products that I have ever bought, I still have and they are still going strong.
This Masada is… interesting… going to have to check this thing out in the future.
I was holding the gun when Steve Troy mounted his BUIS. I was going to hand them the LaRue fixed BUIS I had in my pocket and had asked them about co-witness with the front sight and was told the front was at the correct hight for this.
Come down and play with it yourself. Our engineers and designers already have modifications in the works to ensure dirt and grit have as little access to the action as possible. I’d like to try to explain it to you, but I don’t know all the details, and I’d hate to start incorrect rumors.
