Brigade Makasi MK15 First impression Canada review

greentips said:
I bought a restricted brigade manufacturing Makasi MK15 from Irunguns so to give you guys my first look ahead of the non restricted.

Overall, not a fit and finish guy myself, compared to many things I have seen before the Makasi is 4 out 5. They even lined up the top opening slot of the 3 prong flash suppressor. Machining on the outside is good, haven't got time open it up to see the inside.

Trigger is like the standard AR, nothing to write about. The stock LOP is shorter than I expect so it may not need a new stock. will measure it later on. It is about the same as the 4th pos of the typical 6 pos AR Lower

I look down the gas block - very tight clearance between top of gas block and hand guard. I pushed the barrel a bit and it should have enough space not to touch the barrel. however, the wire clip holding the gas plug in place to the gas block looks funny. It looks like the hand guard channel is pushing it out of place, and have it squeezed in between. will look into this later. And the rifle came setup in “ suppressed” setting, so not sure how they tested fired this

The barrel is not chrome lined that's for sure. The asymmetric magazine well is a bit funky for those who are used to the typical AR lower. It is hard to explain, but it is like you try to index it but half of the indexing template is gone.

Side charging handle is a bit of an issue for a type 2 malfunction bolt partially forward IA - probably the same for the canadian AR180 derivative too. I can kinda lock the bolt catch with some micro finger positioning while pulling the handle all the way backward, but it needs a bit of finer finger motor skill.




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Why get it as a restricted rifle? I know some people want a shorter barrel, but as a non restricted rifle it’s only a few inches longer and you can shoot it on crown land or the range and no registration with the Feds. Also I’ve seen reviews on this and one of them was from the Military Arms Channel on YouTube and he said if he only had that rifle that he wouldn’t hesitate to take it to battle, which is great! I really want one but I’ll have to see what happens to it considering the current climate regarding firearms in Canada with the garbage government we have.
 
Feminist said:
Huh? Plenty of iwi rifles are adopted by other government users. Galil and tavor are well known on the export market. But the carmel has no government users outside or inside israel.

Not saying that government adoption is the ultimate qualifier. But one should refrain from spreading easily fact checked misinformation like "None of IWIs rifles have been adopted outside of Israel".



A poor design that's "well made and works as it should" is still a poor design. The critique is that it's a 10lb pencil barrel 5.56mm rifle fully configured. If that doesn't matter, then more power to you.

As the above user said, my opinion on what you buy is irrelevant. You do you with your own $2400.
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I believe the Indian government have a large contract with IWI for the Carmel. It'll be their service weapon, and the Indians have a large military.

edit: Galil Ace apparently. The Carmel was a consideration.
 
Painkillers said:
I believe the Indian government have a large contract with IWI for the Carmel. It'll be their service weapon, and the Indians have a large military.

edit: Galil Ace apparently. The Carmel was a consideration.
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Given their history with small arms selection & procurement, I wouldn't consider that to be a particularly glowing endorsement.
 
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