KPOS Scout / Glock 19

Tom E Gun

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I recently bought a KPOS Scout chassis system for my Glock 19. I haven't seen much posted about them on CGN, so I thought some of you may be interested in a short range report.

I ordered the Scout from site sponsor Zahal. It was $290 USD with free shipping from Israel. Delivery took 2 weeks.

As you can see it is a very compact little package:

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The build quality of the chassis system seems very good. It is a mixture of aluminium and some type of very durable plastic/composite material similar to the Glock pistol. The included front folding vertical grip does not seem to be of the same high quality material and there is about 1 mm of wiggle at the pivot point, but it seems to function well. Not only does it fold, but it also has a spring loaded trigger cover that matches perfectly with the Glock 19 trigger.

Here it is in comparison to my Angstadt Arms AR15:

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I finally had a chance to take the KPOS/G19 to the range today and compare it to the AA AR15. My local outdoor pistol range is only 18 yards, so I did not shoot at longer ranges, but at 10 yds and 18 yds the accuracy and fun factor of the 2 carbines is very similar. Reliability of the KPOS/G19 was not terrible, but not equal to the AA AR15. I fired 100 rounds thru the KPOS/G19 and had 4 failures. All were a stovepipe failure to fully eject issue. 3 times the empty round was stuck between the closed slide of the G19 and the inside of the upper portion of the KPOS ejection port. 1 failure was an empty round stuck in the G19 ejection port. By comparison I have fired 100's of rounds thru the AA AR15 without a single issue and the same can be said of the G19 without a chassis system. All the stoppages were very easy to clear. I should also add that the pistol was NOT cleaned or lubricated prior to testing and had seen at least 200 rounds since its last clean and lube. The same can also be said of the AR, so it was a fair comparison, however next time I will bring a cleaned and lubed Glock to the range, and see what happens.

Speaking of cleaning, as you might expect, shooting a 9mm pistol in an enclosure that is longer that the muzzle results in a lot of mess:
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Both carbine setups were easily able to shoot 2" groups from a rest at 18 yards. Here is a hand held rapid fire group from the KPOS/G19 at 18yds:
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Both carbines were great fun for 18 yard plinking. I killed a variety of 9mm ammo boxes, clay targets, and beverage containers with no difficulty at all. Next time I will go to the rifle range and try them at 25-50 yard ranges.

In conclusion, the KPOS/G19 carbine was accurate and fun to shoot. I will experiment to see if the reliability improves and report back.
Cheers
TEG
 
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Nice, looks like a fun little unit, can't wait to hear how it is at longer ranges. I'm looking at either this or the micro roni, not sure which way I will go yet, they both look like a blast
 
UPDATE:Second Range Visit

I took the Glock 19/KPOS and the Angstadt Arms AR15 9mm carbines to the range again today. It was a beautiful crisp sunny morning with a fresh skiff of snow.
Both firearms were thoroughly cleaned and lightly lubed after the last range trip. To give the KPOS the best chance of success I added liberal extra lube immediately prior to firing. No extra lube was applied to the AR.

I fired a total of 17 mags (10 rounds each) through the KPOS with a total of 6 failures (4 stovepipes and 2 failures to extract). The good news is that the number of failures gradually declined as I continued shooting. The last 2 mags were failure free. This gives me hope that a little more break in may improve things. Failures seemed to happen just as often with Glock OEM mags as with Magpul mags.

The AA AR was 100% reliable. I didn't keep track of the total number of rounds fired, but it was very similar to the number fired through the KPOS. This is an impressive little firearm. More accurate than the KPOS, especially at 50 yards, and rock solid reliability.

Speaking of accuracy... I shot at two distances: 24 yards and 50 yards. From a rest, with no magnification, I was able to produce groups as follows:
KPOS 24 yards, 10 rounds: 2 3/4"
AA AR 24 yards, 10 rounds: 2"
KPOS 50 yards, 10 rounds: ***
AA AR 50 yards, 10 rounds: 5"

***I was not actually able to get a 10 round group on paper at 50 yards with the KPOS. I think the quick release red dot mount was possibly acting up (or may it was user error?) because I only managed to get 2 rounds on the outside edge of a 13" x 13" target at 50 yards. I have a spare Eotech that I will use on the KPOS next time to see if that improves things.

Someone had kindly left a Visicolor Zombie target at 50 yards with only 3 holes in it. I blasted away with 2 full mags using the AR unsupported and pulling the trigger as quickly as I could, aiming for centre of mass. I was fairly impressed with the result: a 20 round 8" group.

So far the Glock/KPOS is not as reliable as the AA AR or the Glock 19 (without a carbine chassis). On this range trip, its 50 yard accuracy (or total lack there of) was also disappointing. However it was great fun plinking at 25 yards. As long as the reliability issues can be resolved I am happy to limit my plinking to 25 yards and I will see if a differnt sight improves the 50 yard accuracy next time I take it to the range.

Cheers
TEG
 
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