Sterling arms r18 mk2
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Considering a Stag10 w magpul prs/bipod/mbus/mag, 25mm red dot comes in at 12.3pds. Hmm. And then the SA costs $500 more and a 1 year warranty.
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According to a recent interview with Affordable Optics and Rifles, all rifles will be anodized black for durability, but the the Shooting Edge can in-house Cerakote the the rifle in whatever colour you, presumably for suitable recompense. They may sell some common colours off the shelf, like FDE and Magpul Grey (which was mentioned in the Ballisticly Speaking interview.). The exception to anodization will be a limited run of non-anodized, clear Cerakote rifles for machining and space gun enthusiasts :-)
New Updates for the Sterling Arms R18 Mk2 Taccom 2022
from Affordable Optics and Rifle Reviews
From the video, Sterling is looking at having an upgraded handguard with an ARCA rail in the bottom, but still having Magpul slots in the middle of the bottom between the rails. They are awaiting a bolt to test the building of 6mm ARC and 7.62x39 mm for the platform. They say they plan to make uppers available for people to drop the alternative calibres on to their previously purchased lowers. They may also be selling receiver sets to precision rifle manufacturers for very high end, premium rifles.
from Affordable Optics and Rifle Reviews
Affordable Optics and Rifle Reviews said:
From the video, Sterling is looking at having an upgraded handguard with an ARCA rail in the bottom, but still having Magpul slots in the middle of the bottom between the rails. They are awaiting a bolt to test the building of 6mm ARC and 7.62x39 mm for the platform. They say they plan to make uppers available for people to drop the alternative calibres on to their previously purchased lowers. They may also be selling receiver sets to precision rifle manufacturers for very high end, premium rifles.
You are correct, I reached out to sterling arms to see if they would be available in different colours, unfortunately for any other colours other than magpul grey and black it will cost you starting at 500 bucks for diff colour rifles, 500 plus for cerakote plus a good trigger with taxes puts this well over 3500 with the ugly stock. Its a little to rich for me without some long term performance/ reliability to back it up.... looks like ill be sticking with my tavors until some templar reviews come out!
I also have pics of the different finishes in my TACCOM review on our firearms media forum
The young lady who is on the Sterling assembly line was part of the "women of the firearms industry" panel at TACCOM as well.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrx6V_tEmIM
Ballistically Speaking Podcast put up another great review video on the R18 for anyone looking for more input on the rifle, they also have a steel cased ammo review up on the rifle as well. Hopefully they get this rifle fixed up soon and make another video! Unfortunately, it sounds like his rifle hasn't been fully updated and still has some faulty parts as there has been extraction issues in both videos.
Ballistically Speaking Podcast put up another great review video on the R18 for anyone looking for more input on the rifle, they also have a steel cased ammo review up on the rifle as well. Hopefully they get this rifle fixed up soon and make another video! Unfortunately, it sounds like his rifle hasn't been fully updated and still has some faulty parts as there has been extraction issues in both videos.
Ah, good to see the old "Weight versus Accuracy" debate still raging strong! When the R18 had a 4 MOA pencil-weight Barrel but weighed 8 lbs, everyone #####ed about the accuracy. When SAI and TSE did a recall to rebarrel the "inaccurate" pencil-Barrel rifles with medium-contour tubes the accuracy improved to <1.5 MOA, but the weight shot up to 10 lbs. And so now, everyone #####es about the weight. There never has been a "free lunch" when it comes to the ages old debate about weight versus accuracy, and there likely never will be even with modern composites such as Carbon-Fibre wrapping, You can either have it accurate and "heavy", or "inaccurate" but reasonably lightweight. All other considerations being equal, it is all in the barrel selection....
Perhaps an AR built with expensive, premium components could average 1 MOA, but so what? Discussion of what once was
available but is now banned is ipretty much irrelevant. The AR was a DI rifle whereas all of rhe AR180-based designs are Piston-operated, which adds weight and places additional, accuracy-compromising stresses on the Barrel during the firing sequence.
Unfortunately, unlike criminals we must colour between the lines. That means playing the hand that we are dealt, like it or not. Comparisons of what we have versus what we once had are simply an exercise in futility....
No, gas tube impingement of a recoil recovery system alone is not banned. The Jard J180 had its FRT approved post-OIC prohibitions, and that uses a gas tube to impinge a Stoner pseudo-piston BCG and bolt against dual AR-180 recoil springs along AR-180 guide rods. SBI is trying to get a similar setup working in the WK Gen 1 and MCR.
