I know, everybody has one, and now I do too. There seems to have been a big fad awhile back with these but I never jumped until recently. I always liked the one I saw here and elsewhere and was intrigued by the accuracy that was supposedly possible and when I parted out my SAM build I did so with building a Mk12 mod1. The mod0 never excited me, no quad rail 😉. The mod1 though, to me, is just a beautiful rifle.
Mine isn't an according to Hoyle , true to the truest clone but it's in the ballpark enough for me and hopefully enough for you too.
Starting with a BCM upper and lower. They were bought as separate components and not take-offs from a BCM rifle. All small bits in the lower are quality parts from BCM except for the Geissele HSNM trigger using the DMR springs. Stock is a VLTOR A5 system. Ergo original grip that I saw as the only other viable option to the standard grip. I do hope to switch out the trigger guard though for the original straight model.
Bolt and carrier are from Centurion Arms and the charging handle is a BCM Mod3.
I of course had to use the Knights 21318 ff rail. Knights rail covers and a correct Knights stud type sling mount, and Knights buis. He'll, they're actually really nice irons and would use them on any rifle, not just on one that historically used them.
Inside that KAC rail is an 18" Mk12 barrel from Monty at Centurion Arms with CRANE spec gas block, pinned, and an Ops Inc Mk12 spec muzzle brake/suppressor mount.
Underneath that is a Harris sbrm in a Larue qd mount. Yes, I plan to replace the mount with the correct mount which as far as I can ascertain is the ARMS 32. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Optic is another area which is not spec, it's a Vortex pst 2.5-10x32 and not the correct Leupold unit ($$$$$). I do have the correct ARMS 22 high rings though.
So, I'm sure everyone sees all the deviations from a true to form clone but I am slowly working on addressing those.
One thing for sure, I'm replacing the A5 with a standard A2 and Sprinco unit. I know the collapsible unit was often added by the operators but to me, the A2 just looks right, and I can use the A5 elsewhere.
Like other here, I will attest to the quality of Lamonts barrels. Not gonna throw out numbers but it can shoot better than I can, and I'm pretty damn good. Beautiful bore and chamber, perfect crown and the alignment notch for the gas block is present just like the RECCE barrel.
Both he and his wife Corrie are just classy people who have put out great products.
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