The SR15 seems to be a very well made, well thought out rifle. I will be adding a couple to my safe after I wrap up my .308 rifles.
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I like the Noveske barrels, hard to beat
Man, that's a tough call. Buy one of each.
More or less than a year ago, one of our favorite weapons photographers was pushing and posting Noveske, harder than he is doing KAC right now. Do you want whipped cream, or whipped cream and nuts on your ice cream?
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I've heard him say the same thing, but I believe he was referring to muscle memory and having to use another unit's AR platform or battlefield pickup, which won't have the ambi controls. Combat practicality/necessity VS a modded niche. In the heat of a fire fight, you may get smoked, if you have to fumble with the fire controls of your weapon system. The same can be said for the BAD lever, left side ejecting ARs or RediMags, as well.
Larry also says that the 1911 should never be chambered in anything other than .45, and you shouldn't use a mag well.
Nothing against Vickers (a lot of respect actually).
But as I said I just take what people say who get paid to push a certain product with a grain of salt. Never said he would be less than honest about anything. Just a general rule of mine, and nothing specific about him.
I merely meant to suggest that the original poster might be well served by considering alternatives that happen to suit him individually, rather than blindly assuming that this one particular size fits all. I share your respect for Vickers, but that doesn't mean that I think every shooter should do everything the way he does. If that bothers him, perhaps he can bully me himself.
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I just went through the same thinking and went with the Noveske Low Profile (non-recce, but close enough).
The winner for me was the barrel and the VLTOR upper. It's the best barrel out there for all around shooting (as opposed to precision).
KAC has cool stuff, but I don't actually want KAC's proprietary stuff. While neat in theory, I don't want more different stuff. If I didn't already own other more standard AR15's I might lean more for the KAC.
But both are good weapons.