Boats
Broken Member
Santa wears brown!!!! Got this goody in the mail today.
The Socom II got a new dress to wear to the Zombie Apocalypse LOL
Holy crap this thing is short.
The good: Good quality construction, lots of rail space, from grip to muzzle is about 12 inches, good sling mounting points, left side control lever included so I dont have to reach around to right side to close breech on empty chamber after reload. Push button safety is nice. Trigger and trigger guard are huge and easy to use even with gloves. Mag release is easy to get to even though its a bullpup design (the extended mag release fro Sladlak Industries helps too). Breaks down without tools. Top optics rail stays when breaking it down so a re-zero is not necessary. Check weld area is covered in a thin rubber material for comfort. The buttpad and rubber on grip is amazingly comfortable. Plenty of barrel venting. Opening to get to the bolt catch for manual bolt locking. Looks like something from Starship Troopers. seems very intuitive. Its a f-ing CQB .308. Come get some.
The bad: Because of the swing out mag I will have to practice mag changes. If you swing out too far the mag will hit the grip and slow the reload. The chamber is right next to my cheek. The only thing separating my cheek from 38,000psi of exploding gunpowder is 1/4" of aluminum. When on safe the safety digs into my hand (this is good and bad because it definitively doesn't let you forget where the safety is. When the safety is on fire it sits flush and doesn't bother me). Right hand shooting only (only because hot brass in my face and getting hit in the lip with the op rod isn't fun), the gas blow off port sits inside the stock thus gasses are vented sideways. Time will tell what the ramifications of this are but I should be ok, but if the gasses start burning my offhand I may have to change out to a vertical foregrip. Trigger has more take up than before because of the actuation cam but it is smooth.
I originally thought that the check weld for the optics was too high, but after adjusting the red dot back a bit it is just fine and makes for a nice, tight shooting stance.
See pics.
The Socom II got a new dress to wear to the Zombie Apocalypse LOL
Holy crap this thing is short.
The good: Good quality construction, lots of rail space, from grip to muzzle is about 12 inches, good sling mounting points, left side control lever included so I dont have to reach around to right side to close breech on empty chamber after reload. Push button safety is nice. Trigger and trigger guard are huge and easy to use even with gloves. Mag release is easy to get to even though its a bullpup design (the extended mag release fro Sladlak Industries helps too). Breaks down without tools. Top optics rail stays when breaking it down so a re-zero is not necessary. Check weld area is covered in a thin rubber material for comfort. The buttpad and rubber on grip is amazingly comfortable. Plenty of barrel venting. Opening to get to the bolt catch for manual bolt locking. Looks like something from Starship Troopers. seems very intuitive. Its a f-ing CQB .308. Come get some.
The bad: Because of the swing out mag I will have to practice mag changes. If you swing out too far the mag will hit the grip and slow the reload. The chamber is right next to my cheek. The only thing separating my cheek from 38,000psi of exploding gunpowder is 1/4" of aluminum. When on safe the safety digs into my hand (this is good and bad because it definitively doesn't let you forget where the safety is. When the safety is on fire it sits flush and doesn't bother me). Right hand shooting only (only because hot brass in my face and getting hit in the lip with the op rod isn't fun), the gas blow off port sits inside the stock thus gasses are vented sideways. Time will tell what the ramifications of this are but I should be ok, but if the gasses start burning my offhand I may have to change out to a vertical foregrip. Trigger has more take up than before because of the actuation cam but it is smooth.
I originally thought that the check weld for the optics was too high, but after adjusting the red dot back a bit it is just fine and makes for a nice, tight shooting stance.
See pics.
