Intel
Build guides, clone references, and what we know about new hardware.
- PinnedWhat Does DOPE Mean in Shooting?DOPE stands for Data On Previous Engagements: the confirmed record of what your rifle does at distance, and why shooters trust it over a calculator.Read the guide →
- SureFire ICAR: Delta's New 6mm ARC RifleSureFire's unreleased ICAR in 6mm ARC, reportedly used by Delta in the Maduro raid. Specs, Six8 lowers, PXT barrels, and the HICAR connection.Read the guide →
Clone reference
All clone references →Community-maintained parts lists for iconic configurations: the correct parts, accepted substitutes, and sources.
- HK416D CAG (Geissele era)The HK416 as run by Army special missions units in the mid-2010s onward: HK's piston gun re-railed with Geissele's Super Modular Rail in Desert Dirt Color. The look, a DDC SMR overFull parts list →
- Mk18 Mod 1 (SOPMOD Block II)NSWC Crane's answer to the MP5 problem: keep the M4A1, cut the barrel to 10.3 inches, and tune it until it runs. The Mod 1, Daniel Defense's FDE RIS II floating over a low profile Full parts list →