Just got my Daniel Defense MK18 about 2 weeks ago. It came with a M4E1 lower and a Holosun AEMS red dot sight. Ran me for about $1,800 plus tax. Haven't taken it to the range yet, but it's easily one of my favorite guns in my collection so far. Definitely worth the purchase. Love it 👌🏽
I’m like you , I think it’s actually a practical rifle for most people! It’s going to do everything you need.. think about all the shots most people will see, 300 yards it a far distance and in real life you went shoot past it!
Hey friend, I like your set up. I like the pistol brace, front & hand grip. Really like the Color’s that contrast, I think that’s made it. Thanks for sharing. Regards Andy.
Super Sweet set up! Ive done many build but im hesitant to do a MK18 like build because of the hand guard.... Solid advice... Thanks for sharing. Keep going...Just sub'd.
@@09mikeydread gotcha! Stay tuned. That might just happen. Currently working on a 7.5” AR10 build and the only part I don’t have is the hand guard with a 1.75” inner diameter. I want to run my suppressor recessed into the hand guard.
@@stupefaction1017 nah its probably the best time, gun shops are trying to move inventory because of all the BS going in the courts...pistol brace bs to work out. 🙄 I even picked up my dream pistol FNX45 T for way under market value. $1060 with a venom optic already mounted. $1400-$1600 (sale-MSRP)
@@jakescheer46 brother even if it was 90 degrees that’s your gun at the end of the day!! F*ck the atf. How will they know you even put an actual stock on that upper? 😏 get what I’m saying
I don't understand why ppl are still obsessed with the $4 dollar A2 grip. I have an entire clear tub of them left over from build kits I've bought. I'm not crazy about the USGI metal mags either but, plenty of ppl thats all they run.
Cheap Amazon sling attachments have not worked out good for me. I’ve dropped my AR a few times because of cheap attachment points. Do yourself a favor and get quality attachment points like Magpul, BCM, etc. You definitely don’t the the AR to come off the sling at the wrong time. Slings save lives. Rittenhouse approves this message.
11.5 or 12.5 are better. You may be able to hit a target but you will not have the velocity to do what 5.56 is meant to do. 5.56 needs to be above 2500 fps to fragment. 10.5 barrels are 2500 at the muzzle.
If I may ask, how much experience do you have with 10.3 barrels? I have extensive experience with 10.3 barrels. I agree to the point of there’s more fps with an 11.5 inch barrel. With an added suppressor such as the SUREFIRE RC2 on a 10.3 barrel, you’ll get the same terminal ballistics as a 11.5 barrel. I also have extensive experience with 14.5 barrels along with 16 barrels for the 5.56 caliber. For my personal and professional use, I went with 11.5 and 10.3 barrels due to not using those platforms for shooting past 250 meters. Personally and professionally, I wouldn’t go under 10.3 barrels. The shortest one should go is 10.3 for the 5.56 caliber round. Thoughts?
@@nikolaipetrov2788 for some reason this post deleted the first part of the post but basically I have mostly experience with an 11.5 when it comes to short guns. Where I live ranges well past 600 are common so my go to gun is a 16 in. For a truck gun or home defense gun though I use an 11.5 when being compact and mobile are much more important. If you are going to use a suppressor to make a 10.3 sound comparable you can also add one to an 11.5 and got those benefits as well. A 10.3 with a full size suppressor generally gets about the same dwell time benefits as an 11.5 which is nice but that is for people who have a suppressor and run their rifle with it 100% of the time. Not everyone can get one depending on their state etc. While 5.56 still has far more energy than something like 9mm even out of something crazy like a 7 inch barrel you need to be over 2500fps to start getting the cavitation, tumbling, and fragmentation that makes 223 dangerous. Without it you are just putting a .223 hole through someone or something. While that can still put a target down shot placement is even more critical and the round will no longer dump all its energy into the target like it otherwise would. Out of a 10.5 barrel your "effective range for reliable fragmentation is between 20-50 meters, an 11.5 inch barrel doubles that range and a 12.5 even more so. For the minor increase in OAL those 1-2 inches give enormous benefits. There is a reason all the current rifles in the Army (in 5.56) are in 11.5 now. There is a good Garand Thumb video talking about this. hope this makes sense
Maritime bolt catch from feisswlw for like 25 bucks helps a lot reloads as a left handed shooter but I now started loving the radian lower I threw on my 10.3 Daniel barrel crane military socom gas port luckily under a mk4 exps3 optic w Daniel irons sd3g trigger surefire warcomp and Mini scout light pro with ds07system with dual waterproof tail cap using cloud de free naive mount and wire control as Integrate into the side of the mount for the tape switch and the DS07 is momentary tape switch if that goes out you have a secondary on the light so basically you have a push button and a tape switch only ones are use the raptor that I’m using is the NP3 code is SD which helps run things cooler and the H2 super 42 braided wire buffer system with their DC buffer tube and it runs flawless after I threw the barrel and it took me like literally five minutes where are the salaries of the real is to re-install and zero properly and it goes right back to that snug fit so the only thing I recommend if you’re building make sure you get a barrel from a reputable company and check but you should have dimpled duel at at least one whichever barrel manufacture you choose I chose down the fans because of the quality of the newer ones that they have that are military field it not the older commercial market ones these you guys run and get ammo otherwise I don’t like it but I haven’t had one malfunction since I put it together and ran probably 500 rounds through it zero feeding issues yes I do claim the rifle after the range depends might be the next day but they Chloe I always clean them and if they’re sitting clean them because the oil attracts dust and shit like that so do you want to keep a little oil on them in storage but too much oil I’ll be coming out every orifice within the first mag Oso so if you don’t do that I’m saying bring a rag but make sure you’re proficient with the firearm know the gun don’t get high and trigger you know because someone else has one you know my set up works for me I am going to get a unity mount for height just cause I have a neck surgery last year that was a level three that was really bad so it just keeps me more comfortable better postural position in the more comfortable you are shooting better you’re gonna shoot and always swing set up and make sure your length of pulls correct and trigger control breathing fundamentals it comes down to you don’t have to put 3500 into your first AR biggest thing is light optic as he said and I also go with back up irons hallways I want it fixed since mine doesn’t have the best battery life even though it’s pretty good for a holographic I use it a lot and I don’t have to change the first one battery for over a year but if you need to do it like learn the system understand it and you’ll hear names like radiant they make great charging handles and safeties and then you hear companies like geisssele they’ve always had some of the best triggers and now are starting to make full rifles but they make awesome rails that you could put on your gun and said I have a heavy all right ass too I have a MK four from them yeah it’s expensive but it’s DDC type three hardcoat anodized Picatinny in the front four sections 3 6912 on the front two sections and unlocks lots of sides and upper 45s back and then the dilation on the bottom 45s and it’s a decent size rail it’s probably as wide as the ris2? but a lot later everything is amok these days unless you want to go clone but I like making my own configurations and tearing them to where I’m like proud of myself for the adult toy I built they say adult Legos to first build make sure you have a lower parts kit and extra detention springs and wear glasses also if you’re looking for a really good square forged type three haircut anodized uppers and lower receiver sets to build out and decently priced crane spec book carriers that are call mind and Roma and Gaskey ACI Ando Corp. industries you can get a receiver set for like 100 bucks and they primarily do Colt style or what used to be called because they started their company off the market 18 and made it now I’m like versions of it and things like that but they’re out of Florida Lbando Corp. industries there extremely quick delivery line was like a day and a half to the Ffl but if you’re looking for a quality low profile receiver sets that are standard quality most back in type three hard code anodized that they do they buy their stuff from cream if you know who the crane is everything there is not everything is Greensburg but they also have fillet they also have all that kind of stuff but yeah have crane division that built the original MK 18 which do you want to build a clone you probably want to crane type shit just saying And if you’re on a budget the barrels are decent but cheap to as I said you can pull the quality upper for 300 for a good rail and 100 for a nice flash rider in a decent barrel nitrated and a $60 upper it depends if you’re going to build or not if you’re gonna build or buy if you know how to build or if you’re to first build if you’ve already bought and you understand it not hard especially geissele rails expect mk16 urg * extremely quick I was able to switch The barrel after take it off the rail put the new one on after crank it off the barrel not put the barrel in the back on put a little bit of grease slid right in there cranked it down season did again Titus give me and clock the sheriff fire at neutral that’s how I suggest if you choose that device good news you don’t go left or right hand it it’s not that hard of a recoiling rifle unless you say you’re shooting an A.R. 10 but even then you want to keep it neutral because of bipod issues you could have just gotten in trouble with a shame sad if the riot find the right shin set up for it to be new show on that type of barrel thread pitch what goes into it basically and you get longer responses when you voice text like this I look like an idiot SMH
My 10.5 inch ARP is from rock river arms. Has a zero trigger flat. 3lbs., si oppressor., magpul sling, magpul 10 round mags., surefire taclight, magpul gen 2 flip up sights., Romeo 5 red dot., magpul handstop, prevail reaper z gun skin., devil dog hard charger,...
You can turn the strobe off by tapping the button 10 times then holding down on the 10 tap. The streamlights have 3 different configurations.
You’re a blessing and a true gentleman for that
Just got my Daniel Defense MK18 about 2 weeks ago. It came with a M4E1 lower and a Holosun AEMS red dot sight. Ran me for about $1,800 plus tax. Haven't taken it to the range yet, but it's easily one of my favorite guns in my collection so far. Definitely worth the purchase. Love it 👌🏽
Lucky. I have been trying to find one and they are always out of stock
Where did you pick up the gun at that price?
How’s it worth it if you haven’t shot it
@MylesKillis I didn't say I haven't shot it. I said I hadn't taken it to the range yet 😑
@rufushenry7730 gun shop here in Savannah GA. And that was the only one they had left 😌
Sweet 👍! Mk18 upper is my next purchase for sure !
I’m like you , I think it’s actually a practical rifle for most people! It’s going to do everything you need.. think about all the shots most people will see, 300 yards it a far distance and in real life you went shoot past it!
You call it basic I call it a sick set up!
Hey friend, I like your set up. I like the pistol brace, front & hand grip. Really like the Color’s that contrast, I think that’s made it. Thanks for sharing. Regards Andy.
Dope build!
Super Sweet set up! Ive done many build but im hesitant to do a MK18 like build because of the hand guard.... Solid advice... Thanks for sharing. Keep going...Just sub'd.
No you build one BECAUSE of the handguard!
@@09mikeydread gotcha! Stay tuned. That might just happen. Currently working on a 7.5” AR10 build and the only part I don’t have is the hand guard with a 1.75” inner diameter. I want to run my suppressor recessed into the hand guard.
Nice gun bro. That front sight looks like it’s on backwards, but still very nice setup.
It is backwards intentionally, saves space on the top rail and still functions the same as well.
@@jakescheer46 it would get in the way of your pressure pad. I can see that now, thanks for responding!
I’m confused that’s not the hun on the display picture of the video??????
Just the thumbnail, little clickbait
The rifle looks really nice. How much do you estimate your rifle cost including all upgrades?
MK18 by itself is 2k USD. I just got one
From Daniel Defense* I should add....I'm sure you could build one for under 1k maybe.
@@mobilegamersunite I've seen them sell for $1,700 yesterday, and that was an actual SBR. Just have to wait for a better price.
@@stupefaction1017 nah its probably the best time, gun shops are trying to move inventory because of all the BS going in the courts...pistol brace bs to work out. 🙄
I even picked up my dream pistol FNX45 T for way under market value. $1060 with a venom optic already mounted. $1400-$1600 (sale-MSRP)
You have a surefire but you want to get a surefire?
Have a streamlight*
HORNEDY black sells good sbr ammo. 75 grain interlock or something like that. 🤔
YOU CAN HAVE A VERTICAL GRIP ON A AR PISTOL IF THE RIFLE IS 26 INCHES OR LONGER.
@@buddy9577 in the overall length category if it is longer or 26” it is an “other” not a pistol, but yes. Also this MK18 is not 26” overall in length.
Have you replaced gas rings at any point?
Begin have not had to yet, however I’m getting ready to take the pistol down completely and do a check, I’m coming up on 10k rounds.
Dutch heritage?
German actually
You sure it's still a pistol and not a unregistered sbr due to the angled grip?
It is still a pistol, since the grip is not at a 90 degree angle it is allowed on pistols.
@@jakescheer46 brother even if it was 90 degrees that’s your gun at the end of the day!! F*ck the atf. How will they know you even put an actual stock on that upper? 😏 get what I’m saying
@@jakescheer46
These “laws” are absolutely asinine!
A vertical grip on a pistol would make it a AOW....unless it's over 26inchs....then you have a other...
Your thumbnail for the video is a lie. Don't do that.
I know right? Completely different gun. Clickbait fool. Disliked.
I don't understand why ppl are still obsessed with the $4 dollar A2 grip. I have an entire clear tub of them left over from build kits I've bought. I'm not crazy about the USGI metal mags either but, plenty of ppl thats all they run.
Clones man.
Didn’t want to buy a Surefire light but bought $300 KAC BUIS? Your gunfight just curious…
Got a good deal on the irons didn’t pay near that much for them honestly
New subscriber here sir..
Cheap Amazon sling attachments have not worked out good for me. I’ve dropped my AR a few times because of cheap attachment points. Do yourself a favor and get quality attachment points like Magpul, BCM, etc. You definitely don’t the the AR to come off the sling at the wrong time. Slings save lives. Rittenhouse approves this message.
The first time I have a sling swivel fail on me I will do that haha been running these hard for 4 years and they’ve held up so far.
Your better off going cloud defensive rein over Surefire
That’s not a rifle it’s an ar pistol
Let’s be real. It’s a rifle with a “pistol brace” on it.
11.5 or 12.5 are better. You may be able to hit a target but you will not have the velocity to do what 5.56 is meant to do. 5.56 needs to be above 2500 fps to fragment. 10.5 barrels are 2500 at the muzzle.
If I may ask, how much experience do you have with 10.3 barrels?
I have extensive experience with 10.3 barrels. I agree to the point of there’s more fps with an 11.5 inch barrel. With an added suppressor such as the SUREFIRE RC2 on a 10.3 barrel, you’ll get the same terminal ballistics as a 11.5 barrel.
I also have extensive experience with 14.5 barrels along with 16 barrels for the 5.56 caliber. For my personal and professional use, I went with 11.5 and 10.3 barrels due to not using those platforms for shooting past 250 meters.
Personally and professionally, I wouldn’t go under 10.3 barrels. The shortest one should go is 10.3 for the 5.56 caliber round.
Thoughts?
@@nikolaipetrov2788 for some reason this post deleted the first part of the post but basically I have mostly experience with an 11.5 when it comes to short guns. Where I live ranges well past 600 are common so my go to gun is a 16 in. For a truck gun or home defense gun though I use an 11.5 when being compact and mobile are much more important.
If you are going to use a suppressor to make a 10.3 sound comparable you can also add one to an 11.5 and got those benefits as well. A 10.3 with a full size suppressor generally gets about the same dwell time benefits as an 11.5 which is nice but that is for people who have a suppressor and run their rifle with it 100% of the time. Not everyone can get one depending on their state etc. While 5.56 still has far more energy than something like 9mm even out of something crazy like a 7 inch barrel you need to be over 2500fps to start getting the cavitation, tumbling, and fragmentation that makes 223 dangerous. Without it you are just putting a .223 hole through someone or something. While that can still put a target down shot placement is even more critical and the round will no longer dump all its energy into the target like it otherwise would.
Out of a 10.5 barrel your "effective range for reliable fragmentation is between 20-50 meters, an 11.5 inch barrel doubles that range and a 12.5 even more so. For the minor increase in OAL those 1-2 inches give enormous benefits. There is a reason all the current rifles in the Army (in 5.56) are in 11.5 now. There is a good Garand Thumb video talking about this.
hope this makes sense
Hm,not really impressive.
okay?
Maritime bolt catch from feisswlw for like 25 bucks helps a lot reloads as a left handed shooter but I now started loving the radian lower I threw on my 10.3 Daniel barrel crane military socom gas port luckily under a mk4 exps3 optic w Daniel irons sd3g trigger surefire warcomp and Mini scout light pro with ds07system with dual waterproof tail cap using cloud de free naive mount and wire control as
Integrate into the side of the mount for the tape switch and the DS07 is momentary tape switch if that goes out you have a secondary on the light so basically you have a push button and a tape switch only ones are use the raptor that I’m using is the NP3 code is SD which helps run things cooler and the H2 super 42 braided wire buffer system with their DC buffer tube and it runs flawless after I threw the barrel and it took me like literally five minutes where are the salaries of the real is to re-install and zero properly and it goes right back to that snug fit so the only thing I recommend if you’re building make sure you get a barrel from a reputable company and check but you should have dimpled duel at at least one whichever barrel manufacture you choose I chose down the fans because of the quality of the newer ones that they have that are military field it not the older commercial market ones these you guys run and get ammo otherwise I don’t like it but I haven’t had one malfunction since I put it together and ran probably 500 rounds through it zero feeding issues yes I do claim the rifle after the range depends might be the next day but they Chloe I always clean them and if they’re sitting clean them because the oil attracts dust and shit like that so do you want to keep a little oil on them in storage but too much oil I’ll be coming out every orifice within the first mag Oso so if you don’t do that I’m saying bring a rag but make sure you’re proficient with the firearm know the gun don’t get high and trigger you know because someone else has one you know my set up works for me I am going to get a unity mount for height just cause I have a neck surgery last year that was a level three that was really bad so it just keeps me more comfortable better postural position in the more comfortable you are shooting better you’re gonna shoot and always swing set up and make sure your length of pulls correct and trigger control breathing fundamentals it comes down to you don’t have to put 3500 into your first AR biggest thing is light optic as he said and I also go with back up irons hallways I want it fixed since mine doesn’t have the best battery life even though it’s pretty good for a holographic I use it a lot and I don’t have to change the first one battery for over a year but if you need to do it like learn the system understand it and you’ll hear names like radiant they make great charging handles and safeties and then you hear companies like geisssele they’ve always had some of the best triggers and now are starting to make full rifles but they make awesome rails that you could put on your gun and said I have a heavy all right ass too I have a MK four from them yeah it’s expensive but it’s DDC type three hardcoat anodized Picatinny in the front four sections 3 6912 on the front two sections and unlocks lots of sides and upper 45s back and then the dilation on the bottom 45s and it’s a decent size rail it’s probably as wide as the ris2? but a lot later everything is amok these days unless you want to go clone but I like making my own configurations and tearing them to where I’m like proud of myself for the adult toy I built they say adult Legos to first build make sure you have a lower parts kit and extra detention springs and wear glasses also if you’re looking for a really good square forged type three haircut anodized uppers and lower receiver sets to build out and decently priced crane spec book carriers that are call mind and Roma and Gaskey ACI Ando Corp. industries you can get a receiver set for like 100 bucks and they primarily do Colt style or what used to be called because they started their company off the market 18 and made it now I’m like versions of it and things like that but they’re out of Florida Lbando Corp. industries there extremely quick delivery line was like a day and a half to the Ffl but if you’re looking for a quality low profile receiver sets that are standard quality most back in type three hard code anodized that they do they buy their stuff from cream if you know who the crane is everything there is not everything is Greensburg but they also have fillet they also have all that kind of stuff but yeah have crane division that built the original MK 18 which do you want to build a clone you probably want to crane type shit just saying
And if you’re on a budget the barrels are decent but cheap to as I said you can pull the quality upper for 300 for a good rail and 100 for a nice flash rider in a decent barrel nitrated and a $60 upper it depends if you’re going to build or not if you’re gonna build or buy if you know how to build or if you’re to first build if you’ve already bought and you understand it not hard especially geissele rails expect mk16 urg * extremely quick I was able to switch The barrel after take it off the rail put the new one on after crank it off the barrel not put the barrel in the back on put a little bit of grease slid right in there cranked it down season did again Titus give me and clock the sheriff fire at neutral that’s how I suggest if you choose that device good news you don’t go left or right hand it it’s not that hard of a recoiling rifle unless you say you’re shooting an A.R. 10 but even then you want to keep it neutral because of bipod issues you could have just gotten in trouble with a shame sad if the riot find the right shin set up for it to be new show on that type of barrel thread pitch what goes into it basically and you get longer responses when you voice text like this I look like an idiot SMH
You wrote a Short Novel buddy 😅
My 10.5 inch ARP is from rock river arms. Has a zero trigger flat. 3lbs., si oppressor., magpul sling, magpul 10 round mags., surefire taclight, magpul gen 2 flip up sights., Romeo 5 red dot., magpul handstop, prevail reaper z gun skin., devil dog hard charger,...