Quick Tip: What Is a RECCE Rifle?
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2023
- In a recent Quick Tip episode, Brownells Gun Tech™ Caleb walked us through installing the Reptilia RECC-E™ Stock for AR-15 (link below). Today, he answers a more fundamental question: What is a RECCE rifle? You might think it's an acronym for something, but actually it's just short for "reconnaissance". The British military originally came up with "recce". Americans usually say "recon." The U.S. Navy SEALs started developing the recce rifle concept as the global war on terror heated up in the early 2000s, and this type of rifle is being used right now in the Ukraine conflict.
There are no strict, formal standards for what constitutes a recce rifle. It's a rifle designed for mid- to long-range shooting, but it is still capable of addressing close-range targets, too. Typically it's an AR chambered in 5.56 NATO or .308 Winchester (7.62 NATO) that is lightweight, so you can tote it around all day without your arm falling off.
Caleb shows us one of his AR-15s that embodies the recce rifle concept. It has a lightweight Daniel Defense M-LOK® handguard balanced by the light Reptilia RECC-E retractable stock in back. There's a Brownells MPO 1-8x24mm scope on top, supplemented by a Leupold DeltaPoint Pro reflex sight for addressing close-range targets. Caleb has a highly effective flash hider on the muzzle, and sound suppressors are common on recce rifles. Camo-pattern finishes are common, too. Doesn't have to be anything fancy. A very good camo finish can be "rattle canned" with Brownells Aluma-Hyde® II.
So a good recce rifle is mainly defined by being (1) lightweight, (2) optimized for medium- to long-range targets, and (3) set up in a configuration that's most comfortable for YOU to carry and shoot. - Спорт
Check out the RECCE stock install video- ua-cam.com/video/sKu3xra-YwY/v-deo.html
Is it like a DMR?
@@jjtoxik Recce is British/European slang for Reconnaissance. Recon is US English slang for the same. The Europeans have a better Reconnaissance community with lessons-learned over the past 2200 years, passed-down throughout that time.
The professional soldiering culture in Western Europe embraces these skills for life, whereas in the US, an instructor will only temporarily be assigned for 2 years, then move onto some other often-unrelated duty position as part of a weird career track that emphasizes variety instead of specialty.
Rifles are like shoes. You need one for every occasion. 😂
I love how Caleb rips on something, then immediately apologizes for ripping on something. 😆
Your a peein
Perfect for my daily reconnaissance of the squirrels at the bird feeder.
I ran across a well researched article on the US origins of the Recce rifle concept first floated by the Navy SEALs. If I recall it started with them slapping LPVOs on M4s and replacing the barrels with precision 16" barrels all done within the SEAL teams armories. They had a carbine length adjustable stock weapon that was light and had longer range capability with the LPVO. The MK12 was the military development group's end result with a fixed M16A1 stock and 18" precision Douglass barrel but the SEALs in particular replaced the fixed M16A1 stock with an adjustable one and upgraded the triggers. Many still preferred the 16" length vs. the 18" on the MK12 (and saw no perceptible performance difference) as the SEALs sported suppressors usually. Basically a Recce rifle is a 'performance enhanced' weapon based on the standard issue infantry rifle. Altering calibers or features reclassifies it to more of a specialty role.
Recce carbines were called that because of Recce Troop/Sniper Team Operators in Army JSOC who had Unit armorers free-float and install more accurate 14.5" barrels in their Colt 723s.
This was in the early 1990s pre-Mogadishu while the XM4 was still in development.
There were competing approaches between different Sniper/Recce Teams in The Unit, where some had 12" OD Green fiberglass handguards with front sight pocket cuts and threaded sockets for rails.
Others used Bushmaster V-Match knurled aluminum 12" free-float handguards.
They used reflex slip-over suppressors that covered the barrel fore-end, with the free-float tube sleeved over that like an MP5SD.
Small rail sections were bolted on where needed for the PAQ-4C, Modified A2 grip VFGs with red button activation for the Surefire and PAQ-4 with minimalist wiring.
I saw some with Harris bipods attached as well if they were doing dismounted sniper support.
The Abu Dabi/C7 uppers had rails installed in the carry handle slot, where Aimpoints or older LPVOs were mounted.
Some Teams installed the CAR-15 cheek piece to their Fiberlite stocks to give them comfortable cheek-to-stock weld in-line with the optic, and zip-tied sharktooth rubber butt pads onto the stock.
The Lone Star Ordnance enlarged pistol grip was common, as were Redi-Mags. Triggers were tuned or replaced with match triggers.
Bowflage was liberally applied over the whole carbine, which was a very matte-textured surface, better than Krylon, but Bowflage wears off easily.
During joint operations with Navy JSOC guys from Dam Neck, the Navy folks saw these Recce carbines, and their Recce troops went to their armorers and had them build various configurations with knurled aluminum free float tubes and Lilja barrels.
Army SF, Ranger Regiment, and SEAL Snipers saw the Unit and Dam Neck Recce carbines, and wanted a similar capability. Thus was born the SPR program with Crane, which created a much heavier, longer system with an 18" barrel and old M16A1 lowers.
In The Unit, they got the KAC MRE 12" Quad Rail handguard and Schmidt & Bender Short Dot LPVOs on their M4A1s to supercede the older 723 modified Recce carbines.
The MRE solved the problem of frequent barrel changes with the 12" free-float tubes with FSB pocket cuts, which are tricky to install and uninstall.
With the original float tubes, you need holes drilled in the handguards to be able to punch the taper pins in and out for the FSB.
Then you have to thread/ unthread the handguard nut while moving the handguard rearward or forward with the FSB in the pocket cut.
Some guys just had a forward slot cut on the float tube so the FSB could slide on or off without the handguard.
The KAC MRE solved this with the front removable piece, allowing ease of FSB removal while still having a 12" handguard.
For the SPR program, they dealt with this by going with the PRI flip-up front sight/gas block at RLGS in front of the float tube, but that's a departure from The Unit 14.5" carbine that is still maneuverable in helos, vehicles, and in CQB.
99% of what I've seen mentioned about Recce Carbines is inaccurate, not well-understood, and is missing the critical history of their true origins. LAV has a good article about it.
@@LRRPFco52 Okay then - thanks! I'm not an armorer but it still seems to come down to free floated precision barrels and varieties of stock and optic enhancements on M16 variants - more importantly the shooters who wield them. I too have read a variety of 'stories' on the origins of Recce rifles and not being SF or JSOC associated it is difficult to know.
@@paul7754 Original configurations really were pivotal around an accurate 14.5" barrel that could still take the high volume shoot schedule, suppressed, optics equipped for either rotary wing Sniper support, or dismounted Sniper support and Advanced Target Recce, with Night & Day capability and good user interface for the LAM and WL.
The barrel would often have a reflex suppressor sleeved over it, with the gas port set up to run reliably with the high volume can.
Original carbines had carry handle uppers, then shaved uppers with rails drilled and tapped to form flat tops, PAQ-4C mounted to the float tube, before M4 came along as a standard.
Fast-forward through all the M4A1 and KAC variations with full-length float tubes during GWOT, to 11" Hk416A5 suppressed with Geissele handguards, Vortex Razor HD 1-6x or 1-10x, Geissele triggers, latest LAMs, smaller, more powerful WLs, Mk.262 77gr.
Each Operator has multiple weapons to choose from with different barrel lengths, and even calibers for their Recce Sniper Support carbines.
For Dam Neck, some just went with a straight 12" knurled aluminum float tube, shaved FSB, sleeved AEM5, Leupold or ACOG, Wilcox LAM taken from the Mk.23s, right as the M4A1s were getting issued, so there was overlap.
One critical component is the LAM.
Pre-M4 was PAQ-4C.
Early M4A1 era still used PAQ-4C from 1994-2001.
Then came PEQ-2 in the late 1990s, followed by PEQ-2A.
PEQ-15 came later, along with Clip-On Thermals.
To be a true Sniper/Recce system, it needs OTN (Own The Night) systems for use in conjunction with NODs or TWS (Thermal) in front of the Day Optic.
For advanced TGT Recce/Surveillance, it's good to have a QD bipod option.
The overall carbine needs to be handy and maneuverable in the house as well for clearing ahead of the designated hitter who might be carrying an SR-25, Barrett, LMG, or other heavier weapons.
@@LRRPFco52 Interesting that 14.5 inch barrels were being used by SF before the M4 was in production. Sounds like they were creating their own M4 prototypes with more versatile capabilities. Now I'm curious about the origin of the 14.5" barrel length.
Yeah, the SEAL snipers were getting their armorers to build it for them in the early 1990’s. Start with an M4, add a 16” stainless barrel, two stage trigger and optic of your choice all coming in at less than ten pounds firing a 77 grain projectile making it a 600 yard gun.
Listening to you talk is like watching Paul Harrel's origin story. You two should do a 5 hour video collab.
Oh get a room would ya?
😂😂😂
Lmao you’re so mean.
Just 5 hours?
Paul is way more down to Earth and apolitical. Brownells isn't that but does a decent job at not parotting until recently
While it may only have been used to describe a type of rifle since the GWOT, the term RECCE dates back to at least the 60s. It was used in reference to the recon units of the Rhodesian army during the Bush Wars. The term itself may be older than that. Possibly WWII.
Dunno if it's from WW2, but I've seen many British WW2 Spec Op movies from the 50s use the term "do a recce" of an area.
I learned about Rhodesia from Blood Diamond.
Recce is indeed a term used by the Brits dating way back. SFOD-D was modeled after the SAS in its organizational structure, so within each Troop is a Recce Section who specialize in Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Sniping, while the other Teams are Assaulters.
The Recce Troop guys naturally sought to have their carbines accurized and different optics mounted, with free-floated barrels. This was pre-M4A1 adoption when they still had Colt 723 carbines.
Those accurized free-float tube carbines were called "Recce Troop" blasters just because of who was using them and what they were for, basically light DMR carbines that filled the Sniper Support role in Recce Troop.
SEALs in DEV saw them during joint ops, then went to their armorers and asked them to do the same thing with their 727s.
It's absolutely much older than that. Pre-WWI
@@sluttybutt early cavemen were rumored to have recce spears.
Always enjoy these 5-6 minute videos.
For the purists out there, the original Recce barrel is the Lilja M4 .223 8T, which was fielded by the US Navy SEALS for awhile before the Mk12 was developed.
Original Recce carbines were in Army JSOC among the Sniper/Recce Teams, who were guys who had SOTIC and Unit Sniper program backgrounds, primarily tasked with providing support for Assaulters.
They first started showing up in the early 1990s built off Unit 723 carbines with free-float tubes, FSB pocket cuts, little rail sections attached for your PAQ-4C, Surefire, VFG, bipod, etc.
They used earlier Aimpoints or Leupold 1.1-4x LPVOs.
Dam Neck guys saw this, then had their armorers build them Recce carbines off their Colt 727s.
SOCOM guys saw some of this and then conceived the SPR program.
Unit armorers tried match-grade stainless barrels, but barrel life was nowhere near chromoly pipes, so they used hand-selected CMV pipes that would shoot well, ran 68gr, 69gr, and a ton of M855 through them.
Barrels are constantly replaced in JSOC due to the shoot schedule.
@@LRRPFco52 'Shoot schedule'. 👍
@@LRRPFco52, not being from the US, I'm not totally familiar with all of the acronyms, but I suspect strongly that your explanation of the origin of the recce rifle is more correct than others I have heard or read about.
The reason I say this is that I know that Delta Force was based on the SAS, as "Charging Charlie" was on exchange there for a while and built Delta along the same lines/principles.
It is only logical to assume that Charlie brought back with him many of the terms and slang that he had heard whilst in Hereford, and those terms became embedded within Delta. Recce (pronounced wreck-ee) is a common term in the UK military, and whilst it is possible that the SEAL community picked this term up whilst cross training with the SBS, the link between SEALs and SBS is much less well established than the historical link between Delta and SAS.
Just for background info, I was the scout in a light infantry recce platoon, so it always gladdens my heart when I see the term recce being used in American English.
@@neilb1619 Yes. Delta and SAS have always done exchanges and joint training as well since 1977. The senior NCOs who were hand-selected to build The Unit spent a lot of time with SAS, GSG-9, and other NATO Counter-Terrorist Units.
In the former LRSU (Long Range Surveillance Unit) community, we sent teams to ILRRPS in Germany for training in various small unit skills. ILRRPS cadre were all highly-experienced Recce guys from UK Army and SAS, Belgians, Danes, Germans, Italian Alpine Rangers, Dutch Recce Troops, Greek SF, etc. We absorbed much of the European NATO Recce culture because those instructors actually knew their craft and dedicated their lives to it, whereas most US Army schools are finger drills with boxes checked. The difference in instructor quality/professionalism is night and day.
LRS guys had the highest success rate in getting through Delta Selection, and those types gravitated into Recce/Sniper sections since they already were immersed in that skill set. Same with the Regimental Recon Detachment from 75th Rangers, which was basically a LRSD for the Regiment who trained with Delta frequently.
People pick up the terminology and vocabulary of those who are successful, and ignore the lip service/non-performers.
Since SBS was and is so quiet about their existence and has historically been the SOF element for Royal Marines, SEALs didn't interact with them much at all. SEALs don't like being out-classed by guys who come from a very solid Infantry background, since they have none in their pipeline aside from a few prior-service types.
Royal Marines, Paras, and US Ranger Regiment have very similar cultures. They're very fast-paced, relentless, with professional NCOs running everything, focused on nothing but tough, realistic training.
I've spent some time either training with or deployed with most of the units I've mentioned. The cultures are quite different between some, and eerily-familiar between others.
I love that you only heard of this word within the past few years. As someone born in England, we used this as kids 50 years ago.
Thumbs up for dropping Garand Thumb's channel in on this video. 👍
no rhodiebros for me, thanks.
Thank you for posting
Great vid!! Thanks!!
The FDE charging handle makes it a rec rifle. 😂
Amazing! I worked with SEALs 40+ years ago. When I got out and bought my AR, I set it up just like this, only because it’s so practical. Didn’t know it had a name
Every .223 Wylde rifle I have is setup this way also. 14.5” and 16” barrel rifles with 1-6x LPVO’s. They are excellent from 5-500 yards, and lightweight.
So you were in the navy. How did you work with seals? Bouncing balls off their heads.
Thanks, Caleb!!!
That trigger works beautifully!
I've known this term to be used the last 50 years in my home country of South Africa. From Wiki: The South African Special Forces Brigade, colloquially known as the Recces, is South Africa's principal special operations unit, specialising in various types of operations, including counter-insurgency, long-range-reconnaissance, unconventional-warfare, special operations, hostage-rescue, and direct-action operations.
Ooo, that stock is sweet 😎
My burnt bronze BCM Recce 16 is for sure my go to rifle. It's super light and shoots better than I can.
Shout out to the Flannel Daddy GT. Two thumbs up.
The original Crane guns had 18”Douglas Barrels.
I like how you keep saying that there isn’t a strict list of features it has to have. Scout guys heads are exploding across the internet. 😂
Personally I hunt dense swamps exclusively. You go from 20 to 30 yard shots to 150 yard and then back to 20 yards over and over. And once you get up the tree it's mostly 100 to 120 yard max shots. It's incredibly challenging. I ended up building a 16inch with a sig red dot on the side and and a Steiner combat sight in 5X. With a little practice going from 5 to 200 yards is literally a flick of the wrist. Has am ELF race trigger so I get a single stage 3.5 pound trigger. It's both fast and precise. Also keep a surefire 2000 lumen weapon light on it. Then coated the rifle on OD green Gun Kote. It's perfect for my particular style of hunting. And it makes one heck of a looter shooter if needed.
I think you might revisit where you think the term RECCE came from. US Marine Corps RECON, Force RECON, Marine Corps MARSOC, British Royal Marines, Israeli Special Ops teams, US Army Rangers, US Green Berets, US Delta Force, US Air Force PJs, and US Navy Seals have all initiated the use of light reconnaissance rifles associated with that term. This is not a Navy Seals special.
Sounds like a modern scout rifle concept without the religeous adherence.
Hair is looking good as always. And another fine video.
Never forget that some of those vietnam LRRP guys were doing recce with submachine guns.
LRRPs primarily used M16A1s and XM177E2 s in Vietnam. The first Army LRPs in West Germany had M14s.
You must be their biggest supporter. You even use it in your name.
@@HWG-wm8ld I was a Recon guy in F Co 52nd Infantry, Long Range Surveillance.
RECCE is an old British slang for reconoccense.
Basically, a general purpose, highly accurized carbine, capable of operating from close quarters to 800 yards out, with magnified optics (to a degree), and can be compartmentalize as needed.
I thought recce was just a short endearing term for reconnoitering.
I wish you had made this video several years ago. For months and months I kept hearing “recce rifle” “recce rifle setup” etc etc etc. Finally I called my son and asked, “Please tell me what a recce rifle is. What I see is an AR with a scope. I thought recce is something you do.” He says, “It’s the civilian version of the SEALs M4 sniper.” Really? That’s it? Seriously? Why didn’t they just say so? Guess we just have to give it a cool sounding name!
So a rifle that's compact enough but can still reach out to a distance with either a red. And a magnifier or an LPVO.
Still waiting on BRN-4 lowers so I can build my 416SPR….. I’m anxious man 😂
Thank you. I kept hearing the term but I didn’t have a clue what it meant.
There was a guy named Ricky during deployment in the "Stan" most army guys with their chaw couldn't say Ricky and sounded like Recce. He had a regular rifle and pushed it out to 275m
Within JSOC Squadrons, there are subdivisions of different taskings. The main breakdown is between Assaulters and Snipers.
Snipers are primarily tasked with Sniper Support, which includes Reconnaissance.
Since The Unit is modeled after the British SAS, Snipers call Recon "Recce".
Recce carbines were developed specifically for Unit Snipers so they could have accurized, free-floated little carbines with the same footprint as their 723 carbines.
This was all between 1990-1993 before the M4A1 was fielded.
Lmao
Recce originated with the RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit in 1940 . A bit of a mouthful over the airwafes and being lazy became Photo Reccon then just ' Recce ' and was the quickly adopted by others during WW2 , notably the Royal Marine Commandos . Recce Troops are highly trained and specialised units within their parent Commando and will have mountain , Arctic , jungle and sniper skills within the troops and all Recce troops are parachute trained . In recent decades working alongside US forces seems like it has taken a while to be picked up by your chaps .
Thanks
4 minutes of disclaimers and backtracking in a 5 minute video. 😄 Still enjoyed the video. Thanks for all of the great content!
Bonsoir, 504 here nice set-up.
A recce rifle is sort of like a reserve parachute for the times you fail route selection or hide construction.
My 1st rifle also. Still have it. I was 7 or 8. 65 now.
RECCE BABY!
I was wondering where the offset red dot was and I remembered you're left handed.
A reconnaissance mission is a clandestine intelligence gathering mission. If compromised, breaking contact is preferred to engagements. Mid to long range engagements are the least likely firefights a reconnaissance patrol will participate in. Travel light to travel fast and avoid contact. Scopes are unnecessary. Binoculars and spotting scopes are much more mission essential.
So would my DD4 RIII with a vortex razor 1-6x be a good Recce?
I swear, if I hear recce and "reach out to touch something" my heads gonna explode
Rally racing teams do α recce or slow drive through the stage to take notes too.
Woah 😳
I think they use the term recce in the offroad racing world as well as they run the course first just to make note of obstacles. They don't run the actual race cars so they have "recce" vehicles.
That's also where the term "Prerunner" was used, which Toyota used on their 2WD production trucks that otherwise sported all 4WD features. I don't see it used much anymore...perhaps Toyota owners got tired of being asked what it meant, and not knowing or caring.
@@koomo801 Yeah, I think the term "Pre-running" is used more in desert racing and "Recce" is used more in rally.
Ain't no rifle like a Recce rifle, because a Recce rifle don't stop!
ESPECIALLY if it's firing 77gr ammo.
"No matter what you do to it, it is still a poodle shooter!" The late Col. Jeff Cooper.
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I have recce everything. Recce rifle, wallet, keys, sunglasses, toilet, backpack etc.
How about covering a Recce reticle scope? I’ve seen them on some Swampfox offerings for example.
I always thought it was a rifle that was chocolate on the outside with peanut butter inside the receiver.
Sounds like a new version of the scout rifle
Used a Colt M4 to build my Reece Rifle
Started with Noveske Recon N4 16” barrel.
G SSA-E trigger
Super 42 H2 Buffer and Spring
G MK 14 Rail
Surefire SOCOM 4 prong flash hider
Knight 600M Rear and Knight folding front sight
Vltor SOPMOD stock and buffer tube
Mid Length Gas pinned Noveske Low profile gas block
Scope mount American Defense Recon QD
Scope Primary Arms Raptor 1x5 power
Leupold Delta Pro on American Defense QD with Yankee Hill 45deg
Bolt Sharps with Titanium firing pin
BCM 5 coil extractor with black insert
PSA Roller Cam kit installed
NB full auto carrier Colt
Raptor charging handle
G Maritime carrier release
Ambitious safety
Hogue grip
Mag Pul EMOD covers on rail
Surefire SOCOM can coming !
A sling is something a rifle should have
The term RECCE was brought into the mainstream by the formation and establishment of the South African Defense Forces special forces/special operations/counter insurgency Reconnaissance Commando Brigade on October 1st 1972. Widely toted as being one of the premier special forces/special operations/counter insurgency units in the world.
Crazy how their top-notch fighting force got wrekt by a bunch of ragtag fighters then. If the nation I fought for was renamed and had an entirely different government following the fight I was involved in, I would be embarrassed, not bragging.
@@JJ_SDWR .... They were never "wrecked" by a bunch of ragtag fighters. In fact all of their missions were astounding operational successes, when they were part of the S.A.D.F. and not the impetent S.A.N.D.F. ... The Reconnaissance Commandos of today are nowhere near as effective or capable as the Reconnaissance Commandos of yesteryear. Politics is what caused their demise, not military adversaries.
Err... no. Recce has been in common and widespread use in the British military since time immemorial.
It almost certainly has gained widespread and mainstream use because of the British Empire.
The language is called ENGLISH for a reason...
Can you make an episode about AR-15 cam pin wear on upper receiver.
Some say it's normal for AR platform, others say it's an overgassing effect or bad fitting. What will you say about it? Is this something we should be worried about?
Go buy the Cam pin made by Forward Controls Design. Put your mind at ease.
@@rustyshackleford6318 I'm afraid this doesn't answer my question.
Where can I get the gun stands that brownells uses in these videos. I need a link or search term.
Brownells sponsor a video for
GRAND THUMB!!!!
Caleb! Where have you been!
The Recce term came out LOOOOOOONNNGGG before GWOT…😂😂
By at least 40 years.
Really do not understand the point of having an LPVO while also running a red dot offset…if you plan on using red dot for nvg or as your primary means of short range targeting (most likely will) they I feel it’s a far better option to choose an mpvo or something like a 2-10x or 3-18x etc this way you have a more detailed reticle as well as parallax adjustment..Im sure there are other reasons to do this but I think you get my point. Your are limiting yourself unnecessarily by using the lpvo if you are never going to use its 1x capability..if your primary up close or cqb optics are the offset dot why not level up your capabilities and be smarter about your equipment choices
With this being a RECCE rifle, obviously you don’t want to be super long (20” 22” 24”) however, you don’t want to go down to a 12.5” considering this would be set up as a “medium to long range” rifle… what would be the ideal length then? 14.5? Or is longer truly better in this case?
I have a 14.5” and 16” Recce rifles. I can’t decide which is better, but I do tend to favor the 14.5” because it’s lighter. It reaches out just as far as the 16” but is more compact, easier to maneuver and lighter especially thanks to its fluted barrel. It’s also the softest shooting rifle I own.
@@luckymanham302 Humm, thanks for the info bro! I’ll keep that in mind. Trying to get as much info as possible before I start my build into a RECCE rifle.
Ugg boot is cute
FYI: "RECCE" was the name of the the South African Special Forces unit stemming from "32 Battalion Group" aka Buffalo soldiers as the was the emblem on the berets. This term has been in use from the early seventies. Hope this helps with your historical correctness.
Have a nice day
Err... no. Recce has been in common and widespread use in the British military since time immemorial.
It almost certainly has gained widespread and mainstream use because of the British Empire.
The language is called ENGLISH for a reason...
It did not originate in the SEALs, nor during the GWOT. The term “Recce” is a British term used by the British SAS, and migrated to an Army Special Mission Unit from its founder who worked with the British SAS in the 70s, and then spread from there to the rest of the special operations community and to everywhere else.
Recce is not exclusive to the SAS. It is a common term in ALL branches of the British military.
These dudes with their expertise from watching UA-cam.
2:20 I was really expecting after "I'm not dogging on Europeans" for him to say I have to pee sometimes too
Caleb showing his Lefty swagger!
Tell us more about the RECCE in Ukraine.
What is the brand and model of the offset mounting for RDS installed. Thank you!
Arisaka
“Oy bruv have you seen moi recce roifle?”
The South African special forces Reconnaisance Command members were know as RECCES all the way from the 1970's
Yes, and reconnaissance in the British Army has been know as RECCE all the way back to the '70's as well.
The 1870's.
Just to clarify.
When given the choice between saying Recce and Recon, I always choose Recce if only so I can sound more elite, confuse normal people, and make them ask “what’s Recce,” giving me another opertinitry to mansplain.
/s
Yikes so you're one of those guys...
@@XuroX. I know the “/s” was small and hard to read…
When I first saw the name “recce” I thought it was pronounced “resse” like “resses pieces” candy. But it pronounced “recky” like Becky
Must have a sling.
We called it Recon.
What does that setup weigh?
Hey Caleb if you had the choice to run a 13.7", 13.9", or 14.5" for your Recce setup, which would you run, and why, what are the pro's & cons? Also where can I find content of ballistic differences of a 13.7" vs 14.5". I cannot seem to find any content of them. Also that Recc-e stock is wicked SiK!!!
16" no paperwork.
All three options mrshort2379 mentioned can be run legally (pin & weld). For me, 14.5 or 16” make the most sense
Those are SBR lengths and would not be as effective as an all around length since you also want to hit distance . Most RECCE lengths are 16 or 18 inches.
Run a 4" then pin and weld a 12" silencer.
@@Devin7Elevendo you really think you lose that much with a 14.5” or slightly shorter barrel as opposed to a 16”? I can shoot my 14.5” just as far and accurately as my 16”.
How light is lightweight?
Basically a SPR
At what point did we start saying "recce" instead of "recon?" I was never military so maybe this has always been a thing, but as long as I can remember we called it "recon," and then suddenly Garand Thumb started saying "recce" and now that's the only term anyone uses. Am I missing something? They are the same thing, right?
Yup....
People just wanna be cool by saying it.
RECON in short for reconnaissance. Dunno how anyone got RECCE outta it.
Recon is to avoid contact and more observation.
Caleb, when shooting this, you appear to be pulling the trigger with the middle of your finger instead of the end. Everything I’ve seen as a newbie, especially for handguns says to pull with the middle of the tip of the finger, not the center of the finger between the joints. I’m sure I am missing something or the tip of the finger is a myth? Maybe you could bust it with a video showing triggers and/or targets?
I believe that line of thought has come full circle to “do what you do best”
You forgot bipod.
Next up- scout rifle.
That stock looks like the AK12 stock
So, uh, maybe you can paint that rifle with Alumahyde II in your next video? Please? I know I keep trolling you guys with this request, but most of the videos I've seen from other content providers have been kind of "meh".
Aside from being a shorter AR15, I still don't know what a Recce rifle is.
He said it in the video. It’s a rifle that can do a little of all distance types with a variable zoom scope.
Any who.. Caleb is sweeter than a can of yams 😅
since when did recon involve shooting stuff at 600 yds? I thought recon was getting in and out unnoticed for gathering intel? I love the AR game, and make my living with one, but sometimes...
My son is Army recon- you are correct Sir. The only time recon shoots is in extremous- like you've been made and are withdrawing in swift and orderly fashion. Scoot and and shoot.
Basically a MK12.
"the comment section is insane" 😂
Neat stock. Why is the handguard so long though?
Because it doesn't need to be shorter.
French, makes sense now
Where the Hell is Steve ?
Out doing recce?