Just some pics of my 'poor mans' Mk 11 Mod 0 replica. It has an LMT lower and a KAC upper. Scope is a MIL-SPEC marked NF 3.5-15x. Project started w/ a salty original Mk 11 case that I bought five years ago. I think it was in a batch from a gov't auction.
Yep, I bought this case in October 2019, and decided that one day I should try to fill it with an AR-10 type of rifle...
...so I purchased a stripped LMT lower and then started a long journey...
...Five years later, now the rifle just needs the discontinued ‘Big knob’ KAC rear sight. (A buddy found one that he is going to send me with some other items this month). Unfortunately I didn't buy a KAC suppressor for it back in 2019-2020 for $1700 - before they were discontinued. That was a mistake.
The AN/PEQ-2A is dated Feb 2007, so its sort-of period correct as well.
For those who noticed the inventory stickers on bottom right side of the case. The original sticker for the Leupold 3.5-10x40mm scope was removed and handwritten in white ink pen is "SCOPE Q04328." That serial number correlates with a 2005-06 era Nightforce 3.5-15x militay scope. SOCOM awarded NightForce its first contract in July 2005, and some Mk 11 Mod 0s got these updated NF scopes in the 2005-6 era. The MIL-SPEC NF 3.5-15x scope seen here is a "P" prefix and from that same era. Just a random detail re the old case and the scope that I used. (This was not planned, as I didn't realize this coincidence until I called Nightforce, and asked them about the two serial numbers and prefixes).
Got lucky with this period correct NF “MIL-SPEC” 3.5-15x50mm scope, and in mid-2024 finally found a set of the hard to find KAC rings.
I shot it last weekend at a Quantico Shooting Club event for the first time. I cleaned the target at 300 yards with a 150-7x score with Federal 175 Gold Medal Match ammo. No complaints from me, except for the high cost of finally putting this replica Mk 11 Mod 0 together. Happy Friday.
Yep, I bought this case in October 2019, and decided that one day I should try to fill it with an AR-10 type of rifle...
...so I purchased a stripped LMT lower and then started a long journey...
...Five years later, now the rifle just needs the discontinued ‘Big knob’ KAC rear sight. (A buddy found one that he is going to send me with some other items this month). Unfortunately I didn't buy a KAC suppressor for it back in 2019-2020 for $1700 - before they were discontinued. That was a mistake.
The AN/PEQ-2A is dated Feb 2007, so its sort-of period correct as well.
For those who noticed the inventory stickers on bottom right side of the case. The original sticker for the Leupold 3.5-10x40mm scope was removed and handwritten in white ink pen is "SCOPE Q04328." That serial number correlates with a 2005-06 era Nightforce 3.5-15x militay scope. SOCOM awarded NightForce its first contract in July 2005, and some Mk 11 Mod 0s got these updated NF scopes in the 2005-6 era. The MIL-SPEC NF 3.5-15x scope seen here is a "P" prefix and from that same era. Just a random detail re the old case and the scope that I used. (This was not planned, as I didn't realize this coincidence until I called Nightforce, and asked them about the two serial numbers and prefixes).
Got lucky with this period correct NF “MIL-SPEC” 3.5-15x50mm scope, and in mid-2024 finally found a set of the hard to find KAC rings.
I shot it last weekend at a Quantico Shooting Club event for the first time. I cleaned the target at 300 yards with a 150-7x score with Federal 175 Gold Medal Match ammo. No complaints from me, except for the high cost of finally putting this replica Mk 11 Mod 0 together. Happy Friday.
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