Delta force SGM Daryl Holland with his custom built “recce” M4 carbine. A free float tube from a SR-25 was fitted Along with a longer barrel and KAC Suppressor. The optic was Referred too as the “microdot” which was a early 1.5-4x scope made in japan. A Unique unit made solution from the 1990s
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Background-East210@reddit
The microdot is a very cool scope!
abundanceofb@reddit
Delta Force can do just about whatever they want with weapons can’t they?
atomiccheesegod@reddit (OP)
Yes, the budget of JSOC is classified but some think it’s even more than the entire USMC.
four204eva2@reddit
Didn't st6 shoot the entire marine corp budget worth of ammo just for training? I can only imagine jsocs budget
hoagiebreath@reddit
Delta are the real pros.
that7deezguy@reddit
Bonus points if they looks like woody harrelson
(Jokes aside: incredible design!)
MP4_4DailyDriver@reddit
Now I can't unsee it...
MWolverine1@reddit
Pretty much
PassivelyInvisible@reddit
Combined with guys who know exactly what they want and what they are willing to deal with.
Chumlee1917@reddit
He looks like Woody Harrelson's cousin
TheStig500@reddit
Per Larry Vickers:"Also the scope in this pic is a Microdot – a Japanese 1.25 x 4 [SIC - no such magnification range exists] off the shelf commercial grade scope that had a red dot in addition to a reticle. This was a stop gap optic after the need arose in Mogadishu Somalia for better target ID vs a red dot sight in the street fighting of that battle. Eventually Leupold offered an optic ( the CQT) at Deltas request to fill this need. It didn’t really answer the mail for Delta so I approached Schmidt & Bender on the Units behalf to build a more suitable optic. This is how the S&B Short Dot was born."
Material-Job-1928@reddit
I know we are here to talk about historical firearms, but is that Woody Harrelson?
DeoInvicto@reddit
Holy crap, i thought LPVO's were some state of the art optics. Why didnt they catch on earlier?
HourlyB@reddit
More than likely price and the fact that they've only been ruggedized fairly recently. The Elcan Spectre was only adopted by SOF via SOPMOD (Rangers, Green Berets, Raiders and SEALs) in 2006.
Also the military can justify keeping ACOGs by training to use the Bindon Aiming Concept (technically incorrectly) to do the "superimpose the illuminated reticle on your target" thing, and it will work for most people, plus the PEQ-15 is standard equipment and greatly helps with CQB. Also for most infantry things, the ACOG is a great scope.
ld987@reddit
And here I thought the SEAL's invented the recce rifle. Guess they were just louder about it.
RachelSnow812@reddit
Neither group "invented" the concept. They borrowed from the Australian SAS who had been doing it decades prior. It was a unique solution to the difficulties of jungle warfighting.
https://laststandonzombieisland.com/2024/09/10/battle-rifle-rece/
Even the name recce rifle is borrowed.
ld987@reddit
True same name, but different concepts IMO. The Bitch was a short range contact breaker, whereas the Delta/SEAL use of the term refers broadly to a rifle length free float upper on an M4 style lower, usually with a telescopic sight. This concept later bastardised into the MK12 SPR.
Both designed around the needs of a reconnaissance element, but The Bitch is suited, as you say, to the jungle while the M4 based recce rifle is suited to the longer engagement ranges of the desert or mountains.
RachelSnow812@reddit
The Beast is just the most cited example of the ASAS playing with concept of something between a carbine and a rifle purely because of the sheer coolness of its name and purpose. There were other examples of them doing this for different mission purposes, including the ones you described.
When the US military got around to playing with the concept, they did so in the context of their own mission needs.
ld987@reddit
True. I've seen some wild photos of SASR kit. Including a FAL jury rigged to accept an XM-148. Supposedly the Australian regulars also discovered that an American plastic ration spoon could be cut and shaped into a drop in auto sear for the SLR.
Pirat_fred@reddit
Feels like this happens pretty regular.....
dragon_sack@reddit
As the BNL said, "It's all been done before."
thor561@reddit
Did someone watch InferiorRifles' latest video? lol
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