u/Rudukai13

So here’s another picture of ‘em 😎

I fell victim to the spell of primary and secondary mag compatibility 🤓

Does anyone know of a company that makes a charging handle/slide racker for the M&P 2.0 Competitor that installs either in the sight dovetails or replaces the optic plate cover, like the ones pictured?

NOTE: I know several companies make slide rackers that replace the backplate but that’s already taken up by the FRT backplate, so please don’t recommend one of those.

Thank you for any help!

Left to right: Dalton Wings, Flytanium Tatersong 168 of 500, Wilfred Richards Polecat Fat Cat #1 (and only), LDY Kite Beta 007 of 256

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Different ways to accomplish the same thing 😎🚬

Pic 1: GIGN’s CZ Bren 2 rifle in 7.62x39. Pic 2: GIGN’s newly adopted Beretta NARP “Praetorian” in 6.5 Grendel. Pic 3: SwissP’s specialty 6.5 Grendel ammo made for GIGN

So I’ve been wondering about this for a while. For those of you who don’t know, Ian made a video a while back on GIGN’s standard issue CZ Bren 2 rifles chambered in 7.62x39. In the video, he explains the two justifications GIGN used for picking 7.62 rifles: The first being they wanted better terminal performance than 5.56, and the second that they wanted better global ammo availability than alternatives like .300 BLK.

Fast forward a bit, and Beretta has announced that GIGN has selected their new NARP rifles as their even-newer standard issue rifles, calling the GIGN-spec’d NARP the “Praetorian.”

Here’s where my ‘Tism begins tingling: The Praetorian rifles are chambered in 6.5 Grendel. Which seems odd to me, considering the criteria they used for selecting rifles in 7.62x39. 6.5 Grendel obviously offers greater lethality over the 5.56, so that tracks. But isn’t 6.5 Grendel even less commonly available than .300 BLK, at least globally…?

Not only that, but they’ve had SwissP develop specialized cartridges for the new 6.5 rifles that I KNOW wouldn’t be available basically anywhere outside the GIGN armory, so…What changed?

Is GIGN less concerned with ammo availability with their new rifles? I know 6.5 Grendel and 7.62x39 share basically all the same parts except for the barrel, so are their Praetorian rifles being supplied with additional barrels chambered in 7.62 in case they’re going somewhere they won’t be able to source 6.5? Are they keeping the Bren 2 7.62 rifles in their armory in case they need them?

Please help make it make sense!

And all is well 🥳