r/canadaguns • u/rastamasta45 • May 19 '26

Buy recommendations Need help! Which do I choose?

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The Makasi is 100$ cheaper and metal, iwi Carmel is polymer and from a reputable manufacturer? Decisions decisions 🤔

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u/NewWatchTime May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

They’re both ugly dawg. Mk15 would look decent with a replaced stock, grip and handguard. The iwi is ugly as hell but if I tell myself it’s a scar at home I can get over it.

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u/EnvironmentBright697 May 19 '26

Yeah I was disappointed to find out the MK15 can’t use regular AR-15 handguards. I would have swapped it out immediately if that was possible. I’m leaning towards the Carmel because it’s coming from IWI which has an excellent track record, and it has a CHF chrome lined barrel.

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u/DougMacRay617 May 19 '26

Yeah buy it for the chrome lined barrel that we really need here with our 5rn mags lmfao

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u/EnvironmentBright697 May 19 '26

Chrome lining has superior corrosion resistance, it’s not just about barrel life. Besides, even if it’s largely irrelevant, why wouldn’t I go with the objectively better option?

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u/Agile-Delay-8770 May 20 '26

I mean the Makasi features a normal barrel nut so you can really swap anything you want on there as long as it takes care of that gas block diameter which is 0.75”. The pro of that is you don’t have to deal with any proprietary barrels like the Carmel. You just have to drill a roll pin hole and that’s pretty much it. A socom profile with 0.75 around a carbine length would work well.