r/canadaguns • u/Dill_Pickle_Tears • May 30 '26

Misc New Semi-Auto’s: Customizability

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With the release of the Backland Hunter Elite, MK-15, and Carmel, I wanted to talk parts.

I haven’t pre-ordered but decided the Makasi will be my next buy, dropping the M1 Garand to second place in my buy queue. I’ve been watching reviews and a currently planning a build. While the Makasi is NOT AT ALL LIKE THE AR-15 IN FORM OR FUNCTION, I wanted to see if anyone more savvy than I can comment on the handguard compatibility and overall potential parts market for new semi-autos hitting stores?

I’ve seen reviews comparing aspects of thethe handguard hardware to geissele offerings and there’s a photo from a SIG forum where an American swapped the handguard on the pistol variant of the Makasi (makes me interested in the restricted models IRG is importing). How difficult would this sort of swap be?

What about the BH or Carmel? Hoping we continue to get new and fun firearms that we can actually use spare parts on or upgrade.

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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 May 30 '26

 I know he's a very fair and helpful guy.

I don't think there is a need to defend the guy. His parts are breaking left and right; he really shouldn't continue to sell defective goods to the community when it's been happening for years. Tommy should sell his designs to a competent fabricator.

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u/Plasma_48 May 30 '26

I believe the problem is the technology/resin he is using. Resin printing can be pretty fickle, especially large and functional parts. If he printed them with a filament printer, they would probably be a lot tougher, but they wouldn’t feel as premium.

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u/Q-Ball7 In the end, it's taxes all the way down May 31 '26

Counterpoint: I think his designs are perfect for the kind of gun owner who buys things just because they look cool on the Internet and then never actually go out and shoot them beyond a couple boxes of ammunition here and there.

There's clearly a market niche for that; Kodiak fulfilled that very well with their shitty AR-180Bs (that would inevitably break, but for the 90% of people who don't shoot enough to notice, that was fine), and to that end so does Tommybuilt.