r/canadaguns • u/Ustauk • Aug 07 '26

Fix my gun Makasi serialized part?

On the Brigade Arms Makasi, what is the serialized part? If it is the lower, could someone buy the upper, handguard, BCG, and other proprietary parts from BA and take barrel and bolt from a donor rifle? I know you would either need the same position/length of the gas port, or you would have to plug the existing port ala a Renegade and drill a new port. I was thinking this way people can make their own upper for 300 Blackout, 7.62x39 mm, Grendel, 6 mm ARC, etc without having to wait on Brigade Arms. Thanks!

Edit: Thanks to Acceptable_Visit_115 down-thread for confirming the lower is the serialized part.

I emailed Chris at Third Echelon in Edmonton a while back. He used to make mid-length pistons for the WK180-C. If someone has a Makasi in Edmonton, he can measure the piston for comparison to see if his leftover stock of pistons will work with the rifle. You can email him at [c@thirdechelon.ca](mailto:c@thirdechelon.ca) . Someone like Neuman Metalworks may also have the wherewithal to make different lengths of piston, if there is demand. Time will tell.

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u/Ustauk Aug 07 '26

I wonder if instead of getting a rifle or mid length piston for the Makasi or sealing the port and drilling a carbine length port you could create a Perun X16 style alternative gas block positioned at the carbine length position that instead of taking gas directly from the port would tap the piston from a gas tube cut to length to tap the rifle or mid length port and interface with the gas block? Probably easier to just have someone make the correct length of piston, but having the gas block at the carbine length spot would keep weight of the piston closer the centre of balance of the rifle.