1st Look: Griffin Mk2 / Recce 5k / Holosun 507Comp / Keith Ti

[@KitBadger]

You can find links to everything here: kitbadger.com/1st-look-griffin-mk2-recce-5k-holosun-507comp-keith-ti/

[@pyeitme508]

Where can I buy ya T-shirt? Looks rad!

[@squeak350]

Same, I’ve been looking for that tee, Tony with nods is my spirit animal

[@BrothaGoodReps]

With all due respect to family bonding, “Neh, we’ll claim ignorance” is unquestionably the best part of this video. Bravo.

[@GriffinArmamentOfficial]

Appreciate the humble first look! We loved hearing your initial feedback and look forward to hearing more 🇺🇸

[@nickadkins7765]

Should've told him about the ambi bolt release lol!

[@WVMountaineer]

Nothing more satisfying and fun than shooting with your children!! It’s amazing the responsibility they develop while shooting. My 7yo loves to be out on the range!!!

[@venturetales7131]

Kit is a wonderful father, I remember when my dad thought me at 8. This so wholesome.

[@m4e1supremacy]

Came here for the mk2 1st look, stayed for the wholesome content

[@armorers_wrench]

I'm 31 and I still go to the range with my dad. We have always shared this hobby together and it definitely brought us closer together. Those kids are pretty good considering their age. You should take them to shoot sporting clays or maybe even take them deer hunting or something. That said, I'd be interested in a review of a Centurion 11.5" with the HRT heavy profile barrel. I can't find many reviews on youtube for Centurion rifles even though they're very, very well regarded.

[@roundrock63]

Your sons are so respectful but still stand up for themselves. And Jetta won.

[@justinmoore4088]

@Kit Badger Fantastic video my friend! The kiddos did awesome and it'll be cool to watch them progress.

[@jw5297]

Good on you for spending time with your boys and working with them and firearms. Just time outdoors in general

[@alexisdetocqueville9964]

It's easy to tell you are a great father. They will cherish these days for the rest of their lives.

[@NamSandwich-xz5us]

Your son getting gassed out was funnier than it should have been.

[@shannonmarcantel7993]

Good on you for teaching your sons proper firearm handling and shooting.

[@Jeremy-io4hm]

One of your best videos to date KB. You're a fantastic father. God bless you and your boys ❤

[@bizzlebeedizzle3910]

I enjoyed this one man. Out there with the posse. Excellent

[@IC2nuttz]

I love that you involve your boys in your adventures. 👍🏼

[@evangreen7562]

Great video. Good job including the next generation. They are the hope of America.

[@climbhigh3094]

Love the content , love the sons having a great dad and the suppressor.

[@schizosaint777]

Geez those kids are getting tall. It will be so weird when my own son gets old. Great content as always Ivan

[@timkc1638]

Doing what fathers should be doing more of. What a nice setup that mk2 is. I love griffins stuff personally …their cans are awesome. The mlok system has been great to me.

[@79dogface]

Always good to see the youngins learning.

[@billyharkey2862]

I love this. I spent a LOT of time at the range with my dad and this brings back all of those good memories. Subscribed.

[@mickeydapikey335]

Thanks for sharing this breath of fresh air!

[@Tokio_Tsu]

good job teaching youre sons great knife and firearm control, cant wait to have my own and so the same.

[@AlphaChimpEnergy]

Great job boys! Keep getting after it!

[@revolutionanarchy713]

Good job dad! This is awesome stuff! Parenting done great!

[@colt1033]

Hey marine Semper Fi. We seem to have been in around similar times, just wanted to drop a note. I very much respect seeing another father making his life revolve around his family and bringing them into your hobbies and interests. Well done sir. We need more men with values I’d bet you and I share and wanted to add to the comments here that it is not unnoticed. Aside from that keep killing it on the channel brother !🤙

[@charlesreeves3426]

I hope you are going to give Griffin the attention they deserve and do a fallow up video explaining all the details of the Griffin M2. Most people know that Griffin makes excellent silencers, but for some reason their guns fly under the radar. Just looking at first glance they look like any other AR platform, but a closer look reveals some attention to detail in the areas the matter. The MK1 and MK2's are excellent choices for the decerned shooter looking for a gun that is very well put together and shoots extremely well suppressed and unsuppressed. I know there are a few options out there that do as well, but with that being said, these are defiantly in the top tier of this list of options. The way these guns are gassed and tuned from the factory make them a pleasure to shoot. Also, the attention to detail when it comes to something as simple as mounting the gas block down to the design of the charging handle along with their own lower receiver extensions, QD end plate and buffer system shows the pride this company has when building a product. This attention to details also shows itself when you look at the way they designed the rail to cut down on weight, but still have the rigidity for devices that need to hold a zero. This same attention to detail carries on when you take a look at the treads of the barrel for the muzzle device along with the beautiful black nitrided finishes on the bcg and barrel. I could go on, but rather I hope you will run this gun hard and then with the collected data, put together a review this gun deserves. Thank you for your time.

[@andrewschliewe6392]

yea, the MK2 lower is pretty much the same as the ADM UIC lower fully ambi but for half the cost. But then Griffin and ADM collaborated on that Ambi Lower. Best of all, they are both in SE Wisconsin.

[@windsnowandstatic9075]

Never forget the canteen cup for mess night though.

[@CiviTac]

Great way to teach your boys important shooting fundamentals

[@C_oprator89]

Beautiful

[@Gatman0311]

Great dad Ivan 🍻

[@coal_tactical]

dope video, im really interested in the 507 comp as a rifle dot especially for steel challenge

[@petepedro350]

It’s about time someone reviewed a Griffin AR! Griffin makes a legit rifle

[@andrewschliewe6392]

Not all that impressed with their uppers but the MK2 Ambi Lower is totally legit.

[@jackl45]

Hilarious how Jatta managed to shoot around the entire low probability circle 🤣

[@dakotashireman6404]

this is what its all about

[@superdog658]

Only used canteen cups at mess nights

[@jamesw9223]

Raising em right

[@clayshooter81]

Awesome video, great family

[@Trtdude]

What kind of eye pro is that kit?

[@Godscaliber1911]

"Naeh, we'll claim ignorance" hahaha

[@nickadkins7765]

Kit you weren't using the best part of the gun! The ambi bolt release on the right side would definitely cut down on those splits instead of hitting the "typical" bolt realease with your thumb on the left side.

[@1982rrose]

Ugh, don't you hate when your kids don't have their knife? School? Ok, you have a pass this time😁

[@ccrosby1776]

Thank you.

[@timothycummins2700]

Can anyone tell me what stock that is? Been looking for a new one

[@nickadkins7765]

It's their own stock. Griffin armament ECS stock

[@timothycummins2700]

Thank you!!!!!

[@bmxdude1337]

'Should we measure?' Thata boy. #Ungovernable

[@candidob8683]

Very cool video. Just some good family fun. The only thing I would change here, is the optic. A 1x Microprism from PA would be perfect for this.... cheaper too.. PA 1x Microprism - kzbin.info0w-E3dSQDX0 1x Micro Prism by Primary Arms | Tactical Rifleman - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYqzfIKagMukmbM PrimaryArms SLx 1x MicroPrism - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWmbkJ-Bbs6grLs

[@pete5497]

No lube?? Ouch

[@TheGorillafoot]

Awesome you are teaching them. I grew shooting as well. Started with a Red Rider and went from there. Wish more parents would do this with their children. I see so many they go out of their way to keep them away from guns. A terrible idea. Biden recently signed a bill that cuts funding to schools with hunter and archery programs.

[@pyeitme508]

RAD!

[@kkduncanson]

#BestDadAward

[@mikebillman8089]

Adjusting the stock shorter would have helped the younger son quite a bit.

[@jeffreyallen3461]

You do know that Titanium burns ....

[@TellyTubby-ht5xs]

Can seemed rather gassy with a lot of blowback to the shooter, especially when your son was coughing. Was that the case?

[@wood-wheel-wizard]

They standing next to the ejection port, they will learn to stand opposite side of ejection ports if possible. Awesome video.

[@goawaybaizuo]

The griffin cans are exceptionally low backpressure. They aren't full flow through (well their Dual-loks are), but they are no where near as gassy as others. They also perform phenomenally in the sound and flash department. This can is many orders of magnitude quieter to the shooter and bystanders than the flow556k

[@TellyTubby-ht5xs]

Have you shot both to compare? And how are you measuring them to be “low back pressure”? And the term flow-through can only be applied to Huxwrx cans as that is their patented technology. Griffin can’t apply the term flow-through to their products and it’s not accurate to describe them as such.

[@Faustian_Spirit]

@@TellyTubby-ht5xs Well, that's why it's not called flow through. However, some of their cans, like the Dual-lok have front slits to expel gas out of the front of the suppressor. They patented their ecoflow system. I have 7 of the most recent GA cans, along the both flow Hux cans. I would take the new GA lineup any day. The difference in sound and flash is worlds apart. They aren't negative back pressure like the Hux. However, I don't even have to tune my guns with a GA can, and the GA guns are pretty gassy. On my Criterion barrels their even better. They aren't even close to as gassy as a rc2, yhm t3, sandman-s, enticer, or sierra 5 (these are all cans my buddies own which I've compared against).

[@ryanvargas4889]

Great job raising the next generation of meat eaters. A day on the range with your pops is always a good one.

[@jordanpoole0712]

😂😂😂

[@goawaybaizuo]

The biggest thing is the ambi lower and suppressor. They put so much work into the ambi lower. Their suppressors are always top notch. Griffin is such a dark horse in the industry. They are finishing construction on a 60,000sqft manufacturing plant. They invested millions into tech like robotic arms and autospray. They make everything in house and really care about QC and product quality. After the Dead Air debacle people should realize how important it is to buy direct from a manufacturer and not a marketing company.

[@nickadkins7765]

You do know that ambi lower has been around for 10 years right? It's the same lower that you would find on an American Defense Manufacturing rifle. ADM acquired part of Griffin Armament 10 years ago. Griffin and ADM developed that lower together essentially. I have an AMD4 lower on my 13.9 build and it's exactly the same! It's great that Griffin uses it now because the ambi controls are the best out of any manufacturer IMO! And Griffin's price on this rifle is about $500 cheaper than a "comparable" ADM rifle using the same lower. I'm very interested in this thing lol

[@goawaybaizuo]

​@@nickadkins7765 I'm suprised you know that much history. I'm very impressed. However, Austin from GA developed the ADM ambi lower. He was actually the person marketing it at SHOT 2013' (I think that was the year). However, ADM cut them out and pattened it from under their feet. At the time they didn't have the finances to pursue an expensive lawsuit. There are changes. Austin improved on his original design. They want this ambi to be affordable for everyone, and not gouge people. I cant say for sure, but at some point they're going to sell it as a stand alone part. GA gets a bad rep for being hostile towards some companies. It can seem unwarranted, but there is a lot of stuff which happened when they were just starting out that people dont know about. At the end of the day GA is customer and quality focused.

[@shcusmc]

@@nickadkins7765your background on the Griffin/ADM relationship (or lack thereof, actually) is inaccurate. Griffin released a podcast episode recently giving a broad overview of how that relationship never grew into anything profitable for Griffin, despite countless man hours developing the original AR project.

[@austingreen3888]

@@nickadkins7765 ADM didn't legally acquire anything from Griffin Armament, because they never paid Griffin ten cents of the perpetual royalty (as in during and after severance) to execute the agreement in good faith. Griffin paid ADM its former vendor cost, and 1/2 of gross profit (sale price after paying that cost) for the duration of the agreement. It represented a massive cost for Griffin. It wasn't sustainable and the zero royalty that was paid during and for the ten years after the agreement makes it crystal clear that ADM didn't ever intend to honor the agreement.

[@andrewschliewe6392]

Actually, it is an expansion of an existing building. it was a 40,000 sq ft expansion. I drive by their place every time I go back to see my Dad. I grew up in Watertown not far from Griffin.

[@MrRhsmike189]

Canteen cups are for shaving, brushing your teeth and drinking booze your not supposed to have.

[@ericcicero5853]

That's awesome

[@abolishtheatfandrepealthenfa]

That the new lower where the controls are the same as the ADM ambi? I did a deep dive and Griffin claims that ADM ambi controls were designed by Griffin and they never paid the royalties. If anyone has more info on it all id love to hear more

[@nickadkins7765]

ADM acquired part of Griffin 10 years ago (or they did at that point in time. Idk about now), and yes they were developed together as I learn it. I have an ADM4 lower on my 13.9 build and it's EXACTLY the same as the lower on the Griffin MK2 rifles. However I did not know about the royalties situation. If that's true, that kinda blows and makes me look at ADM a little differently.

[@abolishtheatfandrepealthenfa]

@@nickadkins7765 I only started looking into it the other day when I saw Griffin post about the new ambi lowers. I listened to a 20 minute podcast where the owner of Griffin spoke on it in detail. It comes down to who do you believe because Griffin is known for taking designs from others and copying them very similarly, specifically knights armament designs. I like both Griffin and adm and I currently run an adm uic lower so I'd love to know more about all this

[@abolishtheatfandrepealthenfa]

@@nickadkins7765 Google dwell time podcast/Griffin armament

[@shcusmc]

@@nickadkins7765ADM did not ever “acquire” part of Griffin armament. It was a cooperative development/manufacturing agreement where one side did not meet their part of the agreement and it fell apart.

[@andrewschliewe6392]

@@shcusmc Which sux. Both ADM and Griffin make top notch equipment. But Griffin's manufacturing footprint is so small. What they should have done instead of expanding is bought the old Durant/Eaton building a half block away.