Knight's Armament Company KS-1 - SHOT Show 2024

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  • čas přidán 6. 09. 2024

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  • @kdb1891
    @kdb1891 Před 7 měsíci +23

    I want one of these SO badly. Ever since I saw the Brit version, I thought "man this is gonna be a great clone"

  • @2amichaelj
    @2amichaelj Před 7 měsíci +33

    Waiting for stripped lowers to come onto the 2nd hand market for $1,500

  • @armorers_wrench
    @armorers_wrench Před 7 měsíci +11

    I'm curious how expensive this will be with that fancy barrel. This looks to be quite a substantial upgrade over the current generation of SR15 which still feature a gov profile barrel which is definitely suboptimal.
    Regarding your description--lol, I love those comments. I always ask what components they use to get a $500 AR that's "justasgood" as (insert expensive AR manufacturer here) and its always some BS. I do have a couple of AR uppers I built that are probably on par with this Knights but I'd still like to have a KAC. The ones I have that might be on par use Criterion barrels tho so its not like they were cheap by any means. I don't think they'd be on par with the KS1 tho, just the older generation.

    • @ARBuildJunkie
      @ARBuildJunkie  Před 7 měsíci +6

      the KS-4 etc wont have the dimpled barrel. I'd guess retail is similar to what an SR-15 Mod 2 retails for.

  • @timothyellis596
    @timothyellis596 Před 5 měsíci +5

    All I heard was you will never see this in stock...ever.

  • @JP-wl5vj
    @JP-wl5vj Před 7 měsíci +12

    Take note......he said regarding the ambi lower...... ' .......we had to use up what we had in our supply chain resources....what we had in stock...and now they're at the point where we're building these guns in this configuration....'

    • @throwaway.account.8
      @throwaway.account.8 Před 7 měsíci +8

      Yea thats been known

    • @Deathtroll1499
      @Deathtroll1499 Před 7 měsíci

      Yes, we still have a few thousand of the old lowers before we switch to the full ambi lower

    • @JP-wl5vj
      @JP-wl5vj Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@Deathtroll1499 Any idea when will the URX 6 be shipping?

    • @nickadkins7765
      @nickadkins7765 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@throwaway.account.8 Oh boy another discontinued KAC product 😂 those old lowers are gonna start bringing $5k in a few years 😂 might just buy a couple and hold onto them for several years

  • @meadball1
    @meadball1 Před 7 měsíci +16

    I've always loved Knights armaments stuff especially the SR-15 but damn... That dude looks like he washed up onto Cocoa Beach just in time for shot show after doing a line of columbian bam bam

  • @miles267
    @miles267 Před 7 měsíci +9

    Still prefer LMT over KAC. and the MARS lower is 🔥

    • @JohnRambo-zz6gy
      @JohnRambo-zz6gy Před 7 měsíci +3

      Isn’t LMT having massive QC issues as of late? Any issues?

    • @nickadkins7765
      @nickadkins7765 Před 6 měsíci

      Griffin/ADM lower is best lower

  • @Grahaaam
    @Grahaaam Před 7 měsíci +7

    Were you able to catch what the MSRP was and when the rifles will be available?

    • @ARBuildJunkie
      @ARBuildJunkie  Před 7 měsíci +8

      it was a bit vague.

    • @mellowroot714
      @mellowroot714 Před 7 měsíci +5

      More than you want to pay, never

    • @ScoutSniper3124
      @ScoutSniper3124 Před 7 měsíci +2

      3 to 11 times the price of any decent competitor.
      Or just go with RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE unless you're Uncle Sammy and don't mind wasting money.

    • @ARBuildJunkie
      @ARBuildJunkie  Před 7 měsíci +6

      @@ScoutSniper3124 what decent legit hard-use combat rifle competitor is 11x less expensive than a gun that retails for probably 2300 bucks? What are you talking about? Please elaborate.

    • @medieval_flail
      @medieval_flail Před 7 měsíci +8

      ​@@ARBuildJunkie2300 🤨 an SR 15 Mod 2 Carbine retails for like 2800 minimum

  • @vegitagt
    @vegitagt Před 7 měsíci +10

    A decade behind and still probably $2500+.

    • @AnonDW40
      @AnonDW40 Před 7 měsíci +3

      A decade behind, 2500 dollars, still out of spec heavy and over gassed.

    • @ericc2530
      @ericc2530 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Knights could be two decades behind and still better than anything else on the market.

    • @ericc2530
      @ericc2530 Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@AnonDW40 you obviously don't own one.

    • @MrRyushinn
      @MrRyushinn Před 7 měsíci

      LAUGHS IN COLT CANADA@@ericc2530

  • @SA-xf1eb
    @SA-xf1eb Před 7 měsíci +6

    KAC finally caught up with DD, LMT, and Aero with the lower. 😂

  • @mobilegamersunite
    @mobilegamersunite Před 7 měsíci +4

    I hate them for making the OG 30,000$ AR10...we would have a standardized ar10 if it wasn't for the greed of these bastards.

  • @VoFALT
    @VoFALT Před 7 měsíci +6

    So Knights finally caught up with LMT and Aero Precision with the lower. Now a KAC lower will finally be worth it. MAYBE. We'll see.
    Handguard without the QD insert is a downgrade, though I like the anti-rotation bit on the top rail.
    Also dimpled barrel is cool, but I don't see the actual value in one.

    • @politeaf8065
      @politeaf8065 Před 7 měsíci +8

      Thicker barrel without as much weight. Ya know, for those burn down tests people seem to care about

    • @tfwwhennofitlitgf3300
      @tfwwhennofitlitgf3300 Před 7 měsíci +5

      the KS-1 barrel is a heavy tapered barrel, think criterion core but heavier. the 13.7 KS-1 is actually slightly heavier than the SR-15 Mod 2, so it'd be even heavier without the dimpling

  • @ninjadave1970
    @ninjadave1970 Před 5 měsíci

    Always Great to see Trey! ❤

  • @gregwhates5948
    @gregwhates5948 Před 3 měsíci

    The MOD contract has an option for up to 200,000 rifles. Assuming the initial rifles work out as well as expected, it will be rolled out over the next 5 to 10 years as the new service rifle
    The biggest delay will be working out the new rifle drill!

  • @USMC_LAterZ
    @USMC_LAterZ Před 7 měsíci +1

    I can't remember where, but didn't Lewis and Stoner work on the same platform and the same company at one point? Where did i see this vid???

  • @Infoulnessyeshallknowthem
    @Infoulnessyeshallknowthem Před 7 měsíci +1

    Promises promises we shall see if you can find one that is not price gouged

  • @Yessuh0311
    @Yessuh0311 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Did he mention barrel length on that particular upper?

  • @Dreeedd
    @Dreeedd Před 6 měsíci

    Why dont make the dimpled barrels for the whole KS line?!

  • @nickadkins7765
    @nickadkins7765 Před 6 měsíci

    KAC fucked up by not making URX 3.1 rails anymore. Those were actually so sick and wouls continue to sell amazingly

  • @everythingphil9376
    @everythingphil9376 Před 5 měsíci

    Clone builders paid for Trey's haircut.

  • @autumnfragrance6326
    @autumnfragrance6326 Před 7 měsíci

    The barrel dimple is worth the high cost

  • @shootloadrepeat
    @shootloadrepeat Před 7 měsíci

    Increase the availability of these and quit artificially inflating the prices and I might consider one.

  • @computer_carnivore
    @computer_carnivore Před 7 měsíci

    I just want the KS-6

  • @JBlakeS23
    @JBlakeS23 Před 7 měsíci

    Don’t even know why they’re there. This guys needs to go to their warehouse and help make these things. No way they’ve been OOS for 10 plus years and have done nothing to ramp up production.

  • @1994beigecamry
    @1994beigecamry Před 7 měsíci +1

    So the full ambi lowers will continue to be marked SR-15?

  • @AngelaYoung-r9t
    @AngelaYoung-r9t Před 2 dny

    Cormier Villages

  • @GhettoTactical
    @GhettoTactical Před 7 měsíci +1

    This is the only company I was looking forward to seeing

  • @albertptran
    @albertptran Před 7 měsíci +1

    Why that grip?

    • @ODARuination
      @ODARuination Před 7 měsíci +11

      Because it's cheap and people will typically put whatever they want to use anyway.

    • @ARBuildJunkie
      @ARBuildJunkie  Před 7 měsíci +5

      to trigger fudds @@ODARuination

    • @ODARuination
      @ODARuination Před 7 měsíci

      @@ARBuildJunkie Don't fudd love the A2 grip? Would a different grip qualify as a jibber jabber? Fudds hate too many jibber jabbers.

  • @fred3965
    @fred3965 Před 6 měsíci

    This will be in the hands of some of the most deadliest marine units in the world.

  • @toddparsons2980
    @toddparsons2980 Před 7 měsíci

    👍👍

  • @danielcash7141
    @danielcash7141 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Nice, too bad they won't be able to the public

    • @ARBuildJunkie
      @ARBuildJunkie  Před 7 měsíci +5

      they will be.

    • @Nazahriel
      @Nazahriel Před 7 měsíci

      Nah, they’ll be out of stock. It took me 4 years to get an SR15. Which, mind you, is absolutely insane. They come out and they go to the influencers and industry people. All us regular people don’t get a shot lol

  • @TwoWheelNinja
    @TwoWheelNinja Před 7 měsíci +2

    LOL "obviously" its because the were waiting to use up all the old shit so the fan boys buy twice when the new shit drops.

  • @medieval_flail
    @medieval_flail Před 7 měsíci +2

    Can I save some money and NOT get a dimpled barrel lol

  • @mobilegamersunite
    @mobilegamersunite Před 7 měsíci

    Says 'cost increase dimple' while charging 5k$ 🙄 😒 😑

  • @Diceman12100
    @Diceman12100 Před 7 měsíci

    When is the release date, take my money. I need that rifle ASAP. 😭😭😭😭

  • @AnonDW40
    @AnonDW40 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Oh wow look another heavy overpriced BCM.

  • @JohnRambo-zz6gy
    @JohnRambo-zz6gy Před 7 měsíci

    And I thought HK hated us. KAC says hold my beer. I can afford their guns, but only an idiot would pay their prices to play with those toys. I owned an SR-15 once and it was nice but not 1800 nice. Yes that’s what I paid. Prices now are just not based in reality. Buy smart people

  • @fmxmyway
    @fmxmyway Před 7 měsíci +2

    "Just as Good" commenters are on the way lol

  • @Omaba_Baba
    @Omaba_Baba Před 7 měsíci +4

    For how much? $3000?
    They added an Aero Precision lower look-a-like. Innovative. /s

    • @ARBuildJunkie
      @ARBuildJunkie  Před 7 měsíci +13

      you should buy an Aero then.

    • @Omaba_Baba
      @Omaba_Baba Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@ARBuildJunkie bought a Griffin mk2. Already beat both of them.

    • @ericc2530
      @ericc2530 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@Omaba_Baba dude you are smoking copium. Knights upper is miles better than anything else on the market it's not even close.

    • @Omaba_Baba
      @Omaba_Baba Před 7 měsíci

      @ericc2530 I'm aware of the quality and tech in their uppers and bolts, carriers, and chambers.
      This lower is basically them showing up to the lower party 9 years late.
      I'm not impressed.

  • @chrisfisher3900
    @chrisfisher3900 Před 7 měsíci +1

    In typical fashion way overpriced

  • @5jjt
    @5jjt Před 7 měsíci +2

    "Dimpling" the barrel for the gasblock is "expensive"? First time I heard that...

    • @thestevenator
      @thestevenator Před 7 měsíci +6

      look again, the entire barrel is dimpled.

    • @Antykain
      @Antykain Před 7 měsíci +2

      lol.. Yeah, umm. Look a little closer at the barrel under the handguard.

  • @ramargate
    @ramargate Před 7 měsíci +2

    And that pistol grip? You could've done better.

    • @ARBuildJunkie
      @ARBuildJunkie  Před 7 měsíci +10

      if you're concerned about a pistol grip, I don't know what to tell you...

    • @armorers_wrench
      @armorers_wrench Před 7 měsíci +4

      It's $20 and everyone likes their own grip. A2 grip is quite honestly fine though. Feels weirdly comfortable to me personally but I tend to replace them for BCM.

    • @Antykain
      @Antykain Před 7 měsíci +3

      It's a good thing you can change it out in a few mins with the grip of your preference. Like everyone else already does. 😏

    • @VoFALT
      @VoFALT Před 7 měsíci +1

      Bro just swap it out with whatever grip you want. As long as the A2 grip isn't locktighted it should be relatively easy.

  • @alexisdetocqueville9964
    @alexisdetocqueville9964 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Lol. My $600 M&P 15 came with an integrated trigger guard. Same with Aero. This thing will retail for $5-6k+, IF it is ever available to the public (if it is, it will always be out of stock and go for $8k on gunbroker). No thank you. Possible to piece out and build similar quality yourself for half the price.

    • @ramargate
      @ramargate Před 7 měsíci +1

      Yeah. I'll just build a Seekins precision or Spikes tactical... And you have a choice for the best internals.

    • @creativekids33
      @creativekids33 Před 7 měsíci +10

      Those guns don’t touch KAC. To think otherwise is a massive cope. Stop clowning yourself on the internet

    • @ARBuildJunkie
      @ARBuildJunkie  Před 7 měsíci +4

      Probably not.

    • @alexisdetocqueville9964
      @alexisdetocqueville9964 Před 7 měsíci

      @@creativekids33 re-read what I wrote, you sperg. What are you even babbling about?

    • @hairydogstail
      @hairydogstail Před 7 měsíci

      Why, what is so different about the knights?? Gauge the rifle if you want reality of quality..@@creativekids33

  • @palmtack2164
    @palmtack2164 Před 7 měsíci

    The old man is getting older, now it’s time for the used car salesman. Trolls🖕🏿