Frag Out! Magazine
Issue link: https://fragout.uberflip.com/i/1000484
www.fragoutmag.com all the levers are well-placed. The non-recipro- cating charging handle is ambidextrous. On a side note: smaller sights like Aimpoint T-1 or T-2 red dots look like a perfect match for the GROT and way better than all the EOTech holosights. Why? Size matters! For example, the EOTech EXPS-3 is quite wide on the sides and placing it on top of the case extraction port (which should be proper position if the magnifier is used too) makes that it is directly over the slot where the charging handle is located. The problem was noticed early, but we didn't have any problems with discomfort or snapping the sight with hand during reloads. The charging handle does not re- quire a lot of force to charge and it is easy to grip. The MSBS GROT S16 is quite heavy: 16" barrel and modular handguard combo weights 3.65 ki- lograms. Add full 30 round magazine, holosight, magnifier and that makes around 4.3-4.4 kilo- grams total. Pretty heavy, d'oh. Fortunately, it's well-balanced, so not heavy on the front or the back. The side-folded adjustable stock is comfortable, but the number of positions is just not enough. Even when extended to full length, it's still not enough for a normal-built shooter. In most of the AR platforms I don't extend the stock to maximum and in GROT it was still too short for me. For tall or long-armed shooter, it will be un- comfortable to have a proper grip. We did some comparison against PWS and BCM rifles and the extended stock was still about 40 mm shorter, which is a huge difference. We assume that the main reason was the design with fully geared soldier in mind. If you are shooting in plate car- rier, we adjusted the stock from position no. 5 to no.2 or 3. But how many civilian shooters are shooting with full kit on their backs? The way the stock extends is comfortable, but there is still some resistance between positions, so you don't always get what you wanted. The adjust- able cheek piece works as in the military rifle and it's damn uncomfortable to adjust. Set it once and move on. The FB Radom announced that together with M2 version, there will be un-