The LOSOK Custom Arms Mk 36 rifle debuted at SHOT Show 2014 with Osprey Global Solutions. The Mk 36 consists of a rotating bolt, M1 Garand-style action upper mated to an AR-style lower. It is important to note that the Mk 36 is currently in a prototype phase.
The upper receiver of the Mk 36 was manufactured using Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) by Solid Concepts Inc., the company that manufactured the world’s first 3D printed metal gun. The Mk 36 receiver is quite possibly the first ever 3D printed rifle receiver in the USA, if not the world.
The lower receiver and foreend are both carbon fiber reinforced polymer. Due to the AR-style lower, the Mk 36 is compatible with standard AR fire control parts and furniture. The rifle is only 8 1/2 lbs unloaded.
The model featured in the video is chambered for .30-06 and is capable of a 1500 yard range with proper ammunition. It is loaded using 20-round box magazines.
Another prototype chambered for 5.56 was also available for viewing at the event. It utilized a modified Mini-14 receiver and was completed in only 10 days, just in time for the Osprey Range Day.
The Mk 36 will be marketed and produced by Osprey Armament.
Tags: LOSOK Custom Arms, Osprey Armament
Interesting idea and it looks like a pretty cool rifle, nice to see somebody thinking outside the box and coming out with something besides another AR. As much as I like ARs it’s always nice to see something that’s not an AR every once in a while as well as trying to improve upon or modernizing an older action/platform.
I keep seeing .30-06. Wasn’t .308 created to replace it?