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I own one but haven't taken it to the range yet. As a huge MAC clone fan. I like the design and it's stupid simpleCurious if anyone has experience with Matador Arms, particularly their 9mm uppers? They also built Brownell's BRN-9 uppers for them too so if you have experience with those, feel free to chime in.
They claim the newer MAT9K now works with Colt lowers. I've seen some iterations of them in the wild (internet). Guess I'll find out soon since I have a Spikes Colt lower and MAT9K on the way. The caveat is it has to be a LRBHO which mine is.I bought a Montgo-9 from AIM Surplus one night before Christmas. I had missed the deal on the BRN-9 they had for $350. When I got the email for the Montgo-9, I may have had a few cocktails in me and bought it on the spot. I had planned to use it with a Colt lower I had, but it turns out it only worked with a Glock lower. oh well, I have a Glock lower now. It runs great, and is accurate, it's also pretty fun to shoot. It makes for a pretty compact package too.
I'll snag a photo of it tomorrow.
I have an sbr'd lower that takes colt mags that has been kind of cranky. Might end up trying thisYeah I thought I was getting one of the newer ones, thanks bourbon, but I picked up a Spikes lower and the LRBHO works great. I ended up SBR'ing the lower, and adding a picatinny folding stock.
If my Spikes Colt lower has any issues I may buy the new Matador Colt lower they said they're about to release. The owner mentioned it to me in the email when I bought the upper.Yeah I thought I was getting one of the newer ones, thanks bourbon, but I picked up a Spikes lower and the LRBHO works great. I ended up SBR'ing the lower, and adding a picatinny folding stock.
What type of mags have you been using?I have an sbr'd lower that takes colt mags that has been kind of cranky. Might end up trying this
I have some iwi ones. I want to say asc for some.What type of mags have you been using?
I have some iwi ones. I want to say asc for some. But it has been short stroking which appears to be buffer related. I used a couple taccom3g.com buffer systems (which work beautifully with a Glock lower) with it and haven't put a normal one on it at this time. Part of me likes this idea. The other option is dead foot arms.What type of mags have you been using?
Hmm thats interesting since the recoil system is built into the upper with these. I've used the Brownells metalform stick mags with the Spikes in a standard AR9 setup with no hiccups to date. Hoping the feeding geometry of the lower will play well with the upper.I have some iwi ones. I want to say asc for some. But it has been short stroking which appears to be buffer related. I used a couple taccom3g.com buffer systems (which work beautifully with a Glock lower) with it and haven't put a normal one on it at this time. Part of me likes this idea. The other option is dead foot arms.
Here you can see from a top view the ejector is bent slightly inward but not so much that it rubs on the channel wall of the carrier as it cycles.I have some iwi ones. I want to say asc for some. But it has been short stroking which appears to be buffer related. I used a couple taccom3g.com buffer systems (which work beautifully with a Glock lower) with it and haven't put a normal one on it at this time. Part of me likes this idea. The other option is dead foot arms.
I have a standard upper and am thinking the internal system would bypass my current issue. My Matador arms upper is on a Glock upper but mine is a montgo9 which is not Colt magazine compatibleHmm thats interesting since the recoil system is built into the upper with these. I've used the Brownells metalform stick mags with the Spikes in a standard AR9 setup with no hiccups to date. Hoping the feeding geometry of the lower will play well with the upper.
*EDIT* I did have to modify the ejector to interface with the carrier as it was initially not ejecting the spent casings. It is a common issue with the Colt ejector but is easily fixed by simply bending it inward about 5 degrees
Mine is in en route to me now after roughly a 2 week lead time. I will check feeding with some snap caps then some ball ammo. Hopefully I'll have time to get out and shoot it within the next couple of weekends.It's crazy you made this thread! I was just looking at these uppers for my 9mm build