 Hey there friends, thanks for checking in with CMMG out in Boomville, Missouri today we're looking at the Mark 47 descent. Very nice rifle, this has been shown in the media basic pictures and so forth, but it is just launching, it offers a lot and I have Peter here who was in on the design team, he's an engineer, he's going to talk about it give us all the internal specs and everything else and then of course I'm going to roll through some shooting footage, check out this new rifle from CMMG. Peter, thanks for joining me, you were in on this, let's talk about some of the specifics that a buyer would be interested in. The key customer for this is interested in 760x39, as you can see it uses AK47 magazines, it ships with PMAGs, but it works with steel AK mags also, the big thing to note about the Mark 47 versus other 760x39 ARs is this uses a 308 size bolt, other 760x39 ARs use a smaller bolt based on the 556 and they just remove material for the bigger round, so you get broken bolts, bolt, broken extractors, this uses a 308 size so you have a lot more material, a lot more robust strength. If you're familiar with the original Mark 47 it uses a standard buffer tube, new is the descent model which has our bufferless system, the recoil assembly is contained wholly within the action which gives you fun features like folding stock and a compact form factor. And one of the things we talked about is that the action instead of using the full buffer tube it's basically from here to here, so it's a much shorter action but we're just shooting it as if nothing was different, it was very smooth, very easy to shoot with a shorter buffer system. The shorter buffer system also gives you a forward charging handle here, which new for the Mark 47 descent can be reversed from the left side to the right side with no tools. Another new feature for the Mark 47 descent versus the original Mark 47 is a manual bolt catch, well you can't seat that on a closed bolt so this allows you to lock the bolt open manually and then seat the magazine and then push the bolt catch like a normal AR and chamber around. It's also great for ranges that require you to lock it open and show open without a chamber flag. Well and that's one thing I noticed I can put it right on my hip pull the bolt back and just with one hand with the bolt in my hand also just lift that part up and lock the bolt back that's really easy. Alright so this has what we've known as a rip stock or a rip brace it's a CMMG thing it's been around for years but somehow you're able to make this happen with this descent. Why don't you go ahead and show us how that works. The keen-eyed observer may recognize this as a BNT stock so BNT makes this particular version for us and we use it on the descents and not just the Mark 47 but on all of our descent rifles now but it adjusts it extends without pushing any buttons so just got a pull on it and it's also got a adjustable cheek rest so if you're using taller optics like some eotechs or full-size scopes you can lift it up make it comfortable. So it also folds and will hold itself up by a spring detent but then just snaps open for quick deploy action. And so how many how many adjustment settings are there seven or eight? Well I saw five but yeah I want to say yeah I'm gonna say there's seven or eight in there right different positions okay so it's a nice stock well tell me about the trigger because that was really nice when shooting. So this is a trigger that we partnered with Rise Armor meant to make and it is it's got heavier springs in it so it could set off 760 by 39 reliably most custom triggers can't set off 760 by 39 reliably so we partnered with Rise Armor to come up with this one. Okay and so one of the things if you guys don't see MMG they do a ton of Cerakote work they love it I saw a nice one that was like a tungsten gray this is flat dark earth can the user or the buyer choose their Cerakote color like they can with most of your other firearms. So we do offer this in a number of different Cerakote options as well as some new camo patterns we do exclusives for distributors so just depends you may see a bunch of different stuff out there in the market because like I said we like to get creative with it. Yeah and so we got the handguard here very interesting at the factory how they can take a piece of steel and just or piece aluminum in this case turn it into a beautiful hand guard like this tell us about the break. This is our zero break which you'll find on pretty much all of our 16 inch rifles this the mark 47 descent comes in not only a 16 inch but also a pendant welded 14.3 inch so it has a 16 inch overall legal length but has a slightly different break on it that is for something new coming out later next year. What feedback have you gotten so far with people seeing pictures or even people like myself out here on the range shooting it what what are they saying about this rifle? A lot of people are really excited because anyone who likes the ergonomics and optics capability of the AR platform but likes AK round and magazines says this really this addresses some of the perceived shortcomings of the original so you have folding stock which a lot of AKs have folding stocks are under folders and then a bolt-hold open is another feature that a lot of people have asked for over the years because they want to be able to lock it open and show clear as well as stripper a fully loaded mag. Okay so here we have a gas tube that is mid-length this is a mid-length gas system with an adjustable gas block okay what else can you tell us how about the MSRP do we have that yet? MSRP is going to be in the $2,000 range depending on whether depending on serocode options stock no stock that sort of thing gotcha Peter when can people get their hands on this you should be able to see these on dealer shelves and probably December December December of 2023 okay so it's launched in November December of 23 is when they could actually get their hands on this for CMM G fans may may want to check this one out as well as people who love 762 by 39 anything else that's I think that's we covered the mark of 47 descent it's a beautiful rifle I enjoyed shooting it here at their range which is pretty amazing by the way and it was I wish I could say it was accurate I never quite shot the paper there were guys shooting around me but I felt completely comfortable trigger pull very nice the overall function very nice don't need a buffer tube to have soft shooting with 762 by 39 so I appreciate you being out here with us Peter enjoyed it hope you guys enjoyed this review if you get a chance check out the descent mark 47 if you like videos like this quick subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button thanks for watching and you guys be safe