POTD: Lage Mfg MAX-11/15
Lage Manufacturing makes upgrades for M11 machine guns. those who have M11 will know how fast the factory rate of fire is. Well Lage makes uppers that help slow down that rate of fire if you so desire. Their upgrades modernizes the budget machine gun and they even have a kit that will allow you to use Suomi mags and drums.
Well their MAX-11/15 replaces your M11 upper receiver and makes it more like an AR-15 and allows you to shoot 5.56 with AR-15 magazines.
The MAX-11/15 is a rifle caliber upper for the M-11/9 SMG This upper is in the development stage and a waiting list is being formed. There is no deposit required and no obligation to purchase. We will announce a delivery schedule after receiving an affirmative letter from BATFE Firearms Technology Branch. Please e-mail us at Sales@max-11.com to be added to the waiting list.
The MAX-11/15 has certainly changed since the prototype in the video above. In the photos below it looks like they are using an AR15 BCG and they have machined the upper receiver with integrated picatinny rails.
The prototype used a side charging handle attached to the bolt but this new one has a side charger on the left side of the upper receiver.
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LOP looks like it would be terrible.
1. This is not new at all. Look up Alliance Armament S.A.B.R.E. it was a 5.56 m11/9 upper that looks almost identical. The problem was is was $2000 in 2013 whan M11/9s were $3500. But with Richard (Lage) reputation and quality, Im really excited to see this. I have a max-31 and max-11k and they both have made the m11/9 from a bullet hose into a well oiled machine. I always wanted a SABRE upper but when the company was bought out and parts werent available it just didnt seem worth the $2000. But with Richard making them...Im already on the list.
2. As of 2016 FOIA there were 175,988 transferable machineguns in the NFA. Of that almost 10% (20,000) are SWD M11/9s.
So with the 7,200 HK sears/packs, and 20,000 M16 Lowers/RDIAS/LL, the M11/9 is now the third most flexible platform to build on. I expect to see the price of M11/9s go over $10k as soon as the uppers get ATF approval. And with Richards knowledge (of how to make an upper that itself is not a machinegun) and the SABRE already having approval, its pretty much a shoe in so long as the wind at the ATF doesnt shift. If you ever wanted one...buy it now...we will see $12k M11/9s by July 4th.