Exclusive: Royal Marines hit the range with new KS-1 assault rifle

The Royal Marines have been getting hands-on experience with their newest weapon – the Knight's Stoner rifle, better known as the KS-1.

Their training at Barry Buddon saw them spend time on the range and practising close-quarter shooting with the new rifle, which has several features to improve accuracy and ergonomics.

The KS-1, which is designated L403A1 in British service, boasts a muzzle signature reduction system, an improved optical sighting system and can be fired from the left shoulder more easily than the current L85 assault rifle.

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[thorney]

The in-line thermal had me salivating, at £12-15k a pop I pray for the poor soul who loses the first one in the field

[donwyoming]

It only took the Brits 60 years, but they finally got their own AR-15. And it is a very nice one. Fantastic rifle. 🤠

[bushwookieplays]

The boys finally getting the kit the deserve!

[savage]

A sensible upgrade for British Forces.

[PiperXX]

If we had something like this when I served back in the 90’s my shooting experience and marksmanship would have been much easier and better for me as I’ve always been a natural left handed shot and could hardly hit a barn door with the sa80 due to it been right handed only system, this system would have been a game changer for me and many more lefties.

[christo_reese]

The Brits doing good with Knight's Armament 👍🏻

[yodawg]

Gotta thank Mr.Stoner for creating one awesome weapon platform.

[purplerocket]

Great stuff. This rifle should be standard for all soldiers.

[MrHs]

I’ve got to admit the kit does look bad ass

[nikoc]

imagine designing a weapon thats still being newly adopted by major militaries more than 60 YEARS later...Eugene Stoner was WAY ahead of his time...

[JammyDodger]

Ahh Barry Buddon ranges, hitting anything there is an achievement as there's a consistently inconsistent 20mph wind changing direction every 13 seconds!

Lovely place.

[alpine]

New US army adoptions make me so mad, this choice is a breath of fresh air. Also the gas system on this rifle is sealed at the factory meaning no gas leakage, consistent pressure cycling the gun, reduced carbon buildup in the block and tube, and recoil perfectly tuned for the ammunition used by the Army, making it arguably the best Direct Impingement AR design on the market.

[Tomeh]

Nice breakdown, I'm glad theyre slowly starting to get more kit!

[vulcanraisin]

Welcome to our 70 year old platform. The ar15 is a mean girl and Vortex makes outstanding optics with an outstanding warranty. Your weapons procurement team actually did their homework on this one. Very well thought out and this platform is very modifiable including the ability to swap the upper receiver and change chamberings, at the push of two detents.

[gtan]

I served for over 30 year's in the Women's Auxiliary Balloon Corps and found the reliability of a Lee Enfield 303 unsurpassed.

[markryan]

The little recoil and sleek setup is dope!

[mairiconnell]

Great for the boys! From the chaos I know they really like this weapon. Plus the other kit that is coming with it.

[markwalker]

It was the L1A1 slr weapon with the hard hitting 7.62mm round when I was in the light infantry in the 1980s, however, this new rifle looks promising . I never did like the sa80.

[mattersabo]

There's a worrying amount of people in these comments that seem to think the RM is part of the army....

[armorers_wrench]

This is definitely a very nice setup. I'm quite curious about that Vortex scope. Knowing Vortex, once they meet the contractual requirements owed to the British commandos they'll start selling these on the American commercial market.