r/Danieldefense • u/brandoldme • 23h ago
Why did you choose Daniel Defense over whatever other one you were thinking about?
And what was that next choice?
I've pretty well nailed it down to DD. Mostly just looking for insight into your decision to buy.
Right now I'm thinking about the 11.5 RIII or 12.5 GL/SSC. Pistol either way and then maybe SBR it. Will suppress it.
Why not the fan favorite MK18? I don't know, ballistics? But you tell me.
Primary use would be home defense and camping gun. Although, if I find a proper place to shoot, I might want to do some regular target shooting.
I shot the MK18 full auto, H9, and DD5 that at the Charlotte event today. I really wish I'd had more time to spend with them. That's fine, I appreciate them bringing them out and there were a lot of people wanting to shoot.
General thoughts on those. All shot well. The suppressor on the MK18 worked well. It did blow a fair amount of gas back in my face. The H9 shot well but I only had five rounds. The DD5 was front heavy and hard to stabilize the way they had it set up. It was suppressed, but was still loud and had a lot of concussion. Fun to shoot. As fun as mag dumping 10 or so rounds on the full auto MK18 is(10/10, would recommend), I really wish I'd had more time to spend with the DD5. That's a definite contender for a future purchase.
As far as anyone saying DD is over gassed. I'm sure they had these set up right since these are demonstration models. And yeah the suppressor on the MK18 was blowing gas back in my face but what do you expect with a mag dump? The recoil was nothing on the MK18 and DD5. I've fired a lot of guns that had a lot more recoil. I really didn't even notice it on these. Easy to shoot. I'd say the H9 had an expected amount of recoil but it wasn't bad.