Kevina vs Brenda

 

By request, a compare/contrast of the FDE defense guns.

Brenda is the Behind Every Blade of Grass carbine.

16" "gov't profile" midlength gas 1:7 nitride barrel from PSA.  F-marked front sight base with bayonet lug, A2 flash-hider.

Kevina has a 16" M4 profile carbine gas 1:7 chrome-lined barrel from Del-Ton.  Modified Yankee Hill Machine folding sight with the bayonet lug and sling swivel replaced with a p-rail, Troy Medieval flash hider.

Brenda is made on a KE Arms KP-15 monolithic lower using a CMMG lower parts kit.

Kevina is made on an Anvil Arms (now defunct) A2 type lower with Magpul MIAD grip and milspec CTR stock using a Del-Ton LPK.

Both use a Magpul MOE handguard appropriate to their gas systems, with Brenda having M-LOK holes.

Brenda's rear BUIS is a Magpul MBUS, Kevina's is a YHM-9680.

Brenda sports a Vortex Strikefire II red dot on the supplied cantilever mount, Kevina a Primary Arms gen 1 3x prism on an American Defense AD-B3 mount.

Both wear a Surefire X300 weaponlight because the night is dark and full of terrors and we want to see them to aim.

Without magazines, optics or lights: Kevina is 6.7 lb. Brenda is 6.2 lb.

A loaded 30-round PMAG M3 is 1.1 lb., a 40-round is 1.5 lb.

The X300 is 0.2 lb.

Primary Arms 3x prism on an AD-B3 mount is 1 lb.

Vortex Strikefire II on its cantilever mount is 0.8 lb.

The "seatbelt" style sling on Brenda is another 0.3 lb.

Grand totals, as pictured:

Brenda: 8.6 lb.

Kevina: 9.4 lb.

Adding up all the parts for both guns...

$638 for Brenda, $199 for the red-dot and $200 for the light.

$1,159 for Kevina, $346 for the optic and mount, $200 for the light.

Brenda was purchased recently and during successive sales for Memorial Day, Father's Day and has a blemish lower.

Kevina was made during the full-on Obama gun-parts shortage, and the pricing shows in my spreadsheets!