AR-15 BS Thread

I hear ya'. Just shoot irons until a much better scope goes on sale at your price point. I see that you are in Murphy, NC. I was in Murphy about about 16 years ago when they were trying to hunt down that Olympic bomber guy. Nice little town, I must say!

 

I am looking at this group buy http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?8891-Grendel-Short-Barrel-Group-Buy-Orders It isn't Melonited but everything else seems good and the reading I have done on Nitrided barrels seems good also

 

Look at some of the Primary Arms stuff. They sell a lot of optics on their site but the house brand is decent quality and reasonably cheap. Vortex Strikefire is also great for a cheap red dot and you can add a magnifier later if you want

 

A start to my next build, 6.5 Grendel. Just going to build the upper for now. I've got a .458 socom that I'm gonna put a better trigger in (probably another timney, I like the timney I have in my other gun). I figure that the .458 socom and the Grendel are both gonna be more hunting guns, so I'll swap those uppers for the time being

18" stainless Satern barrel and a 15" diamond head rail

 

I like Diamondhead rails! I have them on three of my AR uppers... they are a bit heavier than the rails that I used to have but are really comfortable in my hands.

 

110 rounds down range tonight. Only 1 misfeed/jam and it was out of the pmag (but i dont think it was the mag that caused it).

Shot 80 rounds through the Hera mags and they worked flawlessly. Loading is a little more difficult shoving the last few bullets in though but it held all 30 like its supposed to. Id have to say at $5 a mag its not a bad deal at all. And id buy again eventually

 

Magically available in the next couple days to order!

 

So does anyone know if anyone makes wood forward grips for the AR-10/LR 308 platform, found some for the AR-15 but no Ar-10.

 

Boyds possibly

 

Turnbull did it. Doubt he offers a stand alone set though.

 

Any update on the acog?

 

yeah I've looked at boyds,they have nice stuff for fairly cheap, I also like the look of Karl Nill wood pistol grips (pricey $225 per grip). Currently all I can see is custom making a forward grip.

 

Sound my next build lol
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Sweet

 

Those 60 grain 22's are sweet but they do not stabilize very well through pistols. They keyhole the targets for me every time I shoot some through the pistol. My 10/22 on the other hand they do OK and sure hit something with a thud!

 

I've always been scared to try them through my can. SWR put a specific callout not to use them in the Spectre owners manual. I know Volquartsen makes a specific 1:9" twist 10/22 barrel to stabilize those long bullets, and I always figured a conversion kit in an AR should shoot them pretty well too.

 

So I want to build a carbine I can toss around in the truck and burn up in classes - I'm thinking about buying a BCM upper. which seems like a great deal for solid parts. I can't decide if I want a 14.5" upper or 16". I want a pinned front sight, so I'd either pick up a Daniel Defense Omega rail for the 14.5" gun, or break it down & install a Troy VTAC on the 16". I can get a VTAC for about $50 less than the Omega, plus pinning a BCM Mod 1 comp on the upper is an extra $80 (Mod 0 comp is free with the 16" version), so I'd be into the 14.5" upper for $130 more than the 16" upper. Doesn't seem like a good deal to save ~1" overall. Anyone have any input? Anyone have a pinned 14.5" upper they love or hate?

 

My brother runs a BCM. He loves it. Solid gun IMO. Not as nice as mine of course, but for a run gun it is pretty nice.

 

Just get the 14.5" with unpinned a2 FH. They'll ship it out no problem. Then you can put on whatever muzzle device you want.

I have to say their uppers are very solid, I've dismantled two of them to change rails and its a total bitch. You need to heat up the barrel nut to loosen the loctite they use and you still might even bust a knuckle from the exerted force. To avoid this get one made with the rail you want. The KMR rail is really nice. I suggested their LW 14.5 middy with 13" KMR to my friend and he absolutely loves it.

I caved on a PSA 16" middy because it was on sale for $275 and I wanted a spare upper to pretty much destroy.

 

It's available! I just put in my pre-order:
http://serbu.myshopify.com/products/su-15-upper-receiver-pre-order