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General Categories => General Firearm Discussion => Topic started by: KGillen on January 11, 2011, 12:48:04 AM
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and you know what that means. Uncle Sam will hopefully see fit to return some of what is rightfully yours ($$$) before the administration can attempt to take away something also rightfully yours (2nd amendment rights).
Last year I started a topic asking for all of you to opine as to what your choice of a complete stock factory AR-15, or complete build I could do myself stating that I was being given an allotment by my beautiful wife...well the results are in...drum-roll please...
Looks like y'all convinced me, I am going to build it...(well some of it)...
I have decided on an Armalite complete lower with a two stage trigger from sniper county PX, and a Bushmaster
V-Match A3 flattop upper from Midway USA. The barrel is a 20" 1 in 9" twist, with a bayonet lug, and an aluminum, free-float hanguard.
I'm planning to put a Midwest Industries T-series free float quad rail on, as well as Magpul fore and rear BUIS, I'd like to put a decent optic as well and a bi-pod...I have bigger dreams...but at the risk of being labeled "tacticool" I will shut my mouth. ;D
Anyhow, the forum has seemed a little glum lately especially in light of recent events, so I would greatly appreciate some feedback and some light heartedness...
KGillen
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That sounds like a good combo. Should be a real nice shooter.
on the tax subject, if you are getting your OWN MONEY back from the IRS, you are doing it wrong. ;)
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This is a good distractor, and are you sure about the scope and not a reddot?
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I was thinkin bout a dot, but with the 20" barrel I'm not so sure.
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20" barrel, 2 stage trigger, bipod... definitely calls for a scope. One with a quick release mount
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20" barrel, 2 stage trigger, bipod... definitely calls for a scope. One with a quick release mount
Kinda along the lines I was thinkin' thanks Dan W.
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... definitely calls for a scope. One with a quick release mount
LaRue! (and if you're lucky, they'll throw in a Dillo!)
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I could buy a select-fire M16 with what I owe this year... man, I miss the days of refunds sometimes...
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20" barrel? Why'd you chop 4" inches off it if you are scoping it?
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20" barrel? Why'd you chop 4" inches off it if you are scoping it?
I don't remember seeing any 24" with a bayonet lug... ;)
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I don't remember seeing any 24" with a bayonet lug...
.... cause a scoped rifle is sooooo much more effective with a knife on the end.
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Halfway kidding, but that's what the quick release scope mount is for with the BUIS.
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Also from what I've read the extra barrel length and weight can make it a bit unwieldy in the field. I usually shoot far from the road and I lack a 4 wheel drive vehicle, so my friends and I hoof in and out everything we need. So between other firearms, cases, water and enough ammo for the day it can be a bit much to carry.
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... definitely calls for a scope. One with a quick release mount
LaRue! (and if you're lucky, they'll throw in a Dillo!)
Had to look up what that was, and with the cost of one of their scopes I would hope for a Dillo...LOL
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... definitely calls for a scope. One with a quick release mount
LaRue! (and if you're lucky, they'll throw in a Dillo!)
Had to look up what that was, and with the cost of one of their scopes I would hope for a Dillo...LOL
Heh. Yeah, inexpensive they are not. But, they're high quality; I've been really happy with my mount from them. It's one of those buy once, cry once scenarios.
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Checked out their site, hope I can find something in my price range...around $200-300... suggestions?
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Quick release mounts are useless if they don't return to zero upon reinstall.
LaRue mounts are the best in the industry for repeated return to zero, and I can prove it on my Rifle
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You are confusing the scope and the mount. I am saying by a Larue mount, and install whatever scope you want in it.
I have an Armalite mount that is not Quick release with a Nikon Team Primos Monarch 3-9x40 in it.
That setup is around the $300 mark, and is a backup.
My current optic is a Larue LT158 mount and a Nikon Monarch 4-16x42 scope. That is about a $600 setup, still cheap by many standards.
Larue sells only very high end tactical or mil spec scopes on their site, so they will be very high in price.
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You're right, come to think of it, I believe I was on their scope/mount combo page. I will look at their mounts when I get home from work.
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Checked out their site, hope I can find something in my price range...around $200-300... suggestions?
I have the LaRue LT101 (http://stores.homestead.com/Laruetactical/Detail.bok?no=28) with a Burris Fullfield II 3-9x40, because I ran across that scope reco in Boston's Gun Bible (http://www.amazon.com/Bostons-Gun-Bible-Boston-Party/dp/1888766069). Burris is good people from just north of Denver and they make good on their forever warranty (http://www.burrisoptics.com/warranty.html). Mount, rings, and glass will run you around $300.
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Mine is hitting the savings account to get me a new car this summer.
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Scope: check, Quick release mounts: check. Upper on back order, should get it next month. Lower is being shipped as we speak.
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Received the lower, it is very nice. Now I am getting the run-around from Bushmaster over the upper I ordered. I originally ordered it from Midwayusa.com...but it was on backorder...so I cancelled that order and decided to go straight to th source, thinking maybe I'd get it faster...well they told me 2 weeks a week ago saying they'd email me when they were in stock and ready to ship. I called them today because I haven't received an email yet...they told me today its now 3 to 6 weeks...worst part is Midway got them in earlier than they thought...and promptly sold out again, must say I am a little bummed, oh well.
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There are tons of options for uppers, so I personally would not wait for 3-6 weeks for one.
Look at
PK Firearms http://www.pkfirearms.com/categoryindex
PK has Bushmaster barrelled uppers assembled by PK on high quality upper receivers
Bravo Co http://www.bravocompanyusa.com/AR15-Upper-Receiver-Groups-s/1.htm
Stag Arms http://www.stagarms.com/index.php?cPath=14_24
Delton http://www.del-ton.com/ar_15_barrels_s/4.htm
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Thanks Dan W, I've checked out all of those sights previously...except PK...I had no idea they existed. They have an RRA varmint upper that looks like what I'm after.
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Having been told "2 or 3 more weeks" one too many times I decided to take Dan W's advice and not wait...any longer. Checked out a whole bunch of websites, settled on Armalite, emailed them my order, had the upper TWO days later...
Finally got to go out to Hamburg bend with her this aftrernoon to put her through her paces. Learned a couple things A) I think my P-mags need broken in a little, and B) I need to invest in a MUCH better riser for my scope...(was a wee bit over budget, took the cheapo route, now I am paying dearly in accuracy)
One issue, maybe y'all can help me with, I had no FTF, FTE, but sometimes it wouldn't feed the next round completely and get snagged up. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. Pics to come, gotta scale 'em down, maybe one or two of my better (though still not that good) groups, and the rifle herself.
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In my opinion it probably isn't the pmags. I have a total of 19 pmags that i bought at different times and places and none of them required a break in period. Never had any problems with a pmag feeding. If you store your pmags loaded make sure you store them with the supplied cover snapped on the feed lips. If you keep them loaded and without the cover there is a possiblilty the mag can split. I have seen a few that guys from work have had split due to loaded storage without covers.
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In my opinion it probably isn't the pmags. I have a total of 19 pmags that i bought at different times and places and none of them required a break in period. Never had any problems with a pmag feeding. If you store your pmags loaded make sure you store them with the supplied cover snapped on the feed lips. If you keep them loaded and without the cover there is a possiblilty the mag can split. I have seen a few that guys from work have had split due to loaded storage without covers.
Never kept 'em stored loaded as I just completed my rifle, you are however probably correct, my thinking they need broken in probably has something to do with the feeding issue.
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Nothing too scientific, just breakin it in...got the new scope mount after I got back from shooting, now to find somebody with the tools to get that free-float quad rail put on...OD green handguards...not my favorite (I do however have some black Krylon :laugh: )
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Done!!! ;D :D ;) :) :P 8) ...for now that is...
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What scope riser did you end up going with? Looks like a nice rig. And, um, yeah....they're never "done".
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The one in the first pic is a piece of crap, UTG or some such, quite loose, low quality, but thats what you get for $18.99 or whatever I paid. The new one in the newest pic is a Blackhawk I believe, got it at Cabela's...VERY sturdy, doesn't move at all. Can't wait to see what that does for my accuracy, because I'm not great, but I am alot better than that target pic shows.
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Yeah, anything from UTG is pretty much only good for a .22 or airsoft.
What type of feed ramps does your barrel extension / upper have? Maybe the bullet is getting hung up there. My experience with PMAGS has been 100% reliable also. I would really doubt if it's a mag problem, unless your OAL is too long and the bullet tip is getting hung up in the mag.
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Bought the Pmags due to all the positive reviews, you guys are probably right. As for feed ramps I'm not sure, I will check when I get home from work tonight. Checked out the trouble shooting section on arfcom, gave me some ideas, but I don't think I could post there, seems awfully hostile, I'll take nfoa advice...seems decidedly safer :D
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If you stay in the technical sections on Arfcom it's ok. Posting in General Discussion is like walking through the middle of Detroit at midnight waving a $100 bill.
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If you stay in the technical sections on Arfcom it's ok. Posting in General Discussion is like walking through the middle of Detroit at midnight waving a $100 bill.
quite literally lol...
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Send a few mags over with your bullets and I will test them for you :P
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Would if I could Dan :p although my fiancee just found out how much 700 rounds cost us, I might lose my life.