Behold! The "futuristic" AR

[wild_wild_wes]

What kind of accuracy do you hear about? Worse than MOA? Right at MOA?

A 'lil bit worse than MOA.

[NightFighter]

Very Very nice - one thing that I would change is get rid of the PRI and ask Grant or Randall to install standard F marked FSP.

What is standard F marked FSP? Or what does standard F marked FSP mean?

[NightFighter]

Just born, today!

Vltor VIS-2 monolithic upper, Sabre Defence 18" midlength midweight fluted chrome lined barrel, PRI gas block/folding front BUIS, KAC 600m rear BUIS, ACOG TA-31F with LaRue mount.

I call it the <SPR.

It is a Designated Marksman type rifle, but with a service-grade barrel, and rugged optics.

It is part of my grand experiment to investigate and quantify the continuum of accuracy potential as one builds upon the AR platform: service grade chrome vs. match grade stainless barrels, ff handguard versus standard, match trigger vs. standard, different optics, and so on.

Here is its stablemate, one rung down the ladder:



This one was inspired by the Diemaco Special Forces Weapon, and has a 16" midlength midweight barrel.

It is itself one step above my lightweight barreled M-faux, which should be ready soon.

Later I will have a Recce and SPR constructed to my specs; these will be the high-end of the spectrum. It will be lots of fun seeing the accuracy potential each can deliver!

What lower did you use on each of the rifles? You stated the specs for the first rifle I was wonder what are the specs for the last rifle pictured? Very nice rifles by the way. One day I hope to be able to build a rifle as nice.

[AR15barrels]

What lower did you use on each of the rifles?

It's a Bushmaster lower with the markings filled in with paint.

[wild_wild_wes]

Yes, they are Bushmaster lower recievers. Unfotunatly, I live in California and only own three lowers, and will probably never be able to get more, so I will have several "homeless" uppers.

The colored inlays are from "laquer sticks" which I got from Brownells.

The specs on the other rifle are:

CMT upper
Dennysguns midlength midweight 16" chrome lined barrel with 5C1 Phantom
DD Lite 9.0 handguard
TA-50R 3X Compact ACOG with LaRue mount
PRI rear BUIS

I like it.

[wild_wild_wes]

What is standard F marked FSP? Or what does standard F marked FSP mean?

Typo: it should have been "FSB"; Front Sight Base

[Robb Jensen]

Typo: it should have been "FSB"; Front Sight Base

F marked FSBs' are for use with flat top ARs (here's a pic of the heights of FSB's I saw on another website) If you don't have a F height FSB and are using a flat top upper you'll likely have to raise the front sight post so high that it'll be nearly falling out of the FSB. Bushmaster makes a taller .040" taller front sight post that'll fix this problem.