No Frills quality 20" A2

[556Cliff]

Lately, I decided to do a 20" of a different flavor. It is an A4, not an A2. I does use a Windham Weaponry upper assembly (the second one I have used for a build in addition to a 20" barrel assembly for my A2 build).

What's the weight of that rifle with the wood? It must be heavier than it would be with the standard polymer furniture.

It does look good though.

[Renegade04]

What's the weight of that rifle with the wood? It must be heavier than it would be with the standard polymer furniture.

It does look good though.

It weighs 8 lbs .3 ozs. with an empty 30-round D&H magazine. That is 8.7 ozs less than this A4 clone with an empty 30-round USGI magazine.

[Renegade04]

A wood-stocked AR like that looks both awesome and wrong at the same time.

I know what you mean. It took me several years to break down and build one like this. Wood and an AR just are not meant to be together. Fortunately, done right, it can look good. BTW, it shoots great too.

[HighDesert]

Love the 20" ers.

My 4th AR I decided for a simple stupid 20". Decided on a complete BCM. It now has a carry handle instead of mbus and its just a pleasure. Was going to upgrade the receiver to the A5, but honestly it is perfectly fine and smooth with the standard carbine receiver and bcm h buffer. Maybe eventually.

It's my wife's favorite gun to shoot and one of mine too.

[Dionysusigma]

Lately, I decided to do a 20" of a different flavor. It is an A4, not an A2. I does use a Windham Weaponry upper assembly (the second one I have used for a build in addition to a 20" barrel assembly for my A2 build).

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

[JC5188]

I know what you mean. It took me several years to break down and build one like this. Wood and an AR just are not meant to be together. Fortunately, done right, it can look good. BTW, it shoots great too.

I actually like it. The wood is nicely figured and finished, but not so much that it looks like it doesn't belong. Hey, if they can put plastic and camo on Beretta shotguns, we can put a nice piece of satin walnut on a long stick AR.

Very nicely done.


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[Circle_10]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

Renegade, that's a sharp looking rifle with the wood furniture.
I really like the wood stock sets that follow the lines of the original GI style furniture. I'm less fond of some of those laminated sets with different styling though.

[556Cliff]

It weighs 8 lbs .3 ozs. with an empty 30-round D&H magazine. That is 8.7 ozs less than this A4 clone with an empty 30-round USGI magazine.

The weight is not to bad I guess... What did you use to finish the wood and did any part of the set require any hand fitting or did it just go together perfectly?

[Pushbutton2]

A wood-stocked AR like that looks both awesome and wrong at the same time.

So true!!!

But I now want one!!

[Renegade04]

The weight is not to bad I guess... What did you use to finish the wood and did any part of the set require any hand fitting or did it just go together perfectly?

I used Watco Danish Oil for the finish. I then applied Feed-N-Wax conditioner/polish (Beeswax and Orange Oil). There was no fitting required. They pre-fit everything. There is some final sanding and buffing that has to be done before applying the finish. Ironwood Designs has detailed instructions on their website as well as recommended sanding and finishing products and techniques.