Last year I built my wife a rifle, as she had shown interest in the build I had done for me, and of course wanted one for herself; it was a good thing that when I bought my lower, I bought a spare for this eventuality. The initial build was a straight-up 16" free floated "standard rifle" very similar to many of the rifles here on this forum. When I built it I wasn't sure just how much she'd take to shooting it, so I signed her up for a Magpul Carbine I class, so that she could learn the manipulation basics from someone other than me, all in the spirit of maintaining household harmony! Her previous M4 experience had been some agency familiarization, and regular shooting of the Colt SMG, though while similar it is a completely different beast. Well, she took to shooting her M4 like a fish to water and has since attended two other courses within 90 days of the first.
At the first course I had the opportunity to talk to Steve Fisher and Iraqgunz about her rifle, and improvements that could be made to make it a better fit for her. Chief among the suggestions were the replacement of the barrel with a pinned lightweight 14.5 and the use of Centurion Arms C4 rails (unavailable at the time of the initial build). As she is barely over 5' tall, shaving some weight and some length were in order, however, at the time a full-out SBR is and was out of the question so this is what we have ended up with. For now I do not have an overall weight, what I can say is that MOD II is a full one pound, four ounces lighter than MOD 1, with most all of that weight difference removed from the barrel nut forward. These weights are taken from the manufacturers, as I do not have a decent scale at home. Changes from MOD I to MOD II that I do not have weights for are the deletion of the Magpul MOE RVG and replacing it with LaRue hand stops. Weight of the upper receiver, BCG, and charging handle are not included below as they are constants from one to the other.
First build “MOD I” Upper
BCM Upper Receiver (wt. not included)
Daniel Defense 16.1 M-4 Barrel 28.2oz
Troy TRX 11” Rail 20.4oz
Troy folding F+R HK BUIS 3.2oz
YHM Phantom FH 2.1oz
Gas Tube .4
DD LP .750 Gas Block 1.8oz
Total 56.1oz
Second Build “MOD II” Upper
Noveske Chainsaw Upper Receiver (wt. not included)
BCM 14.5 L/W CHF Barrel Mid 21.0oz
Centurion Arms 10” Rail 11.4oz
Magpul F+R BUIS 2.5oz
BattleComp 1.5 Brake 2.5oz
Gas Tube .5oz
DD LP .625 Gas Block 1.8oz
Total 39.7oz
BCM BCG and Charging Handle carry over from MOD I to MOD II, and do not affect the tabulated weight. The only changes to the lower were the removal of the Magpul standard MOE grip and replacing it the the MOE "K" grip.
As soon as I can access a digital scale in a couple of weeks I'll post the before and after weights.
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I hope she likes it.
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Originally Posted by Failure2Stop
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