m16
03-06-13, 15:23
Only took me a year, literally.
I bought these from Tactical Machining in early 2012 and sat on them for a while, it wasn't until recently that I was motivated to get started.
These forgings have become quite popular for obvious reasons, and since "build parties" have been popping up all over the place I figured what the hell, might as well put together a couple more rifles.
Both lowers were assembled with Colt lower parts, with the exceptions of the triggers which are Geissele SD-E.
I put together the top upper using a Mega side charging receiver and got a 16" barrel from Monty over at Centurion Arms, then covered it up with a 15" Troy Alpha rail. Sights are Troy fixed irons with a 2MOA Micro T-1.
The bottom upper is an LMT 14.5" with a 13" Troy Alpha rail and a pinned Vortex. Sights are Troy flip-ups with a 4MOA Micro T-1.
Here they are:
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/7572/img2266copy.jpg
I'm very happy with the end results, the Type III anodizing isn't perfect but I don't really care because these were built to shoot.
If I were to do anything differently I would probably have gone with Micro H-1 red dots and B5 SOPMOD stocks to save a little money.
I highly recommend Tactical Machining for your 80% receiver needs, they are quality Cerro forgings that went together without a hitch and I have seen some really bad forgings coming from other suppliers.
The TM receivers are good to go, when they are readily available again and the price has gone down I plan on buying some more.
I bought these from Tactical Machining in early 2012 and sat on them for a while, it wasn't until recently that I was motivated to get started.
These forgings have become quite popular for obvious reasons, and since "build parties" have been popping up all over the place I figured what the hell, might as well put together a couple more rifles.
Both lowers were assembled with Colt lower parts, with the exceptions of the triggers which are Geissele SD-E.
I put together the top upper using a Mega side charging receiver and got a 16" barrel from Monty over at Centurion Arms, then covered it up with a 15" Troy Alpha rail. Sights are Troy fixed irons with a 2MOA Micro T-1.
The bottom upper is an LMT 14.5" with a 13" Troy Alpha rail and a pinned Vortex. Sights are Troy flip-ups with a 4MOA Micro T-1.
Here they are:
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/7572/img2266copy.jpg
I'm very happy with the end results, the Type III anodizing isn't perfect but I don't really care because these were built to shoot.
If I were to do anything differently I would probably have gone with Micro H-1 red dots and B5 SOPMOD stocks to save a little money.
I highly recommend Tactical Machining for your 80% receiver needs, they are quality Cerro forgings that went together without a hitch and I have seen some really bad forgings coming from other suppliers.
The TM receivers are good to go, when they are readily available again and the price has gone down I plan on buying some more.