Hawkeye
10-20-07, 16:10
I think I've finally put together what I consider to be about the best general purpose/multi role carbine I can. I wanted something thats capable of excellent accuracy yet be able to fight with (supressive fire/high round count, etc...) as well. There are a number of excellent stainless AR barrels out there, that are all capable of exceptional accuracy, but none that I really felt that would have the same durability and longevity as a chrome lined barrel. About the closest would be one of John Noveske's barrels.
Enter Denny's (Global Tactical) Operator barrel. For those that dont know, its a 16" midlength gas system Chromoly Vandium barrel. 5.56 chamber, chrome lined, and of a midweight profile. These barrels are done by Compass Lake, Mike Rock, and US Chrome to Denny's specs.
The Operator barrels have been turning in some outstanding acuracy results. I helped a friend build up an AR using one a few months ago, and he has been getting consistent .4 moa @ 100 yds with some 75gr handloads. This barrel gives you near match grade accuracy (on average), yet you can still dump 2-3 mags of supressive fire through it and not even begin to damage it like you would most stainless barrels.
So, I put this one together, that I feel is capable of doing general duty as a fighting carbine, yet is also capable of good accuracy when needed. There are a number of ways one you go for optics on this. My friend went with a 1.5-4x Leupold. I decided to go with an Aimpoint and Aimpoint Magnifier in a Larue mount and Aimpoint twist & lock mount respectively. This allows me to run it like any other fighting carbine with the Aimpoint, yet in just a second, the Magnifier can be added for decent precision out to 200-250 yrds or so, give or take. I think this is about as versitile as you can get without going to a more dedicated setup for one job or the other. I'm sure there are other equally, and possibly better setups out there, but this is what I am going to run for a while. The only two things I have thought about changing on it are the front sight assembly and the flash supressor. I thought about switching to a flip up front sight, but for now I think I am going to stick with the standard F marked fixed one. On the flash supressor, I thought about going with a Phantom, but I want to run the A2 in some low light first to see if its really worth it.
I only have about 80 rounds through it so far (55 gr FMJ Georgia Arms), but based on its performance so far, I have no doubts its going to be a great shooter. Here are the specs.
Denny's/Global Tactical lower (made for Denny by Stag)
LMT receiver extension
Magpul CTR stock
Stag/CMT lower parts kit
KNS pins
Magpul MIAD grip
CMT M4 cut upper
Denny's bolt/bolt carrier group (MP marked and properly staked, Crane extractor spring and O ring w/black insert)
Denny's Operator barrel (16", chrome lined, 1/7 twist, 5.56, CMV, midlength gas, F front sight)
Troy rear sight
Larue 9.0 rail
Magpul XT rail covers
Vickers Tactical sling
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Hawkeye1/Guns/Operator5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Hawkeye1/Guns/Operator4.jpg
Enter Denny's (Global Tactical) Operator barrel. For those that dont know, its a 16" midlength gas system Chromoly Vandium barrel. 5.56 chamber, chrome lined, and of a midweight profile. These barrels are done by Compass Lake, Mike Rock, and US Chrome to Denny's specs.
The Operator barrels have been turning in some outstanding acuracy results. I helped a friend build up an AR using one a few months ago, and he has been getting consistent .4 moa @ 100 yds with some 75gr handloads. This barrel gives you near match grade accuracy (on average), yet you can still dump 2-3 mags of supressive fire through it and not even begin to damage it like you would most stainless barrels.
So, I put this one together, that I feel is capable of doing general duty as a fighting carbine, yet is also capable of good accuracy when needed. There are a number of ways one you go for optics on this. My friend went with a 1.5-4x Leupold. I decided to go with an Aimpoint and Aimpoint Magnifier in a Larue mount and Aimpoint twist & lock mount respectively. This allows me to run it like any other fighting carbine with the Aimpoint, yet in just a second, the Magnifier can be added for decent precision out to 200-250 yrds or so, give or take. I think this is about as versitile as you can get without going to a more dedicated setup for one job or the other. I'm sure there are other equally, and possibly better setups out there, but this is what I am going to run for a while. The only two things I have thought about changing on it are the front sight assembly and the flash supressor. I thought about switching to a flip up front sight, but for now I think I am going to stick with the standard F marked fixed one. On the flash supressor, I thought about going with a Phantom, but I want to run the A2 in some low light first to see if its really worth it.
I only have about 80 rounds through it so far (55 gr FMJ Georgia Arms), but based on its performance so far, I have no doubts its going to be a great shooter. Here are the specs.
Denny's/Global Tactical lower (made for Denny by Stag)
LMT receiver extension
Magpul CTR stock
Stag/CMT lower parts kit
KNS pins
Magpul MIAD grip
CMT M4 cut upper
Denny's bolt/bolt carrier group (MP marked and properly staked, Crane extractor spring and O ring w/black insert)
Denny's Operator barrel (16", chrome lined, 1/7 twist, 5.56, CMV, midlength gas, F front sight)
Troy rear sight
Larue 9.0 rail
Magpul XT rail covers
Vickers Tactical sling
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Hawkeye1/Guns/Operator5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Hawkeye1/Guns/Operator4.jpg