a 12" rail only weighs a few oz over a MOE handguard + FST. If you want to even lighter you can get a CF tube rail and cut off even more weight
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a 12" rail only weighs a few oz over a MOE handguard + FST. If you want to even lighter you can get a CF tube rail and cut off even more weight
This has been my exp as well.
I built a middy for my wife and she much preferred the STR to a Vltor IMod, for the exact reasons you stated above. Same with a similar build for my buddy's wife. She started with an IMod and ended up with an STR (with some batts, lube, and a bolt cleaning tool inside the stock as well). Both girls said the rifle felt lighter with an STR.
My BCM upper came in and my son came over and put everything together while I was a work. Going out in a few minutes to shoot it. But here is the tale (tail) of the fish scale. My 6920MP weighs in at 6lbs 9ozs as previously stated, The BCM comes in at 6lbs 6ozs. The BCM as it sits at the moment has a H2 buffer in it and a ACS stock that adds a few ozs. With both stocks collapsed the moment of the BCM is about 1.5 inches further to the rear than the Colt. What I was shooting for, although I didn't know to what extent it would be, was a lighter rifle with a lighter front fill. At least to some degree that has been accomplished. The real test will be how it fills to the DIL.
I know you will love that rifle...I know I love mine :D
muldoon your are correct!
I'm am lucky to live in the country and have a few acres of land so I can shoot when I want to. I took the BCM out front and ran a couple of 30 rnd mags through it to check function. To my pleasant surprise it ran the Tula ammo with the H2 buffer, the spring is a standard spring that came with a PSA lower build kit that I had ordered for the lower build. So far I am quite happy with it.
Good on ya' brother! Enjoy your 2nd amendment rights :D
To my surprise as well, my BCM upper with BCM BCG ran 100 rounds of Tula without malfunction. I too am using a H2 buffer. I normally wouldn't have been surprised but the Tula was the first thing I ran through it. I didn't break it in with 5.56 like I normally do.
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Ricky, sounds like you've got a winner there!
For my $.02, I had a lightweight build similar to yours that originally wore a small CAR stock. When I switched to the SOPMOD stock, the rifle felt "lighter" because it ended up being more balanced.
I bought a police trade in Colt A2 16" lightweight for my teen daughter.
I was making her shoot strings to the point where she was complaining of the weight but she never dropped her shots. And I would give her a break every now and then.
A2 flash hider, standard Colt Adjustable stock and A2 rear sight. She was mad because she wanted a red dot. I told her, learn the irons first and I have a spare lightweight Colt M4 upper that just needs a Aimpoint Micro.
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