My 1st Build (Just a Parts List)
I made a couple of lists of parts at today's current prices, I value all opinions good or bad so I am putting them up for critics and cynics.
Build 1
- YHM 16" FLUTED, MELONITE QPQ (1:9) $216.75
- Spike’s Tactical M4 flat top upper receiver Forward Assit and Ejection port cover incld' $115.00
- BCM Low Profile Gas Block (steel with set screws) 750 $44.95
- BCMGUNFIGHTER Ambidextrous Charging Handle (5.56mm/.223) w/ Mod A44 (Ambi) $69.95
- BCM Gas Tube - Mid Length $13.00
- Palmetto State Armory 5.56 Premium Full Auto Bolt Carrier Group $109.99
- Stag 3G Compensator + 2x Crush Washers $72.00
- VRS™ T 13.5" Free-Floating Handguard $189.00
- Spike's Tactical Pirate Lower $115.00
- FFL Transfer for Lower $50.00
???? - Spike’s Tactical Enhanced LPK $169.95
- Spike's Tactical Carbine Buffer Assembly Kit Mil-Spec $69.95
- The MOE Fixed Carbine Stock – Mil-Spec * $29.95
2nd List
- "Stag Arms 18"" 5.56 Fluted Barrel Assembly ER Shaw Barrel
Chamber: 5.56 NATO (The barrel assembly will also shoot .223 ammunition)
Length: 18""
Diameter at the gas port: .750""
Barrel Threading: 1/2 x 28
Barrel Profile: Heavy barrel
Barrel Material: 410 Stainless Steel
Twist Rate: 1/8
Bore & Barrel Lining: None
Barrel Coating: None
Sight: Low profile gas block
Handguard: 15"" free foat Samson Evolution modular handguard
Gas System: Rifle length direct impingement
Muzzle Device: Stag 3G compensator" $530.00
- Lower (Multi) Forged Pirate - Bullet Markings $115.00
- Upper Receiver - Forged M4 Flat Top (Multi Cal) $115.00
- Lower Kit - Spike's Enhanced Parts Kit $169.95
- Bolt Carrier Group - Spike's Standard Phosphate HPT/MPI M16 BCG $149.95
- Spike's Carbine Buffer Assembly Kit $69.95
- MOEŽ Fixed Carbine Stock – Mil-Spec Model $29.95
- BCMGUNFIGHTER Charging Handle (5.56mm/.223) Mod 4 (MEDIUM) Latch $44.95
I'm looking to Shoot some local 3gun, most of the shooters I see on YouTube are using 18 inch barrel, I already have my Benelli M4 and a Glock 21 2nd Gen. The Glock has been with me the longest, the M4 was a last years tax returns. I'm not mister money bags, but I do believe in money well spent so your opinions do hold weight. I had an earlier thread about YHM and I was able to fire one at Calibers down in ABQ. Needless to say I am still looking.
Thank you for your time.
My 1st Build (Just a Parts List)
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Zim
This probably isn't necessary unless you're 6'8." Do you lock your support elbow while you shoot?
Being impatient isn't a good excuse to buy sub-standard parts. BCM has been restocking their upper receiver groups regularly. It's worth it to wait.
G&R LPK with an ALG-ACT (or QMS). There's a lot of junk in the Spikes kit.
..........okay
Don't settle on junk because the "cool kids" use it. Go with a barrel from a known good manufacturer, or just buy a BCM complete upper.
That just seems ignorant.
The DD fixed sights are really nice.
Go with a 16" barrel for your first rifle. Buy a complete upper from BCM. If you really want to build your own later, you'll have a better idea of how it should run.
The BCM product is great, except they don't have the configuration I want 16" barrel with at least a 13.5 hand guard or an 18" barrel with a 15" hand guard. They don't have it in stock. And when I called there is no eta.
I do lock my arm cause I pivot with my knees.