First AR AAR & Thank you to M4C
I want to say hello to everyone on M4Carbine & thank you as this forum is a wealth of information. I have been lurking on the forums for years and originally cared nothing for AR's only lurking in the Handgun section. Then one day I made the foolish mistake of looking at the AR Picture thread and caught the bug...so here I am now finally the proud owner of an AR. I took my time scouring the forums for information on what to get. I looked at the AR Brand Comparison Chart over and over(Thank you Rob_s) and countless threads on what stock, mags, sights, optics, ammo etc, etc, etc. Thank you all and now on to my first buying experience.
The upper...
I new I wanted a BCM, after looking it over I thought it was by far the best value and top notch quality. I finally decided on the 16" over getting a 14.5" pinned thanks to the advice of several people on the forums to stay away from a pinned flash hider especially on your first AR since you don't know what you do and don't like yet. I went for the lightweight barrel and the light weight VTAC TRX 11". I ordered from BCM on Saturday and got a shipping notice on Monday! How is that for quick service. A week later I had my upper at my front door with the BCM BCG, Gunfighter charging handle, and fixed troy front sight. The extra goodies like the BCM hat, magazine, and posters were just icing on the cake. Its the little things that push a company over the top as their are a lot of choices on who to order from. Thank you BCM for making a quality product!
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BCM 16" BFH Lightweight Upper
BCM BCG
VTAC TRX 11" Handguard
BCM Mod 3 Charging Handle
DD Fixed Front Sight
The Lower...
Originally I wanted a DD lower but DD stopped selling separate lowers so I was going to go with a blemished lower built by Grant at G&R Tactical. However he was out of stock and I was doing my best to patiently wait but stumbled upon a thread about the Rainier Arms Lowers and saw they had the big feature I wanted in the DD lowers, the flared magwell. I ordered Grant's last lower in-stock(sorry) and selected the parts I wanted for the build. I received the lower today and it looks like its top quality. Thank you to Grant & G&R Tactical answering by noobish questions(whats a FCG?) and delivering a top quality product
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Rainier Arms Lower
G&R Tactical LPK & FCG
MOE Grip
CTR Stock
Magpul ASAP
and now the finished product....
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I can't wait to take it out this weekend and sight it in. I ordered various other parts including the gear sector light mount for my old surefire E2D LED defender i had lying around. I have an Aimpoint H-1 on order from Larue with a LT660 mount. Now to just clean and lube the thing and take it out and put a couple hundred rounds of M855 to break it in. I'll post more after this weekend on how she does.:dance3:
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