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    I have a injury to my left bicep, it hurts less to extend it than bunch it up. I do real well shooting open sites on just about any rifle I pick up, I am a Marine and adapt and will overcome my arm issue. I do have relatively long arms. I have held a lot of different rifles lately and I feel like I have a better purchase on fore guards that are more round than square. But that's cause I can only grip about 60-70% says the VA.

    I guess the guys at Calibers swayed me from the LW barrel on the v7, But I'll research it more.
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    $1,260.00 Plus FFL this is about comfortable with me.
    Daniel Defense V7
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    I'm so confused. Are you looking for an all-around carbine or are you looking for a purpose-built 3-Gun rig? If the former, you can't go wrong with a Daniel Defense (obviously). However, if you're end-goal is to be as efficient/accurate as possible in a gun-gaming environment, you will be much better served building a gun with the quality/reputable parts that have been suggested to you in this thread.

    I hope you have deep pockets and/or reload, because shooting your .45 in handgun stages is going to get old, really fast.

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    I Buy a couple of .45 boxes a week and shoot two to three times a month 100 rounds each time, even with that I'd say I have enough brass to last a lifetime, and at least two feet high and deep in the ammo safe. Shooting a .45 will never get old for me. I just wish I had the money for a 41 with a longer sight radius then I wouldn't need a fly swatter...
    Ultimately my goal is to give the limited class a try and and if that don't work at least I'll get out and enjoy time shooting. I've had my 21 since 97-98 I think I bought it after my wife bailed or before I don't remember. But it works well for me and I can hit anything I point it at.
    Some day I may even indulge in a 1911, it would have to be a double stack. I carried the .45 in the Corps on post etc.... We transitioned to the 92F and they were OK. I sold my Gen 1 17 to buy my 21 and she's been with me since.
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    Is this your first personally owned AR or just the first you plan to assemble yourself? Because if you don't have one at all right now, you might be better off purchasing a complete rifle / carbine and using it for a while to help narrow down what works and what doesn't for your intended purpose.

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    I just watched a comparison on You Tube of these two triggers and now that I know that ALG mil spec triggers are made by Geiselle I can see where that make more sense. I got a chance to shoot a rifle in Raton with the 3Gun Geisele trigger, needless to say my finger had a stiffy all day.
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    I have an A2 that I shoot CMP with. I was thinking I'd like t build one of the new style rifles, but I'm not beyond conceding and buying one and just decking it out a bit. I know how to take it all apart and reassemble it, I even have all the right tools. I've even considered buying a couple of lowers just to have for the future. I know this I'm not an impatient man. Aside from the jostling going on in this forum, I appreciate everyone's input. And it's not bad having some guidance.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Spartan65 View Post
    I've even considered buying a couple of lowers just to have for the future. I know this I'm not an impatient man.
    Given today's political climate and other factors that have made gun prices fluctuate wildly over the last 10 years, the first part of the above statement is a great idea. Especially considering the second part.

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    If your going to be getting into 3 gun, I would build your own. Post #3 would be a good start. Remember quality where its important.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spartan65 View Post
    I guess the guys at Calibers swayed me from the LW barrel on the v7, But I'll research it more.
    I haven't encountered anybody there with close to my knowledge base within ARs and modern service pistols, and I consider myself well below the level of expertise of others in this thread who have already replied (to be fair, I haven't interacted with any smithing staff they have there); if you have any sort of upper extremity injury you'll do well to run a lightweight upper, maybe with some weight on the barrel for precision/thermal reasons but any unneeded weight is bad - the LW V7 (or V11 - they just haven't gotten any stocked yet) would be preferables [for reference I run a V5LW, and with crap ammunition I'd still shoot top half of expert on a Table 1/2 qualification and monkey stomp anything issued for the Table3].

    Hell, find a deal on a lower and LPK and I'll build it for you if you're trying to save money there. If you need to reference handguard lengths, I have rifles with 14", 13.5", 12.625", 12", 11" and other handguards, if you still want a 15" setup you can get that in a complete upper. Same deal with triggers (I don't have any ALG's, but I've only got 6 SSA's and 2 SSA-E's).

    I'd still very heavily advise you to look at a BCM Recce/KMR upper and G2S or G2S-E trigger. It's within ounces of weight of the Govvy profiled V7, but those are tack driving capable barrels, and would only be at any sort of disadvantage to something utterly purpose built and tuned, and even then that difference is miniscule; that KMR Recce would be light enough to use as a general purpose rifle, accurate enough with 69gr/75gr/77gr or even 55gr SBK match to be a bench rifle, and for what you're otherwise looking at on price, getting one of those frees you up on budget to get a super-baller trigger (SSA-E/G2S-E is in range, close to the SD3G for pull weight but a bit more suited to general purpose/SDMR applications), set yourself up with top end parts and lowers (VLTOR A5/A5H2), and have budget to put towards an optic.
    Other option would be something like an MSTN custom build - get the 16" Noveske Intermediate Gassed/Taper profile from Wes, build it with a 15" NST Handguard, throw a MUR on it for bling points, and drive on from there - again a setup so baller it just happens to be great at 3G applications. There are too many good options to restrict yourself to what's local, or what a LGS that specializes in selling/renting handguns and hunting rifles.
    Last edited by TehLlama; 09-06-14 at 20:34.
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