
Originally Posted by
Spartan65
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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