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    My 1st Build (Just a Parts List)

    Quote Originally Posted by Zim View Post
    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.
    Last edited by Spartan65; 09-06-14 at 10:48.
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    http://www.bravocompanyusa.com/mobil...D-16-BFH-KMR13

    http://www.bravocompanyusa.com/mobil...D-16-BFH-KMR13

    http://www.bravocompanyusa.com/mobil...D-16ELWF-KMR13

    http://www.bravocompanyusa.com/mobil...G-MID-16-KMR13

    All in stock.

    Edit because of your edit: Locking your elbow out can lead to problems. Pivoting with your knees has nothing to do with your elbow.
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    So far Bud's guns has the lowest price in a DDv7 $1,285.00 + sights at $103.00
    I don't want a LW barrel either.
    As far as barrels go ER Shaw builds great barrels for Stag and the YHM barrels are CHF but when I called them they didn't want to identify who they came from prior to them fluting them.
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    Some points:
    People do not like Spike's here but I don't have strong feelings either way. I had one of their uppers for a period of time and it was fine, gas key was staked decently and everything looked okay. For a receiver don't worry about it, receivers are most likely not made by Spike's anyways, but another company which supplies other companies

    You probably don't want to shoot irons. Save money and get a Burris Tac30 or Mtac instead

    The Stag barrel is probably fine but you could instead go with something more popular like a Nordic, White Oak Armament, or Criterion barrel instead

    Just get an A2 stock set (better yet, get the stock set with ALG trigger lower parts kit from White Oak Armament). The people telling you to get an A5 stock set have no idea what the **** they're talking about... If you're on a budget dumping a bunch of money into low yield stuff like an A5 over A2 makes no sense whatsoever.

    Do yourself a favor and get a Miculek muzzle brake. It is cheap and highly effective, you probably won't do much better until you go over $100 and even then the Miculek is still a solid contender

    GET AN 18" BARREL!!!! (with rifle length gas) The recoil impulse makes this a no brainer. You should not have problems with reliability either (unless you get the Nordic which has a smaller gas port and is meant to be a fixed reduced gas/reduced felt recoil solution and just might not work with certain weak loads)

    I would not buy a prebuilt upper but that is just me. I would be building if this were for 3 gun. That being said if I had more money I would probably buy a BCM 20" upper if the bcg deal is still going.

    Handguard selection is a matter of personal choice. I use the full length on 15" handguards and I am 6'.

    Uppers are not hard to build at all, but you do need more specialized tools than you would need for a lower. A vice is almost necessary.

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    You do understand that the LW and Government profile is the same under the handguard, right? That the additional weight in front of the gas block does absolutely nothing for you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by teutonicpolymer View Post
    A vice is almost necessary.
    How do you propose anyone properly torque a barrel nut without a vice, exactly?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zim View Post
    How do you propose anyone properly torque a barrel nut without a vice, exactly?
    There are creative people out there
    How wise is it to not use a vice? Probably not very, but I am sure someone has done it

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    If you know it's bad advice, don't offer it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zim View Post
    How do you propose anyone properly torque a barrel nut without a vice, exactly?
    Park your truck on top of the upper and it's not going anywhere! Torque away!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zim View Post
    If you know it's bad advice, don't offer it.

    It seems like you're just trying to find something to pick at here

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