New Guy: Mega Arms 14.7" Custom Build.

[AaronP220]

Hey guys! Newbie here. I figured I would show off my first custom build.

Specs of the final evolution.
Mega GTR-3H billet lower.
Mega billet upper.
Wilson Recon 14.7" SS barrel w/ Wilson Low-Pro gas block.
Wilson 13.8" T.R.I.M. hand guard.
Young Manufacturing N/M BCG.
Spikes LPK.
BADASS ambi safety.
BADASS enhanced take down pins.
Geissele SSA-E trigger.
VLTOR receiver extension.
PWS H2 buffer.
BCM Mod 44 ambi charging handle.
Magpul CTR stock.
Magpul MOE+ grip.
Magpul ASAP.
AAC 51T muzzle brake.
KNS detents and springs.
POF bolt catch.
NORGON ambi magazine release.
Foliage Green Cerakote.

Now for the pics...

Mega billet set.



I originally spec'd a B5 SOPMOD bravo stock.


I also had originally spec'd a Geissele SD3G trigger.

[B_A_Merkonakis]

Seen it in person and it's an awesome build!

[AaronP220]

Wilson TRIM rail mock up.



Furniture change. Foliage MOE+ grip and CTR stock.



Barrel install. Wilson uses a HUGE barrel nut.




Wilson rail installed w/ barrel.

[AaronP220]

Young had a back order on their BCGs so I originally bought a Rainer Arms NiB NM BCG. (Here it is next to my Ruger SR556 BCG)



AAC 51T brake installed.



Over all look.

[AaronP220]

Young NM BCG




Here it is pretty much complete. Added a Vortex Viper 1-4 in an ADM mount. SureFire 300 MiniScout in a LaRue offset mount with a remote thumb switch. Knights URX panels were also added.





Here the upper and lower is with Foliage Cerakote.






Here it is assembled. I bought an SRT stock but didn't like it so I put the CTR back on.



And here it is pretty much complete and in the final evolution.

[TF82]

Nice, and I like how you took pictures all the way through. I'm curious why you switched out to the YM bolt carrier instead of just keeping the one you already had going?

[AaronP220]

Nice, and I like how you took pictures all the way through. I'm curious why you switched out to the YM bolt carrier instead of just keeping the one you already had going?

I knew I wanted a Young BCG at the before I started even buying parts. IMO Young makes the absolute highest quality BCGs in the business. I also don't care for NiB BCG. I put about 250 rounds on the Rainier NM BCG and I found that the NiB stains and stains all kinds of odd colors. Brown, Black, Yellow..etc and no amount of cleaning, scrubbing and cleaners would make it silver again. So, when I accounted for the high cost of the Rainier NM BCG and the fact that it looked like absolute garbage after shooting it I was all too happy with the Youngs came back in stock. Their machining and workmanship is 2nd to no one and I prefer hard chrome leaps and bound above NiB. Hard chrome cleans up without chemicals and doesn't stain at all.

[kdcgrohl]

Why no port door?

[AaronP220]

Why no port door?

When I had it Cerakoted the door kept seeping grease so my coating guy had to keep the door for a few extra weeks to keep applying the coating and baking it until all the grease came out of the door. To install the door I had to pull the rail and the barrel nut because the barrel nut that Wilson designed is so big. So I decided to go without it for a few months because I didn't want to pull the barrel and re-sight all my optics. So, last weekend I decided to pull the rail and barrel nut and install the door. So it's finally on there now.

[TF82]

I knew I wanted a Young BCG at the before I started even buying parts. IMO Young makes the absolute highest quality BCGs in the business. I also don't care for NiB BCG. I put about 250 rounds on the Rainier NM BCG and I found that the NiB stains and stains all kinds of odd colors. Brown, Black, Yellow..etc and no amount of cleaning, scrubbing and cleaners would make it silver again. So, when I accounted for the high cost of the Rainier NM BCG and the fact that it looked like absolute garbage after shooting it I was all too happy with the Youngs came back in stock. Their machining and workmanship is 2nd to no one and I prefer hard chrome leaps and bound above NiB. Hard chrome cleans up without chemicals and doesn't stain at all.

I see. Did they start staking their gas keys, or did you have that done as well?