What have you done to your AR(s) today?

**Rogue556** · 06-09-20, 16:55

I was able to setup a rifle for my father this weekend.

He's had it almost two years now, but with everything going on he let me do a little updating to it.

Colt LE6920

He bought it used for $600 (I doubt it had ever been fired by the previous owner as it still had the paint pen proof mark on the bolt. 2014 manufacturer date).

Sourced an MRO and Scalarworks 1/3 mount for $300 from a buddy of mine.

Swapped the Colt double heat shield handgaurds for some skinny CAR style handguards.

Threw on a Impact Weapons Components TMC 1" light mount and Surefire G2X Tactical (700 lumen).

Threw on a B5 Systems Bravo stock and B5 Systems grip that I had laying around.

I also had a BCM Mod44 ambi charging handle, Battle Arms Development ambi safety, and left over BCM PNT trigger in my spare parts bin. Threw those on as my father is left handed.

It has a polymer MBUS rear sight currently, but that will be swapped with something better here soon. Other than that, it needs a QD end plate, QD mount for the handguard, and a Blue Force Gear sling.

Honestly, the simplicity of this rifle is nice. I may build one almost identical for myself.

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**1168** · 06-09-20, 17:09

Originally Posted by Rogue556

I was able to setup a rifle for my father this weekend.

He's had it almost two years now, but with everything going on he let me do a little updating to it.

Colt LE6920

He bought it used for $600 (I doubt it had ever been fired by the previous owner as it still had the paint pen proof mark on the bolt. 2014 manufacturer date).

Sourced an MRO and Scalarworks 1/3 mount for $300 from a buddy of mine.

Swapped the Colt double heat shield handgaurds for some skinny CAR style handguards.

Threw on a Impact Weapons Components TMC 1" light mount and Surefire G2X Tactical (700 lumen).

Threw on a B5 Systems Bravo stock and B5 Systems grip that I had laying around.

I also had a BCM Mod44 ambi charging handle and a Battle Arms Development ambi safety in my spare parts bin. Threw those on as my father is left handed.

It has a polymer MBUS rear sight currently, but that will be swapped with something better here soon. Other than that, it needs a QD end plate, QD mount for the handguard, and a Blue Force Gear sling.

Honestly, the simplicity of this rifle is nice. I may build one almost identical for myself.

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Brother, thats a seriously nice rifle.

All I’ve been able to do with mine lately is clean and lubricate. That Cherrybalmz stuff is quite slick. Dunno yet if it’ll be better or worse than the cheap stuff I’ve been using, in actual practice.

**officerX** · 06-09-20, 17:40

Originally Posted by Rogue556

I was able to setup a rifle for my father this weekend.

He's had it almost two years now, but with everything going on he let me do a little updating to it.

Colt LE6920

He bought it used for $600 (I doubt it had ever been fired by the previous owner as it still had the paint pen proof mark on the bolt. 2014 manufacturer date).

Sourced an MRO and Scalarworks 1/3 mount for $300 from a buddy of mine.

Swapped the Colt double heat shield handgaurds for some skinny CAR style handguards.

Threw on a Impact Weapons Components TMC 1" light mount and Surefire G2X Tactical (700 lumen).

Threw on a B5 Systems Bravo stock and B5 Systems grip that I had laying around.

I also had a BCM Mod44 ambi charging handle and a Battle Arms Development ambi safety in my spare parts bin. Threw those on as my father is left handed.

It has a polymer MBUS rear sight currently, but that will be swapped with something better here soon. Other than that, it needs a QD end plate, QD mount for the handguard, and a Blue Force Gear sling.

Honestly, the simplicity of this rifle is nice. I may build one almost identical for myself.

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Is he used to having a sling attached to the end plate? If not, I’d skip it and use the socket on the stock. I tried to like having it attached to the end plate but it just didn’t work for me. The spot on the stock was much better.

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**flenna** · 06-09-20, 18:08

Originally Posted by Rogue556

I was able to setup a rifle for my father this weekend.

He's had it almost two years now, but with everything going on he let me do a little updating to it.

Colt LE6920

He bought it used for $600 (I doubt it had ever been fired by the previous owner as it still had the paint pen proof mark on the bolt. 2014 manufacturer date).

Sourced an MRO and Scalarworks 1/3 mount for $300 from a buddy of mine.

Swapped the Colt double heat shield handgaurds for some skinny CAR style handguards.

Threw on a Impact Weapons Components TMC 1" light mount and Surefire G2X Tactical (700 lumen).

Threw on a B5 Systems Bravo stock and B5 Systems grip that I had laying around.

I also had a BCM Mod44 ambi charging handle and a Battle Arms Development ambi safety in my spare parts bin. Threw those on as my father is left handed.

It has a polymer MBUS rear sight currently, but that will be swapped with something better here soon. Other than that, it needs a QD end plate, QD mount for the handguard, and a Blue Force Gear sling.

Honestly, the simplicity of this rifle is nice. I may build one almost identical for myself.

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That is a sweet setup and would serve anyone who wants/needs a carbine well. Throw on that sling and you are done.

**Rogue556** · 06-09-20, 18:42

Originally Posted by 1168

Brother, thats a seriously nice rifle.

All I’ve been able to do with mine lately is clean and lubricate. That Cherrybalmz stuff is quite slick. Dunno yet if it’ll be better or worse than the cheap stuff I’ve been using, in actual practice.

Thanks man, I really feel at ease knowing my father has a solid setup now. Unfortunately we're four hours apart, so I can't get to him as quickly in an emergency as I'd like.

We got it dialed in and did some drills from 10-100 yards. He was able to put around 400 rounds through it, and was making good hits by the time we were through. He's got his holds down (at least in side of 100) and manipulation was greatly improved from his previous skills. Over all a pretty good weekend.

I've not tried the cherrybalmz, but need to. I run Slip2000 ELW right now, and started using ELW30 because it's a little thicker and doesn't seem to run out of the critical areas like the thiner stuff does.

Originally Posted by officerX

Is he used to having a sling attached to the end plate? If not, I’d skip it and use the socket on the stock. I tried to like having it attached to the end plate but it just didn’t work for me. The spot on the stock was much better.

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I actually run my rifles with the sling attached to the end plate. (I do run them on the stock on some precision oriented rifles as well, though).

He was able to try out one of my BFG sling setups on my 14.5" BCM, and did pretty well with it on the end plate. He also tried the stock, and did well with it as well. For the sake of letting him try what's best for him, I'm going to swap the end plate out and let him play around with the options. He's left handed but right eye dominant. Unfortunately his vision in his dominant eye is getting worse, and he actually sees better with his left eye now. We're trying to get him to the point that he can bring the rifle up and acquire the dot both eyes open without much fuss. Once we get there, then we'll probably get his sling setup ironed out.

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**TonyAngel** · 06-09-20, 21:54

I swapped from a 10.5" Ballistic Advantage modern series to an 11.3" Hanson profile. Eh, I found the barrel on sale with the pinned gas block. I figured a bit more dwell time and a little added velocity couldn't hurt. The 11.3 weighs one ounce more than the 10.5, but the difference in the distribution of the weight on the Hanson profile is noticeable.

**vicious_cb** · 06-10-20, 00:12

This thread is the equivalent of posting what you ate for breakfast on facebook. Why does it exist?

**1168** · 06-10-20, 01:44

Originally Posted by vicious_cb

This thread is the equivalent of posting what you ate for breakfast on facebook. Why does it exist?