It's comming together. It's running/new pic

[GhostB14]

Ive had the lower since '07 with a quad railed hb middy upper and thought it was time for something lighter and less railed. UPS dropped off the first of my upper parts today, stuff so far:
RRA Lower
CTR
MIAD
ML3 LT mount
LT rear buis
DD front buis
X300
Apex rifle handguard
AFG2 w/MOE rail section
RSA(not shown)



Should be getting the rest of the upper tomorrow:
DD M4 upper, DD 14.5" LW middy, VLTOR gb, BC 1.5(All from Grant)

Never had my hands on an AFG before, right now I have a so-so opinion of it just messing with it bolted up to the hg. No quality concerns, just not sure it will be for me.

[connorh]

what's the co-witness with the dd buis and aimpoint?

[MookNW]

That should be a terrific shooter. Post a full report of that Apex rail after some use if you don't mind. First I had an AFG, then I had a VFG, now I just ride the HG. YMMV

[GhostB14]

Lil' snafu... Upper came unassembled and no barrel nut. Communication error I guess.

Down side: I wont be shooting it this weekend for my birthday, I don't own the tools to assemble it, and I need a barrel nut.

Upside: I wanted to get the tools and build an upper myself in the first place, but I was in a hurry to get the gun going.

So as it stands:
The barrel(Very nice BTW) is with a good friend/machinist getting dimpled for the VLTOR gas block screws. Should have it back tomorrow.

Brownells shipped my Armor's wrench today, should have it next Tuesday

Bravo Company USA shipped my barrel nut and upper rec. vice block today. Should have it this Saturday.

My heart sunk a bit when the box of parts showed up, but the silver lining is that I wanted to do it myself in the first place and this is the kick in the pants I needed to be able to enjoy building it and the reward of pride I will get when its running. After thinking about it I am glad it happened this way.

@connorh: As far as I know the DD front buis will give the same height as a standard front site and give me the same lower 1/3 co-witness that the rifle had before.

@MookNW: Will do and the more I play with the VFG and the AFG on my M&P 15-22 the more I think I may just do something small for an index point/handstop on this rifle. I already have something low proflie and sturdy mocked up to try out.

[DiabhailGadhar]

Man I just did the same thing I actually had my lower in my house and called back to Spikes and asked if they could send my lower completely assembled...totally forgot the stripped lower was sittin in my closet...

[GhostB14]

Tools and bbl nut should be here when I get home from work tomorrow, can't wait.

[GhostB14]

Mocked up, waiting for bbl nut wrench.

[GhostB14]

Its done, it runs



Ran out of daylight after putting only ~40 rounds through it. Battle Comp and H2 buffer shoots damn flat. Everything feels good. I'll give a better update on the components once I put a few hundred rounds through it. Five hours later and I'm still smiling.

[InfiniteGrim]

Just wondering what is on the bottom rail?

[GhostB14]

Just wondering what is on the bottom rail?

I am trying out different types of index points. VFG, AFG, ect. This one is just a short rail section with a Magpul XTM panel on it. Soon I am going to try out a regular handstop.