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    If you have not purchased your barrel yet, I would do this. Buy a 20" barrel with a standard pinned F marked front sight. Then put a Troy rear sight on it. If you want the sight to spring up, go with Sampson or Magpul.

    I am on the same page as the other guys as far as YHM goes. I have assembled 100's of rifles. YHM has some pretty out of spec parts. If you can, save a few bucks and buy a quality 20" barrel from BCM, Daniel Defense, Colt, or Sabre Defense if you can find one (they no longer exist) I listed these brands because of a good quality to price range ratio.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    T-A,

    Enjoy your purchase.
    C'mon! That's it? Are you giving up? Of all the people here, from what I'm told anyway you have the most experience as an armorer. All I'm asking is for you to back up your claims with some substantive data that I can sink my teeth in to. I think that's a fair request. Anybody can offer opinions, or criticize and there are certainly times when it's based on personal experience, which I assume to be the case here with you. You said YHM is crap, aside from what you said earlier, I'm just wondering what experience as an armorer have you had with YHM? Please don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to take you to task here, but you did open the door with your comment; so I don't think it's unfair of me to ask you to substantiate your claim. So what do you say?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tango-Alpha View Post
    C'mon! That's it? Are you giving up? Of all the people here, from what I'm told anyway you have the most experience as an armorer. All I'm asking is for you to back up your claims with some substantive data that I can sink my teeth in to. I think that's a fair request. Anybody can offer opinions, or criticize and there are certainly times when it's based on personal experience, which I assume to be the case here with you. You said YHM is crap, aside from what you said earlier, I'm just wondering what experience as an armorer have you had with YHM? Please don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to take you to task here, but you did open the door with your comment; so I don't think it's unfair of me to ask you to substantiate your claim. So what do you say?
    You do know that he and this forum gets at least one post similar to yours every week. People just get tired of answering the same questions and don't want to waste the time and bandwidth.

    As far as BUIS, I have no experience with the YHM sights, but do run Troys and MagPuls. The Troys are nice but for the price, MagPuls are hard to beat and what are going on my Son's build. They have the CDI spring up feature you seem to want and are priced less than the YHM sights.

    Other than that, take the advice offered here - finish your rifle and enjoy it, there really isn't anything else you can do at this point. In all reality, it will do everything you ask it to. If it doesn't, then recock with the knowledge you get here. Don't look for an argument or try to justify your build. If you want answers, don't expect to be spoon fed, just spend some time reading the hundreds of threads about X vs Y.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cobra66 View Post
    You do know that he and this forum gets at least one post similar to yours every week. People just get tired of answering the same questions and don't want to waste the time and bandwidth.

    As far as BUIS, I have no experience with the YHM sights, but do run Troys and MagPuls. The Troys are nice but for the price, MagPuls are hard to beat and what are going on my Son's build. They have the CDI spring up feature you seem to want and are priced less than the YHM sights.

    Other than that, take the advice offered here - finish your rifle and enjoy it, there really isn't anything else you can do at this point. In all reality, it will do everything you ask it to. If it doesn't, then recock with the knowledge you get here. Don't look for an argument or try to justify your build. If you want answers, don't expect to be spoon fed, just spend some time reading the hundreds of threads about X vs Y.
    I can't fault your logic. Thank you for being sensible. It makes sense to me and I'm certainly not looking for an argument. This started out a question about sights. As I mentioned before, I'm willing to take input and would even consider selling the rifle if someone presented evidence that was compelling. I hear your point though about not wanting to waste bandwidth, so maybe it's better to just walk away. If that is indeed the case, then it's better not to say anything negative at all, wouldn't you agree? Knowing what kind of response those types of comments generally illicit, it would seem logical to avoid the whole thing altogether. This isn't a fight, or even a heated argument. I think everyone is welcome to have their opinion. The whole last page however, could have easily just been avoided if people either replied with a response pertaining to the question or chose to ignore it..which is generally what I do when a particular topic becomes completely exhausted. Seriously, whether we're talking guns, cars, women or whatever.....when you claim the other guy's <fill in the blank> is trash, you should be prepared to give an explanation for yourself. That's just common sense.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CoryCop25 View Post
    If you have not purchased your barrel yet, I would do this. Buy a 20" barrel with a standard pinned F marked front sight. Then put a Troy rear sight on it. If you want the sight to spring up, go with Sampson or Magpul.

    I am on the same page as the other guys as far as YHM goes. I have assembled 100's of rifles. YHM has some pretty out of spec parts. If you can, save a few bucks and buy a quality 20" barrel from BCM, Daniel Defense, Colt, or Sabre Defense if you can find one (they no longer exist) I listed these brands because of a good quality to price range ratio.
    Thanks for the thoughts on this. I did buy the barrel already however (YHM 20" fluted/threaded/1:7 twist). I do have a Daniel Defense however on my carbine, so it looks as though I did okay on that purchase. With respect to the barrel being out of spec, I suppose I could always check the bore diameter with a caliper/gauge. That is what you're referring to correct?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tango-Alpha View Post
    Ok. Well everyone's opinion's on YHM aside, that's what I'm building so if you care to offer input on which sight to buy, then by all means please feel to share; otherwise keep your negative comments to yourself. I appreciate your attempts to "inform" me of what a poor choice I've made and how YHM ranks only slightly higher than a pile of steaming dog crap, however given that the build is nearly complete, it's neither practical or realistic to start over. I hate the thought of even mentioning the Aero Precision carbine that I also have in the works.

    Please don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't appreciate constructive input. If there are specific issues that can be cited as matter of fact, not someone's opinion or speculation that should give cause for concern then by all means please let's hear your concerns about YHM. Otherwise, negative comments are neither constructive or helpful, even much less appreciated.


    Then don't ask in the first place because no one here worth anything is going to support you building a junk rifle. Just because you already have the parts means nothing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tango-Alpha View Post
    Which sights?





    If search there are a ton of threads of all manner of iron sights for the AR15.

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    Tango Alpha,

    Buy the YHM sights so that way you will have a matching ensemble. This thread is going nowhere and in reality your sights are the least of your worries.

    I suggest that you spend some time reading the various threads that have been posted here in relation to "milspec" 5.56 vs. .223 chamber differences, etc....



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