Building an AR

[85_Ranger4x4]

To be honest I have never been around either. I have always liked the looks of them and aperture sights have intrigued me for quite awhile.

But like I said everything but my shotgun has a scope on it. And if I want to down the road it down the road the front sight isn't much to work around.

 

[hoosier1104]

223/556 can reach out to 1k yards effectively but that is with a nice optic of course. A 30mm red dot with pop up sights is all I run. I never run just a dot because well batteries die.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I only have about a 100yd range when the crop is out at my place.

1000yd around here is hilltop to hilltop... with a couple hills in between.

 

[hoosier1104]

I zero my AK upper in 3 shots at 125 yards. I have a spot that I can reach out to about 750-800 yards. Have not tried that yet though.

 

[hoosier1104]

Now since you have a built lower, you can buy pre built uppers. True story.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Now since you have a built lower, you can buy pre built uppers. True story.

That has crossed my mind... but the lower is so fun to build.

 

[hoosier1104]

This is similar to my AK upper. The only difference is that I have the shark muzzle brake.

http://www.shop.masdefense.com/16-762x39-BARRELED-UPPER-GTLKM-10-KEYMOD-167GLKSBU.htm

 

[hoosier1104]

This is the pistol upper I want to get for hunting season next year.

http://www.shop.masdefense.com/75-762-x-39-BARRELED-UPPER-OMEGA-72-SERIES-77OCBU.htm

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Yeah, I don't know what the next move is on it. Took me 10 months to get it this far.

I would still like to get another wheelgun yet too...

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Finished off the rifle last night.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Santa remembered me, got a sight from my parents and a 5rd mag for bench shooting/hunting from my brother.

I think it came out pretty good, need to check headspace yet and change out the front sight pin and then it is done.

 

[Lariat]

What do you think of that Anderson bcg? I've heard mixed reviews on them

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

What do you think of that Anderson bcg? I've heard mixed reviews on them

When I got it I couldn't find a ton of reviews out there on Anderson BCGs but I didn't see much for negative ones. IIRC it is pretty much mil-spec aside from the bolt material itself. It seemed to be about a split out there how C158 compares with 9310, what I got out of it was 9310 is cheaper and is better depending on how well the heat treat is done. Being a machine and tool shop I would hope they know how to heat treat steel.

Key is staked nice, it moves nice in the upper, it dents the rubber of my snap caps when I test fire it... I haven't fired it for real yet. The machining and etching look good. I have no reason to doubt it really.

It is a plain BCG, not the RF85 one.

Like what are people complaining about with them?

 

[hoosier1104]

People pay big money for name brand shit and will talk shit to back it up.

Simply put, a BCG design has not changed. It is the material and build process that matters. You will pay more for a RRA BCG than a identical BCG made of the same material from a different manufacturer. That is a fact. Find what you want for the price you want to pay for it and move on down the road.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

It is hard to dig through all the people putting other brands down just because it isn't their brand of choice whether they have any experience with them or not.

I did try to do my research, I got burned on a Marlin a few years ago and know firsthand how frustrating a piece of junk gun is... I wanted to avoid making one myself.