WWSD Knock off build

[JediGuy]

Last time OP was around was 4/19/20 so I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for a response.

Well, I suppose I could have checked that. Whoops.

[HKGuns]

Well, I suppose I could have checked that. Whoops.

He probably sold it anyway after finding out Karl was a full blown Communist.

[Moonlight Again]

He probably sold it anyway after finding out Karl was a full blown Communist.

Karl's a ****ing loon.

With that said, however . . . I actually got a WWSD carbine and I really like it. I mean, when I say "WWSD" I tend to take an "idea" interpretation and not a "product" interpretation. The WWSD I got from Brownell's is quite nice, in a lot of ways. I like the KP15 unitary lower---it just makes sense to me. I'd long standardized on an "A1 length of pull" and I generally prefer fixed stocks to adjustable slidey-bois. Sure, I "have" to use a regular carbine buffer instead of a rifle setup, but still . . . I think we've proved that the carbine buffers* (carbine, H2, H3) just flat out work. I am incredibly left-eye dominant, so I really appreciate the ambidextrous features (selector, magazine release, and the PDQ lever).

I think the Young Mfg bolt is probably an upgrade . . . but I don't regard the regular (hopefully mil-spec) bolt as lacking. It's a wear item, big deal. While the production version went with a 16" barrel, I'd have preferred a 14.5 with the option to p&w . . . and while I don't mind the Faxon barrel, I'd swap it out for a Colt 6720 in about a heartbeat. While this is a personal thing, I'm not a huge fan of 15" handguards on 16" barrels---12.5 or 13" would have been fine with me. If someone doesn't like a carbon fiber handguard, well, gee----you can build it with whatever floats your boat.

It's the idea.

"Hey let's take a carbine sized AR and redo it to be as good as it can, while being as light as it can." That's a challenge---not a dictate. Similarly, I look at the "Scout rifle" as an idea, not a product, and not even as a specifications sheet.

Karl's a fruit loop.

Since I know one of the banes of this website is people who show up, full of uninformed enthusiasm, let me offer you a blast from the past. (I'm buffing my street cred! Or at least my reading cred. Hell, reading cred has to count for something, doesn't it?)

"What I'm looking for in a WWSD is what Rob Jensen was looking for with Project Featherweight."

https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread...-Featherweight

* I added the word buffers because my editing enthusiasm had led me astray.