Here’s my first attempt at building a battle rifle. Criticism, positive or negative is welcome. It’s how you learn.
Upper
- Daniel Defense A4 Flattop upper
- Daniel Defense full auto bolt carrier group
- Daniel Defense M4 Contour, cold hammer forged out of chrome moly vanadium steel. With a 1/7 twist rate and chrome lined. Carbine length.
- Daniel Defense “AR-15 7.0 Lite Rail”
- SureFire “FH556-212A” flash hider/adapter
- BCM “Gunfighter” mod 4 charging handle
Lower
- Daniel Defense lower receiver
- Daniel Defense lower parts kit
- MagPul “MIAD Grip”
- MagPul “P-Mags”
- MagPul “MOE” stock
- H-buffer
Sites
- LMT Tactical Rear Sight
- A2 front sight gas block
Future Add-ons
- Geissele Super Dynamic Trigger Enhanced Version, 2-stage with a 2.2 - 2-1/2lb 1st stage pull and 1.2lb 2nd stage pull
- Aimpoint CompM4 Red Dot Sight or CompM3 (not sure)
*It’s taken about two and half months to get all these parts together. I just bought a piece here and a piece there as the finances allowed. I’m about $1600 into it right now. I still needed to get the front site gas block pinned to the barrel, that’s about $60 at the local gunsmith.
**I already see a problem with the BCM “Gunfighter” mod 4 charging handle and the LMT rear sight. The “Gunfighter” latch is a little big and the LMT thumb screw sticks out too much. I’m gonna switch to the BCM “Gunfighter” mod 5.
***After getting it all together and holding it in my hands for a little bit, I think I want to go with a shorter barrel.