The wife wanted her own AR, so with her birthday coming up, I slapped this one together for her:
Specs:
RRA stripped upper and lower
PSA lower parts kit
Magpul furniture (obviously)
BCM bolt carrier group
BCM Gunfighter charging handle
Daniel Defense 16" Govt. profile barrel (mid-length gas system)
Troy low-profile gas block / tube
Daniel Defense 12" rifle type “lite” rail system
The optic in the picture is an Aimpoint PRO, and is mine. We had it on there for giggles right after I built it. She prefers my Eotech XPS2, so she now has that on there. I’m building a matching copy as soon as parts show up for myself, so the PRO is going on there.
The only sports where I was iffy was the PSA LPK and the RRA lower/upper, but the parts all fit together perfectly and work great. Zero slop. This is the second RRA lower I’ve used for a build and they seem well made to me. Time will tell. I’ve got two more in the safe waiting to be built
Yep, she’s awesome. She specifically wanted the FDE furniture. If I tried to put anything pink on it, she’d likely shoot me with it
When she first moved in, I had to buy another safe to fit all of her guns in it. Now she told me that we need to go out and buy a bigger safe because we’re running out of room again. That and she tells me we’re woefully low on our ammo reserves. I tend to agree with her, but it’s nice to not have to justify spending tons of coin on this stuff.
The only drawback is that whenever I buy myself a new gun, I usually end up buying her one too. Horrible sacrifice, I know.
Built something similar for a lady friend of mine but used a Lightweight DD barrel and Midwest Industries Gen 2 free float to really reduce weight up front making it easier for her to manage. Reducing the weight from the front of the rifle and using the smaller diameter MI Handguard also allows her to really use a support thumb over top grip to drive the gun rather than having to grip closer to the magwell.
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