So I’ve been looking over and reading a lot of threads here about what is a good or a bad rifle. I kind of pieced my rifle together with what I felt are good parts (or parts I had on hand), and really like my rifle and haven’t had any problems. I was just curious about what other people on here think (your not going to change my mind one way or another). Though my one caveat is I know my butt stock is only so so. Here are the specs, discuss away.
16" Addax Tactical ZK Carbine Piston Upper
-ADDAX ZK SHORT STROKE GAS PISTON SYSTEM
4 POSITION SETTINGS
ONE PIECE PISTON ROD MADE OUT OF S7 TOOL STEEL
PINNED GAS BLOCK WITH RAIL HEIGHT PICATINNY RAIL
ONE PIECE HARD CHROME PLATED BOLT CARRIER GROUP
GAS BLOCK, PISTON ROD AND PISTON GAS TUBE COATED WITH TITANIUM NITRIDE
-ADDAX-BHW 16" 5.56 NATO LTM (LIGHT BACK MID-LENGTH) BARREL
POLYGONAL 3 GROOVE RIFLING
1:8 TWIST
416R STAINLESS MATCH GRADE HIGH QUALITY STEEL
MPI
BLACK FINISH
M4 EXTENSION
5.56 NATO CHAMBER
1/2X28 MUZZLE THREADS
-ADDAX MIL-SPEC UPPER RECEIVER WITH STEEL BUSHING INSTALLED FOR PISTON ROD
-ADDAX PHALANX FLASH SUPPRESSOR
-VLTOR GUN FIGHTER CHARGING HANDLE
RRA NM trigger and LPK
Spike’s Tactical Lower
Magpul MOE Grip
Gen II MI quad rail
KNS anti-rotational Pins
DPMS Pardus butt stock kit
SLAP Plate single sling point
Eotech 552
Military Grippod grip
Troy Industries HK style flip up front sight
Matech BUIS
I’m just curious as to what others think. If they have a compelling reason why I should replace a specific part and my rifle will be improved, then I may take the advice.
What was meant by that statement is that if you just say the rifle is crap, your not going to make me think its crap just by saying it. It hasn’t given me any problems yet.
Also how is this throwing rocks at a hornets nest? I’m not saying anything like DPMS is good as colt and trying to start a flame war. I want opinions. How is a single thread bothering anyone, if it is, just pass it on by. Come on people… Chill out.
I won’t even address the piston upper; it’s been discussed ad nauseum. I had a RRA NM trigger in my first AR. I don’t think it was worth the extra money vs. a USGI trigger. KNS pins are overkill on a semi-auto rifle IMO. Oh, and the mall ninjas called - they want their grippod back. Take that boat anchor off, you don’t need it.
Why are you even on this site with comments like the one in red? Why take up bandwidth with a thread begging for approval? Get ready for the butthurt, I’m sure someone will provide it if this thread doesn’t get locked first.
Its only about a month old, so only about 2-300 not many. I sold a previous DI rifle I made using all really cheap parts (yes that rifle was for sure a POS, but it ran and was good for plinking) .Also, the grippod was left over from my time in the army. I had it so figured I would through it on there.
So far, compared to USGI triggers I’ve pulled on Army issued M4’s and M16’s, I like the RRA 2 stage NM trigger. Its a bit lighter and a lot smoother.
Also I don’t have any pics, but at an indoor range at 25 yards with iron sights I was shooting groups inside a quarter sized area. As said above, it pretty new, so no, no high round count classes. I have shout a variety of rounds though, xm193, reloads, wolf 55g FMj, wolf 62g JHP. No issues with any. Mostly shot the xm 193 though.
Also, I’m not here to debate the DI vs Piston issue. I’ve had both, and so far prefer the Piston. Honestly, If you had the same experiences with DI rifles and Iraq that I did (yes they were clean, but you can’t keep a rifle clean in a sand storm) , you would probably opt for a piston rifle too.
Aside from the few mentioned, i would look at getting a better stock/stock kit. Below are a couple of threads dealing with that subject matter, particularly on buffer tube/receiver extension specs. http://m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=101 https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=47887
ETA: incase the above info makes you decide to purchase a better, real-milspec RE kit, check out the Vltor A5. It’s essentially a rifle system, in a carbine package.
I realized he buttstock and buffer tube are a weak point. I had them laying around from the previous “cheap” rifle I mentioned, and ran out of money to get something nicer so I used it. I know the commercial tubes and threads aren’t are strong as the milspec ones with rolled threads.
Thanks for the constructive criticism/advise. That’s the kind of thing I’m looking for here.
I was offered far more money for it, than I had in it (I wasn’t actively selling it, someone approached me). I was honest with them told told them about the rifle and ended up with $900 for a rifle built with a blackthorne kit, KAC rails, and matech Buis. They knew exactly what they were getting. I figured for that much money I could afford to build something a bit nicer, so I used that money, plus a bit more to put my current rifle together.
Addax Upper was $775 new
Spikes Lower $110 new
Eotech $300 used
Matech $40 new
Troy fs $75 used
Slap Plate $20 new
MI Rails $75 new
RRA LPK with 2 stage NM trigger $128 new
KNS Pins $26 new