I’m a right handed shooter and I’m left eye dominant. The AR is so flat that I couldn’t get my left eye to line up, so using the risers lifted them up enough to use my left eye. My left eye instantly takes over when I shoot and I’ve found my right eye tracks pretty far off my left.
Noveske N4 Lower-Good call
Vltor MUR-1A Upper-Robust may/ or may not need
Timney 4lb Trigger-Any prior exp w/ standard triggers?
Black Hole Weaponry 12.5in 6.8 SPC Spec II-Don’t know anything about them
BattleComp BABC-Good Comp
Daniel Defense Omega X 12.0 Rail-Good Rail
Sprinco “Blue” Buffer Spring-Ok
Spikes ST-T2 Buffer-Gimmick
KNS Anti-Rotation Pins-unneeded
DPMS LPK-WTF, shitty LPK in decent setup
Young MFG Bolt Carrier, Firing Pin and Cam Pin-OK
ARP 6.8 Superbolt-???
Troy DOA folding rear sight-Good sights but the risers WTF
Troy M4 folding front sight-Good sights but the risers WTF
BCM Mod 4 Charging Handle-Excellent
Demon Tactical Quick Rear Takedown Pin-WTF
Magpul UBR Stock-Nice stock, heavy but should balance the front well
Ergo Deluxe Tactical Grip-Nice, grips are personal, but if it works for you drive on
Just read your reason behind the risers. Hmm seems odd but if it works!
The ARP bolt is from AR15perfomance.com. He is well known among the 6.8 guys and his bolt is well liked. I went with the Timney bc I don’t like two stage triggers…never have. The risers, see post above. As far as the BCG, it locks up tight and is a nice piece. The cheap lpk, honestly I guess I went with it bc most ppl talk about the trigger being the issue in a cheap LPK and I wasn’t using a stock trigger so it made no difference to me.
Thanks for the kind words. She shoots like a dream. I tried some cheaper mags bc they were on sale and my gun hated them. Once I only loaded a handful of rounds into the mag, everything cycled fine. The battlecomp turned a couple of heads in the indoor range, but it wasn’t terrible. As far as overall cost…I spent around 2100-2200 on parts and assembled it myself. I have someone who is very good to me on pricing and I am loyal to him for buying most of my parts. If I had paid full cost for everything, I would have spent 2500-2600 just on parts.
No problem. We all have our opinion and I did a couple of things out of preference (quick pin and trigger), others based on a blend of functionality and cosmetics. I spent a lot of time reading threads on multiple forums and asked a lot of questions before I started this build.
If you are happy with it and it suits your needs then drive on. My only concern was about unneeded additions that on the whole serve no purpose. Cheers
I wasn’t worked-up about it, but it seemed that all he’d gotten on his new rifle so far were “WTF’s” and “you didn’t need to do that”, which was coming across like he did a shotty job selecting what he wanted on HIS rifle. I was simply encouraging him as I rather like the overall aesthetics, and wanted to know how well it functioned.
No hard feelings here! Just didn’t want him thinking we were all just a bunch of Dicks looking to rag on one thing or another…
Yep I have seen that picture, I was wondering who made the selector While the latch isn’t in the way of the right lever, it leaves little room for the finger to go between the latch and lever. I don’t have the latch so I can’t tell
That rifle is sexy as hell! That being said, IMHO, you’ve got some gimmickey stuff I could live without, but hey, it’s your rifle. Now go shoot it a whole bunch and then post pics of your targets!
Thanks:) If the lpk proves problematic, I’ll switch it out, but so far it has been fine. Honestly I’ll be switching to some ambi parts soon so that removes some of the dpms made pieces. The take down pin…well it looked like a simple idea for taking the weapon down and it also tightens the upper and lower receiver together so that’s an added plus. Right now I have a couple of AR Stoner mags, but I’m going to put extra power springs in them. I have two PRI mags on the way. They seem to be the best mags for 6.8.
While the latch isn’t in the way of the right lever, it leaves little room for the finger to go between the latch and lever. I don’t have the latch so I can’t tell 