Anyone seen it done? Shaved carry handle off AR style uppers then attach a rail on the flat part? Just a thought to try. Looked it up only found two flat top for a AR10 costly.
you’re not going to get much support for the idea around here… it’s been done, though. but it’s not something you’re gonna accomplish with an angle grinder- you’re gonna need good machining equipment to end up with something you can actually zero your optic and irons off.
you could buy a flat top upper for the price you would pay to have it done.
I would also just buy a flat top upper, then sell off the old carry handle upper off.
It can be done, but must be done expertly. A friend had one done by an outfit down south (AZ or NM). Another went WECSOG and bolted rail sections to the top of the receiver after he cut the carry handle away. There are many more like the latter than the former.
It’s a mod whose time has come and gone. Back before wide availability of parts and people able to do swaps, creating railed uppers from standard was more in demand.
Buy the correct parts.
Save yourself the trouble and get a flat top upper. You’ll be much happier. If you cant afford one, pinch your pennies for a while, it will be well worth the wait.
go for it. in fact use a dremel to do it. be sure to post pics when you’re done.:rolleyes:
It was a common modification with the 3-gun crowd before flat top upper receivers became available commercially. Few people waste their time OR their money these days considering you could just buy a flat-top receiver for less and have a better looking, more durable and precise product in the end.
IMO it’s really not an efficient use of time,money or resources…
Sell the upper buy a flat top (better yet have both)
When flatops were not available it was a good thing to do …John Tank
used to do a nice job on them…
I would think you’d want to get it re-anodized once you chopped it…
You’d be in pretty deep right there to have it done right and finished…compared
to selling it and buying yourself a forged stripped flatop