Wife's Superlight

AR/M4 Custom Build Forum
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Well, here is the wife’s new build. It has my Aimpoint on it, but I’ll be mounting either a Trijicon TR21R or a Leupold 1.5-5; a sling, and a light of some type as money allows.

First, a before shot of her rifle on my pack…
Bushmaster Post-ban M4-type w/A2 upper.
Y-Comp muzzle brake.
Trijicon Reflex II on Trijicon gooseneck mount.
Fobus lower handguard with built-in rail.
Knights VFG.
Ergo pistol grip.

After shot of the rebuild on the wall of my new man room. Only the lower and pistol grip remain from the original…
Bushmaster Superlight barrel.
CMT A3 Upper with CMT internals.
Troy rear BUIS.
Bushmaster Stubby Stock.
Surefire M73 handguards.
Tangodown VFG.

She seems pretty happy with it. The rebuild was done based on feedback from her. She had her say in the paint scheme also (duh!). I think it turned out pretty good though.

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Very nice!!!

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Nice rifle… I’m building a lite weight for my kid right now. Need to find the right barrel first.

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Nice gun you have built for your wife, she’s very lucky.

Here is my backup gun, Bushy A2 upper with 16" Superlight barrel that I bought from USMC03 a few years ago, lower is RRA. It’s so refreshing to shoot a basic gun again :slight_smile:

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Light barrels are great, here’s my wifes go-to-gun I assembed for her. I haven’t weighed it yet but I suspect it to be about 4.5-5lbs.

specs:
Colt SP1 upper receiver, Colt 1/2 circle carrier and Colt bolt. Colt .625" 16 bbl, 1x9 twist chrome lined chamber but not bore. PWA lower, Sully stock.


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Neeglik, have you weighed your new rifle yet?

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gotm4:
Nice blaster. How does your wife or you operate the light?

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With her first two fingers on her support hand, she can easily reach it and either pull it down to lock it on, or push it up for temporaily on.

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Thanks. There’s no way I could manipulate my fingers into that configuration :slight_smile:

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I haven’t weighed the rifle. I don’t have good scales, but I do plan to get some new ones. When I can, I’ll try to get a weight posted.

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I’m going to start a separate thread on weights & related issues, but I thought these pictures might be interesting to some.

rifle above without light

same rifle without light or optic

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Very nice. looks like my next build.

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I bet the most of the difference in weight is in the stock of the lower rifle.

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Nice carbine!

I built up a GAU-5P clone with my wife in mind. I took her out shooting and she likes it, so now it’s hers:

Bushy lower, Colt stock, Bushy LW barrel cut to 14.7" with A2 FS permanently attached.

However her favorite color is green, so I pulled out of the parts bin some green handguards, and Tango Down green pistol grip, and Cav Arms still had a few of those Green CAR stocks left…

The carbine also currently has a USGI sling with the ‘top sling adapter kit’ and the green forearm has a rail so a light can be used with it.

[i]Edited to Add:[/]
Looks like this board can’t display images from my photo hosting service. Click on the link below to see the first of 4 photos of the carbine:
http://groups.msn.com/TheMarylandAR15ShootersSite/forestsm4gerymk4.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=1609