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I was finally able to fire my CA7 a few times last week. All the ranges in my area are shut down thanks to covid, but I was able to find a range with a little bit of driving.
I switched out my upper to an 11.5 DDM4V7 upper. I also added an SBA4 brace; DD grip, AR mag lock gen 4, kingpin, and larue mbt2 flat bow trigger. Over the last couple of months during the shutdown I just started buying parts little by little and the credit card took a big hit. Coronavirus cost me big time lol.
I was initially going to go with a Mk18 upper, but after much thought and reading I ended up going with the DDM4V7 upper bc I like the lower weight and slimmer mlok setup (which I have on another rifle). I definitely want to get a Mk18 upper in the future....and maybe a urgi upper too.
I was initially wondering how loud it was going to be and what kind of muzzle blast it was going to generate. It turned out to a non event. Last time out I was even next to a wall. And since I was in a dark indoor range, I observed no fireball, lol. I used miscellaneous 556 (mag tech, Aguila, Winchester, frontier, federal) I had laying around. So no complaints with the stock upper DD set up.
Everything else performed well as well. Love the brace, love the trigger (I already had another larue). I also have a holosun 510. I bought the holosun and an Eotech at the same time....the eotech was returned. I have astigmatism, so even the holosun dot flares...but using the flip up rear aperture trick to cowitness makes the flare go away....amazing (more info on this can be found on google).
All in all, I was very impressed with the set up....actually I am stoked. I was expecting this setup to be a little novelty gun and expected a loud, annoying little ar pistol like the others I've seen at the range many times. It was the opposite of this perception. I could only shoot from close in out to 20 yds in the small indoor range, but I was able to get solid shooting from standing unsupported. I can't wait to get outdoors and see how it shoots out to 100 on the bench.
Big thanks for Franklin for undertaking the huge project making the CA7 available to us California folks who are operating behind enemy lines lol!
PS. I was gonna get a ruger pc carbine down the road, but I think I will just get a 9mm upper for this pistol. I think the set up is just dialed in...I know it will cost more than getting a pc carbine outright, but there is something to be said for sticking to the AR format. Hell, I'll probably follow the cal guns motto: "which XXX should I get?" ....Reply: ALL.
I switched out my upper to an 11.5 DDM4V7 upper. I also added an SBA4 brace; DD grip, AR mag lock gen 4, kingpin, and larue mbt2 flat bow trigger. Over the last couple of months during the shutdown I just started buying parts little by little and the credit card took a big hit. Coronavirus cost me big time lol.
I was initially going to go with a Mk18 upper, but after much thought and reading I ended up going with the DDM4V7 upper bc I like the lower weight and slimmer mlok setup (which I have on another rifle). I definitely want to get a Mk18 upper in the future....and maybe a urgi upper too.
I was initially wondering how loud it was going to be and what kind of muzzle blast it was going to generate. It turned out to a non event. Last time out I was even next to a wall. And since I was in a dark indoor range, I observed no fireball, lol. I used miscellaneous 556 (mag tech, Aguila, Winchester, frontier, federal) I had laying around. So no complaints with the stock upper DD set up.
Everything else performed well as well. Love the brace, love the trigger (I already had another larue). I also have a holosun 510. I bought the holosun and an Eotech at the same time....the eotech was returned. I have astigmatism, so even the holosun dot flares...but using the flip up rear aperture trick to cowitness makes the flare go away....amazing (more info on this can be found on google).
All in all, I was very impressed with the set up....actually I am stoked. I was expecting this setup to be a little novelty gun and expected a loud, annoying little ar pistol like the others I've seen at the range many times. It was the opposite of this perception. I could only shoot from close in out to 20 yds in the small indoor range, but I was able to get solid shooting from standing unsupported. I can't wait to get outdoors and see how it shoots out to 100 on the bench.
Big thanks for Franklin for undertaking the huge project making the CA7 available to us California folks who are operating behind enemy lines lol!
PS. I was gonna get a ruger pc carbine down the road, but I think I will just get a 9mm upper for this pistol. I think the set up is just dialed in...I know it will cost more than getting a pc carbine outright, but there is something to be said for sticking to the AR format. Hell, I'll probably follow the cal guns motto: "which XXX should I get?" ....Reply: ALL.
Edit: I’ve also added a Surefire QD Warden blast diffuser as well for indoor shooting.
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