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After purchasing my first 9mm pistol in May I decided to put together a rifle as well. I had read up a LOT before ever doing anything, and it really, really paid off.
It started when I found a sale on uppers for $29. I decided to pair it up with a lightweight Foxtrot Mike FM Products) 16" barrel on sale for under $100. I didn't plan on finishing it for a while, yeah....right, but I found an $80 bolt carrier from a company that was moving and clearing them out. And the manufacturer was proven and well reviewed, so I couldn't resist. All I needed was the $10 muzzle protector and another ultralight super slim handguard for around $30 (I have a bunch of these and they look and perform flawlessly). After all the reading I had done I decided to start with an 8.5oz CAR buffer, which worked out great because I had an extra heavy one laying around from an old AR 308 build. I put on a spare Vortex red dot and this is how it came out.
I built it featureless so I could use a 30 round Magpul with an Endomag conversion set up for 30 rounds. This setup has worked flawless from the first shot. And that goes for the Endomag conversion too. In fact, it shot so well stacking rounds on top of each other that I realized a red dot was not going to cut it. I wanted to use this gun to hunt with, not just ring steel or punch paper. So off came the red dot and on went a $70 Bushnell 1.5-4 scope and while the Endomag functioned great, it was just too inconvenient. Anybody who hunts knows that freedom mags are WAY overrated, so next up was the KAK conversion for the 10 round Colt mags. Now this is the only way to go for a hunting rig!
I also decided to try some Maker 75gr bullets in it this weekend. I had read these light bullets do exceptionally well in carbines, are they were correct. This is my 100 yard target from Saturday with a 2" bull. (My mistake too, that should read 75gr, not 70gr)
And after this I decided to take her out for for some work. It did exactly what I built it for. It is a super quiet, extremely light recoiling carbine with the 75gr bullets. That makes for a terrific truck/ATV gun.
It started when I found a sale on uppers for $29. I decided to pair it up with a lightweight Foxtrot Mike FM Products) 16" barrel on sale for under $100. I didn't plan on finishing it for a while, yeah....right, but I found an $80 bolt carrier from a company that was moving and clearing them out. And the manufacturer was proven and well reviewed, so I couldn't resist. All I needed was the $10 muzzle protector and another ultralight super slim handguard for around $30 (I have a bunch of these and they look and perform flawlessly). After all the reading I had done I decided to start with an 8.5oz CAR buffer, which worked out great because I had an extra heavy one laying around from an old AR 308 build. I put on a spare Vortex red dot and this is how it came out.
I built it featureless so I could use a 30 round Magpul with an Endomag conversion set up for 30 rounds. This setup has worked flawless from the first shot. And that goes for the Endomag conversion too. In fact, it shot so well stacking rounds on top of each other that I realized a red dot was not going to cut it. I wanted to use this gun to hunt with, not just ring steel or punch paper. So off came the red dot and on went a $70 Bushnell 1.5-4 scope and while the Endomag functioned great, it was just too inconvenient. Anybody who hunts knows that freedom mags are WAY overrated, so next up was the KAK conversion for the 10 round Colt mags. Now this is the only way to go for a hunting rig!
I also decided to try some Maker 75gr bullets in it this weekend. I had read these light bullets do exceptionally well in carbines, are they were correct. This is my 100 yard target from Saturday with a 2" bull. (My mistake too, that should read 75gr, not 70gr)
And after this I decided to take her out for for some work. It did exactly what I built it for. It is a super quiet, extremely light recoiling carbine with the 75gr bullets. That makes for a terrific truck/ATV gun.
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