Lets see your .223 California Legal Self Loading Rifle!

[Jerry X]

very nice.

Thanks!

[Matt892]

My 1st AR build. Finished last Friday (7/30)

[thrillhouse700]

My 1st AR build. Finished last Friday (7/30)

Did you take that pic in the late 70s? Nice KISS ar I like carry handles.

[Jeffu]

[Matt892]

Did you take that pic in the late 70s? Nice KISS ar I like carry handles.

It's actually the kitchen table cover we use for summer time. Didn't really feel like carrying it outside to take pictures. I'll take some better pictures when I go out to the range with my dad and friends in a few weeks.

[firemedic679]

just finished building my first AR. Spikes/BCM 16" Middy




Spikes tactical lower
G&R tactical LPK
Bullet button
Magpul MIAD
Magpul CTR
BCM 16" light weight middy upper with DD 12.0 lite rail
BCM BCG and CH
AAC breakout Muzzle
magpul MBUS
Magpul AFG
Surefire M951
Eotech 516
Eotech 3X magnifier
Magpul 10/30 Pmag with ranger plates and bullet button tool installed

[Hoologan]

I already posted this in the Non-lack thread, but here it is again

This is my first time assembling an AR type rifle.

M&P15 Lower
RRA LPK w/ Radlock
Sabre Defense 16" middy. 5.56/1:7
Troy MRF-MX 10" rail
Magpul MOE, CTR, AFG, BUIS, 10/30 P-mags
Vortex Strikefire red/green dot

[gotshotgun?]

Here's my baby.

What upper is this? I want.

[Jerry X]

What upper is this? I want.

Daniel Defense with 9.0 LITE Rail

[Chrisc411]

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[tacticalcity]

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Almost done. However, if you are anything like me you'll find you are NEVER done. There is always something different to try out.

Forgive the unsolicited advice. You have a great rifle there, but it looks to be missing a really important part. Rear sights on rifles running red dots offer a lot of advantages.

1) They make it much easier to sight the rifle in. At 25 yards irons will at the very least be on the paper. This is not necessarily so with optics like red dots or scopes making them much harder to sight in. So if you sight in with your irons first, you can then adjust the red dot until it lines up perfectly with your irons and you're sighted in. One or two more 3 round groups will get it fine tuned and you are done. This process usually requires half the amount of ammo you would need if trying to sight in a red dot or similar type of optic on its own (unless you get really lucky).

2) They are a critical backup to an electronic device prone to failure. EoTechs and Aimpoints can and do fail. Experienced it myself with a very expensive Aimpoint. When that happens you will really regret not having a backup iron sight.

3) They ensure you never loose the ability to use irons. If they are on the rifle, odds are you will practice with them. Or at least you should. That way if you pick up somebody else's rifle that only has irons you will still know what you are doing and won't be crippled by the lack of a red dot sight.

There are lots of options out there. Some are fixed, some are flip-up, both work great. My favorite are made by Troy Industries, but they pricey and out of a lot of people's budget. Midwest Industries makes a really nice inexpensive sight (comparatively speaking). I am not a huge fan of Magpul MBUS sights, only because the plastic base has a high likelihood of breaking off if you take it on and off the rifle. If you go with the Magpul option put it on the rifle once, and leave it where it is. If you try and take if off odds are it is going to break on you. Once on, and left in place it is pretty sturdy. However, some people have broken them simply by tightening down the screw too far. The plastic aperture for the MBUS is not uniform either, making it harder to be accurate with them. Hence my preference for metal sights which can be machined much more precisely and are much stronger.

In any case, you have a great rifle. Looks like a lot of fun.

[Shawn6589]

heres mine

old quote, but anyone know what rail this is?

nvm, pretty sure its a Sabre or MI

[pacrimguru]

^ that rail is a TROY MRF. you can kinda see the TROY logo on it. looks to be the 13.8" model too.

[Shawn6589]

^ that rail is a TROY MRF. you can kinda see the TROY logo on it. looks to be the 13.8" model too.

good call

[tacticalcity]

Yep, you can almost make out the TROY logo. Looks like either a 13" or 15" rail as well. They make some extra-long ones in addition to the normal 12" rail that they and everyon else makes. Of the "user installable" rail systems on the market, Troy makes the best ones hands down. To get a better rail you need some gun smithing skills and tools or have a shop that does install it for you.