An awesome friend of ours has helped with the PayPal situation! Now this topic is about the upper.
Here's the upper built by Neil at Gun Gallery, my new go-to guy for all things AR - 14.5" mid length BCM chf barrel with a flat dark earth 12.25" RIS II from Daniel Defense. This rifle will basically be a 14.5" version of my mk18 (10.5" with the 9.5" RIS II).
It will sit on a Noveske lower with a Vltor A5 receiver extension. BUIS will be KAC folding front and rear folding 200-600. It'll wear an ACOG occasionally and a T1 with a twist mount for the 3x magnifier the majority of the time. The 3x will spend little time on the rifle, but I like having the option. It will have a CTR stock for now, but I may throw the SOPMOD on there. The grip is a black BG17 from Tango Down and the vert grip is a fde stubby standard mount from Tango Down. It will have fde ladder style cover instead of the KAC I use on other rails, the ladders just work better for me on the RIS II and being as think as the rail is, it's actually thinner than my KAC rails with KAC rail covers. It will have a fde Surefire mini Scout light in a standard mount (I'm moving away from offset mounts) with either the SR07 12 o'clock mounted pressure switch or the standard pressure switch between the 9 o'clock and 12 o'clock rails. Eventually it will have a PEQ 15, but for now I just borrow one when night hunting or running low light drills.
Oh, it has the slightly extended A2x flash hider with the hole and pin for permanent attachment. I had him leave it unpinned since my Noveske lower is SBR'd. I will pin it eventually, but will most likely wait until my Surefire 212 suppressor comes in and I mount the Surefire 212 flash hider. It will also have a BCM Mod 4 (medium) charging handle, though i may switch all of my uppers out to the Mod 3 or 5, whichever is the smallest one. It doesn't protrude like the medium and large, but it works the same way as the larger ones. It will have a KAC M16 carrier with a BCM bolt as well. I run Vickers/Blue Force Gear VCAS slings. This one will have one attached via the Daniel Defense rail mount QD attachment point. I have three standard VCAS slings (coyote, foliage green and ACU) and one black padded version. I like the standard a little better for my needs, and I'll most likely use the coyote or ACU on this rifle. For some silly reason though, I really want to pick up a Multicam VCAS.
That's all I can think of for now. Eventually this rifle will get hit with Krylon or Aervoe, but that'll be a while since I like the FDE rail as it is.
I will give a thorough range report next week and post some better pics as well.
Here's the upper built by Neil at Gun Gallery, my new go-to guy for all things AR - 14.5" mid length BCM chf barrel with a flat dark earth 12.25" RIS II from Daniel Defense. This rifle will basically be a 14.5" version of my mk18 (10.5" with the 9.5" RIS II).
It will sit on a Noveske lower with a Vltor A5 receiver extension. BUIS will be KAC folding front and rear folding 200-600. It'll wear an ACOG occasionally and a T1 with a twist mount for the 3x magnifier the majority of the time. The 3x will spend little time on the rifle, but I like having the option. It will have a CTR stock for now, but I may throw the SOPMOD on there. The grip is a black BG17 from Tango Down and the vert grip is a fde stubby standard mount from Tango Down. It will have fde ladder style cover instead of the KAC I use on other rails, the ladders just work better for me on the RIS II and being as think as the rail is, it's actually thinner than my KAC rails with KAC rail covers. It will have a fde Surefire mini Scout light in a standard mount (I'm moving away from offset mounts) with either the SR07 12 o'clock mounted pressure switch or the standard pressure switch between the 9 o'clock and 12 o'clock rails. Eventually it will have a PEQ 15, but for now I just borrow one when night hunting or running low light drills.
Oh, it has the slightly extended A2x flash hider with the hole and pin for permanent attachment. I had him leave it unpinned since my Noveske lower is SBR'd. I will pin it eventually, but will most likely wait until my Surefire 212 suppressor comes in and I mount the Surefire 212 flash hider. It will also have a BCM Mod 4 (medium) charging handle, though i may switch all of my uppers out to the Mod 3 or 5, whichever is the smallest one. It doesn't protrude like the medium and large, but it works the same way as the larger ones. It will have a KAC M16 carrier with a BCM bolt as well. I run Vickers/Blue Force Gear VCAS slings. This one will have one attached via the Daniel Defense rail mount QD attachment point. I have three standard VCAS slings (coyote, foliage green and ACU) and one black padded version. I like the standard a little better for my needs, and I'll most likely use the coyote or ACU on this rifle. For some silly reason though, I really want to pick up a Multicam VCAS.
That's all I can think of for now. Eventually this rifle will get hit with Krylon or Aervoe, but that'll be a while since I like the FDE rail as it is.
I will give a thorough range report next week and post some better pics as well.