Well, let's just get this out of the way: I love guns. Especially evil black ones (EBRs for short, tongue planted firmly in cheek). When I was 18 I bought my first EBR - a Bushmaster Varmint Special, which is an insanely accurate rifle. In a bit of horsetrading, I sold it to my dad in order to pay for a new Steyr AUG A3. While the AUG is awesome, and I'll never sell it, it's no replacement for a good AR-15. Thus, my love of tinkering and my enthusiasm for the AR platform met, and I decided to build my very own EBR.
It's not finished yet, and probably won't be for the near future. It's just not the most important thing on my list right now - I already have a 5.56, need a compact handgun for CCW, and am setting up for a suppressor purchase in the future.
However, I do have most of the parts I'll need; I figure another $600 and it'll be finished. Here's a parts list:
- Tactical Innovations T15 Multi-Cal lower
- Vltor MUR upper w/ forward assist
- White Oak Armament 18" SPR Stainless barrel, rifle-length gas system
- DPMS small parts for lower
- Timney 3# single stage trigger
- KNS Mod 2 anti-rotational pins
- Magpul UBR stock
- Magpul MIAD grip
- Vltor gas block
- AAC MITER mount / BLACKOUT flash hider
Still needed:
- Larue 13.2" Quad Rail
- BCM Full Auto bolt carrier
- BCM Gunfighter mod 3 charging handle
- Someone to assemble the upper (lower is already built and functional)
- ADM mount, optics, BUIS, etc
It should be obvious that I'm going for the Special Purpose Rifle thing here - a 5.56 weapon capable of first-round hits up to around 600 meters. I eventually intend to swap the UBR for a PRS, but that's about all I think I'll change. In terms of optics, I'm looking at a Leupold Mark 4 M/R T 2.5-8x in an American Defense Mfg Recon mount.
This is a damned expensive hobby. I figure I'll have around $3k in it when I'm done... could have just bought a Noveske. But where's the fun in that?
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