You asked and we listened--as of January of this year, our FSP uppers from Daniel Defense now come with the same SOCOM barrel profile as our legacy M4A1 upper.  

Daniel Defense M4A1 FSP stripped upper

Oh wow! Did you guys actually listen to me when I asked for this in that other thread? I didn't even realize that y'all were paying attention! Thank you so much.

Here's the bad news, though: I can't afford this right now. I'm in the process of buying/renovating a house.

You were one of many, but yes I remember your post in the "what would you like to see" thread.  Thanks for speaking up!

As far as being able to afford it, the real question is can you afford NOT to get one?  (for legal reasons, this is a joke--I'd never advocate for fiscal irresponsibility, good luck on the reno!)

Then you guys are extremely good at incorporating customer feedback, and it makes me glad to be such a longtime loyal customer. I cannot say enough good things about you guys.

I should be able to buy the upper eventually, as long as it stays in production for the next few months. For what it's worth: Now that you guys are offering these with SOCOM barrels, I think that it was a smart move. At a minimum, they will sell just as well as the non-FSP version - and possibly even better, since a lot of SOPMOD Block II fans love that version the most. Plus, you're selling a unique config that even DD themselves does not normally offer. This continues the trend where DD sells the M4A1 URG (in both FSP and non-FSP) with M4 Gov barrels, while only you guys sell them with SOCOM barrels, but now you also have an FSP version.

BTW, I also appreciate that the description describes the barrel contour as a "14.5" M4 SOCOM heavy profile barrel," which makes this URG legal for those of us in Marylandistan who are limited to "heavy" barreled ARs.

Two additional questions:

1. Does this upper come with the regular DD polymer ejection port cover, or the metal mil-spec cover that is found on the non-FSP SOCOM upper? Pics suggest that it just has the polymer cover. If it does come with the polymer version - I hate to ask for more of you, but any chance you can ask DD to add the mil-spec cover?

2. Does the URG come with any rail covers? The pics suggest it doesn't have any. I dunno if this is too much to ask, but it would be cool if DD provided this upper (and also the non-FSP version) with the FDE ladder rail covers that they have always sold with their military contract rails (and also used to sell with the commercial rails).

I know that you guys probably have a bunch in stock with the polymer cover, but maybe just ask DD to add the mil-spec ejection port covers and the FDE ladder rail covers when you sell out the current stock and order more from them?

These look very cool. I think they get the current 15% off maybe?