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Posted: 12/25/2015 9:19:50 PM EDT
[#1]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BgBmBoo:
<a href="http://imageshack.com/i/p8wZpX1yj" target="_blank">http://img908.imageshack.us/img908/7517/wZpX1y.jpg</a> <a href="http://imageshack.com/i/hlw6AARCj" target="_blank">http://img633.imageshack.us/img633/8308/w6AARC.jpg</a> <a href="http://imageshack.com/i/p30tlSmTj" target="_blank">http://img903.imageshack.us/img903/7595/0tlSmT.jpg</a> <a href="http://imageshack.com/i/p5nBmYPoj" target="_blank">http://img905.imageshack.us/img905/5695/nBmYPo.jpg</a> That's pretty awesome, what scope are you using? |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 12/25/2015 10:09:44 PM EDT
[#2]
Thanks folks. Scope is a VX-6 Leupold.
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CA, USA
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Posted: 12/26/2015 12:46:45 PM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mcantu:
the design is growing me. the aesthetics of the 16" would be so much better with a middy gas system though Just order a lower and put whatever upper you like on it....simple enough. |
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Posted: 12/26/2015 1:36:32 PM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BgBmBoo:
Just order a lower and put whatever upper you like on it....simple enough. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BgBmBoo:
Originally Posted By mcantu:
the design is growing me. the aesthetics of the 16" would be so much better with a middy gas system though Just order a lower and put whatever upper you like on it....simple enough. Yep. I agree, though. It really needs a longer hand guard to look "right" |
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NY, USA
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Posted: 12/28/2015 8:20:20 AM EDT
[#5]
I'm pretty sure I'm going to track down a lower for my 16" upper. I just can't decide RDS, 14-4, or 1-6 lol.
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Posted: 12/28/2015 5:07:16 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BgBmBoo:
<a href="http://imageshack.com/i/p8wZpX1yj" target="_blank">http://img908.imageshack.us/img908/7517/wZpX1y.jpg</a> <a href="http://imageshack.com/i/hlw6AARCj" target="_blank">http://img633.imageshack.us/img633/8308/w6AARC.jpg</a> <a href="http://imageshack.com/i/p30tlSmTj" target="_blank">http://img903.imageshack.us/img903/7595/0tlSmT.jpg</a> <a href="http://imageshack.com/i/p5nBmYPoj" target="_blank">http://img905.imageshack.us/img905/5695/nBmYPo.jpg</a> Details on the upper. |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 12/28/2015 5:28:51 PM EDT
[#7]
Upper consist of Gibbz Arms side charger. Gibbz Arms ultra light 15" hand guard. Seekins 16" barrel and muzzle brake. Syrac adjustable gas block.
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Posted: 12/28/2015 5:47:42 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BgBmBoo:
Upper consist of Gibbz Arms side charger. Gibbz Arms ultra light 15" hand guard. Seekins 16" barrel and muzzle brake. Syrac adjustable gas block. That's sharp looking! |
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Posted: 1/1/2016 8:32:46 AM EDT
[Last Edit: CarpNY]
[#9]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MRW:
It looks to me that the front sight clamps around a low profile gas block. And perhaps what you think is a sleeve is actually the gas block journal that is 0.750 and the barrel has a sharp step down forward of the gas block? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MRW:
Originally Posted By CarpNY:
Originally Posted By CarpNY:
Anyone know if the gas block on the factory SCR upper will fit a 0.750" journal? Given the lightweight profile of the barrel, I assume that it has a 0.625" journal. However, looking at the front, the gas block appears to have an inner sleeve, suggesting it could fit a 0.750" journal if that is removed: http://www.airsoft-military-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Ares-SCR-Sights2.jpg I would like to use their sights on a particular build, but the barrel that I want to use has a 0.750" journal. Still hoping for an answer on this (from ARES or otherwise; email not answered.) Can the factory gas block be made to fit a 0.750" journal by removing what appears to be an inner sleeve? I have a very specific build in mind, but it hinges on a barrel with the standard (not lightweight) journal size. Winner, winner, chicken dinner! Just found this pic of KnightEnforcer's disassembled upper (bottom of the page): 
Journal is, in fact, stepped up compared to the front of the barrel. |
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NY, USA
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Posted: 1/3/2016 11:18:27 AM EDT
[Last Edit: rocklax]
[#10]
How do we think the CZ Bren sights will work with a standard AR height micro red dot? Probably should clarify, I'm not looking to cowitness, any micro will be QD so the irons would be serving as backup. Heck, if prefer they not be in the RDS sight picture. I'm getting a Monte Carlo stock and a Bradley Adjustable Cheek Riser, the Bradley will raise either 1.5" or 1.75" off of the stock, I'm not sure.
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Posted: 1/3/2016 12:39:20 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By rocklax: How do we think the CZ Bren sights will work with a standard AR height micro red dot? I'm getting a Monte Carlo stock and a Bradley Adjustable Cheek Riser.
https://shop.cz-usa.com/images/items/Large/19370.png You'll need a see-through riser on the red dot to use those. W/ the SCR, you don't want to use the standard AR height over bore - you want to lower your sights as much as possible, as you have a much lower cheek weld, even w/ the raised cheek piece. Best would be to use a red dot directly on the rail, w/ no riser, and then those sights might give you a lower third co-witness if you're lucky. The lower height over bore will also invalidate the standard 25/300m zero. |
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Posted: 1/3/2016 3:29:37 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher:
You'll need a see-through riser on the red dot to use those. W/ the SCR, you don't want to use the standard AR height over bore - you want to lower your sights as much as possible, as you have a much lower cheek weld, even w/ the raised cheek piece. Best would be to use a red dot directly on the rail, w/ no riser, and then those sights might give you a lower third co-witness if you're lucky. The lower height over bore will also invalidate the standard 25/300m zero. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher:
Originally Posted By rocklax: How do we think the CZ Bren sights will work with a standard AR height micro red dot? I'm getting a Monte Carlo stock and a Bradley Adjustable Cheek Riser.
https://shop.cz-usa.com/images/items/Large/19370.png You'll need a see-through riser on the red dot to use those. W/ the SCR, you don't want to use the standard AR height over bore - you want to lower your sights as much as possible, as you have a much lower cheek weld, even w/ the raised cheek piece. Best would be to use a red dot directly on the rail, w/ no riser, and then those sights might give you a lower third co-witness if you're lucky. The lower height over bore will also invalidate the standard 25/300m zero. All of this |
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Posted: 1/4/2016 9:31:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Castillo:
All of this Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Castillo:
Originally Posted By backbencher:
Originally Posted By rocklax: How do we think the CZ Bren sights will work with a standard AR height micro red dot? I'm getting a Monte Carlo stock and a Bradley Adjustable Cheek Riser.
https://shop.cz-usa.com/images/items/Large/19370.png You'll need a see-through riser on the red dot to use those. W/ the SCR, you don't want to use the standard AR height over bore - you want to lower your sights as much as possible, as you have a much lower cheek weld, even w/ the raised cheek piece. Best would be to use a red dot directly on the rail, w/ no riser, and then those sights might give you a lower third co-witness if you're lucky. The lower height over bore will also invalidate the standard 25/300m zero. All of this Agreed, I picked up a set of new take-off Bren/Scorpion sights from Ebay for $100 and they are great. I've got them on a rail with a Holosun 503C and they are more like lower 1/4 cowitness with that particular optic. |
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Posted: 1/4/2016 2:48:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RDTCU: Agreed, I picked up a set of new take-off Bren/Scorpion sights from Ebay for $100 and they are great.
I've got them on a rail with a Holosun 503C and they are more like lower 1/4 cowitness with that particular optic. How is the cheek-weld? |
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Posted: 1/4/2016 2:56:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher:
How is the cheek-weld? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher:
Originally Posted By RDTCU: Agreed, I picked up a set of new take-off Bren/Scorpion sights from Ebay for $100 and they are great.
I've got them on a rail with a Holosun 503C and they are more like lower 1/4 cowitness with that particular optic. How is the cheek-weld? They're on my folding SBR with the ACE skeleton stock, so it's not representative, but right about the low limit of usefulness in my case. I may use them on something else or drop the stock around ~1/4" |
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DC, USA
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Posted: 1/7/2016 9:01:39 PM EDT
[#16]
Another wood pic I ran across on another site. The contrast between the lower and the upper reminded me to ponder what a "battlefield pickup" aged faux-retro finish would look like on an SCR...
I'm still torn between putting a wood stock on one, or having the existing stock hydrodipped to look like old Bakelite stocks. |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 1/8/2016 11:30:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: BgBmBoo]
[#17]
The reason the upper receiver contrasts so much is it is a Gibbz Arms and they are Cerakoted and not anodized. I have a Gibbz Arms on my SCR (see pics above) and have only a few hundred rounds through it. The Cerakote is chipping off where the brass hits it. Not to happy about that.
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Posted: 1/8/2016 12:52:56 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BgBmBoo: The reason the upper receiver contrasts so much is it is a Gibbz Arms and they are Cerakoted and not anodized. I have a Gibbz Arms on my SCR (see pics above) and have only a few hundred rounds through it. The Cerakote is chipping off where the brass hits it. Not to happy about that. Remove Cerakote, send it out for anodizing? |
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NY, USA
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Posted: 1/8/2016 10:03:15 PM EDT
[#19]
Anyone know the difference in length between the sporter stock and the short sporter stock either by length or length of pull?
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Posted: 1/8/2016 10:12:01 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By j-ro:
Anyone know the difference in length between the sporter stock and the short sporter stock either by length or length of pull? The difference is 1" |
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Posted: 1/8/2016 10:26:00 PM EDT
[Last Edit: CarpNY]
[#21]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By j-ro:
Anyone know the difference in length between the sporter stock and the short sporter stock either by length or length of pull? Back when they were first coming out, I was told by ARES' Sales Department that the Sporter Short had a 12" LOP (approximately 1" shorter than the Sporter.) However, another poster on NYF was recently told by them that the Sporter Short had a 13" LOP (though, still approximately 1" shorter than the Sporter.) I don't have one (yet) to measure. |
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NY, USA
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Posted: 1/12/2016 8:44:00 AM EDT
[#22]
Concerning the BCG that comes with the Ares lower: Is that go to go out of the box or do your have to add a bolt, cam pin, firing pin etc? Thanks.
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Posted: 1/12/2016 9:00:21 AM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By j-ro:
Concerning the BCG that comes with the Ares lower: Is that go to go out of the box or do your have to add a bolt, cam pin, firing pin etc? Thanks. I believe it is just the carrier with gas key. |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 10:16:49 AM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RDTCU:
I believe it is just the carrier with gas key. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RDTCU:
Originally Posted By j-ro:
Concerning the BCG that comes with the Ares lower: Is that go to go out of the box or do your have to add a bolt, cam pin, firing pin etc? Thanks. I believe it is just the carrier with gas key. Anyone throw a piston on one yet? |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 10:36:14 AM EDT
[Last Edit: RDTCU]
[#25]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher:
Anyone throw a piston on one yet? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher:
Originally Posted By RDTCU:
Originally Posted By j-ro:
Concerning the BCG that comes with the Ares lower: Is that go to go out of the box or do your have to add a bolt, cam pin, firing pin etc? Thanks. I believe it is just the carrier with gas key. Anyone throw a piston on one yet? 
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NY, USA
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Posted: 1/13/2016 12:15:11 PM EDT
[#26]
Anyone find a vendor that sells the bolt catch at a reasonable price?
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PA, USA
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Posted: 1/13/2016 1:04:58 PM EDT
[#27]
Yes Griffin Arm. Linear Comp
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NY, USA
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Posted: 1/13/2016 1:17:07 PM EDT
[#28]
Could not find an Ares SCR bolt catch there. Do you have a direct link?
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Posted: 1/13/2016 1:26:47 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By j-ro:
Could not find an Ares SCR bolt catch there. Do you have a direct link? Ares SCR Bolt Catch. |
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NY, USA
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Posted: 1/13/2016 4:48:23 PM EDT
[#30]
Thanks. I thought I saw it somewhere else for half that price. I could be wrong.
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Posted: 1/13/2016 8:50:08 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By j-ro:
Could not find an Ares SCR bolt catch there. Do you have a direct link? Campsite sport shop had them for $30 |
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Posted: 1/14/2016 2:08:45 PM EDT
[#32]
Any reason not to put a 16" .458 SOCOM upper on this lower?
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Posted: 1/14/2016 2:22:51 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FIELD_MP:
Any reason not to put a 16" .458 SOCOM upper on this lower? That's what I did with mine, to avoid having collapsible stocks break. |
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Posted: 1/14/2016 3:41:03 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By glenn_r:
That's what I did with mine, to avoid having collapsible stocks break. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By glenn_r:
Originally Posted By FIELD_MP:
Any reason not to put a 16" .458 SOCOM upper on this lower? That's what I did with mine, to avoid having collapsible stocks break. How's the recoil? |
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Posted: 1/14/2016 3:52:00 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By disturbed0013:
Campsite sport shop had them for $30 Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By disturbed0013:
Originally Posted By j-ro:
Could not find an Ares SCR bolt catch there. Do you have a direct link? Campsite sport shop had them for $30 My biggest complaint. It should just come with the lower. For the price it's ridiculous you have to buy it separate. |
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Posted: 1/14/2016 4:50:28 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By j-ro:
Thanks. I thought I saw it somewhere else for half that price. I could be wrong. No problem. I've had them in my watch list for a while. An SCR build is still on my list of rifles to put together. |
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Posted: 1/15/2016 9:34:31 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FIELD_MP:
How's the recoil? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FIELD_MP:
Originally Posted By glenn_r:
Originally Posted By FIELD_MP: Any reason not to put a 16" .458 SOCOM upper on this lower? That's what I did with mine, to avoid having collapsible stocks break. How's the recoil? Stout. |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 1/17/2016 3:33:43 PM EDT
[#38]
Just a FYI....the JP yellow hammer spring works in the SCR. It does lower the trigger pull a bit. Have around 150 rounds through it with the yellow spring in place with zero FTF.
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NY, USA
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Posted: 1/17/2016 3:38:23 PM EDT
[#39]
Would I be correct in stating that a butt pad can be attached to the stock I case you need extra length? Has anyone done this? If so, what pad did you use?
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Posted: 1/17/2016 4:26:35 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By j-ro: Would I be correct in stating that a butt pad can be attached to the stock I case you need extra length? Has anyone done this? If so, what pad did you use? Anything that fits a Remington 1100 stock should fit. |
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DC, USA
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Posted: 1/17/2016 5:58:16 PM EDT
[#41]
Anyone recognize this forend? It'd look awesome on an SCR with a wooden buttstock:
In general, are there many other forends like this that are a combo of modern metal/rail/slots and a wooden grip? The plain full wooden Boyd's-type hand guards I don't find exciting, but I like this 1960s-ish combo of metal and wood. |
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Posted: 1/17/2016 6:10:39 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MatthewVanitas:
Anyone recognize this forend? It'd look awesome on an SCR with a wooden buttstock: http://i.imgur.com/TRCE8Gq.jpg In general, are there many other forends like this that are a combo of modern metal/rail/slots and a wooden grip? The plain full wooden Boyd's-type hand guards I don't find exciting, but I like this 1960s-ish combo of metal and wood. That's a one off using a Fortis Switch Rail. |
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Posted: 1/17/2016 7:38:43 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JoshAston:
That's a one off using a Fortis Switch Rail. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JoshAston:
Originally Posted By MatthewVanitas:
Anyone recognize this forend? It'd look awesome on an SCR with a wooden buttstock: http://i.imgur.com/TRCE8Gq.jpg In general, are there many other forends like this that are a combo of modern metal/rail/slots and a wooden grip? The plain full wooden Boyd's-type hand guards I don't find exciting, but I like this 1960s-ish combo of metal and wood. That's a one off using a Fortis Switch Rail. I need more details  Holy hell that is pretty.
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Posted: 1/17/2016 8:47:24 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NorthPolar:
I need more details Holy hell that is pretty.Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NorthPolar:
Originally Posted By JoshAston:
Originally Posted By MatthewVanitas:
Anyone recognize this forend? It'd look awesome on an SCR with a wooden buttstock: http://i.imgur.com/TRCE8Gq.jpg In general, are there many other forends like this that are a combo of modern metal/rail/slots and a wooden grip? The plain full wooden Boyd's-type hand guards I don't find exciting, but I like this 1960s-ish combo of metal and wood. That's a one off using a Fortis Switch Rail. I need more details Holy hell that is pretty.You'd have to ask Scarr |
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Posted: 1/17/2016 9:27:27 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NorthPolar:
I need more details Holy hell that is pretty.Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NorthPolar:
Originally Posted By JoshAston:
Originally Posted By MatthewVanitas:
Anyone recognize this forend? It'd look awesome on an SCR with a wooden buttstock: http://i.imgur.com/TRCE8Gq.jpg In general, are there many other forends like this that are a combo of modern metal/rail/slots and a wooden grip? The plain full wooden Boyd's-type hand guards I don't find exciting, but I like this 1960s-ish combo of metal and wood. That's a one off using a Fortis Switch Rail. I need more details Holy hell that is pretty.Basic hand tools and the skills to use 'em. Nothing too hard to do ... in theory ... but the creativity to design it and the ability to pull it off are ... well ... rare. |
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DC, USA
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Posted: 1/21/2016 5:16:30 PM EDT
[#46]
Ran across another "wood yet modern" stock on TFB's SHOT coverage:
I dig this kind of furniture a lot more than the wooden AR bits that try too hard to get away from the modern EBR aesthetic. I think these combos of a few wooden pieces with a perforated barrel has some of the panache you get with a vintage riot gun with a metal heat shield, or the Cetme handguard, etc. |
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Posted: 1/21/2016 5:23:44 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MatthewVanitas:
Ran across another "wood yet modern" stock on TFB's SHOT coverage: http://i65.tinypic.com/13ygpbq.jpg I dig this kind of furniture a lot more than the wooden AR bits that try too hard to get away from the modern EBR aesthetic. I think these combos of a few wooden pieces with a perforated barrel has some of the panache you get with a vintage riot gun with a metal heat shield, or the Cetme handguard, etc. Same gun posted above. |
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NY, USA
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Posted: 1/23/2016 1:08:10 PM EDT
[#48]
Anybody know if Ares Defense introduced anything new at Shot show 2016?
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Posted: 1/23/2016 1:31:42 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MatthewVanitas:
Ran across another "wood yet modern" stock on TFB's SHOT coverage: http://i65.tinypic.com/13ygpbq.jpg I dig this kind of furniture a lot more than the wooden AR bits that try too hard to get away from the modern EBR aesthetic. I think these combos of a few wooden pieces with a perforated barrel has some of the panache you get with a vintage riot gun with a metal heat shield, or the Cetme handguard, etc. Scarr built that. He's got quite a few impressive builds. |
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Posted: 1/23/2016 3:19:07 PM EDT
[#50]
So I didn't realize a Larue Tactical handguard will not work with the Gibbz upper due to the anti rotation tabs.
What are some other quad rail options for me? |
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