I have posted this up in the main pics thread but decided to throw her into her own thread.
I had just last month decided to get into AR15 pistols and threw together a nice budget AR15 8.5" Pistol using an Anderson Lower and Lower Parts kit along with a Shockwave Blade, KAK tube/kit and slapped a PSA Keymod upper on her with some Magpul MBUS sights. I put her together for roughly $550 total.
I then decided I wanted another Pistol but something a tad longer and decided to do a 10.5" build. Looking around the EE for random parts to begin the project I stumbled upon Jason at ACI and his thread on Cerakote work. I spent a couple days looking at info on Cerakote and decided this pistol would be my first time getting this type of work done. I was leaning towards doing this in FDE but then when I kept coming back to the distressed (2 color) pics of other folks firearms I figured 1 color wasn't enough. I had narrowed down that I wanted this done either in the FDE/Black distressed or the Burnt Bronze distressed cerakote.
I spent a couple more days trying to decided which I liked more and then Jason posted up pics of the White distressed (stormtrooper) cerakote work they had just done and I was instantly sold on going this route. I spent a few days talking back and forth via email with Jason before I got everything squared away for what I wanted to do with the cerakote work. I last minute decided I wanted something a little different for the handguard than what normally comes on the budget build ACI uppers and board member JS13 had the Seekins BAR handguard for sale in the EE. I reached out to him via email and we worked out a deal and he had the handguard to me within 2 days of payment so I could forward it along to ACI in Florida for the cerakote work.
During the insanely quick turnaround time with ACI doing the Cerakote work (less than 2 weeks) I put in orders for all the parts to complete the build which included purchases from AimSurplus, Primary Arms, KAK Industries, Optics Planet, Lanbo's Armory (my new favorite site by far), Right To Bear Arms, MidwayUSA and Palmetto State Armory.
The last pieces to arrive at the beginning of this week were the Eotech from Optics Planet and the AXTS Raptor Charging Handle and Seekins Bolt Catch from Lanbo's.
Here she is complete along with prices on the parts for her. She sure did get expensive quickly but should be a hell of a nice shooter.
I will be diving into the world of NFA items in getting my first suppressor for her. I will be starting the process ASAP and if I am lucky I will have the suppressor by the end of the year.
Thank you again to Jason and company over at ACI (Andro Corp Industries) for the amazing cerakote job they did on this AR. If you are interested in seeing what they can do check out in the EE their cerakote thread. They are AR15 Industry partners and you will be very very happy with the work they do.
Also thank you to board member JS13 for getting the Seekins Bar Handguard to me as quickly as you did so I could move forward on this project.
Lower
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Anderson Lower w/ Trigger Guard $40
Anderson Lower Essential Parts Kit $30
Magpul MOE Grip $20
Mega Arms Tactical Trigger $60
ALG Defense QMS Hammer/Spring $25
KNS Precision Non-Rotating Pins $30
Battle Arms Enhanced Titanium Takedown & Pivot Pins $30
Seekins Precision Ambidextrous Safety Selector (Aluminum/Silver) $38
Seekins Precision Mag Button (Aluminum/Silver) $6
Seekins Precision Bolt Catch $12
Leo Armory Engraved Dust Cover $30
Tactical Freedom USA Skull Gunmetal $10
Titanium Dust Cover Pin $11
JP Polished Spring and Spikes Buffer $60
Law Tactical Gen 3-M Folding Adapter $195
Mags include 2 30 Rd Pmags, 1 30 Rd Hexmag and a 40 Rd Pmag $55
Total = $652 with a few random parts leftover from Lower Essentials Kit and ALG QMS Trigger that I poached the Hammer/spring from for the Mega Arms Tactical Trigger
Upper
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ACI 10.5" Upper $230 .223 / 5.56 (This was minus BCG, Charging Handle and handguard found on the budget upper)
Barrel Swap to 8" ACI 300 Blackout $80 (Difference is buying new barrel, gas tube, shipping and selling off the other barrel and gas tube)
Seekins Precision 9" Bar Handguard / Free Float Rail $110
Griffin Armament Mini Flash Suppressor $80
Griffin Armament Taper Mount Minimalist Blast Shield $95
BCM Angled Foregrip $20
AIM Surplus V2 Black Nitride BCG $100
AXTS Raptor Ambidextrous Charging Handle $80
Shockwave Blade & KAK Industries Pistol Buffer Tube Kit $85
Magpul ASAP plate w/ Magpul MS3 sling $75
Magpul MBUS front/back $80
Eotech XPS2-0 $450
Scopecoat for XPS2-0 $23
Vortex VMX-3T 3x Magnifier $200
Total = $1708
Cerakote Work w/ ACI = $320
Grand Total = $2680