Was a member here a long time back. Recently put an upper together with a 16" fluted Hbar and was a bit put off on the weight. Ordered a 16" LW midlength bbl that is going on an old Colt non assist upper with a Trijicon reflex on a forward handle mount. Will have a Magpul od hg, YHM flip up front front sight/ gas block with swivel. Lower is a 20 year old Bushmaster with a Velocity trigger and Ace stock. Boonie Packer sling. This will be my walk about and hunting rig. The other heavy upper will wear a Trijicon Accu point 3-9x on an Aero Precision lw mount and be a range toy dmr.
Big brown is bringing the lw parts today so it should be up and running for the weekend.
Got interested in shooting the AR again when I noticed Walmart had 55 gr. Am Eagle for $6.30 a box ( bought 30 ). Nice to see ammo prices and availability improving! The days of 14 cents a round port delivered are long gone but the 5.56 is still affordable.