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Lightweight AR Picture Thread (Page 1 of 16)
Posted: 2/17/2011 11:47:26 PM EDT
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The last LW thread was archived. With Lancelot's permission, let's start another. Please list specs with weight if you can do it.
ETA: Please show your duty/combat/carbine course worthy guns in this thread. There's another thread for the guys with the ultralight stuff. 
My first contribution: Attached File Upper: Spike's upper receiver and BCG DD 10.0 Lite Rail DD 14.5" CHF LW barrel with factory pinned YHM flash hider Troy front and rear BUIS Trijicon ACOG TA33-R8 with LaRue mount Streamlight TLR-3 Magpul FVG Lower: Spike's lower and LPK Magpul CTR, MOE grip and trigger guard Weight: 7lbs 5oz without mag 8lbs 5oz with Magpul Pmag loaded with 30 rounds of Hornady 60 gr. LE TAP |
Originally Posted By NCHornet:
Read four times as much as you type and I promise you, you will learn some stuff. Especially about asking stupid questions.
Read four times as much as you type and I promise you, you will learn some stuff. Especially about asking stupid questions.
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Originally Posted By benelliwangM3:
http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/ae87/benelliwang/Light%20Weight%20AR/CIMG8303.jpg Plum Crazy Lower CAR Stock & Buffer tube instead of M4 Slick side upper Carbon Fiber handguard 5lbs empty You have almost copied my build I am in the middle of doing, I even have the same stock, for now. Question....Unless I am just too tired to realize it, but how in the hell did you assemble the upper with the tube wrapped around the FSB?? You cant install the tube with the FSB in place and you cant install the FSB pins with teh tube in the way. 
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Originally Posted By blackfly53:
Originally Posted By benelliwangM3:
http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/ae87/benelliwang/Light%20Weight%20AR/CIMG8303.jpg Plum Crazy Lower CAR Stock & Buffer tube instead of M4 Slick side upper Carbon Fiber handguard 5lbs empty You have almost copied my build I am in the middle of doing, I even have the same stock, for now. Question....Unless I am just too tired to realize it, but how in the hell did you assemble the upper with the tube wrapped around the FSB?? You cant install the tube with the FSB in place and you cant install the FSB pins with teh tube in the way.
Looks like there is a hole in the tube to insert the FSB pin. |
my NY neutered lightweight
RRA lower with 2 stage trigger BCM lightweight upper, DD fixed rear, Cav comp pinned and welded the A2 butt adds some weight...have a ACE stock on the way to cut some fat |
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Bushmaster Superlight barrel on a Colt SP1 upper. Mated to a Stag A2 lower with a Stag/CMT buttstock. 5.5 lbs? My newest build: 
I hadn't realized a stripped down M4gery would be nearly as light. I'm really diggin' on it. |
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Originally Posted By bassboy9123:
Originally Posted By blackfly53:
Originally Posted By benelliwangM3:
http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/ae87/benelliwang/Light%20Weight%20AR/CIMG8303.jpg Plum Crazy Lower CAR Stock & Buffer tube instead of M4 Slick side upper Carbon Fiber handguard 5lbs empty You have almost copied my build I am in the middle of doing, I even have the same stock, for now. Question....Unless I am just too tired to realize it, but how in the hell did you assemble the upper with the tube wrapped around the FSB?? You cant install the tube with the FSB in place and you cant install the FSB pins with teh tube in the way.
Looks like there is a hole in the tube to insert the FSB pin. Upon closer inspection I believe you may be right. |
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my girlfriends gun, the stickers probably add to the the weight.
11.5 lightweight barrel. troy 9 rail, RRA entry stock. 
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Originally Posted By blackfly53:
Originally Posted By benelliwangM3:
http://i960.photobucket.com/albums/ae87/benelliwang/Light%20Weight%20AR/CIMG8303.jpg Plum Crazy Lower CAR Stock & Buffer tube instead of M4 Slick side upper Carbon Fiber handguard 5lbs empty You have almost copied my build I am in the middle of doing, I even have the same stock, for now. Question....Unless I am just too tired to realize it, but how in the hell did you assemble the upper with the tube wrapped around the FSB?? You cant install the tube with the FSB in place and you cant install the FSB pins with teh tube in the way.
Actually, since I've done mine and you are in the middle doing yours...you are copying me
There are holes in the tube for me to knock out the pins for the FSB. |
5lbs 4ounces with a (7.5oz Eotech 511)
Model 1 Sales slickside upper receiver stripped Daniel Defense 14.5 LW barrel carbine gas Daniel Defense lopro gas block YHM phantom pinned & welded Standard charging handle JP Enterprises low mass bolt carrier Stag bolt Clarks Custom carbon fiber free float trimmed down to 9inches Eotech 511 with a custom carbon fiber hood (now lighter than a XPS) YHM lower Standard lower parts kit JP Enterprises reduced power spring kit ACE ARUL ultra light stock, rubber pad taken off JP enterprises low mass buffer Ergo grip RH non sure grip (sure grip is heavier) Magpul polymer trigger guard Hammer cut down to a speed hammer |
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Originally Posted By cda97:
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii217/cda97/012-1.jpg M16A1 H&R upper receiver with a Bushmaster Superlight barrel. NDS-XM16E1 lower with Colt (modified) full auto lower parts. Weight, about 5 to 6 lbs. /thread I love that thing, cda! 
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-6520 lower with DD 14.5" lightweight/pinned BC 1.5 -Colt "N" CAR stock -A1 grip -pretty much gutted M4 handguards -UWL -Colt sling -TLR-1 on a Streamlight mount 
Bottom: -Ameetec SBR'ed lower with BCM 11.5" lightweight -Colt "N" CAR stock w/ BCM Mil-Spec receiver extension -A1 grip -pretty much gutted M4 handguards -UWL -VCAS -TLR-1s on a Streamlight mount -Meprolight front post -Usually has an ML3 but I've taken a liking to the weight and practicality without it |
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What optic is that?
Originally Posted By CFII:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/akscott60/2011-02-18_10-40-17_897.jpg Light as a feather. And its a middy so its pleasant and reliable |
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The effort to build myself a very lightweight carbine first resulted in this, that came in at 5.0 lbs.:
But, for various reasons and even though it functioned OK, I just didn't like it. So it got remodeled into something still on the light side but improved, with ultimately only these parts making their way to Gen II: 
The result, with a new BCM lightweight barrel, now sits at 6.3 lbs.: 
That left me with the original barrel, now recycled into a 5.6 lbs. shooter: 
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Originally Posted By northpark:
<a href="http://i.imgur.com/JqlNU.jpg" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/JqlNUl.jpg</a> DD 16" mid length lightweight DD lpk, bcg, buttstock kit, charging handle, A1.5 rear sight Magpul plastic PSA lower bathroom scale says 6.5lbs i have my 3rd lower left to build and i shooting for something like that. Good build! |
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Originally Posted By heavyduty:
Not superlight, but kinda light: http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac123/HDF62/AGP-1-and-AGP-22.jpg Nice. 
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Originally Posted By northpark:
<a href="http://i.imgur.com/JqlNU.jpg" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/JqlNUl.jpg</a> DD 16" mid length lightweight DD lpk, bcg, buttstock kit, charging handle, A1.5 rear sight Magpul plastic PSA lower bathroom scale says 6.5lbs i think your scale is off, my has the same configuration w/ 12" dd rail is 6.8 lbs 
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Sorry for the crappy pic, only one I have at the moment. Spike's lower Stag LPK VLTOR stock and BCM buffer tube BCM upper receiver DD LW CHF barrel BCM BCG DD sights Samson Evolution 11" handguard 
Bushy lower Colt Type 1 stock w/ VLTOR tube CMT upper and BCG Bushy Superlight barrel |
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Total Wt 7lbs -with empty 20rd mag Mega Upper Bushy Super Light 16" Shaved GI FSB Battle Comp 1.0 Troy 13.0 KG FDE Magpul Gen2 BUIS Trijicon TA-44S G (green ring-dot) Larue Mount LMT Charging Handle BCM BCG Bravo Company Lower LMT FDE SOPMOD Magpul FDE Pmag/Lumpy plate FG Magpul enhanced trigger guard Tango Down LFBG (FDE) Aimpoint Micro T-1 LRT mount (BUIS Back up sight) -Got rails to put on...Gear Sector hand stop & flashlight mount -Got Troy sling mounts ordered from Noveske on the way -Gear Sector or Blue Force sling for it laying around here somewhere You could do this build with a 10.0 rail no scope/no sights -just the Aimpoint micro and a VLTOR Imod and get her down to around 6lbs or so.... |
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Originally Posted By 9divdoc:
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/9DivDoc/IMG_0002-1.jpg http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/9DivDoc/IMG_0005-1.jpg Total Wt 7lbs -with empty 20rd mag Mega Upper Bushy Super Light 16" Shaved GI FSB Battle Comp 1.0 Troy 13.0 KG FDE Magpul Gen2 BUIS Trijicon TA-44S G (green ring-dot) Larue Mount LMT Charging Handle BCM BCG Bravo Company Lower LMT FDE SOPMOD Magpul FDE Pmag/Lumpy plate FG Magpul enhanced trigger guard Tango Down LFBG (FDE) -Got rails to put on...Gear Sector hand stop & flashlight mount -Got Troy sling mounts ordered from Noveske on the way -Gear Sector or Blue Force sling for it laying around here somewhere NICE! I have an 18" that could be its twin. Except mine is wearing a Vltor stock and a TA01 ACOG. What light will you put on it? |
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| Is there a standard yet for what is considered a "lightweight build"? Seems to me that a lightweight is the most basic stripped down form of an AR that you can get. I have been working on one as of recent, with a goal of under 5.5 lbs. All I can use is irons or a tiny (DR optics size) red dot to keep under that weight requirement. |
Here is my retro-ish Dissy LW build from a M16A1 parts kit. Unfortunately I don't have a scale to measure its weight. I'm hoping to get my next LW build under 4lb. I've got most the parts at my Smith's place where he's milling all the extra weight off. So far I'm planning on a 11.5" barrel with an aluminum flash hider, the gas port will be undersized for the reduced weight bcg/buffer. I'll probably use the 6oz Clarke Carbon Fiber float tube cut back to 6", buttstock is a LE entry stock tube with an A2 plate attached to the end. Sights will be a Burris Fastfire. Hopefully I'll be able to make my weight.
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