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Posted: 6/13/2006 9:33:17 AM EDT
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I'm thinking about getting rid of my RRA R4 upper in favor of a nice simple A2 upper with a superlight 16" barrel. This one is not going to be used with optics or any fancy do dads that I don't need. I wanted to stick with RRA since that's the lower it will go on, but that doesn't look like an option. I'm surprised that all of their barrels are a heavy profile. Would it be worth getting a RRA A2 carbine upper from ADCO and having them turn the barrel down to the profile of a Colt 6520 barrel? For those that have gone the lightweight route, what would you recomend here? |
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www.dpmsinc.com/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=BA-16A1L I have one of these & it is an excellent lightweight upper IMHO. |
+1 or buy a bushmaster SLW upper I think both DPMS and Bushy would be cheaper than have a RRA A2 upper turned down to 6520 profile |
+1 - If you won't use optics, keep it simple and shave off a couple more ounces by ordering it with Bushmaster's "A1" (C7) upper. How often will you use the A2 sight on a 16" carbine, anyway? 
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You mean something like like this?  pkfirearms.com/store/get_item.aspx?id=680&action=display I've got the A1/C7 uppers in stock too, they make great iron sighted carbine rigs. In stock & you could have it in 3-4 days, quick enough to go shooting this weekend Brett Please place any customer feedback about PKFirearms Here ---->Feedback Thread |
No, like this: He said "This one is not going to be used with optics or any fancy do dads that I don't need." He doesn't need the A2 sight or a rail, IMO. Bushmaster's A1 upper is a couple ounces lighter than the A2 and about the same weight as a flattop with one of the lightest rear BUISs. If you order the Superlight upper from bushmaster, they will build it with the "A1" upper if you want. |
No! He wants the one like this!  CATEGORY: Upper Receivers Yeah, I have them, it is just not in the barreled upper picture because I sell far fewer A1/C7 uppers compared to flat tops & A2s. Plus, it's nearly impossible to get 3 barreled uppers into a 500x400 pixel image for the website. But I still have the A1/C7 uppers in the upper option box labeled "receiver". Brett  |
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