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Posted: 12/16/2011 3:44:43 PM EDT
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This wasn't an easy choice for me to build. I like having a good company backing a product with lifetime warranties. But after buying my first AR at the beginning of the year i was hooked. After lots of internet drooling I thought I would go ahead and build my own. Great info from many people here on the ar15.com forums have gotten me to where I am now. A big thanks too all of you guys. So here it is!
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/Brian_Bunch/IMG_0012.jpg First impression of the maten mono is hands down one of the nicest pieces of machined metal i have held. I could not find one flaw, and trust me i looked. Beautiful black color, no burrs anywhere to be found. There is absolutely no movement between the upper and lower. http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/Brian_Bunch/IMG_0013.jpg http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/Brian_Bunch/IMG_0015.jpg http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/Brian_Bunch/IMG_0018.jpg Soon after I got home from my LGS http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c101/Brian_Bunch/IMG_0021.jpg One reason i wanted to post this is i am a first time builder. I do feel comfortable around tools having a bit of a background in construction and mechanic. On the other hand i don't think i needed it. It was very simple. Granted the maten mono has a few things build right into the reciever like the trigger guard and the takedown pins. Anyways, ill post some finished pictures soon as i get my barrel back from getting refinished. Big thanks to Rainier Arms for helping me out. |
| That was my first choice too, but they were sold out when I was shopping for the barrel and didn't want to wait, for the price I figured I might as well give the SASS barrel a try. I knew it was going to be heavier but I don't mind my guns having a little heft to them. Strictly bench shooting for me, not on patrol or anything like that. What are you running for the bcm? |
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BCM? sorry havn't got all the lingo down.
I got the standard DPMS black phosphated bolt carrier if thats what you are asking. I thought about the JP but couldn't afford it. Not sure of the value of the extra cost. Lighter? More accurate? i dunno. I would have gone for the chrome bolt but its been sold out for awhile. |
That is very nice the way they come together at certain points flawlessly ! I've always liked the monolothick rail which is why I went with the Vltor upper on my Noveske build. The only problem with your set up if you want to call it a problem, is that it looks SO GOOD that now you can't stop with just the upper and lower. You'll have to go with a quality barrel, optic and mount, trigger etc.......
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It is a terrible problem
I had the stock trigger from my AR15 that i threw on this build. i have a Geissele S3G and didn't think i would want that on my 308. I havn't figured my glass out. Im broke as a joke right now so im just going to get out and enjoy it the way it is. Well soon as i get my barrel 
The sick thing is, now i want to build an ar15 on one of mega monos and make a twin of it. i bought the Ruger SR556 as my first ar and i like it, but its not perfect 
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