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My wife thinks I have gone nuts, I have been opening and closing the collapsible stock, fixing the bayonet and admiring the 5.5" flash hider since I got it a few days ago.
Does this pre-ban euphoria ever go away?
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Only one solution for this- trade the wife for another preban! [:D]
Seriously though, I just got my preban a week ago too, and I keep opening the gun locker twice a day to admire it (OK, I admit it, play with the stock, attach the bayonet, etc.) If I had known I would like it this much I would have gotten it a year ago when I got my first AR instead of buying a postban.
Here is a BIG pic of my own new baby:
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is that the upper that came with the rifle? If not, where did you get it?
I want the same one for my pre-ban thats on the way but am short of the $550+ the bushmaster wants for their M4 uppers with phantoms
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Wipeout, It is a new DPMS XM177 upper I bought from K2 Sports (they are a sponsor here on ARF.com)I bought it from their table at the Big Town gun show in Mesquite, texas, although I visit their shop quite frequently, in Plano tx. It was identical to the upper that was on the preban, except it was an A2, but had the same 11.5 with 5.5 XM177E2 style flash hider. I just love it. It was a good deal, I thought, at $290 for the complete upper minus the bolt group. I bought a new bolt from them for $45 and kept my carrier and charging handle from the old upper.
Not bad considering they usually retail for about $330, the were having a special for the gun show. I am delighted with it. I may refinish the original complete upper and build a rifle around it, as I kept the matched bolt.
Very nice M4gery by the way.