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Thanks gentleman. It's because of you guys and this forum that I've been able to learn. My build if done as far as acquiring the parts. I purchased a stripped spikes lower and upper and they're being cerakoted as we speak. Got a Geissele MK2 13" rail along with the Geissele super gas block and raptor ambi charging handle. The BCG is spikes NiB. I went with some magpul mbus gen 2 sights and the magpul STR stock. The only concern I may have which was going to be my next post was the barrel, I purchased a radical firearms 16" mid length "socom contour" 1:7 barrel. Anyone heard anything solid on this product? And is the "socom contour" something worth having or should I have looked for the regular m4 kind?
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Sounds like an excellent build.
I have no experience with Radical's barrels, but as to a Socom contour barrel, it is like an M4 "government" profile barrel, but with a thicker barrel diameter under the hand guards, like an H-Bar. This means the barrel will be heavier, but also conceptually more rigid and reliable under sustained fire.
Here is a pic, top is SOCOM, bottom is normal M4 profile: