This info was requested by another member when I mentioned my FAR project in another thread. So here we go.
Barrel is a colt pencil profile 1/7" chrome lined. I shaved the front sight tower off. The last couple of inches are an aluminum muzzle brake.
Lower receiver is a Hesse (OH MY!
) Kevlar lower and was the easiest lower I have ever assembled. For the record I have not had any trouble out of it and I take it to the range and the farm every time I go. It has a Rock River drop in match trigger
The buttstock is a fixed postban. Mainly because it is the lightest I could find. It also uses a carbine buffer.
The upper receiver is a Les Bauer <sp?> flat top the did not have a forward assist from the factory. The brass hump was milled off as well as the dustcover hinges. There is a major downside to milling off the brass hump. Unless you have the upper re-andonized, steel cases will dinfg the crap out of the side of the receiver. I went with a couple pieces of paper towl folded up under a length of electrical tape to stop the dings.
It is finished in a Krylon flat black. I have some camo colors I will try out later in the week if I have time.
Bob
This shows the weight on a Pitney Bowes postage scale. This is with the standard AR15 trigger group. The RR is lighter by a tiny bit and is MUCH better than the stock ones.