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Member Section => Building America's Rifle => Topic started by: ExurbanKevin on September 23, 2014, 03:44:31 PM

Title: My First Lower Build
Post by: ExurbanKevin on September 23, 2014, 03:44:31 PM

Despite being mechanically declined (I saw something twice and it's still too short...), I managed to assemble a lower.

(http://www.kevincreighton.com/ar_build.jpg)

The upper is my dedicated long-range/varmint gun: 20" free-floated fluted barrel, side-charging upper from a Phoenix area company that's out of business now. The Fealty Arms lower has a Geiselle trigger, Ergo grip and Magpul PRS Stock, and the whole thing is capped with NC Star optics and hardware that I need to replace with better stuff.

So, suggestions for a decent sub-$400 long-range AR optic, ideally with a mil-dot reticle?

Title: Re: My First Lower Build
Post by: alfsauve on September 23, 2014, 04:12:54 PM

Very cool.    Congratulations.

I'm pretty much sticking to Nikon Monarch series, Bushnell Legend series, or Leupold VX/FX series.

Title: Re: My First Lower Build
Post by: Bic on September 23, 2014, 05:58:03 PM

Nice job Kevin, careful though - building a lower is kinda like having one potato chip.

Title: Re: My First Lower Build
Post by: jaybet on September 23, 2014, 07:17:51 PM

Nice.

Title: Re: My First Lower Build
Post by: ExurbanKevin on September 23, 2014, 08:54:23 PM

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Nice job Kevin, careful though - building a lower is kinda like having one potato chip.

Yeah, I have another lower on order from Sierra Nevada Arms that I am (im)patiently waiting for. That one I think will get turned into a 9mm pistol with a SIG brace once I get it.

Title: Re: My First Lower Build
Post by: kmitch200 on September 23, 2014, 09:18:12 PM

How does it shoot?
I like the stock but every time I look at one the price says, "Buy other stuff first. You already have a functioning stock."

Title: Re: My First Lower Build
Post by: ExurbanKevin on September 23, 2014, 10:28:31 PM

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I like the stock but every time I look at one the price says, "Buy other stuff first. You already have a functioning stock."

I got the stock as part of the gear for an article I was GOING to write for Shooting Illustrated (until I got hired to write for my current employer). To be honest, if I hadn't of gotten a screaming deal on that stock, I would have gone with something else.

As far as how it shoots, this is without the bipod at 100 yards. According to my friend Robb's shot group analyzer (http://blog.robballen.com/apps/SGA/), those three are .88 MOA.

I'll take it. :D

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10710822_10204375393441322_254486497518076017_n.jpg?oh=ee685553954b6eeec1c43cdf74139eda&oe=54BFC155&__gda__=1421682538_6b0ebaafe22ee2cdb4a22d46d609d3d4)