So here I am months later.... Maggie says, "I want you to build me a rifle for Christmas". Gotta love that girl. But, then she also changed her mind and wanted a gopro camera to take kayaking with her, because she sees so many cool birds and stuff.
Then she realized that the best bird seasons are almost past and she could get the camera for her May birthday, so now we're back to an AR. I'm on it!
So as you know we live in NJ and the news coming out of NJ RE: 2nd Amendment rights is surprising even ME for it's sheer stupidity and facism. So I'm being careful. Looks like the only tricky part is the muzzle device.
I have a local gunsmith who is helpful but he stopped doing "compliance" work when the state po po came for an inspection and gave him a huge ration of shit because their "nearly undefined" regulations on compliance were being aggravated that day. So he just stopped doing that kind of work.
Found a guy up the road who will do the weld on the brake (can't have flash hiders and can't have a threaded barrel- welded brake fixes that). So that's cool.
On to the gun.
I know I was looking for really light, but the diff between really light and passably light is not that great, considering the cost of some stuff.
So here's the basics.
Based on what Maggie likes (we're talking "looks" here) the gun has to be all black. If there's any pink she will kill ME with it. So I copped out and bought an upper assembly from Custom Built Arms. The reason I ended with them is a bit of a mixup, but I was a pest and they are VERY accomodating.
We're going with 16" 223 Wylde, chrome lined barrel, a low profile gas block, and a quad rail for accessorizing.
She has the whole "right-handed, left-eyed"thing going on so I figure a red dot sight will work best for her. No iron sights right now.
For weight (and she likes the look) we went with the GWAKS Cav-15 MKII lower/stock assembly.
I went to PSA for bolt carrier group, charging handle and lower parts. I figure I will polish every thing that counts before it goes into the lower.
The upper comes with a flash hider but they are throwing in a muzzle break instead and eating the shipping so I'm ok. I have to run up north to the NJ everyone thinks of when you say, "new jersey" to get the brake welded but it's a "do it while you wait" and I like coffee and donuts so I don't see a problem.
Thanks for letting me share guys. This is still the best gun forum. I'll post an update when we get going.