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Pics Official AR15 Picture Thread

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One of my co-workers with my self-built M&P. Turned out great.
Edit: I built this into a complete rifle years before the deadline, and I have the registration letter. Ha.
 
My first AR-15. Also my most accurate. Bought all the parts in ~2008. High Standard lower receiver. Installed a RRA lower parts kit with 2-stage trigger, using a YouTube video as guidance. The magic is in the upper though — cannot say enough good things about White Oaks Armament uppers and barrels. I bought their National Match Service Rifle upper with 20-inch stainless bull barrel. These are commonly used by Service Rifle competitors. I used this rifle for 10+ years in the matches held by my local shooting club. Once I put this one together and started reloading my own ammo tailored for it, it was a rare day when anybody in the club could beat me.

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This is a 10-round group. My reloads, iron sights, 100 yards, from the bench. Admittedly, I am cherry-picking groups with this one, this is not normal, but pretty close to normal, swear to God. The X-ring is 1-inch diameter.

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Here's another group when I was doing load development. 10 rounds, 100 yards, irons, from the bench. I settled on this load — 23.2 grains Ramshot TAC powder, Nosler CC 69-grain bullets, Lake City brass, meticulously prepped, and Winchester primers:

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I was bored and decided a big bore AR sounded like a fun toy to build before the new years parts deadline came in. M&P15 lower, .50Beowulf upper from bear creek - maglock/klvrco kingpin pal for compliance. Tank break, simple red dot, magpul front furniture. It's been a riot to throw very large rounds down range and so far has been more reliable than expected given the cheap upper. The tank break throws crazy fireballs, which is always a good time. It will be fun to get it out in the desert with some watermelons and a high speed camera.
 

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Here’s one of my home builds that turned out great. Super comfortable and although finicky in the beginning….figured out the buffer config it takes to get it running good. Reading below stats will make sense if you’ve ever built an AR.

-14.5” BCM Barrel w/ Mid length gas system
-Pinned/welded BattleComp 1.5
-A2 buffer (modified internal weights)
-ACE Skeleton fixed stock
-LWRC BCG
-Troy Industries BUIS
-CMC flat face trigger
-Radian Ambo Charging handle
-Radian safety selector and takedown pins
-15” 2A Armament lightweight handguard (see pics for relief cuts in rail)
-Trijicon MRO (green dot)
-Midwest Industries QD MRO Mount
-Magpul Ambo Battery assist device
-Magpul MOE Enhanced grip

-dale

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Nice, clean and simple. I’ve had mixed reliability with those hex mags but I love how they look. I should also note that my experience with them is when they were first released
 
Two DD’s. Two G2S triggers. Radian furniture on the crocodile. B5 stock, everyone’s favorite a2s 😑, exps3s, bcm vfg, and that tank of Holosun 3x mag

***good luck trying to bounce a quarter off of that bed***
 

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Can't have a California AR thread without an SCR 😆

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I’d sleep with that thing, knock a few walls down, and build my lady her own bedroom
 
This is me dipping my toes into the AR game. Building to what I am feeling right now and waiting for new parts to ship in. I'm just getting a feel of everything before building from scratch.
So far :
JT inception
Magpul MBUS3 FDE
Sig Sauer Romeo5 Gen 2
Incoming: B5 BRAVO mil-spec ODG
 

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*Mag-Lock Configuration*

Warrior System WSM15 Lower
PSA Sabre FDE Forged Upper
PSA Sabre Lower Parts Kit w/ Hiperfire RTB Trigger
Strike Industries Widow Flashhider
Strike Industries Mini Handstop
Holosun AEMS OPMOD
Fenix Light and Pressure Switch Combo
MOE K2+, SL Stock, Magpul Irons
Radian Talon Ambi
Aero Breach FDE
 

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Another home build. Lots of 2A Armament parts on this gun. They make really great parts and weapons. Sadly they were sold to another company. Put a ton of rounds thru this guy. Runs well.

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-Titanium cerekoted receivers & handguard
-2A Armanent 12” handguard
-2A Armament 16” barrel Carbine length gas system
-2A Armament T3 Flash hider
-2A Armament BCG
-GG&G BUIS
-CMC Flat face drop in trigger
-Radian Ambi Charging handle
-Radian controls & takedown pins
-Trijicon MRO Red
-Trijicon MRO QD Mount
-Magpul Ambi Battery Assist device
-Magpul MOE enhanced grip
-Mission First Tactical stock

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Another….

Acquired an LWRC twisted barrel and BUIS so had to build this one. Probably my lightest weight build. Couple 1,000 rounds thru this.

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-2A Armament lightweight Upper Receiver and 10.5” handguard
-WMD Nickel Boron BCG
-LWRC 16” Twisted barrel
-LWRC BUIS
-2A Armament Titanium T3 muzzle device
-2A Armament Titanium gas block
-Trijicon MRO (Green)
-Midwest Industries MRO QD mount
-Radian Ambi Charging handle & controls
-CMC Flat face drop in trigger
-Mission First Tactical stock
-Magpul MOE enhanced grip

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Here’s mine current favorite..

- Aero Upper & Lower
- Criterion Core 14.5 W/ pinned Surefire Warcomp
- Nightforce NX8 /Geissle Super Precision Mount paired with a Trijicon RMR and Reptilia piggy back
- Rise Armament 434 trigger
- Die Free Co Kung Fu grip
- Magpul Bipod
- Hogue FF mag locked.
 

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