New Rifle

I don’t have much for you guys today since I spent last night sighting in an AR-15 I finished building:

It’s nothing too special. I wanted to build either an 18″ or 20″ rifle. Palmetto State Armory had an 18″ .223 Wylde barrel with a 1:7 twist on sale for $99 so I ended up building an 18″ rifle. As far as components I used the following:

• Alex Pro Firearms (a local receiver manufacturer) upper and lower receiver.
• Bravo Company lower parts kit (their trigger is basically a smooth milspec trigger).
• Magpul MOE rifle stock.
• Magpul MOE handguard.
• PRI railed gas block.
• WMD nickel boron bolt (it’s shiny and that’s what’s important).
• Magpul MBUS Pro flip up iron sights (I plan on mounting an optic at some point).
• Smith Enterprise Vortex flash hider.
• Bravo Company Mod 4 charging handle.
• Magpul Battery Assist Device.

As you can see, it’s nothing terribly fancy but it shot well. I put 100 rounds through it yesterday and experienced zero malfunctions. It’s more accurate than I am but that’s not saying a whole lot. I think I’ll end up replacing the trigger at some point. The Bravo Company trigger isn’t bad but I have a far better trigger in my AR-pattern .308 and I’m kind of missing it. On the other hand I really like the Magpul Battery Assist Device. I wish I could fit one on my .308 but the upper receiver isn’t cut out enough for one.