The Warden is asleep and I am watching my son sleep on the video moniter, so finally I get a chance to clean some guns and surf a little.

Some free advice (for what it's worth): Work for yourself, you stay up at night to clean guns and sleep in a little on Monday morning if you want to; and if you are married and have the slightest desire to have kids, do it! I waited too long and through one bad marriage, but its the finest thing in the world. I'm not the sharing type, but thats my world at the moment. And its a damn good one at that!

You have to really hand it to Mark LaRue and the staff at LaRue Tactical...they run one fine ship there in Leander. So, I finally got around to ordering my Stealth Upper last Monday. They told me it would ship in about a month, and that was after I dropped all the names of everyone I knew in the shop...hey, it never hurts...but, when I asked about the possibility of getting the now discontinued stainless barrel instead of the new black coated ones, I was pleased to hear that "Yeah, thats no problem." Excellent.

Fast forward three whole days to Thursday...phone rings. Its LaRue accounting...great, did my card get hacked or something? Oh no, we just want to confirm your address before we ship your upper..."Come again?" "We just ran some 18" 13.2's and you where first up, we will ship it today and you should have it tomarrow." Whoooohooo!

I love it when a plan comes together... Here's a few pics.

1. If your wife/rib/GF/SO/whatever does not approve of your hobby or is just plain nosy...dont have one of these shipped to your house. Love the tape on the box...but it may not be for everyone. You have been warned.

Me and my UPS driver, we are tight. I love that Brown truck:



2. Lots of goodies inside as usual. Hat, bumper stickers, 'Dillo rub, tactical purse, hunh? Tactical what? Not sure what to make of the tactical arm bag...maybe I'll carry ammo in it at the LaRue 3 Gun...



3. Ahh...the good stuff! Nicely packaged upper in the tube wrapped in 10 mil plastic. Got a big bottle of the LaRue gun oil as well. Its nice stuff, but I still use Mobile 1 as primary lube.



4. Better pic. Love the brushed stainless. I am glad I asked for it. I dont throw my guns out of helicopters, so I like the custom look.



5. My camera fu sucks, sorry. All dressed up...the registered lower has a UBR (Love, Love, Love it!), a Chip McCormick trigger (back to JP's for me, not impressed), and a MagPul MIAD. Scope is a MIV 4.5-14 mil-dot. ARMS 40L rear sight and PRI front. Changed out the flah hider for a can mount and switched the carrier for a JP stainless. Threw in the LaRue sling just to suck up a little...



6. Last pic with the can mounted. I am very happy with this package. Coyotes, priarie dogs and 600 yard steel plates had better watch out...

drooling.

Thou shalt not covet another man's black rifle...

I confess!

Well it's not an AR, but, I thought I'd post anyway







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gun pron are always welcome.

PP, what is MagPul's deal on UBR stocks? Are they producing but not able to keep up w/ demand, are they all going to military? The Gunbroker buy it now on UBRs has climbed from $300 to $350 to $370, now there is one on there over $400. They must be the scarcest accessory out there.

They are a funny bunch, MagPul. I do think they have limited production on the UBR. I got mine from a small dealer who posts on Arfcom but is a major buyer of P-Mags. I paid $255 shipped.

The UBR is heavier than I expected, I wanted to use it on my 3 Gun rifle to replace my old Ace skeleton, but its too heavy. On an SBR the weight of the UBR balances a can perfectly; so I guess it just needs the right application.

On a DMR type rifle or a .308 it's just right. That lower is also my 6.8 SBR with an 11" barrel. It's a great pairing; in one case I have a short 6.8 upper and the 18" LaRue...that makes for a fun weekend.

My guess is that MagPul is shifting resources to P-mag production, just in case. Back in '94 a lot of companies did that...Para-Ordinance only made mags for 3 months, no guns. You buy a new Para and get one high-cap mag right up until the end of the ban...they sold two with each gun for the first 6 years or so.

Not looking forward to those days again...

Talk about odd timing. I ordered some PMags and a few other goodies from LaRue the night of the election. (Terrible timing, by the way...) I got my email today letting me know that they will be delivered tomorrow - the day before inaugaration. Just thought it was a little odd.

i bought a quad rail handguard for myself for my birthday... anyone in dallas want to play gunsmith when it comes in?

What brand? Where are you located?

utg


the reviews seem good and it fits my current budget, i think i just need a handguard removal tool to put it on... and i am near marsh and george bush

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You should be able to do it without the tool. Just pull the slip ring back and pop the existing handguards off.

i hadnt tried yet, i just saw everyone on videos using the tool

My son just purchased 2 Smith&Wesson lowers. I know they most of the lowers are made by only a couple manufacturers, but stamped differently.

Has anyone here used the S&W lowers in their build? I'm wondering if he should keep it all S&W.

forgive this probable duplication, just want this here where i can find it later...

http://www.del-ton.com/AR_15_Rifle_Kits_s/1.htm

Is it still possible to do a quality AR build for ~$600? I'm thinking of putting one together just to have around and use for varmint hunting at the farm.

I see the above post has the whole kit for $465, but that is without the chromed barrel. Is a chromed barrel necessary or recommended?

Most places are out of lower receivers right now? Should I just get on a list to order the least expensive one I can find since they are basically all created equal?

A chrome lined barrel is definitely not necessary, but it will make the barrel a little tougher and last longer. With chrome lining there will be a slight loss in accuracy but probably not something significant with those parts.

I thought I remembered someone asking this before but I didn't want to search through all 18 pages to find the answer.

I have troy flip up iron sights on my AR, it groups well but is grouping to the right, I adjusted the rear sight almost all the way to the left and while it help a bit it is still grouping a couple inches to the right. How can I fix this?

Make sure the gas block the front sight is mounted on is straight. If it is tilted a bit to one side you'll end up with that problem.

It is mounted on a larue tactical quad rail. Is it possible for the rail to be off center?

finally a picture of "The Goliad" lower.

That's gorgeous!

I really like the 'come and take it' one too...

Looking at this just reminded me of my dream last night where I somehow broke off the front iron sight on my AR. Weird.

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It is mounted on a larue tactical quad rail. Is it possible for the rail to be off center?

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Yes it's possible. The top rail on the handguard should line up with the rail on the upper receiver.

Well it looks to be the same as the upper receiver, if its any different its very very small. Any other ideas?

Don't really have anything meaningful to add to this thread - just thought I would post a pic of my one and only AR15 that I've had for a few months. It is one of those 5.56 DoubleStar M4geries that Bud's had for $699 up until about 36 hours after the election.

It has Magpul hand/trigger guards and a 1.25-4x24 Bushnell 4200 on a YHM riser. I doubt that I will change anything else. It's been fun to shoot, and has been 100% reliable through about 1.3k rounds.

your table and trees are tilting...

you may want to do a study on subsidence.

Kel-Tec PLR 16s...



Anybody shot one of these? I'm seeing a pretty steady line of them showing up on gunbroker for about 700-800. They sure look like fun - but do they perform?

I have the option to buy a used Armalite AR10 A3 from a friend. He was planning on asking $1400 for the rifle. It will come with a 3-9X adjustable scope, Redfield, and one 10 and one 20 round mag. Front & rear BUIS. What do y'all consider a fair price for this gun? Still getting specifics on how many rounds put through it.

That seems a little high but with the crazy high prices, it could be a good deal.

I think he will deal down to $1200. Not seeing much on gunbroker for less than this. I just don't know any history on it and I'm wary of how many rounds have been put through it. He bought it used so I'm gonna go look at it Monday. Buying this will put that Kimber I was eyeing on hold.

You could just go to Champions and buy a *new* AR for a grand, and put the other $400 into a scope that you would really want to have.

BTW - in case anyone is interested, Champions has Pmags in stock, in both sizes....

AR10 shoots .308. I already have an AR15. I doubt Champion has them for under a grand but if they do lemme know.

Champions has some RRA AR15's in stock for $950.

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