Pantera
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I picked up another lower and am in the process of turning it into a fine coyote rifle!
I am styling it similar to the R15's, with the tubular handguard, fluted barrel, railed gas block, and rifle length stock.
The thing is, the R15 has a 12" handguard and a 22" fluted barrel. These barrels are hard to find at that length standalone, and the R15 style uppers I have found online are all the heavy bull barrels.
http://www.brownells.com/rifle-parts/receiver-parts/receivers/upper-receivers/ar-15-m16-upper-receivers-prod60496.aspx?avs%7cCartridge_1=AJJ_223+Remington
https://jtdistributing.com/store/arbu102.html
I can't find complete uppers in the configuration I'm looking for, maybe I'll have to get a standalone .223 wylde fluted barrel at that length? That way, I can shoot my .223rem and .556, I don't ever plan on shooting Wylde and would just get it for the length. The R15 has this cool barrel that is halfway fluted and 22". I'm guessing that kind of barrel is only model specific.
20 inches or 22, I don't care. I have found some good looking standalone tubular 12" handguards on midway and CTD.
Have you guys built anything similar to the R15, and did you have to do it piece by piece or with a completed upper? Are there such things as completed uppers with tubular handguards and fluted barrels available? I finished a custom build recently, piece by piece, and am not looking forward to that again.
I am styling it similar to the R15's, with the tubular handguard, fluted barrel, railed gas block, and rifle length stock.
The thing is, the R15 has a 12" handguard and a 22" fluted barrel. These barrels are hard to find at that length standalone, and the R15 style uppers I have found online are all the heavy bull barrels.
http://www.brownells.com/rifle-parts/receiver-parts/receivers/upper-receivers/ar-15-m16-upper-receivers-prod60496.aspx?avs%7cCartridge_1=AJJ_223+Remington
https://jtdistributing.com/store/arbu102.html
I can't find complete uppers in the configuration I'm looking for, maybe I'll have to get a standalone .223 wylde fluted barrel at that length? That way, I can shoot my .223rem and .556, I don't ever plan on shooting Wylde and would just get it for the length. The R15 has this cool barrel that is halfway fluted and 22". I'm guessing that kind of barrel is only model specific.
20 inches or 22, I don't care. I have found some good looking standalone tubular 12" handguards on midway and CTD.
Have you guys built anything similar to the R15, and did you have to do it piece by piece or with a completed upper? Are there such things as completed uppers with tubular handguards and fluted barrels available? I finished a custom build recently, piece by piece, and am not looking forward to that again.
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