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Thanks for the well wishes, fellas! Getting all the shite together now... Form 4s started, Form 23s started, trust document copied, fingerprints done, $200 cashier's check in hand. Just need the info off the can and some passport photos of myself and the wife, and we'll be off to the races. The long, slow, methodical, 9 to 11 month races... I have to say, though, I did have a fun little exchange with a teller at my bank this morning... Me: "Hi, I need a cashier's check for $200, please." Her: "Okay. Who should I make it out to?" Me: "ATF." Her: "ATF? Wait, like, the ATF?" Me: "Yes, ma'am." Her: "...." *Blank stare, mixture of confusion and maybe fear on her face*

Thanks, brother! ...and... You were precisely the fvcker I had in mind!

As most of y’all know, I’ve been wanting to pick up a “do-all” rifle suppressor for a couple of years now. Kids and bills have prevented that. Every time I get some cash stuck back, well, you know how the story goes. Today, after stopping off at Harbor Freight, my wife says, “I need to run by the jeweler’s [lifelong friend of mine, also FFL and SOT] to get something for my mom.” So we run by. I’m perusing his stock of Christensen Arms and Bergara rifles when the wife walks up and hands me one of their gift bags. “Happy 5th Anniversary and Father’s Day,” she says. Inside is a Griffin Armament 30SD, complete with a 5/8-24 brake, 1/2-28 flash hider, and MOLLE carrying case. For years she’s been telling me I didn’t need a can. Then she bought me one. I just have to go back on Monday with our NFA Trust documents to do the Form 4... Oh, and before any of you fvckers asks... No, she doesn’t have a sister. 😂😂

That's pretty damn cool!

Looks like it won't clear the OEM front sight without being 3-1/2 feet tall. Damn Ruger... Is the front sight pinned like a Mini-14/30? If so, it shouldn't be too hard to remove. Then you could drop that rail down to a DNP-approved height. 🤣

Lookin' good! Glad you put that brake to use -- I've switched my desire to the Griffin 30SD...

I came here to say exactly this. ^ I think it depends on whether or not he removed the "bag" from the airbag...

$400 Folding Glock? Not quite... https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/46866/Full+Conceal+M3+Folding+Glock+19+Gen3+9mm+Pistol+w%2F+21+Round

As close as I could get with the Gunstruction parts inventory...

They come and go -- batches of 20 or so, it seems. Sign up for notifications, and check your e-mail religiously. When it comes available, jump back on Armalite's website and buy one right then. They were in stock a day or so before I posted that link -- they must have just sold out. Another couple of weeks and they'll be back. I don't tend to trust anything unless/until I have it in my hands. I/we know Armalite's parts work, every time, so I tend to stick with them, even if it means waiting a bit.

What's really on my mind is a retro. But this #41 FSB won't really "fit in" with that. Also still gathering parts for a matching pair of .22LRs for my kids, but those will get .920" barrels. Again, not suitable for this FSB. Another possible project is a "trophy rifle" for a local LEO who was shot while trying to serve a search warrant. Rifle used against him was an Armalite, and he wants it. BAD. The shooter was recently sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences (which means his appeals process will be lengthy...). DA can't release/sell/auction the rifle until all appeals have been exhausted. So I'm considering building him a replica of it. I already have the correct green furniture (thanks again @Phatassjay...), just need to start piling up Armalite parts. The rifle involved in the shooting was wearing the standard Armalite railed gas block (which I have one of, thanks to a buddy who wanted a free float rail).

I already know that... Considering starting a new project, now that I've got this FSB and a gas tube pin lying around. Don't wanna lose that pin!

FSB came in today -- thanks @mrraley! Now to find a rifle to put it on... 🤔

Don't go back to PSA. They don't know (don't care??) what the difference is between AR-15 and AR-10 or .308 AR buffer systems. One-shot solution to your buffer tube/buffer/spring problem, right here: https://www.armalite.com/product/ar10rekit01-6-position-receiver-extension-kit/ Yeah, it's $55, and you've already spent an untold amount of money un-fvcking a PSA hack-job, but *that* setup ^ will get you where you need to be, at least as far as the recoil system is concerned. Don't swap parts with what you've got, install it exactly the way it comes out of the bag.

I second SLR. I bought a 13.5" ION Ultralite M-Lok low-profile for my CSASS-inspired build. They were closing them out (which they do, from time to time), and I got it for ~$160, if memory serves. Good deals are out there from SLR -- sign up for their mailing list, and act quick if they've listed something you think you want.

I ended up buying one from Numrich last fall (got impatient...), without bayo lug, $136.45. I showed that one to the local PD's armorer (after I installed it on my green Dissy), and he fell in love with it, along with the KAC Micro 0-600 "USMC" rear sight. So now he wants one of each for his personal rifle -- that's where I intend for this one from Mr. Raley to go.

Since I don't currently have the money to continue buying parts just yet (pay day is next Tuesday...), I've been doing some thinking. My original plan was to run a Doublestar ACE/AR UltraLite Entry buttstock (pistol buffer tube, clamp-on "buttstock", etc.). Then I got to thinking... The kids are eventually going to outgrow that entry-length setup. So I've now decided to run a mil-spec carbine buffer tube and a BAD LBS for the time being. Once they've outgrown that setup, I'll just remove the LBS and slide on a carbine buttstock. Added benefit -- that will end up being a touch lighter than the ACE. I'm still on track at sub-5 lbs. per rifle, without resorting to exotic or polymer receivers...

Good lookin' out, @98Z5V! I'm in for one, complete. PM outbound.

I've been watching it for awhile now. It goes on "Deal of the Day" every 2 weeks, for 14 days at a stretch... That is to say, no rush. Also, I've made up my mind re: anodized vs. raw lowers. I've got a buddy (wife's co-worker) who's been dabbling in Cerakote for a year or so now, and he's getting it down. Now that I know he's got a blasting cabinet, I'm going to order raw lowers and have him 'kote the uppers and lowers at the same time. Also, my jeweler/gun pusher got nervous about engraving a S/N on my FIL's unfinished, incomplete (i.e., no work done do it besides unboxing it...) 80% lower, so I'm going to save him the hand-wringing this time around...

I've had my eye on the Burris 2-7x32 Scout scope since I started exploring scout options for my Mini-14. I had a Simmons 2-6x pistol scope on it for awhile, and it wasn't bad. Pistol scopes just have such long eye relief that it really had to be mounted way out there...

Well, it has started in earnest. As mentioned above, I picked up a couple of uppers from RTB. Having them in hand, I have to say I think these were a good choice. https://www.righttobear.com/RTB-9mm-22LR-Slick-Side-Upper-Receiver-p/rtb-pcc-m4.htm Aero forged uppers, no FA, short ejection port, no provision for ejection port cover. I also picked up a couple of Aero Precision LPKs from DVOR -- $39 each, and they include a MagPul MOE grip and enhanced polymer trigger guard. Those Luth-AR LPKs I previously bought were $26, no grip or trigger guard. I think this was a steal. Now I need to decide -- do I buy raw 80% lowers (RTB will engrave mfr info, city, state, model, caliber and serial number), then have them blasted and Cerakoted (would Cerakote uppers at the same time), or do I buy anodized 80% lowers, then have the information engraved by my jeweler/gun pusher and fill the engraving in black later? Hmm...

A resounding review from a guy who definitely doesn't hesitate to call shite shite. I think it's settled, then. The "RTB" BCG and collar setup, with a Beyer barrel (16.5" x .920" bull), and a Redi-Mag Better-Mag II (I believe this is what @Robocop1051 was referencing). That, with some M&P 15-22 mags, should at least get me running. Right?

I bought a CMMG clone charging handle from Right To Bear (along with their “pistol caliber/.22LR uppers — short ejection port, Colt 603/605 style forward assist delete). The charging handle was mostly to reverse-engineer it and convert a standard, aluminum CH with judicious application of JB Weld. RTB offers both the CMMG and a “house brand” (CMMG sans logos) dedicated .22LR BCG. I know this will work with a Beyer barrel, but I’m concerned about the bad press CMMG has gotten. Of course, the OpticsPlanet reviews for CMMG dedicated BCGs are all positive. So...? Lol!

I've been looking for info on the Taccom3g setup, but their website is a bitch to use. All I'm seeing is their extruded upper and super special takedown/pivot pins...

That's interesting. It's probably been 20 years since I've been to Tippmann's website (my rig of choice back then was my heavily-modified Tippmann 98 -- nitrogen-powered, adjustable gas and recoil spring, sidesaddle red dot mount because this was back before any of us knew what Picatinny was, crossfeed with a shaker hopper. It was a beast!). Their BCG, charging handle, and barrel setup looks like a one-off deal. Wonder if they'd sell me the parts individually...