Side Charger Upper

[KS63]

Planning on building just an Upper for a 6.5 Creedmoore precision rifle and can only find two manufacturers, J-P and American Sporit Arms, through a Google search. Who here has done something like this? Any information you can throw this way would be appreciated, especially the Pro's and Con's of this conversion.

[ARTrooper]

Can't go wrong with JP if you can afford it. lol. There are other companies out there that offer side charging handles, just watch out of low quality materials that some have.
 

might be something you could look at.

 

https://www.fd-defense.com/products/fd308/

Not sure if these guys sell uppers but their rifles look sexy.

 

Other than that, all I can think of is plenty with right side charging handles but I never liked those.

[blue109]

I have an ASA in 5.56 and it's silky smooth. Uses a standard carrier with a notch machined in it. 

[survivalshop]

2 hours ago, ARTrooper said:

https://www.fd-defense.com/products/fd308/

Not sure if these guys sell uppers but their rifles look sexy.

 That Upper Receiver & Handguard look familiar , as does the new Savage 308 AR .

[98Z5V]

18 hours ago, survivalshop said:

That Upper Receiver & Handguard look familiar , as does the new Savage 308 AR .

They were one of the very first to offer a .338LM AR, years ago.  We posted about that, and at the time, it was only CAD drawings and renditions on their website. 

https://www.fd-defense.com/products/fd338/

[survivalshop]

 The Upper Receiver to Hand Guard attachment must be a novel or very good way to mate the two , seems like they are made by the same Manufacturer or there is some Patent issues with some of these . 

 I personally like the way they attach , as I do with the LaRue rifles .

Edited January 9, 2017 by survivalshop

[MikedaddyH]

I personally like the FN on the large frame and the American Sprit on the AR15 frame. I like the way the bolt carrier is hidden and non recerulating lever stays in the front.

[Matt60]

Fulton armory 

[shepp]

4 minutes ago, Matt60 said:

Fulton armory 

Welcome to the forum feel free to tell us about yourself in the intro section

[KS63]

Never thought about the Fulton Armory, although it's just basic machining. Not sure if it's worth my time to machine an upper for the price they're asking. 

[ARTrooper]

Fulton Armory is good for a decent price. I haven't seen one of their side charging uppers, but I think they are worth taking a look at.

[Matt60]

Just finished mine last night.

[shepp]

29 minutes ago, Matt60 said:

Just finished mine last night.

That's a sexy piece!

[planeflyer21]

Very nice!

Someone needs to make something to fill that charging handle gap or make an upper specifically for the reciprocating lever.

[bubbasks]

Another vote for fulton

[unforgiven]

Damn nice rifle brother.

[JJ109]

On 2/16/2017 at 9:31 AM, Matt60 said:

Just finished mine last night.

Nice rifle.........

Work bench is cool to. Like the CD player/ radio install into it. Nice touch 

[KS63]

Any of you tried with side chargers thought about converting the upper to a single shot? That's the end game for the 6.5 Creedmoor upper. Bench gun (mostly unless I use it for some Pronghorn hunting) that I can load my ammo COAL longer than magazine length. Manual loading of the rounds just like a BR rifle. I'm just weird like that. I like thinking outside the box.