Weight on ar10

[lilmidtown]

What's the lowest some of you got it down to mines and armalite ar10a feel heavy to carry will the free float handgaurd help? It's just the plastic one I got on it now 

[washguy]

Hi LIL     sure the free float will help...you can get some really light weight rails now days....but to really get the weight down you gotta do  some extra stuff here's a "Dikstroker Special "  its not an Armalite        Wash

 

without optics

Edited February 19, 2018 by washguy

[lilmidtown]

Beautiful gun what do I gotta get into to at least get it down to 7ish , btw is your charging handle a bitch to pull back sometimes is it something that breaks in 

[DNP]

Lots of lube. Make sure that rifle is damn near dripping wet. The charging handle will wear in some over time, but make sure the carrier is well lived and that will help a lot. 

[washguy]

Lilmid    Thanks  for the compliment....the weight savings aside from the machined lightened upper is the machined light weight bcg and it also uses an ar15 barrel extension....so it uses ar15 free float rails too...I guess the DPMS gen 2 comes close to this? No your charging handle should not be a bitch to pull back.....somethings going on there....remove upper from lower and check the bcg..is it sliding back easy or when you drop it in the upper with the muzzle pointed down does it drag in the upper or does the charging handle and bcg go into battery easily.....take a dowel or something and push in the buffer is it binding in the buffer tube?....take out the buffer and its spring and spray some cleaner in the buffer tube and then wipe down the spring and lube it and the buffer up ..replace and lube....  put your rifle on a scale to see where you're at on the weight....is your rifle working as it should?

Wash

[lilmidtown]

2 hours ago, washguy said:

Lilmid    Thanks  for the compliment....the weight savings aside from the machined lightened upper is the machined light weight bcg and it also uses an ar15 barrel extension....so it uses ar15 free float rails too...I guess the DPMS gen 2 comes close to this? No your charging handle should not be a bitch to pull back.....somethings going on there....remove upper from lower and check the bcg..is it sliding back easy or when you drop it in the upper with the muzzle pointed down does it drag in the upper or does the charging handle and bcg go into battery easily.....take a dowel or something and push in the buffer is it binding in the buffer tube?....take out the buffer and its spring and spray some cleaner in the buffer tube and then wipe down the spring and lube it and the buffer up ..replace and lube....  put your rifle on a scale to see where you're at on the weight....is your rifle working as it should?

Wash

It's running well just the charging handle feel like I gotta put more effort into it then watching most other people do it's not crazy hard

[washguy]

Lilmid    Get you a Mech armor charge handle or one of your others that offer longer finger grips...more leverage easier pull back    Wash

https://mechdefense.com/products/ar10-charging-handle-tacops-sniper-for-308

so you checked your bcg and charging handle to see if they arnt dragging or catching on something?

take out your buffer and spring and spray some cleaner in the buffer tube shake out the cleaner and then wipe down spring and buffer re-oil and put it back...maybe a bunch of grit is in there? but if the rifle is working...you may need to eat your Wheaties   or finger exercising ?  Wash

Edited February 19, 2018 by washguy

[lilmidtown]

19 minutes ago, washguy said:

Lilmid    Get you a Mech armor charge handle or one of your others that offer longer finger grips...more leverage easier pull back    Wash

https://mechdefense.com/products/ar10-charging-handle-tacops-sniper-for-308

so you checked your bcg and charging handle to see if they arnt dragging or catching on something?

take out your buffer and spring and spray some cleaner in the buffer tube shake out the cleaner and then wipe down spring and buffer re-oil and put it back...maybe a bunch of grit is in there? but if the rifle is working...you may need to eat your Wheaties   or finger exercising ?  Wash

I've maybe poop 50 rounds out of it . I haven't had it that long I haven't taken out the buffer tube I do want a new charging handle any suggestions? 

[washguy]

yes look up    mech armor....hes a friend of the forum....awesome charge handles     Wash

[washguy]

https://mechdefense.com/products/ar10-charging-handle-tacops-sniper-for-308

[jtallen83]

Get a Mech Armor CH, you will not regret it, built like a tank!

Edited February 19, 2018 by jtallen83
punctuation.......

[survivalshop]

6 minutes ago, jtallen83 said:

Get a Mech Armor CH, you will not regret it, built like a tank!