It started as your standard Bushmaster M4 style upper, 16" barrel with your basic FSGB. Currently it's sitting on a NFA polymer lower. Hey, for $125 OTD, I thought I'd give it a fly. It will eventually get a 22LR upper dedicated to it. The trigger is actually pretty good, about 4.5 pounds and crisp. This is a dedicated hunting gun, so the front sight had to go in order to put a free float tube on it.
Remove FSGB:
A little judicious use of a bandsaw, grinder and cold blueing gets you this:
And remounted:
The final product:
Pay no mind to the scope, it was one I had laying around, a Bushnell Banner 6-24X50. I haven't decided which scope to top it with in the end, it may end up with this one after the range trip. I want something in the 2.5-10 range with external turrets and side focus and illuminated mil-dot.
The hand guard is a TufForce modular free float rifle length tube. It came with a bunch of different rail sections you install where you want. I opted for the small section under the front for a bipod/ sling attachment and another 3" section on the right side at 45 degrees high on the front for a flashlight. I will probably outfit my 5.56 upper with the same fore end.
Given that scope height and round I'm shooting (Hornady 110 SST), a 25 yard near zero gives me a 200 yard far zero according to my Ballistics app. Going to go plink with the 22's and zero this at 25, then move over to the deer stand and shoot at some distance.
Today is all factory ammo, my dies don't get here until Tuesday!
Remove FSGB:
A little judicious use of a bandsaw, grinder and cold blueing gets you this:
And remounted:
The final product:
Pay no mind to the scope, it was one I had laying around, a Bushnell Banner 6-24X50. I haven't decided which scope to top it with in the end, it may end up with this one after the range trip. I want something in the 2.5-10 range with external turrets and side focus and illuminated mil-dot.
The hand guard is a TufForce modular free float rifle length tube. It came with a bunch of different rail sections you install where you want. I opted for the small section under the front for a bipod/ sling attachment and another 3" section on the right side at 45 degrees high on the front for a flashlight. I will probably outfit my 5.56 upper with the same fore end.
Given that scope height and round I'm shooting (Hornady 110 SST), a 25 yard near zero gives me a 200 yard far zero according to my Ballistics app. Going to go plink with the 22's and zero this at 25, then move over to the deer stand and shoot at some distance.
Today is all factory ammo, my dies don't get here until Tuesday!
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