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Posted: 2/12/2008 5:52:21 PM EDT
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hey guys! I am doing my first AR build this year (thanks to this forum) and want to keep it semi-light. What is the lowest weight, non-carbon upper? I don't care for the FA, so I was thinking the VLTOR non-monolithic upper with only the brass deflector (I shoot lefty). This rifle will be 6.8 SPC. My lower is a mega gator. |
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I'm going to be offering an upper that will be the lightest aluminum flat top upper available. I'm using the Rock River Arms 9mm flat top as the basis, I will have to machine it for the gas carrier key and the gas tube. If you are unfamiliar with 9mm uppers, most have a standard size ejection port but it appears to be smaller. Remove the 9mm brass deflector and the short door and you can install a regular ejection door cover. Here is a link to an earlier post on this subject, BTW the price is going to be $165.00. www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=4&t=360039 PursuitSS |
He's really going to want/need a brass deflector if he shoots left handed. You can get a very light rifle with careful selection of parts, my advice though is not to let the desire for the lightest possible weight overly compromise the utility of the rifle. |
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