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I wonder how hard it would be to do a side charging upper on one of these. Side chargers take a proprietary bolt carrier right? So would that be a no go for the Ares?
ETA: I think one of these would look sweet with some of those fancy wooden AR handguards and a nice and shiny wood buttstock.
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I can't find the thread, been looking, but there's a thread floating around these forums where people are putting side-charging uppers on these with good results. I believe there are three compatible uppers at the moment, and the one that sticks out in my head is new frontier armory.
eta: I've been seriously considering building one of these, but to really do it right you'd want to use a side-charging upper and they're all a bit pricey. You figure 500 for the lower/bolt combo, 200 for upper, 200 for barrel and another 250 (for me, a kmr) for the handguard and the price really starts to get up there.