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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:00:51 AM EDT
What "style" AR do you find yourself admiring or ogling over the most? For me, it's the rifles from Black Hawk Down and Blood Diamond and anything similar.
Basically, anything with a 14.5" barrel or less, with or without XM177 style flash hider, Aimpoint optic, or barrel mounted flashlight. To me, such a setup seems like the optimum for simplicity. |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:01:28 AM EDT
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The tossed-down-the-driveway-to-get-the-worn-in-effect kind
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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:03:05 AM EDT
[#2]
I'm a fan of the mk18 in its many varriations.
A close second place would be an old school A1 rifle config. With a DOE 9mm setup shortly following up. |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:03:12 AM EDT
[#3]
That was my first AR. An A2 M4gery with 14.5" bbl and permanently mounted flash suppressor/brake so it makes 16"
I now like flat top 16" midlength the best. 
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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:04:31 AM EDT
[#4]
KISS
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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:05:50 AM EDT
[#5]
16" midlength lightweight right now
been a fan of lightweights since i built my first bushmaster superlight in '04. it has a bayonet lug and everything! 
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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:06:23 AM EDT
[#6]
For me its a toss up between a A2 20" or A4 20".
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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:06:41 AM EDT
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I run mine like in Tears of the Sun with the sight on backwards.
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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:07:25 AM EDT
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*snip* I now like flat top 16" midlength the best. 
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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:07:39 AM EDT
[#9]
I like the CAR carbines and the A2full size. I got 2 stripped spike's, and one will be a pistol, and the other will be a A2 20". I already have 2 flat top M4carbines, a older bushy, and a LE6920.
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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:08:28 AM EDT
[#10]
Basic M4 configuration. Though I do love the BHD-style 727. I need to put another one together since I took the barrel off my last one to mate to a regular flat top upper.
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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:08:58 AM EDT
[#11]
or 20" LW with A5 stock |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:09:16 AM EDT
[#12]
SBR's with the handguards going over gas block
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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:10:24 AM EDT
[#13]
One like this but with an ACOG on top.
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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:10:37 AM EDT
[#14]
I find myself still wanting an M16/M16A1 style semi-auto. I carried one for several years in the military and miss the old school simplicity of the configuration. It wasnt as high speed as the newer M4's, but in retrospect was a pretty decent set up and had a decent weight. I didnt care for the A2's when we finally swapped.
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Posted: 1/6/2012 7:17:04 AM EDT
[#15]
SBR with railed handguard, more specifically:
Flat top Aimpoint T-1 micro red dot Troy sights DD Mk18 RIS II rail cold hammer forged barrel that barely sticks out past the rail (10.5"?) or 14.5" mid length AAC brakeout (flash suppressor/muzzle break) AAC suppressor attached Magpul CTR stock Magpul or Tango Down pistol grip Magpul or Tango Down VFG Magpul BAD Lever I need to build this gun! 
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Posted: 1/6/2012 8:13:18 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/6/2012 8:32:27 AM EDT
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I find myself still wanting an M16/M16A1 style semi-auto. I carried one for several years in the military and miss the old school simplicity of the configuration. It wasnt as high speed as the newer M4's, but in retrospect was a pretty decent set up and had a decent weight. I didnt care for the A2's when we finally swapped. I do find the A1 style very nice. |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 8:38:20 AM EDT
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A4 20" HBAR
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Posted: 1/6/2012 8:39:32 AM EDT
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20 inch flat top. I got my Troy BUIS in the mail about 30 minutes ago. Thank you Brownell's!
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Posted: 1/6/2012 8:42:22 AM EDT
[#20]
20" A1 for simplicity and Mk18 Mod0 for a modern style
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Posted: 1/6/2012 8:47:38 AM EDT
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Quoted: That was my first AR. An A2 M4gery with 14.5" bbl and permanently mounted flash suppressor/brake so it makes 16" I now like flat top 16" midlength the best. Me too. The A3 with no BUIS. I know, the zombies are gonna get me when the battery dies.  |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 8:48:14 AM EDT
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I really like "IDF" style rifles...A1 upper with shorter 16" or less barrel, old school collapsible stock, A1 grip, elastic bands around the handguards, etc.
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Posted: 1/6/2012 8:49:37 AM EDT
[#23]
Just give me a plain old M4...
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Posted: 1/6/2012 8:49:53 AM EDT
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SBR's with the handguards going over gas block I like this as well. I really like to see the hand guard covering most of a KX3 |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 8:52:45 AM EDT
[#25]
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16" midlength lightweight right now been a fan of lightweights since i built my first bushmaster superlight in '04. it has a bayonet lug and everything!
That is close to my favorite as well!
I have a LMT 2-stage lower topped with a BCM 14.5" Superlite Flat top upper with all the necessary features on it.
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Posted: 1/6/2012 8:54:27 AM EDT
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Quoted:
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That was my first AR. An A2 M4gery with 14.5" bbl and permanently mounted flash suppressor/brake so it makes 16" I now like flat top 16" midlength the best. Me too. The A3 with no BUIS. I know, the zombies are gonna get me when the battery dies. Practice and learn how to shoot it accurately without a rear sight. 
BigDozer66 |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:00:59 AM EDT
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I like a 20" rifle with a a2 stock and a lightweight barrel . Standard carry handle sights are fine but make it a flatop for the times I wamt
to toss a optic on it. regular grips are fine Got to have a Ceiner as one of the few extras after ammo and 20 rd mags Other than the rimfire I mostly shoot 55 or 62s so a 1/9 twist is fine. I have several carbines with various stocks and such but pretty much they ride the safe as the light 20" goes to the range. Second most used AR is the RRNM with all the heavy stuiff that gets dragged out for matches or when I want longer range accuracy Yeah I know I am an old school fuddy duddy. I believe the long sight radius of the 20" light barrel rifle (pretty much early Vietnam era with the convience of mounting optics on the flatop) has the ballance and weight most guys are looking for when they start casting about for shorter barrels. Not so much the length that makes the full sized rifles handle like a crowbar but the darn crowbars that pass for barrels today. I am just a civillan buying my own ammo to shoot semi fire , it is not like I am ever going to get things that hot (well not that often )
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:03:13 AM EDT
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That'd be like telling me to pick which of my two children I love the most.
The correct answer is the one who's annoyed me the least that day. |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:09:00 AM EDT
[#29]
honestly....
A2 upper 16" is really what i consider most useful for 99% of things i want one to do. A3 if you want optics. for years i used an a2 with the old goose neck mount and aimpoint over the hand guards. served me just fine. |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:14:33 AM EDT
[#30]
I've never been a flat top guy.
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:18:13 AM EDT
[#31]
hmmm....torn between 16" or less bbl with rifle length handguards.
like such (will SBR it sometime soon so the comp is barely sticking out from under the HG's) 
and super accurate long range sniper versions 
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:22:05 AM EDT
[#32]
BCM14.5 EAG middy with Larue 9.0 handguard, Aimpoint T1, Surefire mini scoutlight, gisselle SSA trigger,Troy or KAC buis, CTR stock, Moe grip, KAC railcovers and no VFG.
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:26:44 AM EDT
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Current favorite:
14.5" pencil barrel TRX tube Extended ARFX-E Geissele SSA A1 grip T-1 |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:27:15 AM EDT
[#34]
I like my AR because I built it around my experience with how I use a rifle.
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:28:32 AM EDT
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A2, or A3 with a 20 in. bbl. With the small caliber & weight, velocity is primary!!
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:30:03 AM EDT
[#36]
I really like "Recce" type rifles.
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:41:25 AM EDT
[#37]
Honestly?
I post this everywhere but still - 
It's KISS simple. It's fast. It's light, handy, and it runs. Factory Colt 733 upper on an SBR lower; nothing fancy there, all factory parts. The only custom bit on it (now) is that I've swapped the 2position stock tube and stock for an updated 6 position stock, and replaced the A2 grip with a Magpul MOE grip (I think it's an MOE grip). Way more comfortable for me. I might even replace the stock body with a Magpul one, if I get around to scraping together the cash to do so. But the upper...no changes. Well...I do currently have a Trijicon Reflex mounted on it, which co-witnesses wonderfully...got it used, like the upper... But even without the Trijicon mounted on it, it's just...great. I kinda want to see about getting a flat top on it just to see if it feels/handles any better with a red dot mounted on the rail there, but that's an itch I'll scratch if I should find myself with a surplus of money in my pocket one day. |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:43:40 AM EDT
[#38]
I really like shooting my 14.5" pinned carbine. I would sell it and a kidney to build a sopmod block II clone though
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:45:42 AM EDT
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Honestly? I post this everywhere but still - http://www.misplaced.net/~edward/arfcom/sbr/DSC_0136-cropped.jpg It's KISS simple. It's fast. It's light, handy, and it runs. Factory Colt 733 upper on an SBR lower; nothing fancy there, all factory parts. The only custom bit on it (now) is that I've swapped the 2position stock tube and stock for an updated 6 position stock, and replaced the A2 grip with a Magpul MOE grip (I think it's an MOE grip). Way more comfortable for me. I might even replace the stock body with a Magpul one, if I get around to scraping together the cash to do so. But the upper...no changes. Well...I do currently have a Trijicon Reflex mounted on it, which co-witnesses wonderfully...got it used, like the upper... But even without the Trijicon mounted on it, it's just...great. I kinda want to see about getting a flat top on it just to see if it feels/handles any better with a red dot mounted on the rail there, but that's an itch I'll scratch if I should find myself with a surplus of money in my pocket one day. I think my next build is going to be a Mk18-ish clone. |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:50:38 AM EDT
[#40]
Right now, it's this one.
ARFCOM forged SBR'ed lower PSA lpk Magpul MIAD Magpul UBR Magpul BAD lever LMT 10.5" upper YHM lo pro gas block YHM Todd Jarrett ff tube, rifle length Noveske KX3 Aimpoint H-1 Magpul MBUS Magpul AFG I'm going to call it done when my LT-751 arrives Monday. It will stay in this configuration until I buy a rifle can, then I'll ditch the KX3 for a qd mount. |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:56:07 AM EDT
[#41]
AR-15A2
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:56:34 AM EDT
[#42]
flat tops
16 " middies with a troy rail and sights, any decent stock, plus a larue spr QD mount and any decent old 1.5 x 5 scope second choice would be 14.5 pinned plain jane home built m4gery |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:57:59 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/6/2012 9:59:44 AM EDT
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Honestly? I post this everywhere but still - http://www.misplaced.net/~edward/arfcom/sbr/DSC_0136-cropped.jpg It's KISS simple. It's fast. It's light, handy, and it runs. Factory Colt 733 upper on an SBR lower; nothing fancy there, all factory parts. The only custom bit on it (now) is that I've swapped the 2position stock tube and stock for an updated 6 position stock, and replaced the A2 grip with a Magpul MOE grip (I think it's an MOE grip). Way more comfortable for me. I might even replace the stock body with a Magpul one, if I get around to scraping together the cash to do so. But the upper...no changes. Well...I do currently have a Trijicon Reflex mounted on it, which co-witnesses wonderfully...got it used, like the upper... But even without the Trijicon mounted on it, it's just...great. I kinda want to see about getting a flat top on it just to see if it feels/handles any better with a red dot mounted on the rail there, but that's an itch I'll scratch if I should find myself with a surplus of money in my pocket one day. I think my next build is going to be a Mk18-ish clone. I'm leaning that way myself to be honest; a Mod1 clone, with the DD RISII. However...muzzle blast from a 11.5" is pretty interesting, I'm wondering if cutting to 10.3 is worth it. I still want to do my "antagonize everyone" build; get the retro guys as well as the high speed low drag types all in a tizzy at the same time...A1 upper, 7.5" barrel, repro faux XM177 moderator and grenade ring, a suitable free-float rail forend which covers the shaved gas block, and an Aimpoint T1/H1 out where the front sight would normally be. With a vertical grip on the bottom rails just beneath it. On my A2 lower. With a Colt old-school alumnium stock on it. That should sufficently annoy all the niche guys. 
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Posted: 1/6/2012 10:01:04 AM EDT
[#45]
what mount is that on your aimpoint? |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 10:02:29 AM EDT
[#46]
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Right now, it's this one. http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/70satvert/IMGP2781.jpg ARFCOM forged SBR'ed lower PSA lpk Magpul MIAD Magpul UBR Magpul BAD lever LMT 10.5" upper YHM lo pro gas block YHM Todd Jarrett ff tube, rifle length Noveske KX3 Aimpoint H-1 Magpul MBUS Magpul AFG I'm going to call it done when my LT-751 arrives Monday. It will stay in this configuration until I buy a rifle can, then I'll ditch the KX3 for a qd mount. 
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Posted: 1/6/2012 10:05:23 AM EDT
[#47]
M16A4 has to be my number one.
Anything 20", and the 14.5" BHD guns are runners up. |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 10:06:06 AM EDT
[#48]
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Right now, it's this one. http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/70satvert/IMGP2781.jpg ARFCOM forged SBR'ed lower PSA lpk Magpul MIAD Magpul UBR Magpul BAD lever LMT 10.5" upper YHM lo pro gas block YHM Todd Jarrett ff tube, rifle length Noveske KX3 Aimpoint H-1 Magpul MBUS Magpul AFG I'm going to call it done when my LT-751 arrives Monday. It will stay in this configuration until I buy a rifle can, then I'll ditch the KX3 for a qd mount. Every time I see that gun, I cringe and think, "you'll shoot you hand off." I'm not criticizing, but I certainly wouldn't want my grip to be that close to the muzzle. |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 10:06:40 AM EDT
[#49]
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Honestly? I post this everywhere but still - http://www.misplaced.net/~edward/arfcom/sbr/DSC_0136-cropped.jpg It's KISS simple. It's fast. It's light, handy, and it runs. Factory Colt 733 upper on an SBR lower; nothing fancy there, all factory parts. The only custom bit on it (now) is that I've swapped the 2position stock tube and stock for an updated 6 position stock, and replaced the A2 grip with a Magpul MOE grip (I think it's an MOE grip). Way more comfortable for me. I might even replace the stock body with a Magpul one, if I get around to scraping together the cash to do so. But the upper...no changes. Well...I do currently have a Trijicon Reflex mounted on it, which co-witnesses wonderfully...got it used, like the upper... But even without the Trijicon mounted on it, it's just...great. I kinda want to see about getting a flat top on it just to see if it feels/handles any better with a red dot mounted on the rail there, but that's an itch I'll scratch if I should find myself with a surplus of money in my pocket one day. I think my next build is going to be a Mk18-ish clone. I'm leaning that way myself to be honest; a Mod1 clone, with the DD RISII. However...muzzle blast from a 11.5" is pretty interesting, I'm wondering if cutting to 10.3 is worth it. I still want to do my "antagonize everyone" build; get the retro guys as well as the high speed low drag types all in a tizzy at the same time...A1 upper, 7.5" barrel, repro faux XM177 moderator and grenade ring, a suitable free-float rail forend which covers the shaved gas block, and an Aimpoint T1/H1 out where the front sight would normally be. With a vertical grip on the bottom rails just beneath it. On my A2 lower. With a Colt old-school alumnium stock on it. That should sufficently annoy all the niche guys. I'm pretty used to 11.5s at work. I have no experience with the 10.3 but then again I'd probably start saving my pesos immediately for a can. Yeah that 7.5 with all the "all around the EE" look would probbaly cause a meltdown. |
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Posted: 1/6/2012 10:07:43 AM EDT
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I'm pretty used to 11.5s at work. I have no experience with the 10.3 but then again I'd probably start saving my pesos immediately for a can. No can have can here in the Democratic People's Republic of Minnesota.
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