Newest AR build WOOD!

[eli polite]

So I built this AR for a friend in Washington state. All of the furniture handguard, stock and grip were made from scratch by me. The wood is curly shadua from the ivory coast of Africa. The handguard has a core of 3mm thick carbon fiber. This is not the final rifle. The upper is 100% done but he has the lower. The upper and lower receivers are Wilson billet receivers. I don't have the lower because I'm not an FFL. So I assembled all of his parts on one of my lowers to tune in the gas block and test it out before I ship the parts off. The barrel is a salient 14.5”. It has a silent capture buffer and a light weight BCG. I also made him a custom Wilson logo mag release on my lathe. The mag release is shown on ”my” Wilson upper and lower set which is not billet. It's all I could find with this AR shortage going on

What do you guys think

 

[eli polite]

I forgot to mention you will notice the break is on sideways. I had not tightened it down yet. I purchased the proper wrench on the way to the range. I just took the photos before I tightened it down

 

[Money Waster]

Wow man. That is excellent work. I’m a woodworker myself. I built high end pieces for architects for a couple of years at one point. Anyway, I’ve seen attempts at using wood components with ARs before and I never liked them. This, on the other hand, is rather excellent. That’s very fine work. Kudos to you.

Lou

 

[Powder_Burns]

Noice work.

 

[SBRSarge]

Dayummm. That is a classy looking AR. Good job on it.

 

[acudaowner]

now you just have to make 10's of thousands of those , make it into a kit and sell them lol , you can do it and you can be a rich man too . If you build it some one will buy it . Other wise it looks real nice congrats .

 

[seanh]

You need to do an AR wood lower

 

[eli polite]

You need to do an AR wood lower

I can

 

[jphil108]

I have been thinking about trying something like this, your post may kick it over the edge, great work!

 

[Dendro]

Very nice man!

 

[BufordTJustice]

NICE!

 

[Gustav7]

I've made a few nice tables, but damn... thats on another level lol.

Sooooo much sanding hahaha

 

[Sincerd]

looks cool. Like the build kit. I do hate, and I mean hate lightweight bcgs. So snappy. You have to tune the gas down and with it your reliability IME. Very small window of optimal gas. Unlike a standard with h2/3. Lately I've really been on a kick with LMT enhanced carrier. I haven't tried Surefire is but I really like the idea of giving the system more time to unlock.

I wouldnt use it for HD but range fun. Hell ya.

 

[bfoosh006]

I forgot to mention you will notice the break is on sideways. I had not tightened it down yet. I purchased the proper wrench on the way to the range. I just took the photos before I tightened it down

Thank god... I kept looking at that, trying to figure that out. Lol

And ... good job with the wood furniture. I am very impressed.

 

[eli polite]

Thanks for the responses I have more in the works

 

[soap11x]

A part of me is shocked, another part of me is very intrigued. I will follow this to track further developments!

 

[troupe]

That brings a great look to the rifle. Great job.

 

[gunjunkie45]

Looks great!

 

[G-Dog]

That is beautiful, the wood lines flat out work. Head turner for sure. I’m jealous!

 

[Ranchhand]

Nice work.

 

[TheHorta]

Will it fill my scrotum with splinters when I sleep with it?

 

[pmclaine]

Thinking I'd go more for the Israeli FAL wood style.

An LMT SOPMOd would flow better, the wood on the stock is a bridge too far.

Thank you for being different though, I love when I get a woody.

 

[MERICA-LRS]

Nice work! Do you happen to know the overall weight?

 

[bonesaw00001]

Pretty

 

[Flightmurse]

That is beautiful craftsmanship! Well done, something like that would look amazing next to an old Winchester and a garand in a glass gun case.

 

[want2learn]

gorgeous

 

[eli polite]

Nice work! Do you happen to know the overall weight?

I don’t sorry I can tell you it’s not heavy

 

[TheHorta]

So I built this AR for a friend in Washington state. All of the furniture handguard, stock and grip were made from scratch by me. The wood is curly shadua from the ivory coast of Africa. The handguard has a core of 3mm thick carbon fiber. This is not the final rifle. The upper is 100% done but he has the lower. The upper and lower receivers are Wilson billet receivers. I don't have the lower because I'm not an FFL. So I assembled all of his parts on one of my lowers to tune in the gas block and test it out before I ship the parts off. The barrel is a salient 14.5”. It has a silent capture buffer and a light weight BCG. I also made him a custom Wilson logo mag release on my lathe. The mag release is shown on ”my” Wilson upper and lower set which is not billet. It's all I could find with this AR shortage going on

What do you guys think

Will it burst into flames on a mag dump?

 

[Tacovrd]

Gorgeous - I love it!

 

[Firedude]

Wow! Great Job! Looks great!

 

[missed]

Looks awesome. My brother has wanted a wood furniture AR. Wanna build another set?