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I realize I'm responding to a year old post...You should look into and add Zev DPMS receivers in that spreadsheet. It’s all I use now to build my own gassers. No issues with am I controls and quality is superb.
Yeah but the mega and Zev receivers are very different. The og megalithic receivers were awesome too.I realize I'm responding to a year old post...
Zev bought Mega and he tried a Mega, so he has tried a Zev.
Sounds strange typed out like that, but it is what it is.
I have one of the older original Mega MaTen "megalythic" monolythic upper/handguard setups.
I bought the lower from one place and the upper from another because at the time parts were very hard to find (about 6'ish years ago if I remember right).
It may as well have been a matched set, perfect fit, zero play, and the ambi controls all work perfectly.
She's a runner and has worked flawlessly since day 1.
It was my first big block build and I just ordered parts from everywhere that had them in stock....threw them together, and have never had even a slight problem with the rifle.
Ignore the rock river scope mount, I threw that thing in the trash a long while ago....just using this older pic saves me from having to get the rifle out and taking new pics.
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One other question for you. Did you have to buy one of the DWilson barrel nuts with the larger ID for non KAC barrels? Or did the regular OEM barrel nut work just fine?Contact Beth at the email below. She can let you know current prices and lead times.
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Hmmm, my handguard/barrel showed up and everything went on and threaded with a Criterion Barrel. I just hand tightened it as I don't have the proper wrench but it seems to work alright.I bought a Dwilson barrel nut. Marvin Pitts (nefarious arms.) also makes these. The other option is to have the barrel and extension turned down lightly… it’s not much that needs to come off.
If the nut slides all the way down the barrel and up to the extension without interference, You are fine.Hmmm, my handguard/barrel showed up and everything went on and threaded with a Criterion Barrel. I just hand tightened it as I don't have the proper wrench but it seems to work alright.
Did your OEM barrel nut thread at all or would it just not go on at all?
Also, I've got a LMT Defender H lower on the way and a Centurion MK11 upper at home. Once that lower comes in I can get you some photos up update the thread with.
So, does this confuse things even further? '-)
Some photos of my finished build with a Centurion MK11 upper receiver and an LMT Defender H lower receiver. M110K1 inspired but not near clone correct. Affectionally dubbed SR-25 MOD AH (At Home)
I can provide full build details if someone wants them too, but the basics are Criterion 16" rifle gas barrel, LMT BCG, H3 buffer with a Sprinco Red spring. 4 o'clock reliable ejection, cerakote, fine tuning and assembled by Trajectory Arms.
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Yup, I originally sent in a Riflespeed block to be used but upon Trajectory Arms inspecting and gauging all parts prior to Cerakote and assembly, it was found to swallow their largest gas block gauge so I was advised to not use it due to gas leakage and followed that advice. Since the TA guys also make the current Allen Engineering cans they recommended the Allegheny block so I went with that to keep the look and the superior fit. They also took the liberty to machine the front of it for me to fit an AEM4 in case I wanted to go that route in the future for a suppressor. Top notch shop and guys over there.Looks like an allegheny arms gas block? That’s what I went with… has a really nice look.
I would like to get an AEM4 or the OCM5 for mine… I though they were all 5.56 cans…Yup, I originally sent in a Riflespeed block to be used but upon Trajectory Arms inspecting and gauging all parts prior to Cerakote and assembly, it was found to swallow their largest gas block gauge so I was advised to not use it due to gas leakage and followed that advice. Since the TA guys also make the current Allen Engineering cans they recommended the Allegheny block so I went with that to keep the look and the superior fit. They also took the liberty to machine the front of it for me to fit an AEM4 in case I wanted to go that route in the future for a suppressor. Top notch shop and guys over there.
You're absolutely right, I misspoke. To quote exactly 'we shortened slightly (~0.060") and recut the taper, which means it will take an AE30 that has an AEM4 length reflex on it.'I would like to get an AEM4 or the OCM5 for mine… I though they were all 5.56 cans…
Some photos of my finished build with a Centurion MK11 upper receiver and an LMT Defender H lower receiver. M110K1 inspired but not near clone correct. Affectionally dubbed SR-25 MOD AH (At Home)
I can provide full build details if someone wants them too, but the basics are Criterion 16" rifle gas barrel, LMT BCG, H3 buffer with a Sprinco Red spring. 4 o'clock reliable ejection, cerakote, fine tuning and assembled by Trajectory Arms.
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@RUBBERducky_actual, where/how did you get a Centurion Arms MK11 upper by itself? I’ve only seen Centurion Arms sell their MK11 receivers as a complete set.
Also, I was Googling SR25 uppers, and came across these:
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SR-25 Compatible Billet Upper -SR25 Upper
www.dwilsonmfg.com
SR-25 Cartel LMT/KAC Compatible Upper
SR-25 Cartel LMT/KAC Compatible Upperwww.thoroughbredarmco.com
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HTX Concepts SR-25 Pattern Billet Upper Receiver
HTX Concepts SR-25 Pattern Billet Upper Receiver (SR25UPPER)www.operationparts.com
There is an outfit called “SR25 Cartel” that is going to make a limited run of 300 SR25 compatible upper receivers. I’m not affiliated with them at all, and I have no idea who they are. All I can find on them is a mentioned Instagram account on a random Reddit post, regarding their plans to make these uppers.
I’m interested to see how these turn out. The above listed vendors are all GTG in my opinion. I don’t think they would sell junk. I already bought a complete ZEV 308 receiver set, so I’m not in the market. However, if I could start over I’d take a chance on an LMT lower and one of these.
D Wilson is just stocking. A number of others are, including Thoroughbred: https://www.thoroughbredarmco.com/product/1380/This is interesting. Especially if DWilson is involved… likely a home run.
Hold that thought. I have a couple pics posted on page 1 here in this thread showing fitment of the JP upper with an LMT lower. I'm getting this build wrapped up but, that minor fitment issue I posted on page 1 has turned into a bigger functional issue. So, I'm currently in the process of voiding the warranty on the JP upper to make it work. I just might make a thread about it when the build is finished. If I do, I'll post a link in this thread.I may try one just to see. JP makes a side charger upper that’s supposed to be Knights/Lmt compatible also. But I have never seen anyone with one.
The SR25Cartel thing looks legit, enough that KAC got their nose bent out of shape a month or so ago on other social media/sites.@RUBBERducky_actual, where/how did you get a Centurion Arms MK11 upper by itself? I’ve only seen Centurion Arms sell their MK11 receivers as a complete set.
Also, I was Googling SR25 uppers, and came across these:
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SR-25 Compatible Billet Upper -SR25 Upper
www.dwilsonmfg.com
SR-25 Cartel LMT/KAC Compatible Upper
SR-25 Cartel LMT/KAC Compatible Upperwww.thoroughbredarmco.com
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HTX Concepts SR-25 Pattern Billet Upper Receiver
HTX Concepts SR-25 Pattern Billet Upper Receiver (SR25UPPER)www.operationparts.com
There is an outfit called “SR25 Cartel” that is going to make a limited run of 300 SR25 compatible upper receivers. I’m not affiliated with them at all, and I have no idea who they are. All I can find on them is a mentioned Instagram account on a random Reddit post, regarding their plans to make these uppers.
I’m interested to see how these turn out. The above listed vendors are all GTG in my opinion. I don’t think they would sell junk. I already bought a complete ZEV 308 receiver set, so I’m not in the market. However, if I could start over I’d take a chance on an LMT lower and one of these.
It is what it is. Nature of the beast when building large frame AR's, double-so when using two different brands on the upper and lower. I knew what I was getting into before starting, so only a little disappointing, but not unexpected.Thanks I missed that post. That sucks to hear it had to be modified. Appreciate your info.
Some photos of my finished build with a Centurion MK11 upper receiver and an LMT Defender H lower receiver. M110K1 inspired but not near clone correct. Affectionally dubbed SR-25 MOD AH (At Home)
I can provide full build details if someone wants them too, but the basics are Criterion 16" rifle gas barrel, LMT BCG, H3 buffer with a Sprinco Red spring. 4 o'clock reliable ejection, cerakote, fine tuning and assembled by Trajectory Arms.
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long as you don't touch the center or rear area of the bolt carrier underside you should be good. use a ball endmill and just take out some material to clear the tops of the cases on both sides?I will take that into consideration. I was hoping I could get it to point of being able to manually cycle it without issue before going to the range, but that's not a possibility at this point. I'm not going to rush out and buy a new upper just yet. I'm taking a short break on this project to weigh my options. I might be able to get by with a partial machining of the carrier. The double feeding happens after the bolt lugs have stripped the top round out of the magazine and the next round comes up and contacts the bottom of the carrier and gets pushed forward. I hope I can get away with a partial machining because a full machining of the underside of the carrier can affect the carrier's ability to lock the hammer back. If I take too much material off the carrier and the hammer fails to lock back; that could very well lead to run away full auto or out of battery detonation in worst case scenarios. Another caveat of machining the carrier is once it's machined, then it is permanently married to this build and will have to be scrapped with the upper when/if that time comes. As of right now, if I were to just get a new upper, I won't need to buy another bolt carrier in the event I can't get this build up and running.
long as you don't touch the center or rear area of the bolt carrier underside you should be good. use a ball endmill and just take out some material to clear the tops of the cases on both sides?
if its any consolation, if it shoots well and you machine the carrier and then give the parts a custom duracoat or cerakote job, you’ll have one heck of a unique build that will be very well tuned. (or a bottle nitride for the carrier)That's just it. Some material may have to come out of the center, not sure just yet. A closer look needs taken. Since the entire upper receiver has been lowered, theoretically I can get by with shaving the entire underside of the carrier and still be ok. If I do go ahead and machine the carrier, I definitely will not be taking off any more material than what I took off the bottom of the upper receiver. And I'll be doing it incrementally in .005" steps, i.e. shave .005" off, do a function test, rinse/repeat until it no longer double feeds or I hit the limit on the amount of material I'll be removing. I'll be considering all avenues of approach before making the first cut, from full machining to just machining the front half of the carrier back to the center of the magazine well to narrowing the center section kind of like what your suggesting. This is one big grey area I was hoping to avoid. It could very well have been avoided had I not tried to center the carrier with the buffer tube. Hindsight 20/20, should have shaved just enough off the bottom side of the receiver so the carrier enters buffer tube without rubbing the top side of it.
Now we just need to find a source for the extended ejection port coversd.wilson and Thoroughbred Arms are pre-ordering SR-25 Cartel's billet SR-25 uppers:
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Well, I'm scrapping the JP upper. Came across a couple more minor issues and decided it's time to put it to bed. I put in a pre-order for the Cartel upper. When the new upper arrives, I'll compare the port to the LMT. Also, If someone has an Armalite upper, post up the dimensions on it as well. As of right now, there are no KAC ejection port covers to be found.Now we just need to find a source for the extended ejection port covers. They sold out on Operation parts immediately…
I figured this much…. There are several less cumbersome options.Well, I'm scrapping the JP upper. Came across a couple more minor issues and decided it's time to put it to bed. I put in a pre-order for the Cartel upper. When the new upper arrives, I'll compare the port to the LMT. Also, If someone has an Armalite upper, post up the dimensions on it as well. As of right now, there are no KAC ejection port covers to be found.
Read the first postI'll start by saying I don't know shit about large frame AR's. A coworker built one using Aero Precision upper and lower several years ago. How do they fit into this mix of different manufacturers?
Not sure if he is in here but I can ping him.SR25 cartel uppers are awesome. Hope they can keep them in production.
Still need ejection port covers. I don’t think they are making any… so we will be relying on KAC.
Does anyone know if SR 25 cartel is on here?
I agree and am also perplexed at the lack of SR25 clone pattern uppers. Centurion Arms to the rescue ....... with their MK11 receiver set. It’s billet, and under redesign / revision at the moment. Corie confirmed it will be ambi (not sure if full ambi or what). Should be a nice solution to the SR25 pattern receivers void.I appreciate all the work you have put in on this! There is a huge hole in the market. I know Charlie's Customs was working on dimensional drawing of the SR upper but I dont know where that got left off. LMT (and KAC to some extent) lowers are readily available and I have always been confused why manufactures see the benefits of the system but then make their own proprietary sets. DD really missed an opportunity here where they could have sold their uppers to an existing user based and also to 3 letter agencies and Mil clients that dont want to get rid of their lowers.
LMT only has monolithic uppers with too short of a rail on my opinion. Larue has perfectly LMT/KAC matching uppers but they user their proprietary rail setup (although not terrible) in their ultimate uppers. From my research the SMF Tactical TAC-10 looks to be the best option but I dont understand the dimensional issues. In 2022 I dont see why this is a hard problem to solve.
If uppers were available I would buy two in a heartbeat. There is a whole M110 cloners world that have been trying to figure this out for a long time with limited success.
Good to hear these are coming back. Is there an eta on these?I agree and am also perplexed at the lack of SR25 clone pattern uppers. Centurion Arms to the rescue, with their MK11 receiver set. It’s billet, and under redesign / revision at the moment. Codie confirmed it will be ambi (not sure if full ambi or what).
He made a post on arf.com.Not sure if he is in here but I can ping him.
Also he did tell me that they were planning on making their own EPC set ups for them. This was a couple months ago and I don't remember if it was a comment on a post or via DM.
Fits the LMT lower like a glove! Assembly with mine went smoothly, now just waiting for a chance to get to the range.SR25 cartel uppers are awesome. Hope they can keep them in production.
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