The AR15 Picture Thread

My new Grendel, with a Weaver Tactical 2-10x36.
 

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Proud to submit my Mk12 Mod 0 inspired build with bonus reload bench and group data.

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- PRI Mk12 Mod0 Upper (1/7 twist)
- Colt 6920 Lower (I know... not an A1)
- Geissele SSA-E Trigger
- Larue APEG
- PRS Gen 3
- Blueforce Sling
- Badger LPMH / Harris S-BRM / Caldwell Swivel Lock
- Larue LT158 w/ 10MOA Cant
- USO Anti-Cant Device
- Nightforce NXS F1

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This was the best group from my first attempt at hand loading.
Best group I shot with BH262 was ~ .75" so this is an improvement already.
Sweet. Love Mod 0's .. is that one of SOCOM return uppers?
 
Some recent AR builds. A 6.5 Grendel with Kahles glass. A .300 Blackout with a Comp M2, and a 5.56 Spikes billet with a Geissele rail and a Comp M4s.
 

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New MSTN flagship Recce carbine, built around a 16" Proof Research CFW barrel with intermediate length gas system. SLR titanium adjustable gas block. ThunderBeast Ultra 7 .223 can. MSTN N/M BCG with fitted bolt. SanTan STT-15L billet receiver set. Fortis Switch rail. Vltor A5 recoil system. LaRue MBT trigger. Lotsa V7 titanium small parts. Nightforce 2.5-10x42 NXS in Spuhr SP-3026 mount. The basic rifle weighs just 6 LB 4 OZ. With scope, mount, suppressor, and empty magazine it's only 8 LB 13 OZ!
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A new lightweight, go-fast 5 LB blaster in 5.56mm for a repeat customer: Battle Arms Development 556-LW billet receiver set; BAD 14" RigidRail; Noveske "Skinny" 14.5" barrel with titanium SLR gas block; V7 titanium Fusion brake; MSTN SuperLite DLC coated BCG with fitted bolt; Vltor A5 recoil system with A5-H0 buffer; lotsa V7 small parts in titanium & aluminum; Vltor/BCM Gunfighter 3B charging handle; LaRue MBT trigger.
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Here's mine. Aero Precision upper and lower, AP handguard, harris sbrm, magpul stock and grip, adm recon qd mount, vortex strike eagle 1-6, 16" .223 Wylde StraightJacket barrel. 5 in 3 holes at 100 with 77gr tmk.
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British SAS upper receiver group on a standard Canadian Forces (less the FA) ambi lower. Manufactured by Colt Canada (formerly Diemaco), who have only fairly recently started selling to the public.

This is straight out of the box. Made a number of changes and managed to ding the finish already. Sigh. I guess that means that I can go ahead and cover her with Aervoe, right?

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Santan-15L billet receiver set hosting a stunningly turned out Bartlein 20" .224 Valkyrie barrel with 1x7 5R rifling by Craddock Precision. Nobody does better looking fluting than Craddock, in my experience. I like the way the Fortis Switch rail has generous venting, allowing the good looks of the barrel to be seen. I've set it up to run with a Thunder Beast Ultra-7 .223 suppressor. Can't get quieter, can't get lighter, can't shoot better than with a Thunder Beast. Vltor A5 recoil system, as usual, along with a Geissele NM trigger and MSTN DLC coated bolt carrier. The bolt is by J-P, in 6.8 SPC, the parent cartridge of the .224 Valkyrie. I look forward to throwing a scope on it and going shooting soon.

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This handy little precision blaster is built around a custom Noveske 12.5" 1x7 SS barrel with a mid-length gas system, and topped with the new Nightforce NX8 1-8x24 optic in a Spuhr SP-3026 mount. Key components include SanTan billet receiver set, Geissele SD-3G trigger, SLR adjustable gas block, Vltor A5 recoil system, V7 titanium - everything possible, and Surefire SOCOM RC2 suppressor. How about that way-too-cool KDG quick detach M-Lok rail section? They're amazing!
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My Frankengun AR for 2 gun matches with Rainier barrel, PWS comp, Aimpoint T1, Magpul, Troy, CMC, JP SCS, etc.

Other pic is a new 18” AR in 223 wylde that I got from a Hide member here. Has a Rainier Ultramatch barrel, Syrac adjustable gas, Diamondhead handguard, Griffin comp, Seekins Precision receivers, Geisselle NM, JP FMOS, JP SCS, Magpul, with a Gen2 Vortex 1-6.
 

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Here’s one I built on an 80% lower.
 

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There are going to be some hearts broken by this new go-fast MSTN rig with 16" Proof Research carbon fiber wrapped barrel. Mine, for one, when I have to ship it to its new owner. Then, everyone else's who sees it but doesn't own it.

How about that Battle Arms 556-LW receiver set with new RigidRail done up in Cerakote Elite Sand by Shapeshifter Finishing? It's a "chameleon color"! It tends to pick up the color of its environment.

Other things that make this rifle run: MSTN SuperLite BCG with fitted bolt, Ionbond DLC coated down to the gas rings; MSTN QC Brake by PRI; Vltor A5 recoil system with A5-H0 buffer; SLC 7S adjustable gas block; BCM 3B Gunfighter charging handle; AR' gold trigger; V Seven titanium everything.

The ultimate AR' scope, the Nightforce NX8, rides around in the ultimate AR' scope mount, the Spuhr SP-3026. Daytime bright on just setting #7 of a total of 10, this scope does it all from 1X to 8X.

What do you think of the new MSTN fitted case, just in from Patriot Cases this past week? Beats a cardboard box and yesterday's newspaper! The rifle deserves it.
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Santan-15L billet receiver set hosting a stunningly turned out Bartlein 20" .224 Valkyrie barrel with 1x7 5R rifling by Craddock Precision. Nobody does better looking fluting than Craddock, in my experience. I like the way the Fortis Switch rail has generous venting, allowing the good looks of the barrel to be seen. I've set it up to run with a Thunder Beast Ultra-7 .223 suppressor. Can't get quieter, can't get lighter, can't shoot better than with a Thunder Beast. Vltor A5 recoil system, as usual, along with a Geissele NM trigger and MSTN DLC coated bolt carrier. The bolt is by J-P, in 6.8 SPC, the parent cartridge of the .224 Valkyrie. I look forward to throwing a scope on it and going shooting soon.

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Which gas block is this? Is it quick adjust without tools? Great looking rifle!
 
My favorite AR build in my safe, the Mk12 Mod 1.

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Upper:
Centurion Arms Mk12 18" stainless barrel
Colt upper receiver
Colt bolt carrier group
PRI Gasbuster charging handle
Colt rifle gas tube
Badger Mk12 gas block
Allen Engineering brake and long collar
KAC FF RAS Rail with covers and VFG
KAC front and rear irons
KAC bipod adapter
Harris SBR-M Bipod

Scope
Nighhtforce NXS 3.5-15x50 F1 with Horus H-58 Reticle
Nightforce 30mm 20 MOA Unimount.

Lower
Brownells A1 style lower
Geissele HSNM DMR trigger
Colt LPK
Ergo Original Grip
Colt buffer tube, spring and buffer
Colt A1 Type E stock
Colt 20 round mags
 
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A few of mine.
Top is mega receivers 18" Odin barrel 223
Next is 10" 458 socom spikes billet gen2 receivers and vers 50 can
Next seekins lower 8" 300blk
Bottom quarter circle 10 5" 9mm with liberty mystic can.


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Yes just do it. Seriously though That one is a 300 blk. It is my second short barreled AR. The first is an SBR so building this one was really no different other than less money spent and no wait time. I would say don't over think it quality parts and you should be good to go. Running a pistol length gas system with carbine buffer and spring. Has been flawless.
 
AR15 precision build

Noveske Upper and Lower
Noveske 15 inch NSR
Gen 2 PRS
JP timed brake
JP 18 inch 223 wylde
JP LMOS
JP Silent Buffer
Geissele National Match

Shoots BH 223 77smk like lasers. But switching to FGMM Berger 73gr
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I love building 14.5" mid-length gas blasters! Here's one made for hard use, too, suppressed, with full mass DLC coated Young Manufacturing M16 weight bolt carrier plus Vltor A5-H1 recoil buffer and standard pinned Noveske gas block. Thanks to the light weight of the Noveske "Skinny" HFCL barrel, BAD 556-LW receiver set, 13.5" RigidRail, plus lotsa V Seven titanium parts, the entire weapon with Aimpoint T-2 plus empty mag weighs just a half ounce over six pounds.
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JT billet receivers
Jt 15" handguard
spikes lpk
spikes buffer kit
odin works 16" 1/7 ss barrel
fail zero bcg
bcm gunfighter charging handle
rise armament trigger
ambi saftey, mag, and bolt release
magpul str stock
harris bipod
burris full field 1-4 with Burris pepr mount
Nice rifle!!!
 
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Not a build, this is a factory Noveske Johnny rifle 10.5" SBR in .300BLK. It's #70 of 250. Unfired, with box, manual, certificate, all extras, etc. Cerakoted in Foliage Green and has Foliage Green furniture. Novekse marked Magpul mag, AAC 51T mount for SDN6 or similar suppressor. Selling it for $2500 to anyone interested. The other side of the receiver has a flat black "Johnny Rifle" logo and "70 of 250". There's a photo of John using one of these before he died and they were made around that time.

It's a very handy little rifle and with an MRO it's pretty nice and stays compact and light. Weighs practically nothing, very well thought out. The Keymod FF tube is very narrow but very solid and keeps the weight down even further while giving the rifle a thin profile. Keymod slots at 3,6,9 under the break apart covers. I'm sure it's as reliable and accurate as all their other stuff.

It would make one helluva patrol rifle given it's size and weight, and being a tier 1 factory rifle, it's accurate and reliable. It just has a no-nonsense simplicity that's valued in the field.

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Hows it going folks? This is my 224 Valkyrie build. This is a pretty budget build compared to whats available out there for 224 Valkyrie factory rifles. Anderson upper and lower, Brownells BCG, STNGR 15" hand guard, Strike Industries brake and Viper fixed stock and a CMMG 24" 1:7 barrel. With the exception of sighting in, I haven't shot it for groups yet. I wanted to get some rounds through it before I did that. I have about 200 rounds through it so far and I am pretty happy with its performance.
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