The Interminable AR Project inches ahead. For those keeping score at home, the “Done” column currently contains
- One (1) stripped CAV-15 lower.
On the “To Do” side we have:
- Everything else.
Well, Bravo Company has some teaser eye-candy of my chosen upper posted to their website, along with a “late March” availability date. I’ll also be buying my bolt carrier group from them, as well as the rear sight and a carbine buffer and spring.
I went ahead today and ordered a DPMS lower parts kit from Brownells, and decided to tack on a Brownells/CMMG .22 conversion kit, since it only added $200 to a $60 parts order. And yes, this is the practical part.
My local indoor range is slightly fussy about rifles, only allowing their use on one lane and requiring that all rifle ammo be purchased in-store. And with the distance limited to 25 yards, shooting full-power .223 would be expensive and a bit silly, not to mention slightly obnoxious to my fellow shooters (noise and muzzle blast). Drop in a .22 kit, though, and I can shoot on any lane and bring in my own ammo. I’ll also be burning about a nickel per round, vs. forty or fifty cents for .223. So the kit will pay for itself in only… uh… SOON! REAL SOON NOW!
There’s also some magazines and a generic nylon M16 sling en route from CDNN. I’m hoping to get the lower put together and function-tested in the next week or two, so it’ll be ready to go once I get the upper in my hot little hands. If the stars line up just right, I’ll have everything put together just as the nice spring weather gets here.
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