rgiffour

I use Hoppes 9 oil (free with cleaning rod kit) and Motorcraft 5w20 synthetic blend (I usually have 1/3rd qt left over after every oil change). My BCM is at like 1400 rounds thru it so its nice and loose anyway. Lol

All together with scope mouted up.

I was charging $60 for the 3-4 hour First Steps, and $120 for the 10-11 hour Basic Pistol.. I need to up my rates.. I usuall rent a small conference room at the Ramada or whatever (no firearms in the room/bldg).. and then take the participants (upto 4) to the local range. For me its fun and helpful to others for basic firearms safety/knowledge.. For those FL permits its pretty painless..

I know in south/central Cheyenne Outfitters (aka Harrys) had S&W AR's for $599 during the fall.. Not sure now.. As the others have said.. maybe buy a compliant lower with an A2 or 'pinned' stock and then just order the upper from BCM's site with the PWS 556 Comp pinned already and they will ship it to you directly. There is also the Accessory Arms site or Arms-n-Ammo.. on this forum whom do pin/weld jobs on uppers.

Like I said it pushes back.. and the DB rating test is 3db less then the Standard A2 FH.. (per you tube's) I run the Miculek on the BCM. (which is un-godly loud on the left/right) Pic from this AM.. oil worked pretty good to darken the stock abit..

Take care to support the Trigger Guard 'ears' when installing those roll pins.. the ears can SNAP if not supported. About 1/2" of soft wood strips works for me usually... though now they have a BLOCK they sell to do it.. for like $60

Fianally got my A2 stock in.. I did the oil on the stock trick after the pic was taken to darken it up.. Here its got the PSA lower with MOE grip and A2 stock finally.. The scope is awaiting the proper scope mount.. I will update Mon/Tuesday when I get it squared up.

The SGuide finally shipped my A2 stock after 2 weeks.. should be in hand Saturday for update here.. As a side note I fired 5 rounds of the PMC XTAC 556 NATO without any issues at 40 yards with the MBUS.. smacked a dead tree. Its a very soft push back and very easy to recover for the next shot.. I think the rifle length gas system helps too..

Thanks.. just got the Levang Linear Comp/Brake installed and pinned up.. Be taking to the range next weekend..

I'm still waiting for the A2 stock to come in.. but I have a pinned stock here I can test it out with.. heres a pic with the new Bushnell Trophy XLT 3-9x40 600 DOA Scope mounted.

Then I oil up where the gas block sits so it goes on better and mark the barrel with pencil to help with aligning the gas tube. then put the gas block on and snug the bottom setscrews. use a roll-pin punch to start the gas tube roll pin. then mount the Troy FF tube about 1 hair off center and then twist to align with the upper rail. the M4 feedramps aligned great with the upper. to align and tighten the FF rail.. I used a HARD FLAT surface and put it FACE DOWN on my table. take time and slowly tighten the allen head screws.. the rail is aluminum.. listen for the metal to grown and tighten them as evenly as possible.. leave about 1/8" gap per the directions as not to ruin it.. if you leave the screws too lose it will feel like the FF rail is going to fall off.. again.. keep tightening it SLOWLY.. here it is finished..

Well today was D-Day.. I mounted the Spikes upper loosly in the clam-shell while awaiting the barrel via the mail. The when the barrel came in I checked it out abit.. has DPMS 5.56 M-12 1/8 stamped on it.. and the barrel was dimpled for a gas block. the barrel extension was nice and had the M4 ramps. then I slid the barrel, aligned the pin, and greased the upper threads abit.. then tighten the Troy supplied barrel nut to 30-60 ft lbs. (mine was 42.)

Cheyenne Outfitters (Hamilton, NJ) had S&W MP15's for like $600 during the summer.. people were buying them up.. gotta hit your local shops and check them out.. most will be $800-1200 for basics in NJ..

I got some things in today.. hopefully the barrel gets here before Saturday.. kinda important.. ordered a Bushnell Trophy XLT 3-9x40 DOA 600 scope for it and a MagPul MBUS set..

Yes.. got the vise.. Upper Clam and barrel wrenches and such.. Trigger may be a next year project..