24 June 2014

I Wanna Do Over

What configuration your personal AR ends up in is, well, personal.

The popularity of them has given rise to congfigurations that didn't exist when I started.

AIM Surplus is selling an upper that I wish had been around when I built my first one.

Here are some pictures from their web site.


That's a dissipater configuration with the gas port in the mid-length position instead of the more "traditional" carbine location.

I've long felt that if you have to have a 16" barrel then a middy is the gas-system to run.  What a dissy gets you is a rifle's sight radius and longer handguards.  You lose the ability to mount a normal bayonet, but it's the lug that freaks the antis out, and it's still present.
Posted by Angus McThag at 22:34
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  1. Siege24 June, 2014 22:51

    Well lookie there, more mid length gas system dissipator uppers for me to choose from. Even comes with a bayonet lug, so I can justify buying a ridiculous dissipator bayonet.

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    1. Angus McThag25 June, 2014 00:16

      When you first mentioned yours I didn't think middy style existed.

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