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Ten years ago, Willard made himself a Dissipator too!
His upper came from Spike's Tactical. My lower did!
I noticed they do things a little different from Palmetto State Armory.
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PSA uses an allen head screw.
What that means is USGI triangle handguards won't quite fit in the handguard cap. A little bit of carving should allow them to work, though.
The quality of the handguards that come from PSA is disappointing.
Happily, I had a set that came with the upper I used making my M16A4 clone. Much better fit. Bonus! They're 2.2 oz. lighter as well!
Something I've noticed about dissies in general and mid-length dissipators in particular is that they come and go as a stocking item.
There's long gaps where nobody makes one then someone will get brave and put a run up for sale and it takes forever to sell them.
Willard, as I recall, got his on sale from AIM Surplus. Mine was deeply discounted in the Easter sale. They're out of stock now.
I was looking at doing a dissipator pretty closely when I put together my first AR but decided in the end to just do a 20" instead. I imagine a lot of folks did the same. The extra 4" isn't that big a deal and parts are easier to come by. I've got to admit though the dissy still catches my eye every once in awhile.
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The Dissy is not my first AR... That was Kaylee and there's a history of her here. I think I made every misstep you could with her until I settled on making a 14.5" (NFA registered) M4 clone.
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