Absintheur
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Last fall I bought a Cavalry Arms lower knowing they wouldn't be any cheaper for a long time. I had a Colt upper that was left over from a 300 Whisper project. It is what was called a heavy sporter. From the gas block forward it is a bull barrel but under the handguards it slims down into a lightweight contour. This spring I started gathering parts and when AIM had lower kits in stainless in stock I ordered one and put everything together today. As I said it is a Cav Arms lower, this is the Glock of AR's made via injection molding same as the Glock Frame. This results in a lightweight lower assembly. Add this with the lightweight upper and I ended up with a full size AR that weighs 7lbs-11oz with optics and one mag. I wanted a different look so I went with coyote tan for the furniture, this winter I will probably have the metal Duracoated in a dark earth brown.
The stainless steel lower parts dropped in without a hitch and I was pleasantly surprised at the trigger, it is a single stage and has just a hint of over travel, no creep, and breaks very clean. Sadly at the range I ran into problems and ended up replacing the trigger parts with a set I had on hand from DPMS. I suspect the springs in the AIM kit were simply too light but the DPMS dropped in perfectly.
This upper started as a carrying handle upper, I had the carrying handle milled off and a scope mount added. This gives me all the advantages of a flattop with the extremely strong original sights. I also replaced the original flash hider with a AK style flash hider....I just like them better and they do help hide dust signatures.
For optics I used a scope I bought last year, it is from Centurian, is a 1.5 X 7 power, has bullet drop comp built in, sniper reticule with both green and red illumination. It is a QD mount and was on and off my FN/FAL a couple dozen times without losing zero. I have also run a box with it and it came right back to zero...I really like this scope. And before someone asks, no the irons don't bother me looking through them when using the scope, I don't even really notice them unless I focus on them.
At the range the gun now performs perfectly, a couple hundred round so far without a single malfunction. Oh...you will notice I even have coyote tan mags...lol!
The stainless steel lower parts dropped in without a hitch and I was pleasantly surprised at the trigger, it is a single stage and has just a hint of over travel, no creep, and breaks very clean. Sadly at the range I ran into problems and ended up replacing the trigger parts with a set I had on hand from DPMS. I suspect the springs in the AIM kit were simply too light but the DPMS dropped in perfectly.
This upper started as a carrying handle upper, I had the carrying handle milled off and a scope mount added. This gives me all the advantages of a flattop with the extremely strong original sights. I also replaced the original flash hider with a AK style flash hider....I just like them better and they do help hide dust signatures.
For optics I used a scope I bought last year, it is from Centurian, is a 1.5 X 7 power, has bullet drop comp built in, sniper reticule with both green and red illumination. It is a QD mount and was on and off my FN/FAL a couple dozen times without losing zero. I have also run a box with it and it came right back to zero...I really like this scope. And before someone asks, no the irons don't bother me looking through them when using the scope, I don't even really notice them unless I focus on them.
At the range the gun now performs perfectly, a couple hundred round so far without a single malfunction. Oh...you will notice I even have coyote tan mags...lol!
