Hey guys! Been lurking for a few weeks and finally decided to pull the trigger on a 6.5 build.
A little background - I live in St. Louis, and have about 100 acres in southern MO where I do a lot of shooting and some whitetail hunting. I've had an itch to build a longer range AR. Ive had Ruger AR556 for about a year, but I wanted something I could shoot farther with, and also use for hunting (5.56 is legal here in MO, but I don't feel comfortable hunting with it).
So I originally was just going to get an upper to put on my Ruger, but I figured I might as well just build a lower so I could have two full rifles. I ordered a 20" BCA complete upper, and am currently building my first lower on a stripped aero precision. Got the shipping notice from BCA Friday morning, but UPS still hasn't updated status. Hopefully I'll have it by the end of this week!
One thing I think that I may have goofed on is that I ordered a carbine buffer kit. Will this be okay on a 20" rifle length upper?
Also - I've been looking at Vortex optics as I've heard great things, but I stumbled across a company called Athlon and from what I can tell from reviews, they seem to be a pretty convincing alternative. I'm looking at the Argos BTR 6-24X50. Anyone have any experience with Athlon?
Looking forward to getting everything put together and sending some 6.5G down range! I'll post a thread once I get everything together and shoot it for the first time.
A little background - I live in St. Louis, and have about 100 acres in southern MO where I do a lot of shooting and some whitetail hunting. I've had an itch to build a longer range AR. Ive had Ruger AR556 for about a year, but I wanted something I could shoot farther with, and also use for hunting (5.56 is legal here in MO, but I don't feel comfortable hunting with it).
So I originally was just going to get an upper to put on my Ruger, but I figured I might as well just build a lower so I could have two full rifles. I ordered a 20" BCA complete upper, and am currently building my first lower on a stripped aero precision. Got the shipping notice from BCA Friday morning, but UPS still hasn't updated status. Hopefully I'll have it by the end of this week!
One thing I think that I may have goofed on is that I ordered a carbine buffer kit. Will this be okay on a 20" rifle length upper?
Also - I've been looking at Vortex optics as I've heard great things, but I stumbled across a company called Athlon and from what I can tell from reviews, they seem to be a pretty convincing alternative. I'm looking at the Argos BTR 6-24X50. Anyone have any experience with Athlon?
Looking forward to getting everything put together and sending some 6.5G down range! I'll post a thread once I get everything together and shoot it for the first time.
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