[Zak Smith]

I recently got this Rock River carbine together. It's based on a RRA 16" stainless 1:8" twist upper, with a mid-length gas system and handguards I had a local gunsmith turn down the barrel profile (from about 0.9" under the handguards to around 0.75") to reduce weight. He also bead-blasted the finish.

Rear BUIS is the ARMS #40-A2. Optic is the Aimpoint M2 on a Knights cantilever mount. Trigger group is a JP single-stage 4#. Stock is a Magpul M93A. Lower is a pre-ban Eagle Arms from the late 1980's.


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[Kodiak AK]

Isn't that stock verbotin for a few more days?

[Mulliga]

Fantastic rifle!

What kind of sling, if any, do you plan to put on it?

[Zak Smith]

No, it's an old Eagle Arms lower from the 80's. We'll only have to play "musical lowers" for a few more days.

I'll eventually add some sort of 3 point sling. I have a couple from CQBsolutions for other rifles.

-z

[DMK]

Nice lookin' rifle! Just a good, basic carbine.

I love the balance of the midlength over the CAR/M4 with a 16" barrel. It's nice to have that longer handguard and gas tube as well.

[Brian Williams]

I want one that is very similar to yours.

I want an Ace skeleton stock and I can't deside on a fixed front sight or a folder. I will probably go with a fixed front sight and a flattop for now.

[Zak Smith]

If you go folder, you have two choices: mount folder on barrel (e.g. PRI), or mount the folder on the tube (e.g. Troy). If you go with the tube-mount choice, you can use a rifle-length tube on a 16" for more sight radius and more protection against burns.

See this thread over on AR15.com for info on those:
http://www.jobrelatedstuff.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=12&t=199822