MatthewVanitas
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Just realized that I never posted pics of the end result of my little project.
--Stock Bushmaster Dissy upper (with M4 profile under handguards to save weight), added a DPMS repro 3-prong flash-suppressor. I called and asked nicely, so they put an M4 Dissy barrel onto an A1 receiver for me, no extra charge. Actually, I think it was $20 cheaper to go with the A1 vice A2 receiver.
--Stock CMMG lower, feels very nice.
--CavArms A1-length buttstock
--(not in pic) Vietnam-era surplus OD-green sling
Handles really well, great sight radius, very happy with overall.
If I had to do it all over again, I'd go with a CMMG mid-length Dissipator. That way it'd be (very slightly) more reliable and less recoil than the Bushmaster CAR-length gas system. Also not incredibly thrilled with the CavArms stock. It's not necessarily bad, but it's not quite as comfortingly solid as the stock on my issue M16A2 was, and the buttplate is pretty cheesy. I'd replace the buttplate, but the A1 buttplate replacement I got is about .5 inches different in size; does the CavArms use a non-standard size buttplate for some weird reason?
Anyway, that aside, been cool overall. I think I have about $760 into it, all told, thus meeting my goal of coming in cheaper that the $799 that CDNN was charging for it's BM Patrolman.
It's kind of funny looking, but I like it. Not quite an authentic copy of the Vietnam-era Colt 605 experimental variant, but close enough for jazz.
-MV
--Stock Bushmaster Dissy upper (with M4 profile under handguards to save weight), added a DPMS repro 3-prong flash-suppressor. I called and asked nicely, so they put an M4 Dissy barrel onto an A1 receiver for me, no extra charge. Actually, I think it was $20 cheaper to go with the A1 vice A2 receiver.
--Stock CMMG lower, feels very nice.
--CavArms A1-length buttstock
--(not in pic) Vietnam-era surplus OD-green sling
Handles really well, great sight radius, very happy with overall.
If I had to do it all over again, I'd go with a CMMG mid-length Dissipator. That way it'd be (very slightly) more reliable and less recoil than the Bushmaster CAR-length gas system. Also not incredibly thrilled with the CavArms stock. It's not necessarily bad, but it's not quite as comfortingly solid as the stock on my issue M16A2 was, and the buttplate is pretty cheesy. I'd replace the buttplate, but the A1 buttplate replacement I got is about .5 inches different in size; does the CavArms use a non-standard size buttplate for some weird reason?
Anyway, that aside, been cool overall. I think I have about $760 into it, all told, thus meeting my goal of coming in cheaper that the $799 that CDNN was charging for it's BM Patrolman.
It's kind of funny looking, but I like it. Not quite an authentic copy of the Vietnam-era Colt 605 experimental variant, but close enough for jazz.
-MV
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