NIGHTLORD40K
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So, as many of us do, I was staring at my pile of AR parts leftover from other builds, thinking "Hmm, if I just had a few of this, and one of those, and a stripped lower- why I could finish another rifle!"
I had a kinda beat-up 9mm upper and an old Colt .22LR conversion bolt to base the build on-
This kit seats itself against the loop of the lower receiver buffer tube mount, so no actual buffer or spring is required, leaving the tube empty and saving a few bucks. The kit came with 2 10-round magazines.
MrAwesome22-250 hooked me up with a great PSA 18" stainless barrel at a price I couldn't refuse.
I mounted the gas block backwards to block off the port. The barrel is a 1/7 twist which is hardly optimal for a .22lr, but I wanted to keep as much as possible .223 compatible in case the whole thing turns out unreliable and I have to rebuild it into a centerfire later. Beside, .22lr barrels are pretty much unobtainable these days- not to mention you usually need a matching bolt and thats $$$$.
I'll be perfectly happy if it shoots minute-of-tincan at 50yds. This is just a for-fun plinking build anyway.
So, using leftovers, gifts, and freebys, I spent about $165 to aquire the last few bits needed to assemble this-
I'm really happy with how it looks, hopefully it will run as well!
There's just one problem-
I still have leftover parts.
I had a kinda beat-up 9mm upper and an old Colt .22LR conversion bolt to base the build on-
This kit seats itself against the loop of the lower receiver buffer tube mount, so no actual buffer or spring is required, leaving the tube empty and saving a few bucks. The kit came with 2 10-round magazines.
MrAwesome22-250 hooked me up with a great PSA 18" stainless barrel at a price I couldn't refuse.
I mounted the gas block backwards to block off the port. The barrel is a 1/7 twist which is hardly optimal for a .22lr, but I wanted to keep as much as possible .223 compatible in case the whole thing turns out unreliable and I have to rebuild it into a centerfire later. Beside, .22lr barrels are pretty much unobtainable these days- not to mention you usually need a matching bolt and thats $$$$.
I'll be perfectly happy if it shoots minute-of-tincan at 50yds. This is just a for-fun plinking build anyway.
So, using leftovers, gifts, and freebys, I spent about $165 to aquire the last few bits needed to assemble this-
I'm really happy with how it looks, hopefully it will run as well!
There's just one problem-
I still have leftover parts.
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