Build your Ultimate AR

[wickedsprint]

If by some weird reverse assault weapons ban where one could only own an AR15...I'd be perfectly happy with an off the shelf Olympic Arms for home defense.

I think the majority of the posters missed the OP's mission of home defense and are just telling us what their wet dream of an AR is.

 

[iamkris]

That Aero Pecision Multi-Cal Lower, does it take 6.8 AND 5.56?

Actually, any 5.56/.223 lower will take 6.8...the Aero is just not specific about what caliber it is for. I didn't want my lower to state one caliber and the upper to be another.

 

[P.B.Walsh]

So does that mean that I could buy a 5.56/.223 rifle and ADD a 6.8 upper?

 

[TIMC]

Never thought too much about an AR for HD but if I did it would be the Beowulf I built last year.

A.A. .50 Beowulf upper
Custom made laser engraved dust cover.
Dedicated Beowulf engraved A.A. lower with CMT parts kit.
YHM quad rail with Magpul rail covers.
Brownells Riser
Burris 1.75-5x32mm LRS Signature Safari scope.
Pet load of 334 grain Rainier HP with 36.0 grains of Lil'Gun would do the job nicely.

 

[P.B.Walsh]

Kinds big for HD isn't it?

 

[TIMC]

Kinds big for HD isn't it?

I don't think so, the rifle is small so it is easy to move around in close quarters. The plated Rainier bullets flatten and do tremendous tissue damage on impact and have far superior stopping power over tha .223. I know I have tested this load on Ferral hogs so I am sure it would do well for 2 legged swine too but as I said I never really thought about anr AR for HD but if I did...

I woudl prefer a shogtun for the job myself.

 

[P.B.Walsh]

How much are the .50 Beowulf rounds?

 

[TIMC]

How much are the .50 Beowulf rounds?

The A.A. website list them for about $26 per 20 rounds but it is next to impossible to find and I have seen them for as much as $75 per 20 on the auctions. I am loading them for a lot cheaper. I have never had a factory round in mine, I have plenty of brass and the factory loads are too hot IMHO.

 

[datruth]

well this is my ar and it is the ultimate in my eyes

and it is not about what you spend its more about what you want out of it and Im pretty comfortable with mine
LMT upper and lower
Surefire M73 rails
TA31 acog/w kill flash/w doc optic
Surefire M600 millennium light
YHM buis
Knights armament Vertical grip
Magpul Moe pistol grip and a good mix of P mags and Standard thirty rd GI mags.

 

[usmc1371]

Ruger .556 bone stock however it comes out of the box...


Jk. give me that .50 and maybe a surefire and I would be a happy camper.

 

[dillynfw]

I like this:

SD M5 Grendel Tactical with the rail covers but no accessories.

The new ACOG low profile, a Mars 4X night vision scope, and lots o' mags n' ammo.

 

[iamkris]

So does that mean that I could buy a 5.56/.223 rifle and ADD a 6.8 upper?

Yup!

 

[Mags]

My ultimate AR-15 for defense is already built next is going to be my ultimate AR10 for long range shooting. I think I have more money on my rails then in my gun.
Here is the specs.
Armalite lower
Cerro Forge M4 notched upper
DTI 1:9 5.56 barrel
Magpul MOE stock and rear pistol grip
Midwest Industries single point sling swivel
Midwest Industries free float quad rail
SureFire m600 scout light (with IR filter not shown)
Aimpoint Comp2 with ARD kill flash
MA Tech back up irons
Magpul Pmags
Tango Down vertical foregrip
YHM Phantom flash suppressor

 

[P.B.Walsh]

the 5.56/6.8 combo, does that apply only to Aero Presicion?

Do I need a 6.8 to accomidate a 5.56?, or is it the other way around?

Thanks

 

[Gordon]

I want a light profile chrome lined 1 in 7" 16" barrel with a Smith Vortex hider and properly installed Mil spec carbine front sight.. A chrome bolt and carrier that is blueprinted. I want a good quality (LMT, Colt) upper and lower with all the parts blueprinted on installation. Aim Point Micro and a 3x magnifier on a Larue swing mount.Magpul stock of somesort and a nice railed lightweight handguard that mounts a Surefire grip light.

 

[iamkris]

the 5.56/6.8 combo, does that apply only to Aero Presicion?

Do I need a 6.8 to accomidate a 5.56?, or is it the other way around?

I think you need to go read up on this.

AR lowers come in 2 sizes. The "5.56/.223" and the "7.62/.308".

The smaller accomodates rounds that are the same overall length or shorter than the 5.56...that includes 6.8, 6.5 Grendel, .300 Whisper, .50 Beowolf, 50 Bushmaster and probably a few others (like pistol calibers).

The larger is for rounds that are the length of the .308 or shorter. like .243, 6.5 Creedmore, 7mm-08, etc.

 

[P.B.Walsh]

Ok, got it, thanks a bunch for clearing that one up, I didn't know that at all, thanks again.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Man I love the beowulf TIMC - that just rocks!

 

[cchris]

I'm not too AR-15 savvy, but someone showed me an AR-15 builder site (www.ar15builder.com)...I'm not honestly that informed on these guns, but the idea behind the site is pretty cool, letting you pick out at least the basics of what's out there.

If I had the $$$, I'd go ahead and piece together one, then find the parts individually for cheaper than what the site offered them for - guarantee you that site is making some dough, since I'm sure they include a nice "service charge" in all of those prices.

 

[SHvar]

Heres mine, Bushmaster gas piston upper, MOE stock, Hogue pistol grip, verticle foregrip, DPMS lower, XRE Cree LED flashlight 110 lumens, Bushnell 1X32 MP scope.

 

[Kind of Blued]

I'd have somebody custom build me a .300 Whisper gun with a 10.5" barrel and a 5.5" permanently attached suppressor (that counts, right?)

A Surefire in a VLTOR mount and a Crimson Trace vertical grip would be on the forend, and a full P-Mag would be in the magwell.

Why damage your hearing just because some creep decided to break into your house?

 

[ParaElite]

Noveske with all the trimmings!

 

[TIMC]

Man I love the beowulf TIMC - that just rocks!

Thank you sir!