MatthewVanitas
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Greetings,
This is probably a dumb idea caused by procrastination and staying up late (no, not by drinking). I had been puzzling out the details of a Dissipator AR-15 project, mostly figuring out the best way to solve the "muzzle-heavy" feel many folks complain about with the Dissy.
I was just planning to get a Bushmaster Dissipator A3 upper, +$50 for fluted barrel, and slap my Ace Shorty Skeleton Stock onto a Stag Arms lower.
Then I saw CDNN's Colt SP1 uppers for $369, and my head was full of Vietnam retro-cool visions until I realized that they didn't come with bolt assemblies, so tack on another $100 or more just to get the upper running.
Then, in a burst of late-night idiocy, I envisioned a Dissipator with triangular hanguards and 3-prong flash-suppressor, A-1 sights, slabsided, with a short A1 buttstock, 20-rd straight mag...
The handiness of a 16" M-4gery, lighter barrel/sights/receiver, short stock, etc. I'm used to iron sights anyway, and would just set it for BZO and leave it be, so the lack of A2 sights doesn't worry me. Would probably go with the 1:9" twist for ammo flexibility though.
Common sense is intruding to say that this project would probably cost as much as my original Dissipator plan, plus nobody would ever buy it off me if I decided to sell it.
What says the crowd: terrible idea, or inspirational? -MV
This is probably a dumb idea caused by procrastination and staying up late (no, not by drinking). I had been puzzling out the details of a Dissipator AR-15 project, mostly figuring out the best way to solve the "muzzle-heavy" feel many folks complain about with the Dissy.
I was just planning to get a Bushmaster Dissipator A3 upper, +$50 for fluted barrel, and slap my Ace Shorty Skeleton Stock onto a Stag Arms lower.
Then I saw CDNN's Colt SP1 uppers for $369, and my head was full of Vietnam retro-cool visions until I realized that they didn't come with bolt assemblies, so tack on another $100 or more just to get the upper running.
Then, in a burst of late-night idiocy, I envisioned a Dissipator with triangular hanguards and 3-prong flash-suppressor, A-1 sights, slabsided, with a short A1 buttstock, 20-rd straight mag...
The handiness of a 16" M-4gery, lighter barrel/sights/receiver, short stock, etc. I'm used to iron sights anyway, and would just set it for BZO and leave it be, so the lack of A2 sights doesn't worry me. Would probably go with the 1:9" twist for ammo flexibility though.
Common sense is intruding to say that this project would probably cost as much as my original Dissipator plan, plus nobody would ever buy it off me if I decided to sell it.
What says the crowd: terrible idea, or inspirational? -MV