Home Forums Hunting & Shooting AR and Tactical Rifles Building an AR

Noted, glad you're ok with it.

I used the Hogue tube when it was introduced over 20 years ago. It was a pretty good answer at the time but the overmolding did little in cold weather. It also has a propensity for the threaded section to come loose.



With the large selection of float tubes/hand guards available now days the Hogue is too heavy for my use and if a guy wants some rubber a bike inner tube on one of the the more useful hand guards would work just as well. There are some pretty good poly panels that will mount on the rail and those should offer more protection from the cold aluminum.

Of course a guy could just wear gloves.

I started with a basic A2, shot a bit, swapped out a bit and finally learned what works for me by trying a good dozen different set ups. I know what I like and will gladly share my findings but in the end, it's all up to each individual to find same.

There's not much this carbean won't do and it suits me just fine.

Everything you need, nothing you don't and it weighs a tad over 7 lbs if I remember right.

Pass the 10rd Stoners,phuqq the Loudener,gimme the Hogue and make it a 6x FF MQ.

If only for starters................

Hey the 90's want their AR back... Grin

They can't have it................

My circulation in my hands is so bad I have to use heat packs in my gloves if the temp is 45 or colder. I thought about wrapping some foam to my Nordic but then the tube diameter increases. If it was just a hunt from a stand gun I would do it.

Yes to the 10rd stoners. Can't bring myself to run a 20rd while hunting.

I like that rig. If and when I build another upper, I'll try one of those Troy FF tubes. They look good, are very light and allow you to attach rail sections or panels where you want them.

I can' tell for sure what stock you have there, but it looks kinda like the operator adjustable on my RRA.

I really like the RRA operator stocks, both the A2 fixed and the adjustable shown here. They don't rattle as much as the Magpul Moe I've had, come with a QD sling socket, and have a wider comb area that suits my face better than the magpul's I have.

That is a B5 SOPMOD stock. I have a few LMT SOPMODs as well but prefer the B5 for the rotation limited QD sling socket. They fit tight and don't rattle at all.

The Troy Alpha rail is comfortable to me, light weight, long enough at 13" to "drive" it better and when it gets cold I wear gloves.

The barrel is a Colt chrome lined 1/7 pencil barrel with the FSB shaved down, re parkerized and utilizes the factory pins. It shoots 1.5 MOA with ease with the Smith Vortex "loudener" that eliminates all flash but more importantly, takes the bite out of the bang. The carbine gas is done right and with a H2 buffer is pleasant to shoot.

The TA33 ACOG has the green horseshoe reticle with lines out to 600 yards, I've only used this one to 400 yards but for most practical uses, that's far enough. Eye relief is good and it works for me up close as well. It's mounted in a LaRue QD mount which is lower than the factory mount that fits me perfectly, so I can run the flip up Troy irons for practice.

I've used several different types of type,from friction to various thicknesses of electrical.

Pass the Hogue................(grin)

I'd happily run 5's if they were lower profile,for punching tags..................

I've got a variety of AR's - and various tubes & rails. I think I like the Daniel Defense quad rails best as they are slim & light, and comfortable with the skeleton-type magpul rail covers installed. There's plenty of places to hang any accessories you might want, if you want them. I have a forward grip & BUIS on the house gun but otherwise I seldom have any other doodads, besides optics.