For some time now I have been wanting to build an AR with a side charger upper receiver. The only problem was finding the one I wanted.
I already have a bunch of ARs and it's not like I need another, but I don't have a side charger or one with an 18" barrel.
First off I wanted one with a Non-Reciprocating charging handle, but didn't want the end of the charging handle to extend past the back of the receiver when charged.
I also wanted a dust cover , forward assist and brass deflector. Not asking for much am I?
Well after some homework and some searching I found four different companies that had what I was looking for. The price ranged from $249 to $299.
http://shop.masdefense.com/MAS-DEFENSE- ... PR-NRM.htm
MAS Defence had the best price. I already had account there and have been very satisfied with everything I've ordered from them.
So I ordered one.
About a month ago Primary Arms had a sale on the Vortex 3-9x 59 Crossfire II with the mount , 18" barrel in 223 Wylde 1/8 HBAR rifle gas system and the Troy Medieval flash hider.
I had a few handrails, but I'm going to go with the 17" rail because I didn't care for for the look of the barrel hanging out of the end of the rail.
I already had a JoeBob Outfitter's Spartan lower sitting around that I got on sale for $100.
The upper and lower matched up pretty good.
I had an AGL A.C.T fire control group and enough lower parts to build the lower but, ordered a set of Strike Industries takedown pins and a black nitride rifle gas tube from Brownell's. My Brownell's order arrived today.
The upper went together very easy.
Here it is all together.
And with the scope mounted.
Built a side charger AR
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Built a side charger AR
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Re: Built a side charger AR
that needs, begs for a can. Almost no blow back on the side loaders, which means no raccoon eyes when your done shooting.
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Here are some more pics.
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Re: Built a side charger AR
Looks like the scope mount interferes with your hand when running the charging handle. Is that going to be a problem?
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The charging handle stops just before the first nut so, it's usable. But then I may look for another mount.Captain Wheelgun wrote:Looks like the scope mount interferes with your hand when running the charging handle. Is that going to be a problem?
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Why not reverse the scope mount and run the nuts on the other side of the upper?
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That is a slick setup, man. I like it!
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Re: Built a side charger AR
I really like the Bobro mount I have on my SBR.... The QD lever is very low profile so it should be out of the way on a setup like yours. I saw a picture of one where the recoil lug had sheared when used on an AR-10, but haven't heard of any issues on AR-15 with intermediate cartridges.Candyman wrote:The charging handle stops just before the first nut so, it's usable. But then I may look for another mount.Captain Wheelgun wrote:Looks like the scope mount interferes with your hand when running the charging handle. Is that going to be a problem?
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This mount came free with the scope. I'm looking for a different one right now.
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