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My first AR I purchased back in 2010, its a S&W MP-15 MOE 5.56 1/9 16" carbine gas rifle with the military style a2 front sight post. its served me very well for the last 10 years, and proven to be quite accurate for what it is, not really intended to be a bench gun. well recently i've gotten back into shooting ar's more and have found that this design is a little dated. its got a nice midwest industries free float 7" handguard on it that is light and strong, and fits behind the front sight. i've been running a smith vortex flashider on the muzzle, honestly i got it becuase it looked cool and kept it because it functioned well. a few other little upgrades here and there but nothing major.
This is my go to gun. if SHTF its what i'd grab. i trust it. its got probably 3500 rounds through it, so enough to know its reliable but not enough to consider replacing. its light and handy yet accurate enough. anyways, lately i have been playing around with LPVO optics, I put a 1-4x on my 10.5" ar pistol and loved the optic. the thing is i realized that its too much for the pistol platform for my usage. so, i got to thinking how effective it would be on the rifle. previously ive run a Burris ar-332 on the rifle and it has been a good optic. but its not really great up close. its better far out. the lpvo is really good both up close and far out. problem is the front sight obscures the sight picture at 1-2x.
So, ive decided to ditch the fsp and run a longer free float HG on the gun, along with a different, shorter and lighter muzzle device. I was really considering a 14.5" p/w upper or barrel, but decided to stick with my 16" upper. I've ordered a 12.5" HG and a few other little things that should arrive soon. today i removed everthing but the barrel and barrel nut as the new rail should match up perfectly to the existing barrel nut.
all i have to do is decide whether or not to cut the front post off, or replace the gas block. I have a new low pro block coming, but would like to keep the existing pinned gas block if i can. well see how it looks with the set screw block on it, im not sure ill trust it as much, plus it will leave the cut for the pins exposed.
Updates to come!
Before:
New vs old Muzzle devices
Left Smith vortex Flash hider
Right KAK Industries Comp( about .5" shorter)
This is my go to gun. if SHTF its what i'd grab. i trust it. its got probably 3500 rounds through it, so enough to know its reliable but not enough to consider replacing. its light and handy yet accurate enough. anyways, lately i have been playing around with LPVO optics, I put a 1-4x on my 10.5" ar pistol and loved the optic. the thing is i realized that its too much for the pistol platform for my usage. so, i got to thinking how effective it would be on the rifle. previously ive run a Burris ar-332 on the rifle and it has been a good optic. but its not really great up close. its better far out. the lpvo is really good both up close and far out. problem is the front sight obscures the sight picture at 1-2x.
So, ive decided to ditch the fsp and run a longer free float HG on the gun, along with a different, shorter and lighter muzzle device. I was really considering a 14.5" p/w upper or barrel, but decided to stick with my 16" upper. I've ordered a 12.5" HG and a few other little things that should arrive soon. today i removed everthing but the barrel and barrel nut as the new rail should match up perfectly to the existing barrel nut.
all i have to do is decide whether or not to cut the front post off, or replace the gas block. I have a new low pro block coming, but would like to keep the existing pinned gas block if i can. well see how it looks with the set screw block on it, im not sure ill trust it as much, plus it will leave the cut for the pins exposed.
Updates to come!
Before:

New vs old Muzzle devices
Left Smith vortex Flash hider
Right KAK Industries Comp( about .5" shorter)
