It’s done! I finally got all the pieces put together.
One nice thing about building the gun yourself is all the goodies that comes along with it. In the picture above, you can see some of the schwag that alot of the firearms accessory dealers and manufacturers are sending out with the product. There still isn’t any optics mounted yet. I haven’t decided yet exactly what I really want to get yet. I do have a Leupold 3-9×40 rifleman sitting on the shelf collecting dust, so I think for now, I’ll get a LaRue SPR mount for Leupold and slap it on. There was one last minute change I made to the rifle. I was running the standard single stage trigger that came in the RRA lower parts kit, but I wasn’t happy with it at all. Too gritty, too much creep. I was hoping to hold out for a nice 2 stage setup like the giselle or maybe even the new AR Gold trigger, but it was not to be. I ended up picking up a RRA 2-stage NM trigger. It’s not what I was looking for, but I’m actually very happy with the results. The takeup is smooth, and the break is very clean and crisp. I would guestimate it’s breaking around 4-5 lbs. At the range, I quickly realized it’s been a very long time since I’ve shot iron sights at long ranges. My eyes simply are not as good as they used to be. On the 100 yard range, using cheap federal bulk 55g FMJ-BT, the best group (30 rounds) I could get was about 4". Between my crappy eyes, and the cheap ammo, there was little chance of me doing any better. I’m going to have to get some glass mounted on it to really figure out what the true potential of this rifle. All in all I’m very pleased with with the results.

