Rebuilding the ole girl

Way back when, back at Quantico, it seemed like a great idea to buy an assault rifle! A buddy of mine had built an M4 style carbine for his father as a birthday present. If I recall correctly, dad decided he wanted a shotgun instead.

Being a cool dude, this friend of mine sold the gun to me for practically nothing.

It started out pretty nice. Ergonomic soft rubber grip, ambidextrous mag release, 7" short carbine gas system with molded plastic handguards, a collapsible buttstock, and a flat top Picatinny rail. He even gave me a Blackhawk tactical sling to go with it.

The really big deal? This. The national match bolt carrier group with titanium firing pin. I've shot this gun, and even in my hands it shoots nice tight groups.

Being in Alabama, lonely, and bereft of worthwhile human contact, I lost my damn mind and whipped out my credit card. Soon enough, I had an EOTech EXPS 3-2 holographic weapon sight.

 

I like the 3-2 because it has 2 dots. You zero the center dot for 50 yards, and the lower dot shows you bullet drop at 300 yards. I figured it might come in handy at some point in the future, and it didn't cost any extra.

Then came Picatinny handguards, an el cheapo brand from Amazon, and a Magpul pop up rear sight for the flat top. 

 Then I realized I hate the buttstock on this thing. It's hard plastic, and definitely not comfortable. Off to Magpul again for an STR stock. 

The cool thing about these is that they have two tubular compartments on either side for sticking in AA or other batteries. I keep an extra couple of CR123s in there for the EOTech.