Howdy all y'all

[Nitro 54]

Nice to se you here also RJ. thumbsup01 At least here we don't have to edit our selves when we want to talk about another brand .. 8)

[Bedrock]

Welcome from snowy northern California. It is 7 degrees outside.

[channelmaniac]

Thanks everyone!

It's nice to see a lot of familiar faces.

Haven't been detecting in a bit... just got back from hunting. The only thing I brought back was the 1/8 long mesquite thorn tip that I just dug out of my thumb. OUCH. I hope to get out early Sunday morning to one of my favorite tot lots.

Raymond

PS: A day of bad hunting still beats a good day in the city. There's nothing like hiking in the woods and getting back in nature.

[fastfwd]

woot ! lets have a pic of that AR you built !

[Ill Digger]

Welcome to the forum from the frozen corn fields of Illinois !

[DaleGM]

back at ya RJ,and careful with that BB gun, dont want to put somebody's eye out

[Jeff (or)]

RJ, great to have you here!! Your AR-15 project sounds interesting!!

[channelmaniac]

Thanks!

Nice to see a bunch of familiar faces here.

It weighs in right at 7lbs. I used the Cavalry Arms composite lower, a flat top upper, and a DPMS 5.56 Carbine barrel and Magpul handguards. I have $520 in the rifle, minus mags but it took me about 1 1/2 years of shopping to put it together and get the prices that low.

I did the assembly of the lower parts kit with supervision of my gunsmith friend... then put the upper together myself (installed the follow through, eject port door, etc...) but did cheat and buy the bolt/carrier fully assembled. The barrel assembly came with the front sight assembled and my friend helped me mount the barrel to the upper and install the gas tube. I finished it up by snapping the handguards on.

The rifle will be for plinking targets, pigs, and varmints... and won't be gageted to death. No lasers, lights, or other junk on it... just a simple rifle.

It'll be a gunsafe queen for a couple of months though. We're schedule to close on another house on Friday... next comes building a workshop and moving.

[M-Taliesin]

Howdy R.J.!
Sure is great to have you over here. What with the shenanigans elsewhere I figure there will be a negative impact on sales of machines from that particular manufacturer. I wouldn't want to be a dealer in coming months. I was going to buy another machine in the next few weeks, and now anticipate shopping elsewhere when it comes time to lay money on the table.

But I digress! Welcome to this wonderful forum. I figured I must'a responded to this thread, but discovered to my chagrin that I hadn't chimed in so here it is! Welcome aboard.

Ya know... I believe I've seen you post more over here since the kerfuffle than I've seen you post in many a moon! Glad you decided to share some of your time with us on American Detectorist. Huzzah.

Blessings,
M-Taliesin

[Vito]

Hey Ray, how small this universe is at all. lol TNX for the welcome. Same to you.