I have been thinking for awhile how I wanted to build a AR pistol and wanted to keep it on the cheap. Here is what I decided on.
First of all the barrel. I had a 18" 6.8 SPC *** barrel that has been sitting in my safe for some time now. It was a blem barrel that *** sold me because the gas port was drilled wrong. No biggie though. So here is my candidate for the chop. I decided on 12.5" length for the barrel, because that is as short as I can go with a mid gas barrel. I will cut and target crown the barrel to keep it short as possible and ***'s current offerings don't include a 12.5" TC. White paper in the pic is the 12.5" mark.
Next the pistol buffer. I picked this one up from another forum who knows how long ago. I think it is a PSA judging by the buffer inside. Anyways it was cheap and it will get the job done.
The handguard is going to be a 10" MI gen2 and a railed clamp on gas block. The lower is a Tactical Machine that I pick up for $80 some time ago. Trigger is going to be a Stag 2 stage, because I got it included with the LPK and I get them pretty cheap. Throw in a cheap tactical latch and the rest of the parts are the standard build items.
Now to make it even more stable I decided to throw on a Sig Tac SB15 (AR pistol stabilizing brace). Wink Wink
To give you a idea how it is going to look here is my 16" with a A1 length stock. I just put this rifle there for a comparison. The rifle is a total of 35.5" and with some measuring and math the pistol is going to be 27.5". As for optics I will mount the NV scope on there until I get my eotech/pvs-14, since this will be my main night gun. Now I just need to chop the barrel and assembly. When I get it put together I will get some more pics and some video too.
First of all the barrel. I had a 18" 6.8 SPC *** barrel that has been sitting in my safe for some time now. It was a blem barrel that *** sold me because the gas port was drilled wrong. No biggie though. So here is my candidate for the chop. I decided on 12.5" length for the barrel, because that is as short as I can go with a mid gas barrel. I will cut and target crown the barrel to keep it short as possible and ***'s current offerings don't include a 12.5" TC. White paper in the pic is the 12.5" mark.
Next the pistol buffer. I picked this one up from another forum who knows how long ago. I think it is a PSA judging by the buffer inside. Anyways it was cheap and it will get the job done.
The handguard is going to be a 10" MI gen2 and a railed clamp on gas block. The lower is a Tactical Machine that I pick up for $80 some time ago. Trigger is going to be a Stag 2 stage, because I got it included with the LPK and I get them pretty cheap. Throw in a cheap tactical latch and the rest of the parts are the standard build items.
Now to make it even more stable I decided to throw on a Sig Tac SB15 (AR pistol stabilizing brace). Wink Wink
To give you a idea how it is going to look here is my 16" with a A1 length stock. I just put this rifle there for a comparison. The rifle is a total of 35.5" and with some measuring and math the pistol is going to be 27.5". As for optics I will mount the NV scope on there until I get my eotech/pvs-14, since this will be my main night gun. Now I just need to chop the barrel and assembly. When I get it put together I will get some more pics and some video too.