AR pistol (Still For Sale)

another damn texan · Post by **another damn texan** » May 23rd, 2006, 10:10 pm

I want your obvious know-how, dude. I've built one AR but it wasn't the easiest thing for me to do. Nice build once again.

ma91c1an · Post by **ma91c1an** » May 24th, 2006, 8:19 am

Ok.

I just cruised the Noveske site. I saw their 10.5-inch, but no mention of the 7.5-inch to which you linked.

That is seriously what I think that I need. A perfect piece of iron to keep mounted on the roof of a truck or in a rack in a jeep.

Does Noveske hide that thing, or something?

Ah. I just found it. In their gallery. Apparently a custom-build.

Ok. This is what I think that I need to do. I already have an MSTN 10.5-inch upper. It is sweet. I already have a collapsable buttstock, and a handgrip, and some other shit.

What I think that I want to do is get a lower receiver, semi-only is fine....in a desert finish. The buttstock is tan. The furniture on the MSTN upper is desert tan. I will just send my buttstock and handgrip to whomever builds this thing for me and have them take care of it all.

Then I think that I want to get a 7.5-inch upper. It looks like these things are threaded, so I could get a suppressor.

Any problems swapping that monster flash hider for a suppressor?

Or are the blowback and cycling issues so sensitive with such short barrel lengths that I need to dictate a set up and stick with it, losing the ability to swap? If so, I will live with it.

I think that I will get a long-barrel solution, as well. Just the upper. I will then be able to swap out a 10.5-inch upper, a 7.5-inch upper, and a longer upper, probably an 18-incher.

Any reliability issues with these short weapons?

Thanks for your insight.

ma91c1an · Post by **ma91c1an** » May 24th, 2006, 8:54 am

I will have my Ranger brother handle this for me.

He can sub out whatever he wishes to whomever he desires.

Cost is no obstacle on something like this.

I paid like $1500 for that MSTN upper. It was totally worth it. A once in a lifetime purchase.

It will be the same with a 7.5-inch upper.

If it ends up costing two grand with a good suppressor...I will consider it money well spent.

FireFinder · Post by **FireFinder** » May 24th, 2006, 11:53 am

I was reading that MSTN was getting phenomenal accuracy out of 12" Noveske barrels, something like 1 MOA at 200 yards with factory ammo.

I just plunked down a sizeable chunk of change for a MSTN 16" 6.8SPC upper and an Acog TA31F. I should have both in my hands this time next week, and a couple of cases of ammo from MidwayUSA which should be Friday.

After talking with Paul at MSTN I realized how little I know about building AR's.

ma91c1an · Post by **ma91c1an** » May 24th, 2006, 12:02 pm

Wes and company at MSTN are the shit.

I got nothing but praise for those guys.

Well....I am going to give this some thought. I can afford to do this now....but obviously it would be something that I would have built, and then cached until the day (the sad day) finally arrives when I return to CONUS from the Orient.

It will have to happen eventually. A man cannot live without hockey. Or Howard Stern. Or The Sopranos. Or Saturday Night Live.

Or cool guns.

Keep this in mind, and make it a background process for me. As you learn, catalog shit that might be useful. I will have you handle this upper for me, and a lower.

I prefer to run the business through friends, for obvious reasons.

Thanks.

wellfed · Post by **wellfed** » June 1st, 2006, 9:40 am

Have you sold it yet?

Black 6 · Post by **Black 6** » June 1st, 2006, 10:59 am

If I had the money, I would be on that like stink on shit.

I have had 2 Oly Arms AR's and never had any problems. The first was a PCR (politically correct rifle) set up for varmints. The one I currently own is a pre-ban shorty, though I want to put a flat top, front sight post eliminator and fore grip with rails on it, I don't know enough about them to do it. (and quite frankly I don't trust any of the smiths up here because of several reasons)

The shorty is my balloon going up gun so it hasn't seen much action, but I am starting to change that.

Do you need a long distance apprentice?

ma91c1an · Post by **ma91c1an** » June 1st, 2006, 4:32 pm

Interesting.

Oly Arms has a crappy reputation, for some reason.

I think that their AR pistols would be the heat, if they are reliable.

I got to take a pass on this one, brother. I am too far out from moving back to the states right now.

But you are definitely catalogued in my head for future work.

:)