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My First AR Build.....

tigerfan_9

tigerfan_9

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-16" Noveske Rogue Hunter Lefty
-Noveske stripped lower
-Palmetto State Armory MOE LPK
-PSA MOE Stock Kit
-Norgon Ambi Mag Release
-Badger Ordinance LH Tac Latch
-BADASS Ambi Selector Switch
-Eotech 516 (for now)

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Re: My First AR Build.....

Well, I don't think you could have gone with a finer barrel... I have now replaced every one of my rifles with a Noveske, four total. Call me a fan boy or whatever you want; they make great stuff. Let us know how it shoots.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jakhamr81</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well, I don't think you could have gone with a finer barrel... I have now replaced every one of my rifles with a Noveske, four total. Call me a fan boy or whatever you want; they make great stuff. Let us know how it shoots. </div></div>
A fan boy is a person who will stand even behind a bad product just because of a name (L****) being on of them. Noveske makes a great barrel so nothing wrong with pointing out a good product
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: strangedays</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jakhamr81</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well, I don't think you could have gone with a finer barrel... I have now replaced every one of my rifles with a Noveske, four total. Call me a fan boy or whatever you want; they make great stuff. Let us know how it shoots. </div></div>
A fan boy is a person who will stand even behind a bad product just because of a name (L****) being on of them. Noveske makes a great barrel so nothing wrong with pointing out a good product
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Thanks, Strangeday, you just made my day. True, if Noveske started putting out crap, I would drop them like a bad habbit.
 
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Im I seeing this correctly but do all left handed AR's dust covers flip upwards?
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Sorry, not trying to hijack your thread but i was just noticing this today.

How does she shoot?
 
#10
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She shoots great so far but my buddy's neighbors' house I was shooting at had a bench at 100 yards and with an eotech it is hard to hold in the same spot (bc you can't see the spot). I have a Burris Tac30 1-4x on backorder and will be able to shoot some better groups in a month or so and I'll post some targets.

I am of the buy once cry once crowd so I went with the Noveske b/c I knew I would have ended up there eventually.
 
#11
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The wait for the Tac30 is worth it. I think its a great scope for $300. Illumination is really good, glass is clear, field of view at 1x is like a good red dot. I like the hell out of mine. It sits just right in the Larue SPR 1.5 if you don't have a mount or rings yet.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: tigerfan9</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
I am of the buy once cry once crowd so I went with the Noveske b/c I knew I would have ended up there eventually. </div></div>Good point, I thought this would be my short and cheap 16" carbine. I got a DTI 1x9. Been eyeballing either a 16 or 18" 1x8 twist Noveske for a while now. It will have to wait though.
 
#13
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: the noobie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Im I seeing this correctly but do all left handed AR's dust covers flip upwards?
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Sorry, not trying to hijack your thread but i was just noticing this today.

How does she shoot? </div></div>

Good catch, I did not even see that. Kinda interesting.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: redirt78</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The wait for the Tac30 is worth it. I think its a great scope for $300. Illumination is really good, glass is clear, field of view at 1x is like a good red dot. I like the hell out of mine. It sits just right in the Larue SPR 1.5 if you don't have a mount or rings yet. </div></div>

I liked what I saw of the tac30 from the reviews and got to test out my buddy's last weekend. It seems like a great value for the money, I feel to get a better scope you would really have to spend at least double or more than what the tac30 goes for.
 
#15
Re: My First AR Build.....

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: the noobie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Im I seeing this correctly but do all left handed AR's dust covers flip upwards?
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Sorry, not trying to hijack your thread but i was just noticing this today.

How does she shoot? </div></div>

Interesting as I am new to ARs I never noticed. I've only shot a couple of my friends before and didn't really inspect them in that great detail.
 
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I sold my eotech and replaced it with a Burris Tac30. I mounted it on a Larue SPR that I got used from a member here.

I also traded in my 11" tube for a 13" with Noveske before I shot it. I noticed with the 11" that there was not room to mount a bipod due to the location of the gas block. The 13" has enough room in front of the gas block to get one mounted.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 997/2man</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Now that's a fine rifle. Noveske is going to be my next purchase. Glad you got rid of the Eotach.

Go out and enjoy that fine looking rifle, a couple of test targets would be appreciated.

Good score.

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Yeah I planned to ditch the eotech from the start, I had it already and was using it temporarily until I decided what to go with.

Thanks for the comments.
 
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I am getting into long range tactical rifle and while I wait on my .260 build, I put my SWFA SS 5-20 on this AR and shots some at 300 and 400.

I am currently shooting Black Hills 77 SMK blue box but have some southwestammo 5.56 77 SMK on order which should give me a bit more velocity.

Here is my target at 400 yards....I'd say its a keeper. Once my 260 is done i'm thinking of putting a 3-9X optic since obviously this rifle deserves more then just a 4x max.
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That was my 4th time shooting past 250 (hunting) in my life and the first time with my own equipment that I sighted, doped and wind called myself. The other times I was just pulling the trigger and taking instruction from my buddy on dope an wind.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sirshootsalot</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hey your rifle looks wonderful, want to say thank you because I have never heard of noveske and I think on my s&w m&p 15t I might get the barrel question though do I need To buy anything else or will the barrel just fit? New to rifle building. </div></div>

So long as the barrel comes with an extension, it's a simple fit. Take off handguards, gasblock/gastube, barrel nut. Then stab in new bbl (i like to use a little antiseize on the threads) barrel nut from old bbl & the rest is reverse sequence. Dont let barrel changing intimidate you, its not hard. It is nice to have a vise with a receiver block & you will need basic allenwrenches, screwdriver maybe & a barrel wrench (I like the PRI barrel wrench). The only thing that could throw you a curve is if you have a pinned on gas block & the new barrel doesnt have the right slots. If that is the case I highly recommend going to a SYRAC Ord adj gas block (while you're at it).
 
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