Poor Man's MK12 MOD-1

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VJJPunisher

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welcome to the second installment in VJJP's "poor man" series. Today I will showcase my MOD-1'ish build. I started with a complete rock river service rifle upper I found in the trash, complete with free floated DCM tube, and 20 inch stainless match barrel.

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next step was to dig out a left over junk Knights M5 RAS system from the bottom drawer of my crap cabinet and set about modifying it to mount on the service rifle tube. this is all explained here..

http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1979482

ending up with this

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next thing was to remove the garbage A2 front sight housing and install a Badger micro gasblock

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you might say "VJJ, wassup wit dat 20 inch barrel?" well pardner what i did next was took it up to a buddy's garage where he cut it down to 18 inches and rethreaded and crowned it. sorry no pic.

so from here I was like "damn son, what do i does with that stupid hole in the barrel from the front drift pin, fill it or what?" and then a voice from heaven said "my son, have your friend cut you a custom collar a little long to cover it", what a wonderful idea, AND BAM

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so now we are getting close but you might say "yo JJ, hey JJ, HEY RETARD, stainless steel has a case of the GHEY" (damn you guys are rough) so what a mofo had to do was take it to GAP, have them set the collar's set screw into the barrel and cerakote the bidness black, and VIOLA

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now take the upper, slap it on a lower that just so happens to have a geissle service rifle match trigger in it and what you get is a MOD-1 like free floated match barrel'd heavy boat oar, BOOYICA BOOYICA BITCH

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and just because i picked this paperweight up today i'll throw this pic out there

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stay tuned for more in the VJJ's Poor Man series..............
 
#3
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Best series title ever nomination. Badass. And an appropriately badass paperweight to boot. Shoulda left the stainless more stainless. Shit looks blingy-er.

That and calls it a MK12 Mod-ggggggGGGg.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">xmark-Where is the poor man part? </div></div>

well the poor man part comes from these tidbits

A) the Rock River upper was one I've had for about 4 years collecting dust in the safe, got it to shoot Service rifle EIC matches but just never had the time to get into another sport. So, the "trash" refers to the safe full of shit that hasnt seen daylight in a while. Now granted i paid full value 4 years ago, but if your like me if it was paid for more than a year ago and you almost have forgotten about it, its like its free.

B) I didnt have to pay for the cutting down of the barrel, or the custom collar, a buddy of mine did those in his garage.(screen name on here jb7032)

C) the M5 RAS was something I had laying around, and regardless nowadays they can be had used for dirt cheap since they are considered obsolete.(couple weeks ago at the CMMG store I saw a bin full of them for 50 bucks each)

D) I won the geissle trigger from All Army, so that was free

E) I gave a handy to a traveling salesman for the scope and base

 
#11
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mo_Zam_Beek</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

I like hinges on yo gate BTW.



Good luck</div></div>

it's a rental house but will pass on the info to the quizimoto lookin owner
 
#13
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Playerz1337</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Where do you live where they throw away rifles?

Could be fun dumpster diving. lol</div></div>

Missoui, where we throw guns in the trash cause we are too awsome for our own goodness
 
#14
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so if you are running a custom collar, you would have an extra original ops collar left over right? wanna part with it?

BTW- I like the free float mod on the m5, passing that on to a buddy who wants to do the same thing. thanks.
 
#15
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bcw1284</div><div class="ubbcode-body">so if you are running a custom collar, you would have an extra original ops collar left over right? wanna part with it?

BTW- I like the free float mod on the m5, passing that on to a buddy who wants to do the same thing. thanks.</div></div>

I left it over at my buddy's house when he made the custom collar, we took some measurements off it, let me get it back and it's all yours
 
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Mod 1ish midlength almost complete. vjayjay you can have your collar back now. I just need to get a brake. Is it just me or is there something else missing? I know that Aimpoint looks absurd on there and I need a front sight. BTW Larue handguard insn't exactly correct but neither is a midlength "Mod 1"
m1mid4.jpg

Made the collar myself
m1mid2.jpg
 
#22
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: VAJayJayPunisher</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
E) I gave a handy to a traveling salesman for the scope and base

</div></div>Hahahah

Nice work on the build, and apparently guns are every bit as real an addiction as heroin or crack.
 
#23
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"Black Rifle Disease makes heroin addiction look like a vague wish for something salty." Forget who said that.

Nice build, and +1 on the get a real upper block before you bend something. Let us know how it shoots.


1911fan
 
#24
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rprecision</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You do however have a poor mans vice block

eeeeeek......thats a bit hard on magazines </div></div>

cause a 20 year old shit mag is real spensive?
 
#25
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BIPMaster</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Total cost for the poor mans build?
Awesome looking stick.</div></div>

trigger set was free, M5 was free, so somewhere in the ballpark of 1.5 mil
 
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bcw, thanks. I'll post pics when I get the Ops brake installed. Its gonna present a problem permanently attaching, due to the external treads. I think I got it figured out though.
 
#29
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bcw1284</div><div class="ubbcode-body">VJ, i'll be happy to pay shipping on the collar if you want. I do still need it if the window hasn't closed. Thanks.

JB, nice work on that collar! </div></div>

JB7032, send the man the collar Ahole
 
#32
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Hey VJJ did you use rockset or locktight for the Ops Inc. brake? Instructions recommended Rockset and i don't have any at the moment but i do have lock tight.
 
#33
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Blackops_2</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hey VJJ did you use rockset or locktight for the Ops Inc. brake? Instructions recommended Rockset and i don't have any at the moment but i do have lock tight.</div></div>

i actually just used grease, now the collar is rockset'd on but dont know that its really necessary with the set screw, as long as the barrel has a dimple cut into for the set scre to dig into
 
#34
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: VAJayJayPunisher</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bcw1284</div><div class="ubbcode-body">VJ, i'll be happy to pay shipping on the collar if you want. I do still need it if the window hasn't closed. Thanks.

JB, nice work on that collar! </div></div>

JB7032, send the man the collar Ahole </div></div>

I actually have two that belong to you. The other one is the black one that somebody hacked off. Also, the other one needs the threads for the set screw cleaned up. I'm not sure what thread it is, check the ones you have to see what thread it is. I'm not sure if I have a tap to do it with.
 
#38
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kimberseries1</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: VAJayJayPunisher</div><div class="ubbcode-body">upgraded the optics on this cheap ass build

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</div></div>

Let me guess, out back in the dumpster right?.....</div></div>

actually no smartass, there was a family out in the parking lot of the local grocery store with a box full of cute little scopes with a sign that said "free to a good home", guess they couldnt afford to gun them
 
#39
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Not just your name but the methods you must use punishing those meddling ass vajayjays. I guess that keno was free at community college too. Man you crack me up.

Anytime I need a laugh I can always count on you.
 
#40
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hi Speed</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Not just your name but the methods you must use punishing those meddling ass vajayjays. I guess that keno was free at community college too. Man you crack me up.

Anytime I need a laugh I can always count on you.</div></div>

are you hitting on me? is this a Hallmark card? where am I?
 
#41
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jb7032</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mod 1ish midlength almost complete. vjayjay you can have your collar back now. I just need to get a brake. Is it just me or is there something else missing? I know that Aimpoint looks absurd on there and I need a front sight. BTW Larue handguard insn't exactly correct but neither is a midlength "Mod 1"
m1mid4.jpg

Made the collar myself
m1mid2.jpg
</div></div>

I fixed it!
mod1middyscopestock.jpg
 
#42
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#43
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It looks a lot better with a real optic, at first glance it's hard to tell it's a middy.

My mod O is a middy Noveske, I just put on a rifle length PRI over a low-pro block and stuck a non-functional PRI style flip-up in front of it (it flips, but isn't a gas block).

Here is a full length mod 1, just for the looky-loos to compare.
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...and here is what I did with your collar, please excuse all the extraneous shit in my garage and the bitchin' wore out keen shoes, lol.
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#44
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Hi Speed</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Not just your name but the methods you must use punishing those meddling ass vajayjays. I guess that keno was free at community college too. Man you crack me up.

Anytime I need a laugh I can always count on you. </div></div>

+1 I have a friend with a near identical sense of humor; it's nice to see it in print. That and it's funny as fuck.
 
#45
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jb7032</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LDMu1UMYJTw"></param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LDMu1UMYJTw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> </embed></object> </div></div>

hey, that can looks familiar. Also just FYI, that last round sounds loud cause some central missouri mouthbreather shot his 30 ort 6 boat oar right behind me(me=one taking the video) pretty much at the same damn time the middy mod-1 fired
 
#47
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Pr0VideR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nice coat. Goose down? </div></div>
It compliments the gun.
 
#48
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jb7032</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Pr0VideR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nice coat. Goose down? </div></div>
It compliments the gun. </div></div>

Indeed.. Staying warm while shooting is of the utmost importance.
 
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