Congrats Andrew!


Nice pickup Hal. Gotta see some range pics!

Not a bad deal at all. Are the sights Bushmaster or another brand such as KAC?

Looks like it has these added to it-

magpul stock
GG&G rear flip up sight
EoTech sight
3 30 rd clips
1 10 or 15 rd clip
charging handle tactical latch
yankee hill picatinny riser

he also added in 200 rounds of ammo.

Any advantage or disadvantage to changing out to a floating tube with a 3-4 rail system besides being able to add lights, lasers, etc...?

Free float will allow you to use the Fwd grip with compromising accuracy.

Accuracy won't be compromised with that barrel.

You'll lose more accuracy having a chrome bbl(negligible) than you will distorting barrel harmonics by torquing the forward grip.

If anything, a quad rail will be more aesthetically pleasing to the eye than a handguard mounted rail. And offer more real estate for useless items that will just imbalance your carbine :-)

If you do decide to pursue a quad rail, make sure you get a 2 piece one so you won't have to remove the front sight to install it.

Thanks. I had wondered about that front sight. Looks like just two pins hold it on to the barrel.

That is a great deal. Be careful keeping batteries in the EOtech at all times, they have a tendency to leak battery acid in EOTechs for some reason.

I've shot off a bench with a 'V' rest for the front. I was zero'ing my AR. I rested it on my freefloat handguards. Without realizing it my rifle fell and was resting on the barrel and the POI shifted. Making it a long day of zero'ing as opposed to a quick deal.

I shoot in 3 gun competitions, and have to rest my rifle on different items, walls, barrels, midgets, etc. I dont want the poi to shift, so I went free float.

Thanks for the tip. :-) I will be changing them out tonight.

I am looking into getting my ATF Form 1 filled out. Going to SBR the Draco I just purchased! :-)

Nice! :-)

Went to the range today to finally get some quality time in with my Spikes tactical M4 and had some issues. It worked fine when I would shoot a round at a time but as soon as I tried to shoot multiple rounds quick it would feed the first two rounds no problem but then jam up on the third round causing me to have to rack the round. It did this like clock work the entire 60 rounds I put through it today.

Anyone have any idea what the issue could be? I took it out when I first got it and everything was fine then about 3 weeks ago got a new trigger installed on it but I highly doubt that would cause feed issues.

did you clean and oil after the trigger re-build?

yes, the gun smith said he oiled it

are you mags factory or after market?

pmag 30 round. I use PCM ammo as well.

Its actually PMC ammo, I was mistaken

These are famous last words. Did YOU check it yourself? :-)

Those AR's are finicky, at least in my experience. I went to the dark side years ago and haven't regretted it one bit. :-)

Yea I did. I'm thinking maybe it has something to do with the gas system? I have never had an issue with my Armalite after almost 600 rounds through it. I heard Spikes was good which is why I bought one but am pretty pissed that its not working right.