Awesome setup man, and thank you for your service! As a fellow wrong hander, the first thing I did to mine was put an ambi 45 degree safety, also put the shorter lever on the left to keep it out of the way.
Ditch to irons or install off set. His glass isn’t QD so he needs tools to get sights if he breaks his glass. (Honestly it’s LARPing, I do it, you do it, we all do it but in this case it doesn’t make too much sense). Also he can’t confirm his irons, so it’s to be assumed that they aren’t on. How many times have you had two optics on a gun and switched back to the set you don’t use often only to find they aren’t on. It could be different ammo, it could be the set screws loosened, or it could be from jostling.
And if it’s a hunting gun a few sore rounds for the inevitable time you forget the mags or ammo. I have a small punch in one side, 3 hunting cartridges, and some small parts like gas rings and KFC wet wipes in the square compartment. (AR10 obviously). It’s never been useful but I’ve seen other people screw up this way so 2 ounces seems fair.
Yeah my main squeeze rifle has changed a few times as well. Running a Aero Precision M4e1 receiver set, Aero nitride BCG, Faxon Integrated flash hider gunner barrel, Aero gas block/gas tube, Midwest Industries 11.5 handguard, bcm vertical grip, Cry Havoc quick release barrel systen (great for discreet travel), Radian changing handle/safety lever, Magpul K2 grip, Phase 5 EBR bolt release (better versionof a bad lever), Magpul extended mag release (my lady has small hands), LWRCI UCIW PDW stock system, Holosun HE512C GD gold dot (I'm color blind and gold works), Vortex Micro 6x magnifier on a ADM flip mount (the vortex mount has too much play for 6x), Diamondhead polymer iron sights, and a Surefire 640df pro. I think that's everything. But basically I wanted a full size rifle that fits is a normal size backpack. An it works great for that.
@@M8Military I got a Bren 2 and a Tavor 7. Both are short stroke gas piston guns. But guess what... neither break down to fit in an every day size backpack. Nothing beats a good old direct impingement AR15 when it comes to aftermarket options.
That truly is some HOTNESS you've got going there with that build, C. I have a grey Fostech that I love, but you've definitely got me thinking about "highlighting" it with some black parts---that's real sharp. And thanks for your service.
I bought a rifle that came with a geisselle trigger. I'm now going to buy one for my other rifle..from brownells of course. Anyway, that is a very nice rifle ya have there. It's amazing how nice you can get a gun to look and operate with some know how and research. And of course having a buddy who can get you a top notch bcg can't hurt any. I like the idea of setting one up the way you did for this one. You have function all day long but you also made it look nice like one of those off the shelf eye catcher guns. Of course I'm not gonna copy this rifle but thanks for the ideas. Always something I can learn from other gun guys..
Not sure about the efficacy of BUIS on the top rail if your not running QD scope mounts. I’m left-handed as well, and put my BUIS on the left 45 degree angle M-LOK slots of my hand guard. It makes for a short sight radius, and it takes some training to get a quick sight picture, but I feel it provides the most redundancy in an actual live-fire scenario. I’d love to have a Trijicon RMR on the 45 degree offset, along with a Larue Tactical QD scope mount, but that’s about $800 I can’t afford at this time. I’m no cheapskate when it comes to quality kit, but I still have to live within my means.
I too, am left eye dominant...which makes me cross eye dominant because im right hand dominant. I learned that after i bought my first AR, many years ago. The first time i held the rifle up, im like WTF?! where is the sight?! Then realized which i had naturally closed...the right eye. Obviously never had an issue because i just move the pistol in front of my left eye (never realized before then). Caleb employs the switch hitter method, but i just kinda trained myself to be able to shoot a rifle with my left i shut....now its just automatic...i aim a pistol, right eye closes. I aim a rifle, my left eye closes
For those who are looking for a lower that has a PDQ lever. SilencerCo and Gibbs Arms has one. Aero had one but I've never seen it in stock (probably discontinued). I'm surprised you're gun don't have a weapon mounted light though.
Thanks for the huge amount of information for what a professional puts on their AK. The hand stop was of most interest to me since i have a few AR pistols that i want a way to prevent my hand from getting in contact with the flash hider and still be legal relative to foregrips.
Caleb, if you get the Gieselle maritime bolt catch you can reach it with your trigger finger without breaking your grip. I shoot lefty as well and it is really nice.
Slow to respond, I've got one of the Battle Arms selector /safeties with the same finish in my part's collection somehow I broke the screw off in threads so out it went to part's box. I agree with seeing the rifle in fired condition is a step up for AR's to many get hung up on keeping them spotless clean... Still believing the B.S. about AR's not being reliable. Just lube, run it and on occasion run patch or boresnake if needed. Back in early 2000s I did a "Franken build" AR that only got oiled, shot put up then ran again for over 6 months of well over 5 k of ammo. Brass case, steel 55-62 gn. the "high tech" lube.... Walmart synthetic 10W30 oil. The reason I finally "cleaned it" was the mess it made in my safe, Jeep or anything it touched.
I currently another B5 stock sitting in the cart, but the magpul ACS and STR's are like $30 off right now at brownells! 🤫 Looks like I'm paying regular price for the B5 sopmod... Caleb talked me into it! 😉 although I'll probably grab another STR aswell for the price! Both stocks work well for me. I've actually never tried the magpul ACS, but boy is that price tag tempting! 😁
@@coder0079 you’re exactly right, he said “if a can”. 20+ min video of awesome products and in depth explanation and people focus on something so trivial
Love the video, but one correction....that is the Norgon ambidextrous magazine release, not the troy. The troy industries has a paddle that says "troy". There are a lot of companies that now make that exact ambi mag release, since the patent expired. The Norgon is around $80 or $90, the cloned models run between $25 to $40.
Caleb see if your friend can get me one of them F1 BCG’s. I got to have one! I missed my chance to get one back in the day and now you got to buy the whole gun to get one.Them thing are something else.
I know it is not usually accepted, but I won't pin my gas blocks if they are under the hand guard. If the barrel-gas block is beaded, dimpled and set with Rocksett correctly, it will never come loose. Pinning a barrel can effect accuracy. I would like to see in a future video if your great mill job on the lower receiver for the ambi catch has any side effects by milling off the hard anodizing. I love the look and set up of your rifle and you did a great job with your choices and lower milling..
@Brownells All I can think that you missed was the springs and pins, really I wanted to ask about offset iron sight. Wondering what the best are, different features. Is it even possible to mount a regular iron sight using a 45* offset? Really wanted to try having a RMR + front iron sight but not sure how possible or good it is.
I did not realize there would be gas blow back when using a suppressor. This might explain why I'm getting way dirtier upper and bolt carrier since I added a can. Any ideas of what I should do to counter this other than clean it more?
Pretty sure that is not a Troy ambi mag catch unless they just started offering a Norgon clone (Norgon's patents recently expired). More likely its either the CMMG copy, or the (IMO) inferior Arms Unlimited version.
it looks shop made. If you have tooling available, a great material is Star Board. I use it a lot for making jigs, bench blocks, etc. It’s great stuff that cuts and machines very well and it is inexpensive.
Hey Caleb. I have a similar mag catch on my Anderson lower but it feels a little loosey-goosey. If I try tightening it one more turn, it doesn't look like the mag would be able to come out. Is this normal behavior? I haven't tried any magazines yet because it's gonna be an 8x33 Kurz upper on it and I haven't settled on what I'm gonna use as NJ forbids more than 10rds for self-loaders.
Don’t go off of what it “looks like” will happen. Put mags in it and do some mag changes and see if it functions after being tightened up a full turn or 2. You’d be amazed how tight you can run one and the mag still fall free
Thanks for watching guys! Happy Veterans Day to my fellow Veterans out there!
To you as well brother, HOOAH GEAUX ARMY💪🇺🇸
GO NAVY !!
Title was clickbait, I thought this video was all about your hair!
Thank you, I just ordered my MI handguard for my 13.9 build, just need a flash can and a can of alumihyde
Awesome setup man, and thank you for your service! As a fellow wrong hander, the first thing I did to mine was put an ambi 45 degree safety, also put the shorter lever on the left to keep it out of the way.
It's nice to see somebody using thought and reasoning rather than it just looks cool when choosing parts for their AR.
Ditch to irons or install off set. His glass isn’t QD so he needs tools to get sights if he breaks his glass. (Honestly it’s LARPing, I do it, you do it, we all do it but in this case it doesn’t make too much sense).
Also he can’t confirm his irons, so it’s to be assumed that they aren’t on. How many times have you had two optics on a gun and switched back to the set you don’t use often only to find they aren’t on. It could be different ammo, it could be the set screws loosened, or it could be from jostling.
🇺🇸Thanks to all of the veterans out there who stood and stand for my freedom. 🇺🇸God Bless and Keep everyone of you. 🇺🇸RED Friday 🇺🇸
The V7 port covers _do_ look cool.
I've been out of the AR market for years, so it was nice to be brought up to speed to on few things available these days 👍
18:48- You did it Caleb! You found the Golden Ticket to the Battle Arms Development Factory! Give my best to the Oompa-Loompa.
He was asking for .30-30 last I went.
Honestly, I like the battery compartments, sir
And if it’s a hunting gun a few sore rounds for the inevitable time you forget the mags or ammo. I have a small punch in one side, 3 hunting cartridges, and some small parts like gas rings and KFC wet wipes in the square compartment. (AR10 obviously). It’s never been useful but I’ve seen other people screw up this way so 2 ounces seems fair.
Yeah my main squeeze rifle has changed a few times as well.
Running a Aero Precision M4e1 receiver set, Aero nitride BCG, Faxon Integrated flash hider gunner barrel, Aero gas block/gas tube, Midwest Industries 11.5 handguard, bcm vertical grip, Cry Havoc quick release barrel systen (great for discreet travel), Radian changing handle/safety lever, Magpul K2 grip, Phase 5 EBR bolt release (better versionof a bad lever), Magpul extended mag release (my lady has small hands), LWRCI UCIW PDW stock system, Holosun HE512C GD gold dot (I'm color blind and gold works), Vortex Micro 6x magnifier on a ADM flip mount (the vortex mount has too much play for 6x), Diamondhead polymer iron sights, and a Surefire 640df pro.
I think that's everything. But basically I wanted a full size rifle that fits is a normal size backpack. An it works great for that.
Without a short stroke gas piston system the rifle is still going to be dated. Gotta get an hk416 upper
@@M8Military I got a Bren 2 and a Tavor 7. Both are short stroke gas piston guns. But guess what... neither break down to fit in an every day size backpack. Nothing beats a good old direct impingement AR15 when it comes to aftermarket options.
That truly is some HOTNESS you've got going there with that build, C. I have a grey Fostech that I love, but you've definitely got me thinking about "highlighting" it with some black parts---that's real sharp. And thanks for your service.
That be racissss yo.
I was watching the vid and at the 17:00 mark, the black Brownells ram logo was superimposed on your lower grey receiver. That looked cool.
New Hotness. Feels like a 'Men In Black' movie flash back!
Need a list of all the videos referred to in this one. Would love to see a price list or at least an overall cost to build such a weapon!
Would love to see a vid of you on a shooting course with this thing!
That's a norgon, not a troy ambi mag release. Troy has the lever towards the bottom.
Very nice setup. I'm starting to like that gray coloring.
What a beautiful rifle I can tell your very proud of it.
I watched this video when it dropped, but I just had to watch it again. Love your videos
As always I learned something today. Good video. Really like that ambi bolt catch.
I bought a rifle that came with a geisselle trigger. I'm now going to buy one for my other rifle..from brownells of course.
Anyway, that is a very nice rifle ya have there. It's amazing how nice you can get a gun to look and operate with some know how and research. And of course having a buddy who can get you a top notch bcg can't hurt any.
I like the idea of setting one up the way you did for this one. You have function all day long but you also made it look nice like one of those off the shelf eye catcher guns.
Of course I'm not gonna copy this rifle but thanks for the ideas. Always something I can learn from other gun guys..
Always good having another correct shoulder shooter.
Very nice you made it your own.
Well done.
Awesome - thanks for all the great videos.
Nice ! Happy Veterans Day guys!!
That looks like a real nice setup, love that color too.
Awesome build, Caleb! Well done!!!
Awesome build !!! 🔥
Awesome build! It looks great.
Gray and OD Green rifles are so nice to look at.
Nice gun, love the finish!
Not sure about the efficacy of BUIS on the top rail if your not running QD scope mounts.
I’m left-handed as well, and put my BUIS on the left 45 degree angle M-LOK slots of my hand guard.
It makes for a short sight radius, and it takes some training to get a quick sight picture, but I feel it provides the most redundancy in an actual live-fire scenario.
I’d love to have a Trijicon RMR on the 45 degree offset, along with a Larue Tactical QD scope mount, but that’s about $800 I can’t afford at this time.
I’m no cheapskate when it comes to quality kit, but I still have to live within my means.
Its really quite simple...i see Caleb, i click.
I too, am left eye dominant...which makes me cross eye dominant because im right hand dominant. I learned that after i bought my first AR, many years ago. The first time i held the rifle up, im like WTF?! where is the sight?! Then realized which i had naturally closed...the right eye. Obviously never had an issue because i just move the pistol in front of my left eye (never realized before then). Caleb employs the switch hitter method, but i just kinda trained myself to be able to shoot a rifle with my left i shut....now its just automatic...i aim a pistol, right eye closes. I aim a rifle, my left eye closes
Great set up! If I’m not mistaken, that’s a Norgon ambi magazine release. Not a Troy
Caleb, disregard my last transmission. Great vid! Semper Fi
For those who are looking for a lower that has a PDQ lever. SilencerCo and Gibbs Arms has one. Aero had one but I've never seen it in stock (probably discontinued). I'm surprised you're gun don't have a weapon mounted light though.
Thanks for the huge amount of information for what a professional puts on their AK. The hand stop was of most interest to me since i have a few AR pistols that i want a way to prevent my hand from getting in contact with the flash hider and still be legal relative to foregrips.
Love it; I have a very similar new build I did a few months ago and I absolutely love it
Caleb, if you get the Gieselle maritime bolt catch you can reach it with your trigger finger without breaking your grip. I shoot lefty as well and it is really nice.
👍👍for the video and all veterans
17:08 that f1 look a good deal like cryptic coating bcgs, I own one in that rose gold and their lighted bcg in dlc great products.
That thing is beautiful
Slow to respond, I've got one of the Battle Arms selector /safeties with the same finish in my part's collection somehow I broke the screw off in threads so out it went to part's box. I agree with seeing the rifle in fired condition is a step up for AR's to many get hung up on keeping them spotless clean... Still believing the B.S. about AR's not being reliable. Just lube, run it and on occasion run patch or boresnake if needed. Back in early 2000s I did a "Franken build" AR that only got oiled, shot put up then ran again for over 6 months of well over 5 k of ammo. Brass case, steel 55-62 gn. the "high tech" lube.... Walmart synthetic 10W30 oil. The reason I finally "cleaned it" was the mess it made in my safe, Jeep or anything it touched.
I currently another B5 stock sitting in the cart, but the magpul ACS and STR's are like $30 off right now at brownells! 🤫 Looks like I'm paying regular price for the B5 sopmod... Caleb talked me into it! 😉 although I'll probably grab another STR aswell for the price! Both stocks work well for me. I've actually never tried the magpul ACS, but boy is that price tag tempting! 😁
Awesome video man!
That grey color is beautiful
It’s a beauty Caleb!
This is super nerdy and i love it
Norgon was the originator for that mag catch
Caleb, you've got me thinking of milling my lower for a PDQ lever now... Why can't I just leave things alone.
Because it's objectively better, not least of which because it significantly reduces the likelihood of NDs.
Nice color.
Salute… God Bless America
Nice color!
Very nice work
*encounters minor mechanical hiccup
"Fuckin...there we go"
Truly a man of the people
Are you sure he swore? It kind of sounded like "If I can...there we go".
@@coder0079 you’re exactly right, he said “if a can”. 20+ min video of awesome products and in depth explanation and people focus on something so trivial
awesome thanks for making this video,! how much does it weigh?
Love the video, but one correction....that is the Norgon ambidextrous magazine release, not the troy. The troy industries has a paddle that says "troy". There are a lot of companies that now make that exact ambi mag release, since the patent expired. The Norgon is around $80 or $90, the cloned models run between $25 to $40.
Nice build. Very well thought out. Something you'd expect from a good gunsmith 👍
Caleb see if your friend can get me one of them F1 BCG’s. I got to have one! I missed my chance to get one back in the day and now you got to buy the whole gun to get one.Them thing are something else.
love the gun
Another great video!!!
Was wondering what do you use for your sling when it’s folded on the rifle?
Happy Veterans Day to you as well brother...
Sweet looking rifle! Good work!
It would be great if you would put a link to each of the videos you mentioned ("We have a video on that") in the description below.
I like this build. It’s very practical and looks nice w/o begging for attention.
Fortis offers a TiN coated safety selector barrel.
Nice rig
I know it is not usually accepted, but I won't pin my gas blocks if they are under the hand guard. If the barrel-gas block is beaded, dimpled and set with Rocksett correctly, it will never come loose. Pinning a barrel can effect accuracy. I would like to see in a future video if your great mill job on the lower receiver for the ambi catch has any side effects by milling off the hard anodizing. I love the look and set up of your rifle and you did a great job with your choices and lower milling..
Where's the vid on why it's not a quick detach mount?
Awesome breakdown and awesome job. Gun looks and I'm sure fires great🍺🍺🍺🇺🇸🇺🇸🤘🤘💯
Nice gun. What's the little black strap on the handguard close to the reciever for?
Not for me, but thanks for sharing. Different strokes for different folks.
@Brownells All I can think that you missed was the springs and pins, really I wanted to ask about offset iron sight. Wondering what the best are, different features. Is it even possible to mount a regular iron sight using a 45* offset? Really wanted to try having a RMR + front iron sight but not sure how possible or good it is.
At 11:27 Caleb mentions "there is a whole other video on why it is not a QD". Can anybody tell me the name of that video, I can't find it. Thank you.
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Does the "scalloped" lever come included in the packaging? And is this the bad ass safety selector?
I didn't know brownells made uppers and lowers. Do they do variance manufacturing too?
Caleb is the hotness
No man should ever type that garbage.
Love the black/gray.
Not finding the PDQ ambi bolt release on the Brownell's website.
Do you ever experience the PDQ lever having to push up the dust cover slightly?
How do you feel about barrel shrouds with comps?
Why Rand CLP vs. the mil spec g96 CLP? Just wondering what you think, not talking s... Nice rifle.
Wish you could get a 13.7-14.5” barrel in 7.62x39
Would 1 can of Brownells Alumihyde be enough to paint my upper lower, handguard and my pistol slide ???
Yes!
Sell that boom boom 2 me sir.. well done!!!
I did not realize there would be gas blow back when using a suppressor. This might explain why I'm getting way dirtier upper and bolt carrier since I added a can. Any ideas of what I should do to counter this other than clean it more?
Nice stuff! Just wondering, why have flip-up iron sight when you can't take your optics off?
Joppa
If you accidentally bump your scope or it fails in any way, you pull your scope off and flip up your sight and good to go.
Sound like a fixed gas block so maybe describe the barrel's gas hole diameter on SOL and others... especially with diff muzzle devices?
Yeah I'm kinda curious on the tuning of this rifle as well. There's gotta be a buffer change when he shoots suppressed or something.
Choosing teams for battle, where would Caleb be for your picks ?
A guy worried about rifle colors wouldn't make the cut.
Where's the anodized blue extended mag release? Really tied the rifle together.
Caleb, what is the thought process behind having iron sights and a non QD scope mount?
I didn't catch what muzzle device he had on the end of it
Did you shave down the bcm pistol grip under the trigger gaurd? To allow the swing gate to open all the way?
What is the rifle stand you are using?
Why not use canted irons? Didn’t look like you had a QD for scope
Pretty sure that is not a Troy ambi mag catch unless they just started offering a Norgon clone (Norgon's patents recently expired). More likely its either the CMMG copy, or the (IMO) inferior Arms Unlimited version.
Love my BCM Grip
Where did you get the rifle stand? I’m looking for A.R. 15 and an M & P 10.
it looks shop made. If you have tooling available, a great material is Star Board. I use it a lot for making jigs, bench blocks, etc. It’s great stuff that cuts and machines very well and it is inexpensive.
Hey Caleb. I have a similar mag catch on my Anderson lower but it feels a little loosey-goosey. If I try tightening it one more turn, it doesn't look like the mag would be able to come out. Is this normal behavior?
I haven't tried any magazines yet because it's gonna be an 8x33 Kurz upper on it and I haven't settled on what I'm gonna use as NJ forbids more than 10rds for self-loaders.
Don’t go off of what it “looks like” will happen. Put mags in it and do some mag changes and see if it functions after being tightened up a full turn or 2. You’d be amazed how tight you can run one and the mag still fall free