My new build

[tmidgett]

My phenomenally awesome wife got me a Quentin Defense lower for my birthday. I've decided to build a 6.5 Grendel with a 20" (or 24"?) barrel for hunting, leaning strongly towards 20" unless someone talks me into the longer barrel. This will be my 3rd rifle build, and my first time to venture outside of the 5.56mm realm. I'll use this thread to document the journey of this rifle, and to share it with you folks in the community.

This is my new lower:


For Christmas I received some cash from family, so I purchased a few things. The money was spent before the wrapping paper was cleaned up!

I ordered a PSA LPK, minus the fire control group:




A MagPul MOE Rifle Stock (the kit from Brownells came with the Buffer tube, spring and buffer):


An Ergo 2 Grip:


And an ALG Defence ACT trigger for my 5.56 16" AR. I took the Wilson Combat TTU-3G out to use in this this build. I thought The WC would be more at home in this rifle:


The completed lower reciever:


Then for my birthday Jan 3rd, I received more cash. Again I took to the interwebs and the money was spent before dinner was over. I already had a Seekins Precision SP3R 15" forend that I took off my other AR in favor of a much lighter MI SSK-KeyMod 15" forend, so I ordered the matching Seekins Precision iRMT-3 upper receiver in today from Stonefire Arms! This thing is beautiful.


And here is the Seekins SP3R 15" hand guard that I already had on hand, a take off from a previous build:


Here they are married together temporarily:


And a sneek peek to get an idea of what the finished product will be. So stoked about this beast!


So I will do my best to keep this thing updated as new parts come together. I have hit a funding wall though so it could be awhile!

[aklaunch]

Nice!!

If the rifle was going to live its life on the bench laying on a bi pod i would say get the 24 inch barrel.

But that does not seem to be the case here.

[tmidgett]

No, this will be a deer gun. The woods in my area me can be pretty dense.

[KevinBLC]

I like this build. Nice pictures too. Where did you get the lower? I wish I had known where to get one for a retired Marine buddy of mine last Christmas before I got him a different lower.

[tmidgett]

Thanks. My wife got it for my birthday.

http://quentin-laser.com/store/produ...roducts_id=216

[KevinBLC]

Well, I can't wait to see another "I'm building an AR" thread going on from start to finish. Like I said... looks great sir!

[tmidgett]

Been awhile, but a quick update. I ordered a 20" barrel from Satern Custom Machining about a month ago. As soon as I get it, I will measure the OD of the barrel and order a custom brake from Ross Schuler. I plan on having it turned to be the same diameter as the barrel so that it's all nice and flush fitting and looks like one solid piece.

[Pyzik]

Gonna look nice.