New Build for a Friend

[UWone77]

I'm part of a couple of other gun boards. Here's another project coming together for a guy we're helping out. A little backstory on him. He ran into a streak of bad luck like we all seem to do from time to time. However, his dog needed major surgery, and instead of even thinking about putting the dog down, he decided the dog was more important than his guns. So he proceeded to sell a large chunk of his collection to pay for the $3700 Vet Bill. Noble cause, so some of us decided to pitch in and build him a new rifle. He's never owned an AR15 patterned rifle before, but he's spoken of getting one and what a perfect time. Hope he likes it when we're done with this project.





I'm handling the upper receiver build, which so far consists of:

Fortis 14" REV Rail
Rainier Arms 16" MedCon Select Barrel
Rainier Arms Mil-Spec Upper
Rainier Arms NiB Carrier

[Computalotapus]

Looks like the start to a very clean build

[UWone77]

When building Replaced the Bolt with a C158 bolt. Rainier Arms recently had a bad batch of them, so this one was replaced.





Upper Parts kit installed:





Barrel will go in for gas block pinning later this week.

[Pyzik]

I need new friends... :D

That's great of you guys! Looks like it's gonna be quite a nice rifle.

[mustangfreek]

I noticed the other day when a new ra bcg showed up, this new one had the same c158 stamp and the older one didnt??

Also is the medcon a decent shooter?

[UWone77]

Lower Receiver almost finished. Waiting for a Rainier Arms MTG. The furniture is what we had on hand at this minute, but it may get changed out as some other things are in the works, and we of course want it to match the other accessories coming down the pipe. So far:

Rainier Arms Forged Lower
7075 T6 Mil-Spec Receiver Extension
H Buffer
ALG ACT Trigger
LPK
Magpul CTR, MIAD

[UWone77]

Barrel came back from Gas Block Pinning. As usual, the smiths at Rainier Arms did a clean job. Also headspaced the bolt.



Upper is coming together:

[Thompson]

Going to be such a nice rifle when completed. Can't wait to see the final product!

[mustangfreek]

What FH,brake or? going on this build?

[UWone77]

What FH,brake or? going on this build?

Upper is complete. Used a Fortis RED

[Soisauss]

So clean...so fresh....I approve!!

[Gaspipeshooter]

Your friend is lucky indeed!

[UWone77]

I would have liked the Rainier MTG to match the furniture, but it still looks good in black. The ALG ACT also stands out here. The furniture may turn into OD green thanks to FortTom however, we'll see how it goes.

[UWone77]

Thanks to FT, this is basically done now. OP updated with a little back story.

[Computalotapus]

That turned out awesome.