Quote Originally Posted by alamo5000 View Post
Question for the group. I'm pretty sure I'm going to finally make a take down (ish) truck gun. My thoughts are that I want to make it as light as possible.

I'm not interested in ultra light BCG or skeletonized receivers, but aside from that what are your thoughts on light weight uppers and lowers? What about handguards?

If possible I want to use a slick side upper or at least one that doesn't have a forward assist. I want to eliminate snag points as well as weight.

I've seen several carbon fiber handguards but I'm not entirely sold on that either.

Currently I have 4 different rifles using all billet and while I like all of them a lot I'm considering going with a forged set for this build. Probably not something over the top because it is after all intended to potentially be hauled around in a vehicle, on boats, camping or whatever.

As of right now the only two places that I've seen are Aero and PSA that have forged uppers w/o a forward assist.

Any ideas either for or against anything in particular is welcome.
For light weight without paying a premium for, stick with a mil-spec lower, an upper w/o FA (Aero is fine) and a BCM KMR handguard and choose a lightweight stock and carefully consider your barrel. That makes for a slick, light weight, yet versatile carbine. If you really want to shave ounces beyond that you are either going to pay a lot more or start compromising functionality.