My other AR pistol build

[deerslayer]

Plain ol’ black ARs bore me, so I decided to try my hand at painting one when I built my shorty 5.56.  I’m not set up for Cerakoting, but have researched and read that Brownell’s Aluma-hyde II is pretty close durability-wise and decided to give it a shot.  Aluma-hyde II is supposedly a lot tougher than run-of-the-mill rattle can.  After much trial and error (Aluma-hyde II can be finicky), I painted an upper, lower, and handguard with two coats of OD green and three coats of matte clear.  The clear gave it sort of a satin eggshell finish that I found appealing.  I fashioned a hillbilly dutch oven for redneck curing with a large cardboard box lined with aluminum foil (when my wife wasn't looking), and a hair dryer poking through a hole in the bottom.  It was good for about 160F and I think worked well.  If I were going to Badlandistan to chase hajiis, I would probably skip the clear.  
 

The build:

Aero M4E1 upper and lower

Aero R-One 10.3””  handguard

Wilson Combat 11.3” 1/7 barrel

Wilson BCG

Superlative Arms adjustable gas block

Triggertech 3.5 Competitive trigger

JP Silent Captured buffer

SB Tactical SBA5 brace and a B5 Systems grip (played 50 shades of FDE trying to get a near match with these two)

Leupold Mark 4 1-4.5 LPVO   

Hope to shoot it soon.  
 

 

 

Edited July 8 by deerslayer

[DL126]

Very nice sir.

ODG trips my trigger.

[deerslayer]

2 hours ago, DL126 said:

Very nice sir.

ODG trips my trigger.

Thank you kindly.  

I've always wanted something a bit different, and this scratched that itch somewhat.  

Edited July 10 by deerslayer

[RED333]

Good looking rig.

I really need to give me a suppressor!

[deerslayer]

9 hours ago, RED333 said:

Good looking rig.

I really need to give me a suppressor!

Thank ya sir!

Now is as good a time to get a suppressor as there ever was, IF you are ok with paying the $200 tax stamp.  I got a tax stamp back today for a can that was submitted yesterday afternoon.  If you want to wait until January (when the $200 tax goes away), I suspect the ATF will get hammered with applications and it will be slower.  Hopefully not the 6-12 months slow like it was up until a year or two ago.