New AR is coming along

First "legit" build is coming along slowly but surely. Got the barrel gas system and and hand gaurd installed last night. Just gotta save a little more for the stock I want. Question though ,anyone mess with the Arken Gen 4 scopes ? I'm stuck between one of those and a fixed power SWFA 10 or 12x . Aslos still stuck on what I should get for a muzzle device part of me just wants to get a thread protector and part of me wants to mess around with one of those linear compensators. Anyone mess with those ?
Thanks

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Wolfie, does your woman show interest in your projects? She may be a good one!

Hogs at night? Consider a vortex or one of the better flash hiders so you don't blind yourself with flash.

Future can? Big can of worms.

Can't decide yet? A2 birdcage is cheap.

Did you bed the barrel or get a tight fit upper?

if your not shooting in the dark or indoors https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1019118629?pid=932370
make for a very flat recoiling gun , you will still be looking at the target when the bullet impacts.
down side is they make it a little loud , especially if your not directly behind the gun

Don't know you could bed a AR barrel. I smoothed out the inside of the upper where the barrel goes in with 000 steel wool just a bit. Gave it a layer of 3% molly so it goes in easy. Then did the deal with the barrel nut where your toque it to 35 let it set undo it and repete three times. Mollyed the treads real good and torqued it to 45lbs.
Will say though spend at least 30min just trying to get the barrel nut trimmed right so I could get it the gas tube to go in.

Going to primary be a coyote / target rig for day work but it probably will end up going on NV duty. Looking hard at doing a form one suppressor soon

Some guys do green locktite to fill the void, others shims if it's a wide gap, I've seen one video of bonds and turning for a press fit. You can buy small diameter uppers or large shank barrels for an interference fit. The new bravo mk2 upper is one.

Just wondering just how anal you are with it.

Truth be told just making sure the faces are square and evenly bearing is all you need.

Thanks for the information, researching right now

Interesting thank you

Go for the Arkon you won’t regret it, great scope for the money, you might also look at Primary arms scopes, either will do you proud

Thanks , every thing I've seen and heard about it is noting but good so guess that means I need it. Really wish they had a standard mild dot ret though, was looking at the Primary armed SLX a while ago strictly because of that but I'm going to be doing a lot of dialing so guess it won't be that bad. For trying to stay under the $350 mark I can't complain too much I guess lol

I like the concept of the ACSS reticles PA offers, particularly in FFP, do all your holdover on the reticle without all the dialing. I'm okay at math but not mils, moa I understand, and I just know I couldn't keep count of clicks, lol.

Thing that gets me with those deals is their more or less set up to be a minute of man type of thing

Yeah, most are set up for ranging and center punching average sized human shaped targets and calibrated for standard 5.56 or 7.62x51 loads. On game or with other loadings some accommodations would need to be made but some shooting time should figure out just how much.
They do make an ORION reticle that's set up just for game as well as one for 22lr.

But the one I'd probably go with if I were setting up a new deer rifle and wanted a scope would be the 1x6 with the KISS reticle. No ranging, just an illuminated chevron. For most deer calibers from 0-250 all you really need is a point and shoot reticle anyway.

WD IMHO both the Arkon and Primary arms scopes are vastly undervalued, I have a couple of each and while I wouldn’t put them up quality wise against a Stiner, Zeiss or Nightforce for a common man using scope on a hunting or self defense gun their hard to beat in my opinion anyways

I have this on my.223 https://www.kineti-tech.com/kineti-tech-zero-recoil-muzzle-brake-with-13-16-x-16-threaded-sleeve/ It still is noisy but does keep the barrel down for fast follow up. It does direct the sound out and away some.