Got my stuff in tonight, so now I am finished.

[mav]

A little over a month ago, I posted thread asking for suggestions on a first rifle purchase. I received a bunch of really good suggestions. Thanks. Warbird sent me a couple of PMs with some good advice and suggestions. One of his suggestions was a Scar, which I was already looking at. One of the AR manufacturers he mentioned was LWRC. Willis68 also recommended LWRC as a good manufacturer. For reasons posted in my follow-up thread, I ended up going with the dea configuration of the LWRC M6A2.

Well, I couldn't leave it alone, so I started researching and shopping for some accessories.

I ended up going with the following:

Surefire Scout light

Tango Down grip

Eotech 4X Magnifier

Eotech 553 HWS.

I had a hard time deciding what optics I wanted. It was either Aimpoint or Eotech. I got a little irritated that the day after I purchased my optics, TGODavid posted an Aimpoint on the FS thread. Could have saved a little money there.

I am now finished with my rifle.

I am sure this is a really nice rifle and setup for someone who knows what they are doing. Me, I guess I will look like a butt while trying to learn on it.

I am done for quite some time on my firearms purchases. I have a Springfield Professional coming next year (another recommendation from Willis68) and that is it. In the never to be forgotten words of Roberto Duran, "No mas, no mas."

[JeffL]

You just think you're done .

[Guest IceBreakerG]

Nice man. I'd really like to swap out my primary arms red dot and magnifier for an EO Tech and fts magnifier, but it's not in the budget right now, especially with my suppressor on order (still have to pay for that $200 tax stamp). But it looks really nice. I want a nice surefire light set up as well. Will be nice for home defense/zombie attacks.

[eastenn]

The AR is a bug I haven't been bit by yet, but it looks like you did it right to start with. Have fun with that thing!

[MacGyver]

Nice!

If you're new to carbines, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of magpul's Art of the Dynamic Carbine. It will do two things for you. One, it will take the edge off learning the basics. And two, it will truly convince you to go out and really get some training on the platform.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

"Me, I guess I will look like a butt while trying to learn on it." Yeh, right:D

Looks don't really matter. Just shoot it!

[mikegideon]

I am now finished with my rifle.

I've said that before. I wish you the best of luck. I was done with mine a couple of times, and the next thing I knew, I had a second rifle. The second rifle was also finished 3 times before it was really finished.

Nice job BTW.

[Guest 6.8 AR]

And probably still under construction:D

[mikegideon]

And probably still under construction:D

I really think I'm done with both of them. Won't know about the last one until I hit the level of accuracy I want. That's the thing with AR's though... if you want to change something, it's easily done. The biggest problem is that the part you pull off can sprout into a whole new AR. Like TGO David said, they multiply like rabbits.

[Guest IceBreakerG]

Nice!

If you're new to carbines, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of magpul's Art of the Dynamic Carbine. It will do two things for you. One, it will take the edge off learning the basics. And two, it will truly convince you to go out and really get some training on the platform.

I can agree with this. Art of the Dynamic Carbine is awesome. I want to get volume 2 as well, but the first one was extremely informative and makes you really think about how you would operate under pressure and what you should do when your weapon malfunctions.