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Some fun .233 Remmington and 5.56 NATO I picked up to test the new rifle…

Armalite AR-10 10A4C and BCM/Stag M4gery Together

The sights on swapped, but you get the idea.

More stock AR-10 10A4C pictures with an EOTech sight

S’more fun stock 10A4C pictures with the EOTech sight…

Assembled Stag Arms and BCM 14.5 Lightweight M4gery

Here’s the new M4gery. I hope Santa Claus will bring the MOE grip and UBR.

Stag AR-15 and the rest of the parts needed to get my AR-15 going on the cheep…

So I really wanted and Armalite lower but they’ve decided that constant back orders is preferable t0 cash in the bank so I went with a pre-built Stag lower from West Coast Armory. I also picked up a Magpul MOE handguard, receiver extension, spring, and magazine from Midway USA. Below are some pictures of the product.

Black Hills, Nosler, and Federal .308 Ammo

Here are some pictures of the ammo I bought:

Black Hills .308

Black Hills .308

Nosler Custom .308

Nosler Custom .308

Black Hill Gold .308

Black Hill Gold .308

Federal Premium .308 150 GR Nosler Ballistic Tip

Federal Premium .308 150 GR Nosler Ballistic Tip

Black Hills, Federal Premium, and Nosler Custom rounds together

Black Hills, Federal Premium, and Nosler Custom rounds together

Fun Pictures Comparing the AR-15 to the AR-10

Below are images comparing the uppers of an AR-10 and AR-15.

BCM 14.5 lightweight upper and BCG

To justify getting an AR rifle, it needed to be legal to hunt with in Washington which requires at least a .240 caliber rifle. That led me right to the AR-10. Of course, as I researched and built that rifle I came to the conclusion that I really needed and AR-15 too. Honestly, who doesn’t.
I wanted something small and light which meant a 14.5″ barrel with a permanently mounted flash hider. Talking to the local dealer it became clear that was a hassle. Enter BCM.
At just the right time their lightweight 14.5 uppers became available and I bought it as fast as I could… They typically don’t last long. I also included the BCM BCG as it too is a quality piece of hardware.
I bought it on Saturday and it was in the mail on Monday and at the house on Friday.
The quality is amazing and the freebies, including the hat are great. Below are some pictures.

Installing the Magpul UBR on an AR-10 10A4C

It all starts with a $10 stock wrench from Amazon:

Cheap AR15 Wrench

Cheap AR15 Wrench

…note it includes the carbine castle nut wrench (far left) and rifle tube wrench (middle.) We’ll need both.

Get your ghetto vice and stick a short 2×4 in it. Trim the 2×4 so the AR-10 mag-well fits in it.

Ghetto AR-10 Lower Vice Adapter

Ghetto AR-10 Lower Vice Adapter

Now, with the spousal unit holding the un-mounted ghetto vice, turn the castle nut and remove the carbine buffer tube:

Remove the AR-10 Carbine Buffer Tube

Remove the AR-10 Carbine Buffer Tube

Now install the Magpul UBR buffer tube:

Install the Magpul UBR Tube

Install the Magpul UBR Tube

Now install the UBR top stock with the cheek piece. Simply slide it on and install the screw at the back of the cheek piece that goes into the receiver extension:

Install UBR top stock with cheek piece.

Install UBR top stock with cheek piece.

Install the bottom stock:

Install the bottom stock and you are done.

Install the bottom stock and you are done.

Here’s a closeup of the AR-10 carbine vs UBR receiver extensions:

Carbine vs UBR receiver extensions

Carbine vs UBR receiver extensions

Here’s the rifle with the UBR installed:

AR-10 10A4C with Magpul UBR

AR-10 10A4C with Magpul UBR

The result is a vastly improved cheek weld and handling of the rifle. The collapsible stock left a wobbly feeling when aiming. The UBR gives the feel of a solid wooden stock without losing the extensible stock feature.

It’ll likely be standard equipment on any AR rifle I buy/build.

American Eagle 7.62×51mm Nato 7.62 168 grain ammo

This stuff runs great in my AR-10.

…I think the “for M1A use” warning is to keep the .308 guys from buying it. You can shoot .308 in a 7.62×51mm rifle, but not the other way around and this is 7.62×51mm ammo.

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