A mid-length gas system isn't horrible. It will be less "gassy" than a carbine. A rifle length system would be better yet, but if you've already paid for the mid-length, don't worry about it. It's not THAT big of a deal.cb1000rider wrote:Continued thanks.
I like stainless as a material. Easy to clean, etc. As you mentioned, not any more expensive in this case.
I chose the gas block wrong... I should chose rifle length.
I didn't catch that the MOE handguard doesn't free-float. Thank you.
It looks like to do free floating rifle length - I'm looking at $125 or more... That takes me to above the cost of buying it as an assembly from BCG.
If I build it as above, am I coming out ahead in terms of better components and accuracy? I read that BCG's stuff has a great reputation.
As I mentioned before, the barrel is the heart, the backbone. It's the single most important piece for accuracy. With the MOE hand guards, accuracy will not be horrible, but it would definitely be better with a free-floated system. The good news is that hand guards are easy to swap out. You can go shoot the rifle for a while, get used to it, maximize what you can do with it, and then float the barrel later.......if you even feel the need to. If you're happy with the results, why change? My wife's carbine, which my son and I built for her, has MOE furniture, with a 16" ER Shaw M4 profile barrel with a 1:9 twist and a carbine length gas system. It works just fine, and is as accurate as she needs it to be, out to about 100 yards. She's never shot it beyond that distance, but at that range, using an EOTech and a 3X magnifier, it is about a 2 MOA gun.......which is right about what you'd expect for an M4gery.
Speaking of that EOTech, have you given much thought to iron sights and some kind of optic?