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Faxon LW 16″ Pencil barrel
MFT Minimalist buttstock
Brownells Mil-Spec bolt carrier group
Strike Industries enhanced dust cover
BCM Gunfighter Mod4 Charging Handle
BCM KMR13 Alpha handguard
Battle Arms Dev titanium .625″ gas block
Spikes mid-length melonite gas tube
Strike Industries Low Pro forward assist
Rainier Arms XTC 2.0 muzzle brake
Holosun Paralow HS503G red dot with ACSS reticle
V Seven forged LW lower
V Seven lightweight castle nut
V Seven lightweight QD end plate
BCM Enhanced lower parts kit
Rainer Arms Buffer tube kit w/ buffer
Magpul MOE K pistol grip
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I like the loss but my shooting suffered so I went back to the vltor.
V7
– enlightened upper/lower
– hyperlight 15" keymod handguard
– titanium castle nut and end plate
– ultralight door cover and pin
– 57 hybrid ambi selector
– mag release
– buffer tube
– titanium grip screw
– takedown/pivot pin
– mag catch
– Helios titanium muzzle device
Faxon
– 16" pencil barrel
– lightweight gunner BCG
Taccom lightweight buffer
Radian Raptor aluminum charging handle
Rise Armament RA-535 drop in trigger
Strike Industries Viper stock
Total weight before optic – 4.8 ozs.
Can send pics if you want.
Want a light weight "build"? Go polymer upper and lower!
Any wobbles?
How do you like your holosun? I just got two for different platforms and I'm looking forward to using them.
Do you have the titanium barrel nut for your bcm rail? That would shave an ounce or two.
Love the MFT. 2oz is huge. Thanks. Do we know the weight of the BCM mod1 stock? I'm hearing that's light too. Wondering how it stacks up. Thanks for the vid.
@ Highjak86 Do you think the 2A Armament upper/lower receiver rail combo would have got your rifle under 5lbs? https://2a-arms.com/collections/receivers/products/balios-lite-gen-2-receiver-set & the rail https://2a-arms.com/collections/rails/products/bl-rail-gen-2-m-lok?variant=36036159110 Thanks for sharing!
What castle nut is that? Is that castle nut and end plate made/sold by v2 weapons systems?
you could look into a GWACS lower? im not into polymer lowers but it was made from the ground up to be a polymer lower, not a polymer version of the regular aluminum lower, it's light for sure.
might be able to shave a little bit off the BCG. I've got a SRC BCG as well and it's a bit heavier than say an AR15 BCG…
As you've commented to others below, it may defeat the goal of the build. Just a thought.
No forward assists and no dust cover will help.
Do you feel like you compromised reliability or durability by going lightweight?
I must admit at first I was confused AF watching you talk about tenths of ounces for a ultra light weight rifle build but yet you have a full length metal keymod rail but at 5.31lbs…dayum! I stand corrected lol
I have been looking into the MFT stock for mainly an AK for the truck and possibly for my BCM 16" LW upper AR. I have the BCM stock on both AR's now.
The MFT is an excellent upgrade for sure and one of my favorite stocks and perfect design in my opinion. I have one in scorched dark earth that matches magpul fde pretty well. Looks sleek also. I eventually ended up adding some matching camo paracord and it looks great.
I made the exact opposite switch because the MFT gray was so fugly. Want a second one?
My favorite too, i even ran the minimalist on my wasr. Ill never run anything else until something better comes along… might be waiting a while.
love that stock. I've heard the only matching colors between mft and Magpul are black and Scorched Dark Earth matches the Magpul FDE.
Pure sweetness!
question highjack, I am on the fence to having my newest build a SanTan tactical build cerakoted in either multi cam or rip tide camo, the guy who would be doing it charges 300-350 does AWESOME work and turn around time is 48 hrs for locals he also does COMPLETE disassembly and puts it all back together.. do you think 300-350 is to high???
that mega camo ar is a sick build buddy, congrats!!! I think my newest build is sick but yours is right there man good job lol