From the Vault: Caleb's New Hotness
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- No, Caleb hasn't had a makeover. He's as immaculately groomed as ever! We've been getting a lot of requests for him to share the deets on the gray AR-15 demo rifle he uses in a lot of our videos. It's a relatively new build, and he is eager to give us a tour of his new "Hotness".
Starting from the front, the muzzle device is a SureFire Warden Blast Regulator mounted to a SureFire muzzle brake. Why a muzzle brake instead of a flash suppressor? Caleb explains. The Warden directs all the muzzle blast and concussion forward, away from the shooter and other shooters on the firing line. The Warden can be removed quickly and replaced with a SureFire sound suppressor. The muzzle brake is pinned-and-welded to the barrel to meet the NFA requirements for a minimum 16" barrel length, so Caleb didn't have to pay for an SBR tax stamp. The actual length of the Sons of Liberty Gun Works (SOLGW) barrel is 13.7", so permanently attaching the muzzle brake gets the overall length to the 16" requirement.
The gas block and gas tube are also both from SOLGW. The gas block is designed to clamp to the barrel with a setscrew, but to make it totally "bombproof," Caleb pinned it. He chose the Midwest Industries Ultra Lightweight One-Piece Free-Float M-LOK® Handguard to save weight. It has lengths of M1913 Picatinny top rail only at the front and rear, plus a Titanium barrel nut. The back-up front sight comes from Knight's Armament, with non-slip side grip panels by Slate Black Industries, JMac Customs front hand stop, and Bravo Company vertical grip. The sling is permanently attached to the rifle via a Magpul M-LOK® swivel. Caleb decided to forego QD swivels to keep the sling setup simple and reliable.
Moving farther back, we have Brownells house-brand mil-spec upper and lower receivers, with the lower milled by Caleb to accommodate a Ronin Armory PDQ Ambi-Bolt Release because Caleb shoots rifles left-handed. There's a V Seven lightweight ejection port cover, Battle Arms Development pivot / takedown pins, and a standard mil-spec magazine release button supplemented by a Troy Industries ambidextrous mag release on the left-hand side.
The Battle Arms Development ambidextrous safety selector has the long lever on the RIGHT-hand side because, you know, Caleb shoots left-handed. As a bonus, the short left-side lever doesn't interfere with his trigger finger's access to the Geissele Automatics SSA-EX Lightning Bow trigger. Protecting the wide shoe of the SSA-EX is a slightly oversized Knight's Armament triggerguard.
For the forward assist, Caleb chose the Forward Control Designs unit with the cute dimples..... of the non-slip variety. The flip-up rear sight is by A.R.M.S., and the Reptilia AUS scope mount securely supports a Brownells 1-8x24mm Match Precision Optic (MPO) with BDC, bullet drop compensation.
A Primary Weapons Systems (PWS) ratcheting endplate / castle nut anchors the Geissele carbine receiver extension (aka, "buffer tube") without the need for staking the castle nut. This supports the B5 Systems Bravo stock with the comfy wide cheekpiece but no storage compartments inside. The Bravo has QD swivel sockets, but Caleb threaded the Spiritus Systems / Sierratac sling through the Bravo's traditional sling loop. The ambidextrous Radian Raptor SD charging handle has a built-in gas deflector and gray levers to match the rifle's gray finish.
What about that unique light gray color? Caleb stripped all the small parts off the receivers and handguard, so he could blast them with aluminum oxide before applying Wolf Gray Brownells Aluma-Hyde® II, speed cured at low temperature in an oven. Caleb uses this gun a LOT, but that tough Aluma-Hyde® finish still looks excellent!
NOTE: Products in this video are to be used only for lawful purposes, including hunting, self-defense, and competitive or recreational shooting. If you purchase any of them, you are responsible for understanding and complying with all federal, state, and local laws that apply to the purchase, possession, and use of these products.
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:52 Muzzle Device
2:53 13.7" Barrel SOLGW
3:05 Gasblock
3:20 MI Lt Handguard
3:57 KAC Front Sight
4:02 Slate Rail Panels
4:13 JMAC Handstop
4:25 Bravo Vert Grip
4:30 Magpul Sling Swivel
5:07 Brownells Receiver Set
5:21 VSeven EPC
5:40 PDQ Ambi Bolt Catch
6:12 Pivot & Takedown Pin
7:03 Mag Release Button
7:17 Troy Ambi Mag Catch
8:18 BAD Ambi Selector
9:18 Bravo Grip
9:30 SSA-E X Trigger
10:09 FCD Forward Assist
10:33 Trigger Guard KAC
10:54 ARMS Rear Sight
11:10 Reptilia AUS Mount
11:35 1-8 MPO
12:15 Castle Nut
13:09 Buffer Tube/Extension
13:51 B5 Stock
14:40 Spiritus Sling
15:20 Paint Job
16:38 Radian Charging Handle
17:08 Bolt Carrier group
19:32 Super 42 Buffer Setup
20:05 Lubricants - Спорт
Thanks for watching guys! Happy Veterans Day to my fellow Veterans out there!
To you as well brother, HOOAH GEAUX ARMY💪🇺🇸
GO NAVY !!
Title was clickbait, I thought this video was all about your hair!
Thank you, I just ordered my MI handguard for my 13.9 build, just need a flash can and a can of alumihyde
Awesome setup man, and thank you for your service! As a fellow wrong hander, the first thing I did to mine was put an ambi 45 degree safety, also put the shorter lever on the left to keep it out of the way.
18:48- You did it Caleb! You found the Golden Ticket to the Battle Arms Development Factory! Give my best to the Oompa-Loompa.
He was asking for .30-30 last I went.
🇺🇸Thanks to all of the veterans out there who stood and stand for my freedom. 🇺🇸God Bless and Keep everyone of you. 🇺🇸RED Friday 🇺🇸
The V7 port covers _do_ look cool.
I've been out of the AR market for years, so it was nice to be brought up to speed to on few things available these days 👍
It's nice to see somebody using thought and reasoning rather than it just looks cool when choosing parts for their AR.
Ditch to irons or install off set. His glass isn’t QD so he needs tools to get sights if he breaks his glass. (Honestly it’s LARPing, I do it, you do it, we all do it but in this case it doesn’t make too much sense).
Also he can’t confirm his irons, so it’s to be assumed that they aren’t on. How many times have you had two optics on a gun and switched back to the set you don’t use often only to find they aren’t on. It could be different ammo, it could be the set screws loosened, or it could be from jostling.
New Hotness. Feels like a 'Men In Black' movie flash back!
Awesome build, Caleb! Well done!!!
Honestly, I like the battery compartments, sir
And if it’s a hunting gun a few sore rounds for the inevitable time you forget the mags or ammo. I have a small punch in one side, 3 hunting cartridges, and some small parts like gas rings and KFC wet wipes in the square compartment. (AR10 obviously). It’s never been useful but I’ve seen other people screw up this way so 2 ounces seems fair.
Awesome - thanks for all the great videos.
That looks like a real nice setup, love that color too.
As always I learned something today. Good video. Really like that ambi bolt catch.
What a beautiful rifle I can tell your very proud of it.
Awesome build! It looks great.
Very nice setup. I'm starting to like that gray coloring.
I watched this video when it dropped, but I just had to watch it again. Love your videos
That's a norgon, not a troy ambi mag release. Troy has the lever towards the bottom.
Nice build. Very well thought out. Something you'd expect from a good gunsmith 👍
Awesome build !!! 🔥
Thanks for the huge amount of information for what a professional puts on their AK. The hand stop was of most interest to me since i have a few AR pistols that i want a way to prevent my hand from getting in contact with the flash hider and still be legal relative to foregrips.
Awesome video man!
Nice gun, love the finish!
Very nice you made it your own.
That truly is some HOTNESS you've got going there with that build, C. I have a grey Fostech that I love, but you've definitely got me thinking about "highlighting" it with some black parts---that's real sharp. And thanks for your service.
That be racissss yo.
Need a list of all the videos referred to in this one. Would love to see a price list or at least an overall cost to build such a weapon!
Very nice work
I bought a rifle that came with a geisselle trigger. I'm now going to buy one for my other rifle..from brownells of course.
Anyway, that is a very nice rifle ya have there. It's amazing how nice you can get a gun to look and operate with some know how and research. And of course having a buddy who can get you a top notch bcg can't hurt any.
I like the idea of setting one up the way you did for this one. You have function all day long but you also made it look nice like one of those off the shelf eye catcher guns.
Of course I'm not gonna copy this rifle but thanks for the ideas. Always something I can learn from other gun guys..
Love it; I have a very similar new build I did a few months ago and I absolutely love it
Always good having another correct shoulder shooter.
Caleb, disregard my last transmission. Great vid! Semper Fi
Its really quite simple...i see Caleb, i click.
Well done.
Would love to see a vid of you on a shooting course with this thing!
Sweet looking rifle! Good work!
It’s a beauty Caleb!
Awesome breakdown and awesome job. Gun looks and I'm sure fires great🍺🍺🍺🇺🇸🇺🇸🤘🤘💯
I was watching the vid and at the 17:00 mark, the black Brownells ram logo was superimposed on your lower grey receiver. That looked cool.
That thing is beautiful
Nice color.
That grey color is beautiful
Another great video!!!
Nice ! Happy Veterans Day guys!!
I too, am left eye dominant...which makes me cross eye dominant because im right hand dominant. I learned that after i bought my first AR, many years ago. The first time i held the rifle up, im like WTF?! where is the sight?! Then realized which i had naturally closed...the right eye. Obviously never had an issue because i just move the pistol in front of my left eye (never realized before then). Caleb employs the switch hitter method, but i just kinda trained myself to be able to shoot a rifle with my left i shut....now its just automatic...i aim a pistol, right eye closes. I aim a rifle, my left eye closes
This is super nerdy and i love it
Nice color!
Gray and OD Green rifles are so nice to look at.
Yeah my main squeeze rifle has changed a few times as well.
Running a Aero Precision M4e1 receiver set, Aero nitride BCG, Faxon Integrated flash hider gunner barrel, Aero gas block/gas tube, Midwest Industries 11.5 handguard, bcm vertical grip, Cry Havoc quick release barrel systen (great for discreet travel), Radian changing handle/safety lever, Magpul K2 grip, Phase 5 EBR bolt release (better versionof a bad lever), Magpul extended mag release (my lady has small hands), LWRCI UCIW PDW stock system, Holosun HE512C GD gold dot (I'm color blind and gold works), Vortex Micro 6x magnifier on a ADM flip mount (the vortex mount has too much play for 6x), Diamondhead polymer iron sights, and a Surefire 640df pro.
I think that's everything. But basically I wanted a full size rifle that fits is a normal size backpack. An it works great for that.
Without a short stroke gas piston system the rifle is still going to be dated. Gotta get an hk416 upper
@@M8Military I got a Bren 2 and a Tavor 7. Both are short stroke gas piston guns. But guess what... neither break down to fit in an every day size backpack. Nothing beats a good old direct impingement AR15 when it comes to aftermarket options.
Caleb, if you get the Gieselle maritime bolt catch you can reach it with your trigger finger without breaking your grip. I shoot lefty as well and it is really nice.
I currently another B5 stock sitting in the cart, but the magpul ACS and STR's are like $30 off right now at brownells! 🤫 Looks like I'm paying regular price for the B5 sopmod... Caleb talked me into it! 😉 although I'll probably grab another STR aswell for the price! Both stocks work well for me. I've actually never tried the magpul ACS, but boy is that price tag tempting! 😁
👍👍for the video and all veterans
love the gun
Nice rig
Norgon was the originator for that mag catch
For those who are looking for a lower that has a PDQ lever. SilencerCo and Gibbs Arms has one. Aero had one but I've never seen it in stock (probably discontinued). I'm surprised you're gun don't have a weapon mounted light though.
Slow to respond, I've got one of the Battle Arms selector /safeties with the same finish in my part's collection somehow I broke the screw off in threads so out it went to part's box. I agree with seeing the rifle in fired condition is a step up for AR's to many get hung up on keeping them spotless clean... Still believing the B.S. about AR's not being reliable. Just lube, run it and on occasion run patch or boresnake if needed. Back in early 2000s I did a "Franken build" AR that only got oiled, shot put up then ran again for over 6 months of well over 5 k of ammo. Brass case, steel 55-62 gn. the "high tech" lube.... Walmart synthetic 10W30 oil. The reason I finally "cleaned it" was the mess it made in my safe, Jeep or anything it touched.
Caleb see if your friend can get me one of them F1 BCG’s. I got to have one! I missed my chance to get one back in the day and now you got to buy the whole gun to get one.Them thing are something else.
Not sure about the efficacy of BUIS on the top rail if your not running QD scope mounts.
I’m left-handed as well, and put my BUIS on the left 45 degree angle M-LOK slots of my hand guard.
It makes for a short sight radius, and it takes some training to get a quick sight picture, but I feel it provides the most redundancy in an actual live-fire scenario.
I’d love to have a Trijicon RMR on the 45 degree offset, along with a Larue Tactical QD scope mount, but that’s about $800 I can’t afford at this time.
I’m no cheapskate when it comes to quality kit, but I still have to live within my means.
Happy Veterans Day to you as well brother...
Salute… God Bless America
Caleb, you've got me thinking of milling my lower for a PDQ lever now... Why can't I just leave things alone.
Because it's objectively better, not least of which because it significantly reduces the likelihood of NDs.
Great set up! If I’m not mistaken, that’s a Norgon ambi magazine release. Not a Troy
I like this build. It’s very practical and looks nice w/o begging for attention.
Love my BCM Grip
Love the video, but one correction....that is the Norgon ambidextrous magazine release, not the troy. The troy industries has a paddle that says "troy". There are a lot of companies that now make that exact ambi mag release, since the patent expired. The Norgon is around $80 or $90, the cloned models run between $25 to $40.
Love the black/gray.
As a fellow Lefty that is nice. B.A.D lever is out the window after seeing this video.
Not for me, but thanks for sharing. Different strokes for different folks.
awesome thanks for making this video,! how much does it weigh?
*encounters minor mechanical hiccup
"Fuckin...there we go"
Truly a man of the people
Are you sure he swore? It kind of sounded like "If I can...there we go".
@@coder0079 you’re exactly right, he said “if a can”. 20+ min video of awesome products and in depth explanation and people focus on something so trivial
Quoting GarandThumb!!
Sell that boom boom 2 me sir.. well done!!!
I know it is not usually accepted, but I won't pin my gas blocks if they are under the hand guard. If the barrel-gas block is beaded, dimpled and set with Rocksett correctly, it will never come loose. Pinning a barrel can effect accuracy. I would like to see in a future video if your great mill job on the lower receiver for the ambi catch has any side effects by milling off the hard anodizing. I love the look and set up of your rifle and you did a great job with your choices and lower milling..
Caleb is the hotness
No man should ever type that garbage.
The good ol' tip to butt.
Fortis offers a TiN coated safety selector barrel.
17:08 that f1 look a good deal like cryptic coating bcgs, I own one in that rose gold and their lighted bcg in dlc great products.
Wait! I wasn’t on the toilet when he went “tip to butt”! Garand daddy forgive my sin 😔
It would be great if you would put a link to each of the videos you mentioned ("We have a video on that") in the description below.
better hope the aft has an accurate tape measure
Nice gun. What's the little black strap on the handguard close to the reciever for?
Nice setup! It's fun to go to the range and see how many different ways ARs can be configured. 😎
BUT---You have to have the bullseye forward assist to be accurate! To be really accurate, push it as you fire! 😆
Yeah, I heard it makes your bullet go faster. 😁
@@aspitofmud6257 😆
Do you ever experience the PDQ lever having to push up the dust cover slightly?
Dont even bring up the Warden. I'd love to have one
Wish you could get a 13.7-14.5” barrel in 7.62x39
Was wondering what do you use for your sling when it’s folded on the rifle?
I didn't know brownells made uppers and lowers. Do they do variance manufacturing too?
Where's the anodized blue extended mag release? Really tied the rifle together.
@Brownells All I can think that you missed was the springs and pins, really I wanted to ask about offset iron sight. Wondering what the best are, different features. Is it even possible to mount a regular iron sight using a 45* offset? Really wanted to try having a RMR + front iron sight but not sure how possible or good it is.
wish yall would make a belt fed upper for an AR lower that was a million dollars
Don't worry about how dirty the gun is. I like seeing the blast on the muzzle brake and how the other parts look after shooting personally.
I clean mine whenever I feel like it which hasn't been in years lol
Schweet. Parrot Approved.
Does the "scalloped" lever come included in the packaging? And is this the bad ass safety selector?
I dream of having a SIg MCX Virtus but I would settle for a Sig MCX Spear Lt...
Tip to butt. Ohhhh yeeeeeeah!
Man, you just need a brightly colored extended magazine release on the right side and it would be perfect haha! Great looking rifle, I definitely want to paint mine sometime soon. Much love from Texas!
How do you feel about barrel shrouds with comps?
Where's the vid on why it's not a quick detach mount?
Did you shave down the bcm pistol grip under the trigger gaurd? To allow the swing gate to open all the way?
I know you said "Let's talk about the handgaurd... if I can..."
But I heard "... the handgaurd... f***in'..."
I didn't catch what muzzle device he had on the end of it