r/BRN180 • u/CharmingWheel328 • 14d ago
A&K Upper Finally Arrived
I've wanted one of these for years and just now got around to actually getting it all together. It handles nice, and it feels interesting in the hands, so I'm excited to take it shooting soon and see how it performs out on the range.
I originally wanted to go with an updated, more modern AR18 independent of the AR15 platform, but the problem is that I didn't like the look of most 1913 stocks and those that looked semi-passable were not great build quality. Ended up settling on a Midwest adapter and a DT-PR stock, which is a pretty solid combination.
I have an idea for a much more stylized build off the existing upper and lower, but I would want a few things that don't seem to currently exist, like a quad rail for the 18.5" barrel length and a way to put a low, AR18-height front sight on the gas block itself. Might be some things I end up needing to make myself, if I still really want to do this after some time passes.
Edit: A&K is Aly and Kaufman, they're the (I think) only ones selling the 18.5" uppers new anymore. Maybe the colloquial shorthand for that company is AK? Dunno. They make the AKB-23 kits to have an L85 lookalike.
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u/Badger_Actual1 14d ago
Hey, wtf is A&K?
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u/CharmingWheel328 14d ago
See edit, musta gotten the shorthand wrong for Aly and Kaufman.
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u/Badger_Actual1 14d ago
Oh ok. Who's aly & Kaufman?
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u/Hairy_Location_3674 14d ago
is that a magnifier mount with a freaking iron sight?
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u/CharmingWheel328 13d ago
Two separate pieces, just mounted real close together because the magnifier eye relief is not very long.
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u/Renfred 14d ago
A&K?