just bought my first AR!!

I just bought a model 2 this summer. Put a Aimpoint PRO on it and an ACE skeleton stock, to remove the NY compliant fake adjusting stock. New stock made the gun almost a half pound lighter.

Before you put a quad rail on check out the Magpul MOE hand guards. With these you can put a rail just where you want it and save weight. I bought them incase I put a light on mine... no light but lighter than stock grips with a better feel but less heat insulation.
 
After you shoot it for a while, consider a 2-stage Rock River match trigger ($120.); it made a big difference in accuracy with my Colt AR. Makes it much easier to hold the sight on the target while pressing the trigger.
Later, you might want to take a look at a resonably-priced NcStar 3-9x40 variable scope to mount on that carry handle.(About $100.) Rotsa fun !
 
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ill check out the mag pul handguards, ive seen pics of a few and like the look of it, so we'll see

i picked up two magpul mags when i purchased the rifle based on the good stuff i'd heard about em. a 30 and a 20 rounder. in fact i never even used the metal mag in the pic, it was just in the case when i was taking the picture :)


ive only used american eagle 55 grain ammo thus far, though im planning on buying small boxes of every dif kind of ammo i can find and see what works best then buy some bulk.


man, it sucks sitting here at work. i just want to go shoot it, or, at the very least, be able to tinker with/fondle it :)
 
I bought a Model 4L 7 months ago and I love it, good choice.

For the first few weeks after I bought it I was dead set on customizing it, but now that I have shot it for a while I kind of changed my mind. I still sorta want to get a new stock so that my eye is more inline with the sights when I get comfortable on the stock but I very well may leave it stock and just build a new one for my customization whims.

So I would repeat what's been said and shoot it for a while before you decide to do anything to it.

And the fondling urge never stops. I still hold mine while I watch tv and push buttons and work on my sight picture all the time. Don't judge me:eek::D.
 
my first accessory is always optics, so i always recommend ripping off that front sight to get it out of the way, but you said you like iron sights (to each their own i guess).

even for plinking, i'd recommend a good sling. those things get heavy when you are carrying them way back in your property to pop off a few rounds. i'm a huge fan of the vertical foregrip, but another option is the mag well mounted grip.
 
as to the magpul handguards, i bought one of those as my first replacement. great if you don't plan to mount anything to them. i was NOT A FAN of the rails you can mount to them. they are a pain to mount to the rail and the top rail does not match up with your rifle's top rail - i.e. useless for mounting optics (iron or otherwise)
 
ARs are fun but they can be addicting.

My lightweight 14.7" bbl (16.1" with pinned FH) RRA Middy w/Magpul handguard and stock plus my custom grip.

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Great fun to play with but when I'm in the mood for some long range shooting and p-dog plinking,
I switch to my 20" RRA with it's 12x scope (yes, those are real walnut) with my custom made walnut grip.

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as to the magpul handguards, i bought one of those as my first replacement. great if you don't plan to mount anything to them. i was NOT A FAN of the rails you can mount to them. they are a pain to mount to the rail and the top rail does not match up with your rifle's top rail - i.e. useless for mounting optics (iron or otherwise)
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Well they're not designed for mounting optics or sights. They're designed to mount a light or vertical foregrip. I'm not even sure what top rail you're referring to because they're not designed to have a top rail. I also thought the accessory rails were very easy to install.
 
it's possible that i'm thinking of one of my other after-market handguards for the top rail being too low, but i definitely remember those rail sections being a pain to install. the screws were almost too short to go through the handguard.
 
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