About 6 years ago, I had to sell almost all of my firearms to pay some medical bills for my daughter. I only kept a couple of ARs, a shotgun, and a couple pistols (just necessities). One night while on a big AR gun site, I followed a link to this one. From here I discovered wet shaving which led me to fall into a deep rabbit hole. I was looking for a cheaper hobby so I guess it worked out. Due to a sudden case of RAD, BAD, SAD and whatever else I had, I actually forgot about this sub forum. 6 years later, I scrolled down and rediscovered it.
The reason I'm here now is I have a few acquisitions I would like to share, but first a little more back story.
Almost 2 years ago I was in a local pawn shop and found a Franken AR that had some pretty good parts on it and it was really cheap so I brought it. Unfortunately, this caused my BRD (black rifle disorder) to Flare up again. The fortunate part about this story is it was at a good time. Since then, I have purchased complete or built about 10 ARs and a few extra uppers. All before the sky fell in.
First I would like to share a fun 9mm build that I have wanted to do for about 20 years now. I was spawned by a suppressor I had bought to use on my CobRay m11/9 and on an UZI SBR. My thoughts were to build a short barrel 9mm AR but pistols weren't really a thing yet and I didn't want to SBR it at the time not to mention lack of parts, so it was put on the back burner.
While in Tulsa about a year ago visiting my parents, I stopped by a gun shop and bought a CMMG MK9 9mm (Colt) stripped lower and the build was on again. I ordered a 9mm bolt and 5" barrel from Faxon. I already had a CMMG lpk and a BCM upper receiver. I picked up a used 15" Yankee Hill rail and a 9mm buffer at a gun show, $30 for both. Put it all together and it turned out exactly the way I had pictured it 20 years ago. Now for the pictures.
The reason I'm here now is I have a few acquisitions I would like to share, but first a little more back story.
Almost 2 years ago I was in a local pawn shop and found a Franken AR that had some pretty good parts on it and it was really cheap so I brought it. Unfortunately, this caused my BRD (black rifle disorder) to Flare up again. The fortunate part about this story is it was at a good time. Since then, I have purchased complete or built about 10 ARs and a few extra uppers. All before the sky fell in.
First I would like to share a fun 9mm build that I have wanted to do for about 20 years now. I was spawned by a suppressor I had bought to use on my CobRay m11/9 and on an UZI SBR. My thoughts were to build a short barrel 9mm AR but pistols weren't really a thing yet and I didn't want to SBR it at the time not to mention lack of parts, so it was put on the back burner.
While in Tulsa about a year ago visiting my parents, I stopped by a gun shop and bought a CMMG MK9 9mm (Colt) stripped lower and the build was on again. I ordered a 9mm bolt and 5" barrel from Faxon. I already had a CMMG lpk and a BCM upper receiver. I picked up a used 15" Yankee Hill rail and a 9mm buffer at a gun show, $30 for both. Put it all together and it turned out exactly the way I had pictured it 20 years ago. Now for the pictures.
