[purehavoc]

LOL , Its pretty addiciting isnt it . I had 4 different uppers in the cart and eliminated them one by one until I finally figured out what I really wanted , Only took me 3 days to make up my mind and hit the checkout button . Looks like I will have my uppper long before my lower will even think about shipping

[mjkeat]

Originally Posted by trip286

I've been wanting to get a 1911, but as I mentioned in another thread, if things keep going the way I think they will, I don't know how much longer I'd be able to get the AR of my choice (especially considering how scarce money is in my household). I already have a good hand gun that I'm quite fond of.

What about tools? Assume I don't have any, what would be needed? And I wouldn't be trying to build a new one all the time, so cheap but workable is more desired.

I'd like one with a KAC rail like the A4 too, but I simply can't find the exact one I'd want, and I also like the A2 style anyway, so no biggie there. The A2 is what I was issued in boot camp, the A4 came about a couple years later in the Marines. I shot better with the A2, I think it was due to the size of the fore end, and even though I like a rail, I would also like being able to remove the hand guards easily for cleaning the dust and grit out from under them.

Is there any kind of attachment that will add a short rail under this type of hand guard, just to mount a forward grip?

W/ the A4 it's a specific rail to make it a "replica".

You can add a rail section to the bottom of a standard plastic hand guard.