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Good looking rifle.
Interesting art work.
Can you elaborate on the designs, colors, techniques, source, etc.
I'm not usually fan of such things but this rifle is the exception.
And that wall presents an interesting background, in and of itself...hope it stays put for a good, long while.
Excellent photo.
I can't take credit for the photo or wall. That's the promo photo from Aero for this builder set of components (actually, for a rifle giveaway they did last month with them).
Ghost is correct on the finish. Called 'defected tungsten' and put on via hydrographics. I have it in hand now and it looks like a very high quality finish.
I've been looking for a reason to get an AR308 for a long time (no, you don't really need a reason for getting a gun, but I do need a reason to justify the giant chunk of change out of my budget) and this look was the tipping point for pushing me over the edge. I had recently seen a beautiful Daniel Defense AR308 in desert camo that was very tempting, but at about 3 grand was far past the budget. That got me to looking further for something similar. I was looking for a completed upper and lower in a similar style: flat top, long M-Loc handguard, stainless & fluted barrel. Then I found this upper/lower/handguard set at Aero and decided I'd take the plunge and build it all myself. I know it likely won't be as perfect as a DD and definitely not 'cheap' but it will be what I want and will serve the functions I want it for. Which include: general fun shooting, possible coyote or hog hunting, maybe deer hunting, and just "suck it gun grabbers, I just put added another AR to the world".
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