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mugwump · 06-24-2006, 14:40

This is my daughter's rifle, at least until her...what is he, step-brother?...gets home from Iraq and into a place where he can use it.

It's a Patriot Ordnance Factory P-415-16-P4X-SF (SA) piston upper on a Lewis Machine and Tool lower, with LM&T's Crane SOPMOD stock and a Tango Down grip. The fixed BUIS is from LaRue, as is the EoTech base. The sling is Larry Vickers' slick adjustable two-point (the daughter, godson, and I are all lefties).

Magazines were a mix of H&K and C Products stainless steel with MagPul Gen II followers. I never loaded more than 28 rounds per magazine. Infrequently the daughter-unit would stuff them until they screamed for mercy. Infrequently, I say, because loading magazines is apparently detrimental to the manicure. Or so I'm told.

We've put slightly over 1,000 rounds of mixed crap through it, literally without one bobble. (Thirty year-old PMC, brass and steel Wolf, very hot South African low-flash plus nice Black Hills Blue Box and 500 rounds of Federal 50 gr frangible.) To assess marketing hype, the rifle wasn't cleaned until after 800 rds.

The POF upper briefly sat on Bushmaster and RRA lowers, which I found very uncomfortable because of their retractable stocks and the sight plane of the POF upper. The top of the Predator free-float rail system is over 1/2" above that of the Bushmaster upper. If you measure from the top of the charging handle to the top of the Bushmaster flat top it's 3/32". On the POF it's 20/32". Add in the LaRue EoTech base and that red dot is sitting pretty high. With the Crane stock it's very comfortable and easy to get a consistent cheek weld -- not so with the others.

My daughter learned on iron sights and after using the EoTech now thinks I'm a dinosaur for insisting. She equates it to driving a stick shift (which she refused to attempt, judging it stupid).

We both hated the irons co-witnessing with the red dot and both greatly prefer them in the bottom third of the EoTech -- their location after using the LaRue base.

Bottom line? She likes her old Bushmaster better because it's lighter and "doesn't look so mean." It has no rail system -- M4 handguards -- and only LaRue fixed BUIS. But she likes the POF better because of the Crane stock and EoTech. This is all good, as I will add those and get the POF for my use, at least for a while.

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06-24-2006, 14:40	#336
mugwump Area Commander Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,403	The Daughter's Carbine This is my daughter's rifle, at least until her...what is he, step-brother?...gets home from Iraq and into a place where he can use it. It's a Patriot Ordnance Factory P-415-16-P4X-SF (SA) piston upper on a Lewis Machine and Tool lower, with LM&T's Crane SOPMOD stock and a Tango Down grip. The fixed BUIS is from LaRue, as is the EoTech base. The sling is Larry Vickers' slick adjustable two-point (the daughter, godson, and I are all lefties). Magazines were a mix of H&K and C Products stainless steel with MagPul Gen II followers. I never loaded more than 28 rounds per magazine. Infrequently the daughter-unit would stuff them until they screamed for mercy. Infrequently, I say, because loading magazines is apparently detrimental to the manicure. Or so I'm told. We've put slightly over 1,000 rounds of mixed crap through it, literally without one bobble. (Thirty year-old PMC, brass and steel Wolf, very hot South African low-flash plus nice Black Hills Blue Box and 500 rounds of Federal 50 gr frangible.) To assess marketing hype, the rifle wasn't cleaned until after 800 rds. The POF upper briefly sat on Bushmaster and RRA lowers, which I found very uncomfortable because of their retractable stocks and the sight plane of the POF upper. The top of the Predator free-float rail system is over 1/2" above that of the Bushmaster upper. If you measure from the top of the charging handle to the top of the Bushmaster flat top it's 3/32". On the POF it's 20/32". Add in the LaRue EoTech base and that red dot is sitting pretty high. With the Crane stock it's very comfortable and easy to get a consistent cheek weld -- not so with the others. My daughter learned on iron sights and after using the EoTech now thinks I'm a dinosaur for insisting. She equates it to driving a stick shift (which she refused to attempt, judging it stupid). We both hated the irons co-witnessing with the red dot and both greatly prefer them in the bottom third of the EoTech -- their location after using the LaRue base. Bottom line? She likes her old Bushmaster better because it's lighter and "doesn't look so mean." It has no rail system -- M4 handguards -- and only LaRue fixed BUIS. But she likes the POF better because of the Crane stock and EoTech. This is all good, as I will add those and get the POF for my use, at least for a while. POF_1.JPG POF_2.JPG POF_3.JPG POF_5.JPG Last edited by mugwump; 06-24-2006 at 14:44.
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