So many choices and so much good stuff!
Instead of getting a new AR15 upper receiver with a longer or shorter barrel, instead of buying a better quality bolt carrier group or doing some minor tweaking, just change the furniture. Magpul industries is King of the AR15 accessorizing and the new MOE products really do give you something new to adjust to. We have a blue rifle that we attach accessories to and let our customer hold them in their hands and try them out. All gun grips should be customized by the shooter because just like footwear, our feet as well as our hands come in different sizes, so why would we issue the same size rifle stocks or attachments to a Carbine.
A good operator knows that this is true and each of us has to be able to adjust our accessories to the job that we intend to do with our Carbine. We have sold a lot of CMMG and Spikes Tactical uppers as well as many of the higher end AR15 uppers like LWRC and Noveske. There isn’t really much of a difference between these guns as far as reliability, but there gas piston guns are much lower maintenance. This year Spikes Tactical uppers have been so hard to acquire that many have actually chosen to save up their money and pick up piston driven uppers. We’ve sold more LWRC M6 uppers this year than ever before. Stay tuned for the new M6A5 coming out later this summer.