Well, $hit, stop putting on so much useless furniture. I build AR's (for myself) and average empty gun weight less than 5 pounds with optics. Thats without carbon fiber receivers. I dont mind carbon fiber on some components even though its expensive and not really necessary, but I want my receivers to last forever and forged or machined aluminum is my preference. Its the weight out on the front end that really matters anyway, not so much on the back end.
“Well, $hit, stop putting on so much useless furniture.”
Bingo. We see people with lasers, flashlights, and loads of other things hanging off their AR rifles. Ours our M4geries with red dot optics. That’s it. They’re about 7 pounds unloaded. The Mrs handles hers just fine.
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