Remington R-15 Rebuild DONE!

[Kmcinnes]

I got a call this morning from Allen over at Diamond Collision informing me that the Remington R-15 was done being Ceracoated. It was like waking up on Christmas Morning!

Here is the Before and After.

It was my first rifle but the Real Tree Camo started getting on my nerves as I have aged!

Stats are

Remington R15 VTR with 20 inch barrel 1/9 twist
Madpul PRS Super Sniper Stock
Midwest Industries 15 inch hand guard
Osprey 3-9x42 Scope (May Change to something else in the near future)
Magpul enhanced trigger guard
Magpul MOE+ grip
Harris Bipod
Pro Mag Picetiney swivel
Flat Dark Earth Ceracoat

I highly recommend Allen's Ceracoating work!

 

[nipprdog]

Looks very nice!!! Why, in the 2nd pic, is the scope mounted farther forward with one ring on the receiver and the other on the rail?

 

[rdtracing94]

Looks awesome !

 

[Kmcinnes]

Looks very nice!!! Why, in the 2nd pic, is the scope mounted farther forward with one ring on the receiver and the other on the rail?

I mounted it a little differently to give a little extra room to pull the charging handle plus I can see through the scope better. I don't think it will cause any problems....do you? I was also going to mount MBUS sights on a diagonal as back up sights.

 

[jblomenberg16]

I mounted it a little differently to give a little extra room to pull the charging handle plus I can see through the scope better. I don't think it will cause any problems....do you? I was also going to mount MBUS sights on a diagonal as back up sights.

Generally it is most stable to have the scope supported off the upper, and not the forward rail. It can cause your zero to drift a bit since the handguard is not completely solidly attached

 

[Kmcinnes]

Generally it is most stable to have the scope supported off the upper, and not the forward rail. It can cause your zero to drift a bit since the handguard is not completely solidly attached

Good point, I just moved it back.

 

[jblomenberg16]

Good point, I just moved it back.

If that doesn't work for you , they do make some mounts that mount to the upper, but push the scope forward enough to give you the right eye relief.

 

[DocIndy]

Looks like another of Allen's satisfied customers. How does it shoot? I've been curious about the Remington ARs.

 

[Cannon]

That looks great! The Osprey scope is pretty forgiving with eye relief if memory serves me right. You can buy a different charging handle or just the latch to make it easier to operate with the scope. I've used badger ordnance in the past. There are many ambidextrous and extended charging handle latches out there. It would be an easy swap and still match the way you have it.
Again, Looks great!

 

[Kmcinnes]

Looks like another of Allen's satisfied customers. How does it shoot? I've been curious about the Remington ARs.

It shoots great, haven't shot it yet since I got it done this morning but really looking forward to it.

 

[42769vette]

Looks great.

Good Idea moving the scope back, Typically ar's are mounted with cantilever mounts to get some extra eye relief room, and the proper height. You would have almost defiantly had issues mounting it on the forearm.