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I recently picked up one of these mini kabuto frts as a for fun thing because I I was able to find some that were on discount for the holiday holidays. Went to drop it in today and I had some trouble troubles. It seems like when I put it into the lower there’s too material on the side of the FRT, which is causing the upper to not be able to sit right. When I was doing a little bit of looking around on Reddit, somebody said try and put the FRT into the upper then put the lower onto the upper like that. When I tried to do that, I discovered a little pocket in the upper that it seemed like the FRT fit into perfectly. I then tried to put the lower back on the upper and I couldn’t get it to sit correctly. Then when I tried to put the FRT in the lower and get it to sit in that pocket, it seems like the FRT is sitting too far forward to sit in the pocket. I don’t know if it’s even supposed to sit in that pocket, but that was just my quick diagnosis. I added some pictures. Any help would be appreciated.

Sold an MPX-K (gassy suppressed), a 10" 300BO, 10" & 12" 5.56 at the end of June. These are my keepers. Need to upgrade optics in the future.

14.5” length w/ folding stock and folding grip. A bit bigger with the 50 rd Drum on it of course!

I woke up at 2:30 am and was determined to do a trigger swap on this 11.3" Aero Precision M4E1 build. I wanted a Single Stage trigger.in this build instead of the Geissele G2S that was in it.

Luckily I had a few options to choose from:

- ALG QMS single stage trigger

- ALG ACT single stage trigger

- CMC Triggers Single Stage Component Combat Curved trigger (4.5lb)

- Radian Vertex Flat Bow Trigger

- Geissele SD-3G Flat Bow Trigger

I narrowed down the options to two; the Radian Vertex and Geissele SD-3G. I ended up going with the Geissele SD-3G. I used the black spring which is the lighter spring. I know it's not technically a single stage trigger -- It's a hybrid but I've used it in another build. It feels like a single stage to me, almost comparable to the SSP but better. if I had a spare SSP then that's what I would went with. Long story short I ended up installing the 3G.

I just got home from the range and couldn't be happier with the swap. Not sure if it is funny or sad that this kept me up at night. It didn't take long to swap out the trigger but still got me thinking about the situation...

Just put this grip adapter on for fun. Takes 1911 grip panels. Feels good.

Finished. Now, she just needs a name.

Springfield SAINT Victor 8.5" chambered in 9mm, outfitted with a SIG ROMEO5 Gen II Green Dot, SIG JULIET5 Micro 5x Magnifier, VOTATU V848 Green/IR Laser & 1700LM Flashlight/IR Illuminator Combo, Magpul M-LOK Angled Fore Grip, SBA3 Stabilizing Brace, and a ProMag Colt/SMG-pattern 32-round steel magazine. A compact, reliable, and accurate range setup that's been running great at the range.

Anyone else rocking a VLTOR A5 buffer system on their 11.5" build? The improvements are quite noticeable and I can't get over how soft shooting it has made my build especially suppressed.

Edit: I forgot to mention that I upgraded my mil-spec buffer retainer with a Forward Controls Design RBF (reinforced buffer retainer). I think paying attention to little details like these make the overall build that much better.

BCM Upper Receiver
11.5” Rosco K9
G$ SMR MK8 10.5” Handguard
HS403R on Reptilia 1.93” riser
(Fully Recommend Optic, I’ve had it on 4 different guns and it’s held up great!)
PLHV2 Head
18350 body
Axon SL switch with surefire Feed In
PSA Lower Reciever
Larue MBT2s trigger
B5 Systems
Ambi Safety, and charging handle.

I heard quad rails were cool - did I make the cut?

I have a couple 20 round hexmags coming. I don't plan on using the 30 round mag much. So figured I'd have some fun with it.