Spectre Ballistics Light Practical Carbine - NR Receiver Set

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Yesterday the mail was busy with both a WS-MCR and a couple of SBI sets showing up. Put some parts together and viola! One straight pull bolty and a semi auto. Both with Magpul stocks and A2 pistol grips, both look terrifying to liberals. The rest of them differ somewhat. :)

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Gatehouse said:
Yesterday the mail was busy with both a WS-MCR and a couple of SBI sets showing up. Put some parts together and viola! One straight pull bolty and a semi auto. Both with Magpul stocks and A2 pistol grips, both look terrifying to liberals. The rest of them differ somewhat. :)

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Is that a 10" barrel? Another nice modular SBR, if that is the case. What handguard, barrel, and muzzle device is that? Looks great, regardless!
 
So...
What rear takedown pins *don't* easily fall out without the spring/detent/buffer plate installed?

The pin that came with the LPK I bought fell out in its own when I had the rifle on its side measuring the pull weight of the TT diamond it received. I installed the detent and a cut down detent spring + buffer plate, which works as it should, but then it's a serious PITA to take down because that spring/detent is in the lower and the buffer tube/plate is part of the upper. You can't just pull the pin and hinge it open without that spring flying out.

I'm running a magpul PRS stock for this Valkyrie, which makes takedown worse, since I have to remove the sock just to get to the castle nut.

Can we get KNS pins up here?? I see them on Brownells but that's it. Is there anything comparable that people recommend?
 
Unholysavage said:
So...
What rear takedown pins *don't* easily fall out without the spring/detent/buffer plate installed?

The pin that came with the LPK I bought fell out in its own when I had the rifle on its side measuring the pull weight of the TT diamond it received. I installed the detent and a cut down detent spring + buffer plate, which works as it should, but then it's a serious PITA to take down because that spring/detent is in the lower and the buffer tube/plate is part of the upper. You can't just pull the pin and hinge it open without that spring flying out.

I'm running a magpul PRS stock for this Valkyrie, which makes takedown worse, since I have to remove the sock just to get to the castle nut.

Can we get KNS pins up here?? I see them on Brownells but that's it. Is there anything comparable that people recommend?
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The rear detent spring is actually installed on the opposite side of the pin compared to normal. This is why you don't need the buffer plate.
 
Holy crap, looked at it again and you're right.
I didn't see that the detect/spring hole went past the pin hole and into the receiver. Looked at your last post and it immediately made sense. I need better lighting in my garage.

Thank you SBI,
 
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Hand guard is NEA, barrel and muzzie are from BCL (who used to be NEA) barrel is 14.5”
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Thanks for the info! According to a couple of former special forces operators interviewed on GarandThumb (fast foward to 29 minutes in) between 11" and 14.5" you can shoot effectively at a much greater distance the with a 10" or shorter barrel. Given your optic, it looks like you want to hit a distance, so the 14.5" should provide good compactness while letting you keep hitting at range. Enjoy!

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Unholysavage said:
Holy crap, looked at it again and you're right.
I didn't see that the detect/spring hole went past the pin hole and into the receiver. Looked at your last post and it immediately made sense. I need better lighting in my garage.

Thank you SBI,
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This confused me for a moment too but then I read the directions. :)

Although I did have to cut down the spring a little bit.
 
I did up a "M4" style rifle too.


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Here's a video of shooting it prior to installing the red dot. I wasn't really aiming, just trying to see how fast I could shoot it. Sorry about the quality, it's just a quick phone video. And no, that's not blue nail polish, it's blue paint! Laugh 2

 
Couldn't be any better.

Opened my first box, and the numbers matched my birth year. Score #1.

Opened second box, and number was too far apart for my sets to be sequential.

Opened third box, and the numbers match the wife's birth year. Score, again.

Couldn't have had that happen if I tried, since SBI wasn't going to do numbers by request. I would have happily paid a premium for those two sets, specifically. Color me happy.
 
Here's a video of shooting it prior to installing the red dot. I wasn't really aiming, just trying to see how fast I could shoot it.
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Racking that bolt appears to be quite effortless.

That's good to see.
 
Now I’m thinking I need one with a 12” barrel in something bigger. Like 50 Beowulf or one of those other 45 caliber ones. Never paid much attention to those cartridges but how fun would it be to go bear hunting with that? :)
 
Just an FYI for everyone... All orders are shipping in the order received. If you bought 2+ receiver sets and we don't have enough to fill your entire order we will invoice you for what we have, and then again when the rest is available. No funny business.

We are still accepting pre-orders, and are now accepting dealer orders. If you are a dealer and want to carry our receiver sets please feel free to email us at info@spectreballistics.com

We should have some spare uppers available soon, but we have not yet decided how we're going to sell them. We might only make them available to existing customers, but we're not sure yet.
 
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Gatehouse said:
I did up a "M4" style rifle too.


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Here's a video of shooting it prior to installing the red dot. I wasn't really aiming, just trying to see how fast I could shoot it. Sorry about the quality, it's just a quick phone video. And no, that's not blue nail polish, it's blue paint! Laugh 2

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What with the flame just above the hand guard on a couple of shots? Or is this just the frame rate of the video capture Messi g with the muzzle brake?
 
I assumed the flash is a gas leak. I chopped the gas tube, unpinned it, rotated it upside down and repinned it. But maybe something is loose. I didn’t notice any problem when actually firing it but obviously there is something going on that needs investigation.
 
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