Will be interested in your progress.

Never bought any 80% lowers, up to the point that the '94 AWB was imminent, 100% lowers were cheap...

If you already have AK, don't bother with .223 out of a AR pattern. I'd chamber it in .223 Wylde if you have to, but, I'd argue 7.62 is an arguably better and cheaper round. You could also more effectively suppress it and run sub-sonics in it and still have some power. I guess you could run .223 if you were varmint hunting or something.

I'd start here for grendel. Some people know what they're talking about, it'll take some time to sort out.

http://www.65grendel.com/forum/

I have been reloading it for almost a year now. It is 'harder' to get universal loads for it, unlike .308. I can discuss why, if you're interested. I'd think about spending the money up front on a barrel from someone with a reputation for shooting commercial ammo well. I cheaped out on the barrel and got a bear creek, because I knew I'd be reloading anyway. But it is possible I could have saved money by having to do less load development if I had gotten a 'better' barrel. I have learned a lot. But you never know until you get the barrel. ~1/2 MOA isn't shabby out of an autoloader.

I'd be more than happy to help out if you have any reloading or AR-pattern questions, if I know the answers.

I've done quite a few. They all turned out ok, The safety is tight in most of them for some reason so I guess I'll file that a little bit and try to get some of them loosened up. I don't even use those guns, I just put them together for spares.

Are you planning to paint yours or anodize it? I've anodized and dyed most of mine, My friend cerakotes his. The last gun him and his brother cerakoted(not an 80%)for a charity auction they did a battle worn look where they painted it pink and then painted it black and just rubbed some of the black off to make it look worn.

Have you ever heard of elctro etching? It's kind of neat to engrave stuff into the lowers and its pretty easy to do.

Got it. Gonna be a badass build, binary or not. Good luck with it.

Vortex makes a 1x prisim optic. 1moa dot, two rings around that. Normal battery, but short life. Illuminates red or green, daylight bright to dead of night dim. I don't have night vision but there is a lower setting them what I set at night that might work. Reticle is etched in the glass so even with no power you have a black dot with two rings.

Saves a lot more money then an aimpoint.

Yeah, no, not really. I made it three sentences in, rolled my eyes, and moved on. This is shit they teach us in first grade. Have some self respect, white man.

So, an illiterate retard. Gotcha.

Cold hammer forging used to be good because it doesn't inside heat stress. Modern barrels can be button rifled then stress relieved. Or just go bull barrel for a solid bayonet mount.

I would look into concussion from a 10.5 5.56 barrel first. Even if you can find ammo that will be effective, would you want to use it?

Just leave it be - it's going to be gorgeous just as it is. And when you decide to give it to ol' Dash remember: I like it raw.

The gun, I mean. When you want to give me the gun.