MBS 22 Build Completed
Bullpups aren't for everyone, but they are my cup of tea for something different and fun that doesn't need to ne match perfect!
So after getting feed back from my original post, I bought all the components I needed to finally finished getting it together today. Looking forward to the weekend and getting to test it all out! The assembling was really straight forward and clearly explained so no issues there. The only thing is would like about it more would be if it had just a slightly darker gray tint. It isn't white, but it also isn't pure gray by any means. If I get a wild hair and want it darker, I may try the RIT dye method that people use on Milwaukee tools.
Since I wasn't patient enough to wait for individual build things to come in stock here is what I picked up:
HTA MBS 22 Mod 1 in Artic Gray
HTA RM 25 magazine
MCS G36 Carbine Rail
Vortex Sparc II
Tactical Solutions SB-X barrel
SilencerCo Sparrow
Ruger 10/22 32012
Lessons learned on building a 10/22 bullpup chasis platorm?
-Be patient and buy a receiver from Sapo if you don't plan on building a receiver from scratch and don't plan on using the factory Ruger barrel. After everything was ordered everything everywhere that was out of stock came back in stock (Murphy's "gun" law I guess). I guess now I'll buy a receiver from them later on and just have bone stock 1022 for kids/nephews to use. You can't have too many right?
-Before fully assembling make sure everything slides through the direction they should. HTA did a great job designing the MBS, and even used the TacSol SBX barrel in their prototype build, but if the barrel is installed in the receiver first it won't slide through the foregrip as instructions are written because of the barrel holder molded in place. Instead that specific barrel needs to be fed in from the front and then installed to the receiver before being hooked in to the Pic rail holder. Not a big deal until you have to fight the tight fit of the aftermarket barrel in the factory receiver, it was worth it for the looks to me though.
-Don't need to spring for aftermarket barrels in fancy colors or fluting since it will be 3/4 covered up. I mention this because that was a driving factor for my build. I wanted looks rather than weight reduction, match accuracy improvements. I looked at "cool" designs like Pike Arms Honeycomb barrel, different fluted cuts like spiral and flame, and even painted options from Witherwein. The stock 32000 threaded barrel would have met my needs had I not wanted a short compact barrel.
I wanted to put the FA Binary in as well, but I'm holding off for now and putting those funds to another project, but the instructions from HTA for installing are pretty clear cut so I should be a fun addition later on. The only other addition my be a slanted foregrip but I'll see how I like this setup first.