Went to the Dark Side

[Shakey Jake]

I thought I'd never own one but with the recent events in TX I purchased one of these today. Radical Firearms 556 16 MLOK 30. They're made in the neighboring city of Stafford about 3 mi from where I live. Already ordered the accessories:

[PT7]

A Plus....Nice to have the manufacturer next door, Jake.

From your rifle name, .556 Nato caliber, right? What's the magazine capacity, or is that variable?

Yea, accessories. I've never had one of these rifles, but have shot my SIL's 9MM rifle. He does have a number of add-ons, but I couldn't name them all. The one thing I'm certain is that it carries a suppressor. Incredible how quiet that makes a 9MM!

What are your plans? From what I've seen at the LGS, lots of choices for mods on these. I don't think I'd even know where to start! Have fun building and re-building.

PT7

[Shakey Jake]

Yes, it's a .223/5.56 and comes with a 30 round magazine. They have a lot of different offerings:
https://www.radicalfirearms.com/

[markiver54]

I thought I'd never own one but with the recent events in TX I purchased one of these today. Radical Firearms 556 16 MLOK 30. They're made in the neighboring city of Stafford about 3 mi from where I live. Already ordered the accessories:

Congrats on your new acquisition John if it makes you feel better.
Please, no offense intended, I just happen to feel perfectly safe, if needed, with the arms I have.
Good amount of fire power there though. Hope Ya never need it.

[Shakey Jake]

No offense taken, Sir!

[Greyhawk]

I thought I'd never own one but with the recent events in TX I purchased one of these today. Radical Firearms 556 16 MLOK 30. They're made in the neighboring city of Stafford about 3 mi from where I live. Already ordered the accessories:

Welcome to the 'dark side' sir! To be honest I have mixed feelings about being an AR owner at times. But, I sure have enjoyed competing in three-gun competitions with my kids this year, and using an AR in the rifle section of the comp is about the only way to go if you want to be competitive. My wife refuses to call it an AR, she calls it a CSR (Competition Sport Rifle) and that is how we use them.
Being part of our local firearms sporting community has been great for my kids. How often do you see 15 year old girls competing against 65 year old men in a sport? Yet, that is three gun in our neck of the woods. Everyone has been positive, encouraging, and respectful, while all the time being surrounded by AR's, Shotguns and semi-auto pistols. As we know there are many positive sides to firearms that are not shown at all in the media or the culture. Firearms (and hunting) have brought the generations in my family together in numerous unique ways.
One definite positive is that my 4 kids really like hanging out with old guys and firearms. And that has been nothing but good in our lives.

[Shakey Jake]

I thought I'd never own one but with the recent events in TX I purchased one of these today. Radical Firearms 556 16 MLOK 30. They're made in the neighboring city of Stafford about 3 mi from where I live. Already ordered the accessories:

Welcome to the 'dark side' sir! To be honest I have mixed feelings about being an AR owner at times. But, I sure have enjoyed competing in three-gun competitions with my kids this year, and using an AR in the rifle section of the comp is about the only way to go if you want to be competitive. My wife refuses to call it an AR, she calls it a CSR (Competition Sport Rifle) and that is how we use them.
Being part of our local firearms sporting community has been great for my kids. How often do you see 15 year old girls competing against 65 year old men in a sport? Yet, that is three gun in our neck of the woods. Everyone has been positive, encouraging, and respectful, while all the time being surrounded by AR's, Shotguns and semi-auto pistols. As we know there are many positive sides to firearms that are not shown at all in the media or the culture. Firearms (and hunting) have brought the generations in my family together in numerous unique ways.
One definite positive is that my 4 kids really like hanging out with old guys and firearms. And that has been nothing but good in our lives.

Need a good suggestion for a tatical gun case if you have one. Thanks. Jake

[JEBar]

looking forward to seeing it in January

[GaHenryFan]

Like you, I've never really had an interest in them, but I built one before the last presidential election. It was fun for awhile, but I haven't picked it up since the new wore off. I'm a lever guy plain and simple.

[Greyhawk]

I thought I'd never own one but with the recent events in TX I purchased one of these today. Radical Firearms 556 16 MLOK 30. They're made in the neighboring city of Stafford about 3 mi from where I live. Already ordered the accessories:

Welcome to the 'dark side' sir! To be honest I have mixed feelings about being an AR owner at times. But, I sure have enjoyed competing in three-gun competitions with my kids this year, and using an AR in the rifle section of the comp is about the only way to go if you want to be competitive. My wife refuses to call it an AR, she calls it a CSR (Competition Sport Rifle) and that is how we use them.
Being part of our local firearms sporting community has been great for my kids. How often do you see 15 year old girls competing against 65 year old men in a sport? Yet, that is three gun in our neck of the woods. Everyone has been positive, encouraging, and respectful, while all the time being surrounded by AR's, Shotguns and semi-auto pistols. As we know there are many positive sides to firearms that are not shown at all in the media or the culture. Firearms (and hunting) have brought the generations in my family together in numerous unique ways.
One definite positive is that my 4 kids really like hanging out with old guys and firearms. And that has been nothing but good in our lives.

Need a good suggestion for a tatical gun case if you have one. Thanks. Jake

Well my favorite case is featured in the post 'AR Case' under the 'Good Deals' section of the forum.
Check it out and let me know what you think. It truly is by far my favorite case.