-Updated for clarity – also working on the site so things may look rough-
A photo of a .45 ACP AR15 has been circling the web. I first saw it on Reddit r/NFA where a poster u/miley_sinus compared it to a DOE gun. I feel that is a very bad comparison, it is close to a Colt 9mm SMG, but not like the DOE guns at all. Lacking the special front sight and handguard.
Appears to be a .45 ACP carbine with fixed field sights. Knights Armament rail and vertical forward grip, CAR stock. KAC rear sling mount. Some sort of aftermarket safety and bolt catch. A newer suppressor mount and an Eotech mounted on a gooseneck mount. An ERGO grip and KAC trigger guard.
I think the main thing I find silly is the use of the gooseneck mount when they could have just mounted the Eotech to the handguard. But, it is an Eotech, so it isn’t like they have good choice in optics to begin with.
So, a coworker texts me this same photo of the gun above talking about how much he likes that setup. To taunt him, I threw this together last night and bought it to work with me.
This is a SBR LMT lower with a Colt 9mm SMG upper. I threw on an Aimpoint CompM4 on a goodneck mount, and a VFG on an AAC rail adaptor for the CAR handguards.
Is it the same, no, but similar. Is it better? Nah, just different, but similar.
Was there a point to this. . . no. Just sharing.