POTD: Railed AR-15 Upper
I was at Keith’s machine shop and saw this oddity. It is an AR-15 upper receiver with picatinny rails built into the sides. Both sides.
Keith is borrowing it to take measurements off it but does not know who makes it. I was unable to find anything online about this upper receiver. I am curious what the maker was thinking when they made this. I can only see two logical explanations other than mall ninja status of adding accessories for the sake of adding accessories.
- Building an AR without a handguard. This way you can still attach accessories like flashlights.
- Adding a mini red dot sight like in 3Gun
However with the lack of a brass deflector, I am not sure if the ejected brass would hit the red dot if it was mounted on the right hand side for a right handed shooter.
But if that was the purpose, then why is there a small single slot right in front of the ejection port?
Have any of our readers seen an upper like this? Any ideas as to who makes it?
Edit: Thanks to our reader, Zed, he identified this as a DPMS upper receiver part number FTT-3R.
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Wow, now there is a way that I can have a AR-4-M-15 with or without a brass deflector depending on my mood. I love the removable brass deflector idea. Now if they could just make a forward assist like they make the folding AR stock for guns that have a buffer tube/ receiver extension. Out...fucking...Standing.
Its a way of getting around having a barrel heavy rifle. Never could understand why people put so much crap on their AR. Barbie Dolls for boys I guess.