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I purchased a Rock River Arms Operator Elite .223 at a recent gun show. I also put on the Eotech 512 and a streamlight TLR2. I have just gotten around to putting some rounds through it (and I was sweating my tail off!!!). I have had another AR but it was a very cheap entry level model, and I was not overly happy with it.

A few thoughts on it from my first impressions. The iron sights are really good. The trigger is light years better than my old AR. To stock is really comfortable. The half quad rail/half smooth part works for me. It is basically everthing I would of wanted to upgrade my old AR to, but I purchased this one from the factory.

The irons were spot on after a very few rounds. The Eotech needed a bunch of elevation added straight out of the box. I was really happy with the visability of the holographic sight in bright daylight.

The Rock River is quite a bit heavier than my old AR, but it has a much beefier barrel, is a bit longer, and I am sure the quad rail adds a little more weight. Overall, the weight and the little extra length makes the rifle shoot "nicer"

I am just old enough to be able to take a digital picture of it, but am technically stupid as to how to post it. I blame the grey hair.

I'm putting together one very similar to this spec from Rock River parts on top of a CMMG stripped lower I got for a good price. I'm opting for the heavy chrome moly 16" barrel, with a mid-length gas system. I'm going for that same half quad rail handguard as well, but probably a standard pistol grip and collapsable carbine buttstock.

Which option did you get for the receiver/rear sights? I'm leaning towards the A4 flattop and the tactical carry handle.

I actually got the RRA Dominator2 EOTech Mount with the flip down front iron sight. It is a really solid sight. I like the rear sight on the Colt a bit better but this will work just as well. It is indexed, so you can adjust without having to look at it, which is a nice feature.

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I knew I was going to go Eotech, and this seemed to be custom suited for it. It was $185 retail (as part of the package, I did not pay near that.

No handle for me. I did opt for the heavy chrome moly 16" barrel, with a mid-length gas system myself. Sounds like we built/are building almost the same rifle.

I have been REALLY happy with it so far.

SHOOT IT!