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www.fragoutmag.com PIMPIN' THE M4 So you decided to become a cloner with an expensive rifle? So your fre- shly bought gun requires some pim- pin' now. Bare minimum: sights. Best option would be the Trijcon ACOG TA- 31 prism scope but Aimpoint red dot will do the job too. CompM4/ CompM4s for modern (2009 and up) rifles and CompM2/M68 Clo- se Combat Optic (M68 designa- tion is used for all Comps, BTW!) for earlier ones (around 2000's). If you can't find the Comp, maybe you can emulate it with Aimpoint PRO/CRO which are very similar si- ghts). For Aimpoint you would also need a proper mount (KAC or Wilcox). Then you should get a laser po- inter, AN/PEQ-2 or AN/PEQ-15 ATPIAL depending on era. For the US military, Steiner DBAL-A2 aka AN/PEQ-15A were less common than ATPIALs. One last thing would be the bayonet, M7 is way too old and I would recommend the M9 but it is helluva expensive. Well, cloning is not a cheap hobby. FN 15 M4 ON THE RANGE I have already shot a bit with this gun and I must admit that it is one of my favorite weapons - a simple, MIL-SPEC gun, and it gives a lot of fun to shoot. For a long time I have been using solid grease to lubricate the we- apon, which, in my opinion, works better than oils, and in addition, it makes it work almost sensationally smoothly, both when reloading and when shooting. While firing, its impact on the sho- oter is low and very pleasant - the gun does not kick, is not stubby, and is easy to keep on target. Of course, my M4 has PEQ on the front but in my opinion the key factor here is the