Mark 2 Complete Uppers
$856.01 – $951.01

You’re well on your way to a better build with the Blackout Defense complete upper. The upper receiver and handguard are precision machined to achieve perfect alignment, giving a monolithic-like appearance. And with the alignment pins, you get a boost of structural integrity as well.
Upper Receiver
The upper receiver is machined from Aerospace Grade Aluminum with enhanced walls for greater rigidity and structural integrity – all while keeping a low profile. It features two anti-rotation holes that align precisely with our handguard. What you’re left with is a monolithic-like style and design with an extremely robust upper/handguard combination.
The dust cover often goes unnoticed in an AR-15. Not to us. The dust cover is fully contained within the upper receiver. We don’t rely on a C-clip to keep everything in place. Instead, the dust cover hinge pin is held in place by the barrel nut, ensuring nothing comes loose during operation. Due to the variation of dust cover manufacturers and their loose tolerances, we’ve machined a very thin locking groove in the upper receiver. This allows the ball detent of the dust cover to “cut” its own channel in the upper receiver, ensuring a positive, audible lock up and exact alignment.
Handguard
Our handguard brings the full package together with its monolithic-like style when paired with our upper. Like to accessorize? Our handguard gives you five sides of M-LOK compatible mounting slots with a full-length Picatinny top rail. The hand deburring process we put our products through ensures a smooth finish throughout. And for style-conscious people, our barrel nut is hidden to provide an even cleaner look.
Barrel
The Performance Series barrels start with premium 416-R stainless steel bars that are gun-drilled and reamed at standard production speeds in 5R rifling and 1:8 twist. The blanks are then fully stress-relieved and precision air gauged before profiling, threading, and chambering begin.
Our barrel profile features strategically placed linear expansion rings that control the heat growth of the barrel during heavy use. These unique design features, coupled with our adherence to improved machining tolerance standards, result in straighter bores, a superior finish, and improved accuracy.
The gas system for our 13.9″, 14.5″, and 16″ barrels is mid-length. The gas system for our 11.5″ barrels is carbine.
Bolt Carrier Group
The Blackout Defense bolt carrier is manufactured from 8620 steel, while our shot-peened bolt is made from either 9310 or carpenter 158. The bolts are batch high pressure tested and individually magnetic particle inspected after heat-treat to ensure no microcracks.
Charging Handle
The ambidextrous design of the Stryker charging handle allows for multiple ways of use, no matter your shooting side or position.
- Reinforced in critical areas
- Monolithic-like appearance between upper and handguard
- Alignment pins between upper and handguard
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John D. –
What material is the gas block made of?
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Blackout Defense –
The gas block is either 9310 or 4140 steel, depending on availability.
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Joseph –
Can you guys make 20 inch barrels?
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Blackout Defense –
We do not plan on a 20″ barrel in the near future, however, we are considering a limited run (100 rifles/yr) of an ultra-match lead-lapped 18″ DTL rifle guaranteed to shoot .5-.75 MOA with factory accuracy certification.
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John –
What is the lead time on an upper?
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Blackout Defense –
Uppers go into our build queue, which is around 6 weeks.
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mickdezell –
Do you guys make sure there is proper head space on your completed upper receivers in both styles.
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Blackout Defense –
Yes. After torquing on the extension we headspace check every barrel with Go/No-Go gauges that meet SAAMI spec.
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Cody –
Will your upper recievers fit on most lowers, or are they proprietary?
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Blackout Defense –
Our complete uppers will fit on all mil-spec lower receivers. There may be some incompatibility with billet lower receivers, however, particularly when they are oversized in the area surrounding the pivot pin because this creates interference with our handguard. For example, Radian and SilencerCo lower receivers are oversized in this area and create a known incompatibility with our complete uppers/handguard.
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Alfonso g –
what material is the gas block made of?
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Blackout Defense –
The gas block is either 9310 or 4140 steel, depending on availability.
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Chris –
What is the barrel chambered in? 5.56, 223 Rem, or 223 Wyld
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Blackout Defense –
.223 Wylde.
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Sean Abounader –
why is there no chamber option for 5.56
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Blackout Defense –
Our barrels are chambered in .223 Wylde, which is a hybrid chamber rated for BOTH 5.56 and .223.
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Jalen –
Will I be able to fit a rifle speed adjustable gas block on this upper? It is 1.53 inches tall.
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Blackout Defense –
Yes we have had customers send us their riflespeed adjustable gas block for installation on their upper. Please call us with any questions specific to your desired build.
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Travis Gray –
What is the rate for pinned and dimpled gas block on the barrel?
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Blackout Defense –
When our barrels are back in stock, the dimple for the gas block will be offered as a standard feature without additional charge.
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Michael –
Can the 13.9 attach to the lower from the Quantum Mark 2 rifle?
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Blackout Defense –
Yes, absolutely.
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Robert Wilson –
Do these complete uppers use your “Dual tapper lock” system or are they mil spec?
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Blackout Defense –
These uppers are built with a standard mil-spec barrel mounting system, i.e., a standard mil-spec barrel extension with a flat torque shoulder. Our dual tapered system will be on the website as a complete upper very soon.
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Hunter –
Does this come with an adjustable gas block? If not is there an option of having one installed?
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Blackout Defense –
It does not come with an adjustable gas block, but you are welcome to send in yours for installation.
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Damian Henry –
What is the weight of the 14.5? Do you offer a light weight upper? Also does the Grey match the magpul Grey?
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Blackout Defense –
The weight of our 14.5″ M2 complete upper with all components (BCG, charging handle) except for the muzzle device is 4.2lbs (4lbs 3.2oz). The weight of our 14.5″ DTL complete upper is 4.39lbs (4lbs 6.24oz). We do not offer a lighter weight version. Our space grey cerakote is Cerakote part number H-112 Cobalt and it goes very well with Magpul grey.
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Patrick Martin –
Is the OSS Flash Hider the extended version so that I can Pin and Weld it to a 13.9 for a one stamp gun?
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Blackout Defense –
The OSS flash hider that we offer with our upper and rifle custom builds is not extended. The flash hider is 2.3″ and must be pinned and welded to one of our 14.5″ barrels to reach an OAL of 16″.
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Chris –
What length hanguards come with the various barrel lengths on the completed uppers? Specifically, what handguard length will come on the 13.9in upper?
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Blackout Defense –
The 13.9″ barrel length on the complete upper comes with our 13.0″ handguard.
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Lewis –
What length handguard comes on the 11.5 in barrel?
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Blackout Defense –
Our 11.5″ barrel comes with a 10.5″ handguard.
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Luke Wimmer –
If i get a different muzzle brake and select pin weld, that means that for instance my surefire warcomp would be pin and welded to the barrel, not another brake and i get the warcomp seperate. I am wanting to select the surefire warcomp and have it pin and welded and i think that this is how i can get it done.
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John –
Hello. What is the shipping time on a MARK 2 complete upper 13.9” w no extra pin and weld etc. ? I see the complete firearm is 6 weeks. Is it the same for the upper? Are MATCHING LOWERS AVAILABLE? Than you
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Blackout Defense –
Our 13.9″ M2 Complete Uppers ship time is around 2 weeks. We currently are allocating our lower manufacturing to our rifle builds, so we do not have matching lowers available at this time.
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Blackout Defense –
Correct. We often have the SureFire Warcomp Flash Hider in stock and available for pinning, but if we are out of stock it will not appear as a drop-down option. If you have the muzzle device in your possession, you can send it to us for pinning to your upper. Simply select “Yes” under the pin & weld drop-down, and then in the comment box that appears during checkout, indicate that you will be sending us your muzzle device. Please email us at [email protected] with your order number for our shipping address.
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Jack –
Are your upper receivers forged or billet?
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Blackout Defense –
Billet 7075 aluminum. We have many machining videos posted on our instagram and you can see that we machine both our uppers and lowers from a block of aluminum.
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