24" Barrel lightweight AR build?

[tdbru]

ok, the rings finally came in. with the Leupold 4x in med height pic rail rings, the 20" Faxon Gunner upper barreled AR comes in at 7lbs. 7oz. lost about 1 lb. with changing out scope and mount. cool. with sling it goes 7lbs. 10oz. throw in an empty E-Lander 10rd mag and it is still under 8 lbs at 7lbs. 15 oz. about the best i can do so far. and probably will stay there. so to get the rig under 7 lbs, i'm not sure what i'd have to do or remove to still run a 20" tube and get under 7 lbs. however 7 1/2 lbs. isn't bad i guess, that with scope included.
regards,
-tdbru