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Post by Catscratch on Dec 28, 2019 12:40:49 GMT -6
Sooooo, I've been putting together some AR's and got to say I'm loving it! The first one went together with stock mil spec parts. Both it's trigger and fire select sucks. Rough and stiff. The next one went together with a drop in trigger and some stone work on the safety... very nice all the way around! Pics are the third try. I marked the trigger and sear on assembly and ran about 100 triger pulls before checking wear marks. Rough, ugly, and some gouging! I took them down with a 1500 grit diamond stone and got great trigger pull! Smooth and crisp. Pull poundage is still to much but it did get lighter with smoother parts. It's not as nice as the drop-in trigger, but it's close. I think a lighter spring would get it there. Any of you guys tinker with gun stuff? Any hints or tricks before I start another one or tear back into the first one?    |
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Post by wklman on Dec 28, 2019 13:37:16 GMT -6
I love building ar's. I usually go with an aftermarket trigger since mil spec sucks. I also just order a complete upper with a bolt from psa since it's way cheaper then putting one together and shoots just as well.
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Post by Freeborn on Dec 28, 2019 15:20:56 GMT -6
I always wanted to build one I just never did it. I like the idea of building different calibers.
How did you guys get started, just did it?
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Post by wklman on Dec 28, 2019 16:04:15 GMT -6
I always wanted to build one I just never did it. I like the idea of building different calibers. How did you guys get started, just did it? I just jumped right in. Rock river arms has some how to videos on their website. I just followed what they did. There's some specialty tools that help some but for the most part you can do it with some punches and small hammer. |
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Post by Catscratch on Dec 28, 2019 17:09:00 GMT -6
I always wanted to build one I just never did it. I like the idea of building different calibers. How did you guys get started, just did it? It's a lot like sex in my opinion; it can be a little intimidating until your first, then you're a pro. I would do as mentioned above and build the lower while order a complete upper. I've enjoyed assembling the lowers from scratch, not really much to go wrong, and it can be pretty cheap. After that just pin on an upper. |
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Post by Freeborn on Dec 28, 2019 17:49:47 GMT -6
I always wanted to build one I just never did it. I like the idea of building different calibers. How did you guys get started, just did it? I just jumped right in. Rock river arms has some how to videos on their website. I just followed what they did. There's some specialty tools that help some but for the most part you can do it with some punches and small hammer. What are the advantages of building your own? The satisfaction and fun of building your own, pick the furniture you want, caliber you want, fit to you? What else do you guys see as advantages? |
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Post by Catscratch on Dec 28, 2019 18:10:30 GMT -6
I just jumped right in. Rock river arms has some how to videos on their website. I just followed what they did. There's some specialty tools that help some but for the most part you can do it with some punches and small hammer. What are the advantages of building your own? The satisfaction and fun of building your own, pick the furniture you want, caliber you want, fit to you? What else do you guys see as advantages? Yes to all those. I'll make another comparison and say it's like building a hotrod; in the end it's probably cheaper just to go buy a 64 GTO from the old guy down the street who doesn't drive it anymore, but it's more fun to build it the way you want. |
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Post by kabic on Dec 28, 2019 19:30:11 GMT -6
Ive been thinking i need a 6.5 Grendel AR that i could use deer hunting...20 inch barrel to milk out a little more velocity, but still short enough especially compared to the 30.06 Enfield's 26 inch barrel i use now.
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Post by Freeborn on Dec 28, 2019 20:17:23 GMT -6
Ive been thinking i need a 6.5 Grendel AR that i could use deer hunting...20 inch barrel to milk out a little more velocity, but still short enough especially compared to the 30.06 Enfield's 26 inch barrel i use now. Can you get uppers and parts to build unique calibers? |
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Post by Catscratch on Dec 28, 2019 20:48:25 GMT -6
Ive been thinking i need a 6.5 Grendel AR that i could use deer hunting...20 inch barrel to milk out a little more velocity, but still short enough especially compared to the 30.06 Enfield's 26 inch barrel i use now. Can you get uppers and parts to build unique calibers? As long as it's not a longer cartridge (like a .308 for example, which needs an AR-10 lower) then you can just switch uppers. I believe that you can even use the same mag for some of them including the 6.5. |
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Post by kabic on Dec 28, 2019 21:28:05 GMT -6
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Post by Freeborn on Dec 28, 2019 22:31:41 GMT -6
Ive been thinking i need a 6.5 Grendel AR that i could use deer hunting...20 inch barrel to milk out a little more velocity, but still short enough especially compared to the 30.06 Enfield's 26 inch barrel i use now. Why Grendel? Weight? |
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Post by kabic on Dec 28, 2019 23:10:36 GMT -6
Ive been thinking i need a 6.5 Grendel AR that i could use deer hunting...20 inch barrel to milk out a little more velocity, but still short enough especially compared to the 30.06 Enfield's 26 inch barrel i use now. Why Grendel? Weight? 6.5 seems to have more and cheaper ammo choices than 6.8. It does have slightly better ballistics at distance. It is just above 1000 foot pounds of energy at 350 yards. 450 Bushmaster magazine capacity is too low for my liking. 350 legend is too new. Maybe if i lived in a state that required straight wall cartridges. 300 blackout always seemed to be if you want to suppress, unsuppressed Grendel is still better. www.chuckhawks.com/compared_6-5_6-8_300_350.html |
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Post by Freeborn on Dec 29, 2019 7:42:09 GMT -6
I have seen Palmetto referenced on other sites as a source of uppers. Seems like they are decent quality for the price. Have you ever built a battle rifle, one designed to have a tremendous amount of rounds cycled through it? I understand most of the consumer rifles would not hold up under war conditions. There are high end rifles like LaRue but pretty spendy. |
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Post by kabic on Dec 29, 2019 9:20:41 GMT -6
Have you ever built a battle rifle, one designed to have a tremendous amount of rounds cycled through it? I understand most of the consumer rifles would not hold up under war conditions. There are high end rifles like LaRue but pretty spendy. I have not. |
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