Getting the AR going

[FrankenCub]

I finally got around to ordering an upper and barrel combo Friday from Primary Arms. Great people and they sent it right out that afternoon. I should have the handguard this week as well, a used Trinity Force Atlas. I couldn't see the sense in spending $200+ on a handguard.

 

[FrankenCub]

There we go ! Thanks for the help Mike ! This has been weird, earlier the second image was in the folder but for some reason after trying to add it to the post it came up missing. I just opened the folder separately and the image is gone. It had to have been deleted some how. I have no idea why it was allowing me to drag it over but not be in the folder lol. Must be the chat box in Team Viewer doesn't like Linux, glad I thought to open a text document so we could talk

edit....I seen you were having trouble with that folder too, I forgot to mention I have two monitors, it was on the right monitor lmao. As matter of fact as I look at that monitor, I found what happened to that image. As I dragged it over to the post it left itself on the right desktop :/
And added the handguard that's on it's way.

 

[NYGuns]

There we go ! Thanks for the help Mike ! This has been weird, earlier the second image was in the folder but for some reason after trying to add it to the post it came up missing. I just opened the folder separately and the image is gone. It had to have been deleted some how. I have no idea why it was allowing me to drag it over but not be in the folder lol. Must be the chat box in Team Viewer doesn't like Linux, glad I thought to open a text document so we could talk

edit....I seen you were having trouble with that folder too, I forgot to mention I have two monitors, it was on the right monitor lmao. As matter of fact as I look at that monitor, I found what happened to that image. As I dragged it over to the post it left itself on the right desktop :/
And added the handguard that's on it's way.

Haha that's funny, glad it's nothing technical or a bug.

About the AR - Looking good so far, can't wait to see the final result.

 

[dsdmmat]

What did you have to give for that handguard?

 

[FrankenCub]

Haha that's funny, glad it's nothing technical or a bug.

About the AR - Looking good so far, can't wait to see the final result.

Thanks, Mike, getting there. Just need to order a lower parts kit, sights, optics, and a buffer assembly. Little more weird, the image was in the file the first time I tried posting them. I think the only difference was using the upload button this time did the trick. I don't think drag and drop works with my system.

What did you have to give for that handguard?

$60. I figured I couldn't go wrong, many of the handguards I seen on fleabay are Chinese junk and I've read plenty of complaints of them falling off or loosening up. There was a clamp type that I was watching if I didn't land this one though.

 

[FrankenCub]

Wow that was fast, I got the handguard already. I really didn't expect it until Friday at least. The barrel nut is MIA though, messaged the seller and he thought it was in the handguard so he's gonna look for it tonight and get it out in the mail.
I was going to wait till I got the rest of my needed parts and assemble it all at once but I don't think I'll make it that far. As soon as the barrel nut shows up it's going together. I like it, a lot. It's nice and slender, feels good in my hands.

 

[Magnus]

Looking nice. I just finished my Anderson build. Not a bad lower for the price.

 

[FrankenCub]

You know what I decided I really hate ? With a passion...picking out optics ! Trijicon, EOTech, Aimpoint....never gonna happen in this white boy's life. Junk piled a mile high, nope not those either. Primary Arms, outstanding reviews (rebadged Holosun), Sig (rebadged Holosun with really expensive paint), Bushnell TRS-25 (guess the new release have had problems with the dot going missing).
Looked at quite a few Holosuns and they have some really interesting models, I like the solar idea but then we're getting up into the $300 range. Drives me nuts, how can it cost so much to make a dot site with no magnification and way expensive glass. Then the weird thoughts of going from a big sight picture to a 20mm tube, my god it reminds me of my old .22 days with the tiny tube scope I hated so much.
Have I mentioned how much I hate optics ?

 

[dsdmmat]

lol I know what you mean. I have a couple of the bushnell halo sights, a couple of the TRS-25 if the kids didn't steal them, I had a sig sight until my daughter liked it more than I did. I have a couple of iron sighted rifles and have Nikon scopes mounted on everything else.

 

[Magnus]

Lol same here. I love iron sights, or a barska scope if I need a scope.

 

[FrankenCub]

Jeeze...I have the same issue with sights! $200 for sights ?!?! Really?? And most of them are plastic! I found a set on fleabay that are like $28, and aluminum. All they have to do is hold zero and be stable for christ's sake. Scopes I don't have an issue with dropping $300+ on. With my experience with telescopes I really appreciate good glass. But with red dots the glass is flat, it doesn't have complex curves. And the electronic part of it shouldn't be a big deal in this day. Maybe I'm just too fuckin critical lmao.

 

[Podmonkey]

You can get the Daniels Defense fixed sights for 125 for the set. The are excellent if you don't need them to fold down.

 

[FrankenCub]

I'll be needing flip ups. I will most likely be buying a NV scope off another member so will hold off on spending money on a red dot. I'll probably try out those ebay aluminum sights, for the price it can't hurt.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121788911128?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[Snappo]

I built mine from scratch over the summer and here is a photo. I will *NEVER* do it again. I think there must have been about 5 or 6 spots that I call the "oh f*cking come on" spots. Usually getting a pin the way I want it or something. Next time I do this, it's "Hello Bushmaster - I would like to place an order." That having been said, here is my hand-built baby and the Bushmaster and Lefty Stag Arms that caused me zero grief putting together. LOL

 

[Magnus]

I built mine from scratch over the summer and here is a photo. I will *NEVER* do it again. I think there must have been about 5 or 6 spots that I call the "oh f*cking come on" spots. Usually getting a pin the way I want it or something. Next time I do this, it's "Hello Bushmaster - I would like to place an order." That having been said, here is my hand-built baby and the Bushmaster and Lefty Stag Arms that caused me zero grief putting together. LOL

You....you...you can hardly tell the difference lol

 

[Cleck]

Those look scary, you sure they're ok?

Nice work, I love working with my hands and this is a project I aim to further soon...

 

[Snappo]

You....you...you can hardly tell the difference lol

The difference was with the Bushmaster and the Stag Arms versus the build-from-scratch was you didn't hear me yelling "God f*cking damn it" a few times. My biggest f*uckups were the trigger from parts before deciding to use my brass punch set to hold things in place (which I replaced with a sealed 2-stage a few weeks later), putting in the bolt catch assembly before the magazine catch assembly (because apparently I am completely retarded and my time in BASIC training didn't sink into my thick head), and dropping the safety detent spring (and not being able to find it for like 5 minutes because I had a bulldog in my face licking and sniffing). And we went nose-to-snout when I was trying to do my extended charging handle too. Other than those screw-ups and the world's cutest distraction all up inside my grill, it was an enjoyable project. LOL

 

[Magnus]

yelling "God f*cking damn it" a few times.

lol I had several of those. Had to order some "oops kits." It's not our fault though, why in the hell do they make springs so damn springy.

 

[Snappo]

lol I had several of those. Had to order some "oops kits." It's not our fault though, why in the hell do they make springs so damn springy.

Global Warming. Algore is ass raping us one final time.

 

[FrankenCub]

Well she's all done. Last of my parts came in and sitting next to my other guns she looked naked. So on went the makeup today. Went a little darker on this one.
For moles that may look, yes, it's a fixed mag

 

[Bananabandit]

That looks good.

 

[FrankenCub]

Thanks I thought about painting the optics too, but just couldn't bring myself to do it, yet. Maybe once it starts to show it's age.

 

[Dantheman]

Well she's all done. Last of my parts came in and sitting next to my other guns she looked naked. So on went the makeup today. Went a little darker on this one.
For moles that may look, yes, it's a fixed mag

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What product did you purchase to "fix the mag" and did you use any epoxy as some believe is required?

I'm thinking of building a fixed 450 Bushmaster so the tips would be appreciated.

Dan

 

[FrankenCub]

What product did you purchase to "fix the mag" and did you use any epoxy as some believe is required?

I'm thinking of building a fixed 450 Bushmaster so the tips would be appreciated.

Dan

I was originally going to use the Franklin Armory mag but decided instead to save more money and no wait for it to arrive. I used one of those threaded inserts they use to bolt something to wood and a rubber washer. For the life of me I can't remember the correct name for them. And instead of using epoxy, which many people claim is too easy to reverse, I tacked it to the release bar with a mig. This is used for coyote hunting so I'd rather show an ENCON officer the weld if and when I run into one. But if SHTF, you can bet it's still pretty easy to reverse.

 

[Magnus]

Well she's all done. Last of my parts came in and sitting next to my other guns she looked naked. So on went the makeup today. Went a little darker on this one.
For moles that may look, yes, it's a fixed mag

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Nice. I really like the anti-gravity attachment, wish my AR levitated.