You guys were right...build #2-fixed mag
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Fightingfish
.40 S&W
Smart! I actually lost two of the front pin detents in my first build. I was about to call it a day and go to lgs for more parts, and my dog walked in and started sniffing around a bass amp or something. I went over to check it out, and sure enough, he found one of the detents. That front pin almost broke me. I ended up rigging a sterilite container placed on its side next to my gun vise with a towel or a shopping bag in it to catch the flying detents.
This thing is worth its weight in gold. That pin went in in ~5 minutes, most of which was just me reading the instructions.
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Fightingfish
.40 S&W
It’s tempting, but now I wanna get better at actually shooting. I’ve done basic marksmanship, but I want to take a couple defensive carbine classes.
I’m all ears on that straight pull upper, though
It is relatively easy to make a straight pull bolt action upper. I used a white oak arms side charging upper receiver and a Green mountain AR15 chambered blank barrel. The barrel is not contoured and doesnt have a gas hole drilled. Removed the gas rings from the bolt to make it easier to charge. So you just put together a complete lower and slap the upper on and you are done. You can have your pistol grip and your detachable magazine because it is not semi automatic.It’s tempting, but now I wanna get better at actually shooting. I’ve done basic marksmanship, but I want to take a couple defensive carbine classes.
I’m all ears on that straight pull upper, though
top one is white oak upper and the bottom one is a slick side upper I modified on a milling machine to Add the side charging cut ( the handle is in one of my parts boxes)
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Fightingfish
.40 S&W
That’s pretty cool...would be fun to put one together in one of the farther-reaching calibers for the platform- 6.5 Grendel, 224, etc.
Yeah I have one in 17 Remington. Took a barrel off a Savage in 17 hornet. Had it Machined it to take an AR15 barrel extension. Then Chambered it in 17 Remington.
ArmedCorgi
.475 A&M Magnum
Looks like some nice asbestos tile you got there.
Robin
.475 A&M Magnum
Not to side track, but I got to know. Why couldn't you just put an adjustable gas block on it, and shut it completely down? Now it is not a semi and you can have anything you want on it. Am I missing something?
Robin
Robin
dwa12479
.338 Win Mag
Optics Planet always took a long time to ship even before COVID. And they do have some restrictions on what they'll send to NY, thats lawyers advising them. But they are a good source of parts, almost no one has the volume of parts they do.
I use a razor blade on the front pin detent, works like a charm every time.
I use a razor blade on the front pin detent, works like a charm every time.
Fightingfish
.40 S&W
Honestly, that solution wasn’t even on my radar. I’m still pretty new to the AR scene, and the two compliance solutions that are nearly exclusively mentioned are featureless or fixed mag. Thanks for mentioning this, it seems like it could be a cool solution moving forward.
Fightingfish
.40 S&W
Yeah, it’s old, aka asbestos. It’s one of those leave it and it probably won’t Jack you up things. We’re planning on redoing our first floor soon, though, so abatement will be an expense.
ArmedCorgi
.475 A&M Magnum
As bad as the asbestos is, I've always kind of liked the style.
You could but being in NY you take the chance of the Fuhrer’s henchmen arresting you and turning on the gas block. With out a gas port they would have to replace the upper or the barrel and install the gas system to turn it into a sturm gavere.