A62335 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Feels kinda good looking at a lower and knowing that I put it together. I'll never buy another complete rifle again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 (edited) This is me jealous. I'll come up to Reno some time and maybe you can show me how it's done. Rich Edited December 1, 2008 by uscbigdawg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3P_Guy Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 +1, I loved the project of installing my JP trigger group into my AR lower. It was very much a learning experience and a good feeling afterwords when it worked better than expected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mscott Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 It's nice knowing that everything fits right and you can control the quality of what goes into your rifle. There just aren't any off the shelf AR's I'd want to own as they are. Having others find out you know something about it can keep you busy, but on the other hand you get to assemble a gun with their money!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatland Shooter Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Feels kinda good looking at a lower and knowing that I put it together. I'll never buy another complete rifle again. Did you "make" the lower from one of those 85% finished blanks? That's something I would like to try but would be limited to hand tools. Not cost effective if you have to buy the tools, but if successful it would be way cool. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I think the only hard part is finding someone with a wire EDM to cut the mag tunnel, but that's just me reading something on this a long time ago. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A62335 Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 Whoa guys, let me clarify. I simply took a stripped Aero Precision lower and installed a DPMS lower parts kits. Nothing spectacular, but I'm still happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I think the only hard part is finding someone with a wire EDM to cut the mag tunnel, but that's just me reading something on this a long time ago.Rich You can take a raw AR15 forging ...yes you can get them All the mill work is pretty simple with the exception of the buffer tube hole and thread.( this is a setup issue) You can hog out most of the mag well and finish it up with a file. People have also made AR receivers from plate stock, and screwed the halves together. If there is a will ...there is a way Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 People have also made AR receivers from plate stock, and screwed the halves together. Now that's just scary! Some people have way to much time on their hands...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmcphersn Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Know what you mean about building up a kit. I bought a assembled top end and lower kit from PK Firearms at the first of last month and assembled the lower. After the front takedown pin detent and spring, everything else was downhill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 The proper term is assemble the lower. Don't any of you guys fit and chamber your own barrel blanks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Congrats A62335! Assembling your own lower is a satisfying accomplishment. You can, and should rightfuly be, very proud of your new rifle. If you have time, let us know how it shoots. Everyone: a big benefit of assembling your lower from parts is that you save 10% by not having to pay the federal "excise tax" on complete guns. Now, before anyone asks: "Isn't that tax evasion?" - the answer is no. Its no more tax evasion than mail-ordering a laptop from out of state and not having to pay your state's sales tax. And before you ask: "but isn't that tax supposed to support hunters and fisherman? -so shouldn't we want to pay it?" -the answer is: yes the tax was supposed to go to support hunting and fishing but no, it does not support them since our leaders in D.C. long ago subverted the tax and use it now for whatever they wish. USMC: Les Baer still sells raw forgings with only the mag well cut out - probably by EDM (though they might have a broach). Quality work. I think the only hard part is finding someone with a wire EDM to cut the mag tunnel, but that's just me reading something on this a long time ago.Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbs007 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 (edited) Here's a good source too for raw forging. Can be a good paperweight for $35 bucks Edited December 2, 2008 by norbs007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisStock Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I am very happy with the one I built as well. Another forum member sent me docs with photos and tips and minus me launching the the %$#^ing detent springs into sub-orbit a few times, it was a pleasurable experience. You really get a feel for how things work and have a ton of pride in it when you assemble it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uscbigdawg Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Thanks Norbs!!!! That's my personal goal. Build every (major) piece of the rifle. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbs007 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Thanks Norbs!!!!That's my personal goal. Build every (major) piece of the rifle. Rich That's great Rich, I wouldn't mind trying it out myself. Now how can we convince Todd to use his machinery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn-rgr Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 (edited) I am very happy with the one I built as well. Another forum member sent me docs with photos and tips and minus me launching the the %$#^ing detent springs into sub-orbit a few times, it was a pleasurable experience. You really get a feel for how things work and have a ton of pride in it when you assemble it yourself. This is why you need a good roofing nail magnet. Those little springs are a bitch to find when you launch them. Edited December 3, 2008 by abn-rgr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racerba Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 This is why you need a good roofing nail magnet. Those little springs are a bitch to find when you launch them. Spring? How about the little pin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisStock Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 For my next build, when it comes time for the spring work, I will do it inside a box I set on the table.... it will save me multiple "hunting" trips on the floor, and spare my wife's ears from my enraged tirades and curses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M118LR Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I recently bought a POF lower and built it up. This is not the first time I put togther a lower. It sure is fun. Also I know what you mean about those little f$&cken springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Several years ago I took a class on building complete AR's at Trinidad State Junior College in Colorado. I had been wanting to take this class and saw that the instructor that summer was Derek Martin of Accuracy Speaks in Mesa, AZ. I moved my clothes and tools into my dorm room and noticed a fellow watching TV in the rec room who I thought to be Derek. I introduced myself, he stood up and extended his right hand to shake and offered me a beer with his left hand. Great class needless to say! As luck would have it a gentleman from Brownells was taking the class also. First day he hands out goody boxes to all students from Brownells. A couple of hundred bucks worth of very necessary tools and equipment for the class. What a class act! I put together a six hundred yard gun.Matched RR upper and lower, Kreiger 24" 1-7.7 twist barrel, Jewell 2 stage trigger (SWEET!). The gun just loves 69 grain bullets. What a hoot to shoot! CYa, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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