AR15 Build

[jlottmc]

I'll beat that one by a mile. My own little brother (he is much younger) put the rifle back together with the bolt carrier group in backwards. How he did it still baffles me. I know the charging handle was upside down, but how does it even go in with the bolt to the rear facing the buffer tube? He called me, the day after I had given him a crash course on it, and said he think he broke it already. Wasn't hard to fix, but still the how. My favorite thing to do when I got an adam henry, was to Q-tip inspect their rifle, I can always find dirt some where. A trip behind the delta ring is a good place to start, followed right behind by the point inside the upper receive where the gas tube comes in. We had more problems with people losing the firing pin retaining pin than improper re-assembly.

[TD2K]

I'm a fan. Here's some pics of my build. I ended up putting a Tactical Solutions AR-22 SB-X Upper on it, and I'm having a ball!

[melissa5]

AR fan = YES

Daniel Defense - I guess I really need to build one.

[apheod]

ill play.

THIS is my BOOMSTICK!!




it's a bravo company 14.5" mid length upper, BCM bolt and gunfighter charging handle, PWS muzzle brake, spikes tactical lower, VTAC QD sling, magpul furniture, daniel defense lite 9" rail, tango down grip, daniel defense lower parts kit, optic is an EOTech 556 with a GG&G flip up cover. there's a forward QD point on the rail so i can quickly switch the sling from 1 point to 2 point.

planning to take off the A2 front sight and put on a troy flip up, swap out the rear magpul sight to a troy also. also going to add a flip to side 3x EOTech magnifier. after that i think i'll be pretty happy with the way it's set up.

i may add a light at some point, but don't really feel the need for it. my 590a1 has a rail mounted light, i can always throw it on the AR if i absolutely need to. it's unbelievably accurate and has almost no recoil. i shoot it in 3 gun competitions quite a bit. my only complaint is that muzzle brake makes it loud as all hell for the shooter, but that comes with the territory i guess. i wouldnt want to shoot it without hearing protection.

[jeepster09]

I gonna build one like this.....

[Ken_K]

UPDATE:

I got the LPK, buffer assy, and CTR stock on Thursday, then the upper on Friday. Taking my time it took about 45 minutes the put the lower together, and without a single scratch too! Lol. I didn't think to get a magwell vise block so I just used an adjustable woodworking clamp with non-marring pads to hold the lower in place. Once I had the upper in hand it was just a matter of setting it on the lower and pushing in the two pins. There is a slight gap of 0.006 between the upper and lower, which isn't bad at all. The RRA upper is really nice, especially for the money. I was thinking about going with a BCM upper with a 1/8 twist but the one I wanted was $200 more than the RRA and sold out.

I took it out Saturday to get it sighted in (A2 carry handle) and at 50 yards all holes were touching on 3-shot groups. I didn't do any other accuracy testing other than shooting at silhouette targets from 100 - 250 yards in the standing position.

For a simple mid-tier rifle I really like it. I have a MOE handguard on the way so I can mount a flashlight and AFG in the near future. Optics wise I still have no idea

[apheod]

Stag and RRA are great if you don't intend to shoot them a LOT. The extra money in the BCM you get back in service life. By a lot, I mean a LOT. I put about 2k rounds a year through my AR, so the BCM was worth it for me. They're supposed to be good up to about 40k rounds.

[Ken_K]

I look at it like this, if I can afford to shoot out a chrome lined barrel then I can afford to replace it lol.

[Barth]

I look at it like this, if I can afford to shoot out a chrome lined barrel then I can afford to replace it lol.

LOL
I feel the same way in general about firearms.
Who puts enough bullets through any gun to wear it out?
I mean really?

Some folks talk about the life span of alloy frames as well.

[Ken_K]

Only gun I MIGHT be able to wear the barrel out on is the 1911. I can load 50 rounds for about $3.75 so it's extra fun to shoot. As far as the AR barrel goes, if your not an operator or competitor I doubt that most people would shoot it out.

BTW, I'm not saying that the BCM barrels aren't worth the extra money, I just didn't feel like having to wait to get one.

[apheod]

LOL
I feel the same way in general about firearms.
Who puts enough bullets through any gun to wear it out?
I mean really?

Some folks talk about the life span of alloy frames as well.

competitive shooters. i wore out a glock 22, and people always go on about how durable glocks are.

the chrome lining can also improve feeding/extraction and reduces cleaning effort. being that i shoot the hell out of my guns, i figured i would rather have more durability than i really need. plus, i got a great deal on the upper.

[Barth]

competitive shooters. i wore out a glock 22, and people always go on about how durable glocks are.

the chrome lining can also improve feeding/extraction and reduces cleaning effort. being that i shoot the hell out of my guns, i figured i would rather have more durability than i really need. plus, i got a great deal on the upper.

I have six barrels for my G27
(and four recoil spring assemblies).
Couldn't you just drop a new barrel and recoils springs in and continue shooting?

Was the gun really worn out, or just the barrel???
As far as I'm concerned, that's like tires on a car.

[apheod]

the barrel, and had an extractor and slide release both break on me within about 500 rounds of each other. sold the pistol for 275 just to be rid of it, it was my first firearm and i was ready to move on.

in retrospect, it was the least safe, least reliable (except for my k9 elite before kahr made it right) most overrated weapon i've ever owned. even before things started breaking, i had numerous fails to feed and eject. but when i bought it i knew nothing about weapons and glock was the most familiar brand name to me.

[Barth]

the barrel, and had an extractor and slide release both break on me within about 500 rounds of each other. sold the pistol for 275 just to be rid of it, it was my first firearm and i was ready to move on.

in retrospect, it was the least safe, least reliable (except for my k9 elite before kahr made it right) most overrated weapon i've ever owned. even before things started breaking, i had numerous fails to feed and eject. but when i bought it i knew nothing about weapons and glock was the most familiar brand name to me.

Wow.
I've got about 3500+ flawless rounds through my gen 3 G27.
I think maybe it's just barely broke in - LOL!
Seriously, it looks and runs like NIB.
I did change the recoil assembly, but that's it.
I don't see me being able to wear it out.
Other than just replacing some parts down road.

sounds like you got a lemon

[TD2K]

We (finally) took apart the Kriss this week to give it a MUCH NEEDED cleaning. The barrel is shot, no pun intended. It is a "test" gun for the dept, and I know we put at least 5000 rounds thru it ourselves. We were pretty amazed how dirty it was and that it still functioned flawlessly. When we told the Kriss reps at the SHOT show, a few of them were also amazed, but the "head guy" said "DATS NO GOOD!"