The (old) Official Gun Thread.

[Squid699]

I'M BACK!

Yeah well, you guys prob don't care, but I've been gone for a while. Moving into a new house, new position at work, blah blah blah. Well, I haven't been spending my time idly. Behold the new toys!

Glock 34 and my newly completed Form 1 SBR AR-15 lower.

 

[Clueless]

I'M BACK!

Yeah well, you guys prob don't care, but I've been gone for a while. Moving into a new house, new position at work, blah blah blah. Well, I haven't been spending my time idly. Behold the new toys!

Glock 34 and my newly completed Form 1 SBR AR-15 lower.

How hard is it to build an ar15?

 

[Clip]

on the subject of holsters and carrying, anyone used the "clipdraw"? IIRC, its a metal clip that bolts up to the side of various pistols using grip screws or existing screws on the gun. just lets you clip it to your waistband or belt. any stock in this?

 

[Squid699]

Clueless: How much mechanical experience do you have? Any of it with guns or clocks (or anything with small springs under tension)? If yes to both, not hard. I have some gunsmith's tools and I still did 90% of the lower without them. AR15.com has a good step-by-step write-up of what to do.

Clip: I've heard mixed reviews on them. Personally, I prefer to have the trigger enclosed in the holster I'm carrying it in.

 

[Clueless]

Clueless: How much mechanical experience do you have? Any of it with guns or clocks (or anything with small springs under tension)? If yes to both, not hard. I have some gunsmith's tools and I still did 90% of the lower without them. AR15.com has a good step-by-step write-up of what to do.

Clip: I've heard mixed reviews on them. Personally, I prefer to have the trigger enclosed in the holster I'm carrying it in.

Honestly...I love to learn, but never build guns or clock and ar15.com makes me feel stupid....

 

[Squid699]

i can't imagine what it's like for someone without any experience, but it even daunts me at times. Find a local armorer and make friends. Have him show you a thing or two. That's pretty much what I did.

 

[Clueless]

i can't imagine what it's like for someone without any experience, but it even daunts me at times. Find a local armorer and make friends. Have him show you a thing or two. That's pretty much what I did.

you wouldn't charge much to build me one would ya?

 

[Squid699]

::sigh:: No, BUT.......shipping will be an issue. I'm not an FFL dealer or armorer, so I can't accept weapon shipments. And going through regular dealers (like you were selling it to me) would cost money both ways. Try looking for someone local.

 

[souprat]

i have a good friend who just got his lower reciever parts kit, should be getting a lower reciever tomarrow at the gun show at the dullas expo center (coming squid? only bout an hour north for ya). from what i gather from my friend, ar15.com, and by cleaning/being around guns its not that hard. seriosly considering building one myself. espessally because i could get a lower reciever at the show and not have to deal with all the ffl crap.

 

[Clueless]

::sigh:: No, BUT.......shipping will be an issue. I'm not an FFL dealer or armorer, so I can't accept weapon shipments. And going through regular dealers (like you were selling it to me) would cost money both ways. Try looking for someone local.

:icon_conf

 

[Squid699]

i have a good friend who just got his lower reciever parts kit, should be getting a lower reciever tomarrow at the gun show at the dullas expo center (coming squid? only bout an hour north for ya). from what i gather from my friend, ar15.com, and by cleaning/being around guns its not that hard. seriosly considering building one myself. espessally because i could get a lower reciever at the show and not have to deal with all the ffl crap.

Nah, I'll hold out for the show down here the following weekend. I have just about everything I need on order, or in hand. I'll mainly be looking for ammo for my Glocks and maybe an EOTECH for my AR. If you want help assembling yours if you get the parts, let me know. I could drive up and stay with some friends in Springfield over a weekend or something.

 

[Clip]

would it be possible to build it all, tear it down and ship piece by piece, or will the feds not let you ship the receiver?

 

[CFSapper]

just dont do it the hard way i thought it would be fun to take apart my C7 one day i had off during basic.
bad idea i spent all day franticly trying to get it back together for the next days inspection.
I thank god one of the guys in my section had a dad who was a gun smith and he had picked up some stuff alone the way.

he had it together in like 2 hours

 

[Squid699]

would it be possible to build it all, tear it down and ship piece by piece, or will the feds not let you ship the receiver?

The only thing you have to ship through a dealer is the lower receiver. All the other parts are fine.

 

[outofstep]

Thanks for the tips - I'll check them all out. I was worried about printing, but if you can completely conceal a 1911, then I shouldn't have any problems at all with an overall length of 7". Thanks! :bigthumb:

Hiding 1911s is actualy pretty easy to do because they are so thin. Over all length isn't bad at all to conceal. It's the thick guns that are hard to hide because they jut out away from your body. They make a bigger "bump" in your clothing.

 

[souprat]

Nah, I'll hold out for the show down here the following weekend. I have just about everything I need on order, or in hand. I'll mainly be looking for ammo for my Glocks and maybe an EOTECH for my AR. If you want help assembling yours if you get the parts, let me know. I could drive up and stay with some friends in Springfield over a weekend or something.

hey thanks for the offer. but my friend and i just assembled his last night at like 2am. it really was not hard at all. we followed the steps on ar15.com and kinda took it slow. i really think anyone with any mechanical inclanation could do it no problem. the instructions said that the hardest part would be the pin at the front that the upper reciever rotates around(i cant remember the name of it) but we got that in the first try. and we also managed to assemble the whole thing without scratching it. maybe only took about an hour to and hour and a half to do.

well thats it for now, i'll be heading out to the gun show! *flexes biceps*

 

[Clip]

Over all length isn't bad at all to conceal. It's the thick ones that are hard to hide because they jut out away from your body. They make a bigger "bump" in your clothing.

so size matters? :biglaugh:

 

[souprat]

alright i did it. i got myself an AR lower reciever. suprisingly there were not that many places selling them, one had two bushmaster's for like 199$$, and another place had one Double Star. the guys with the bushmasters were really trying to make a sale, telling me how every other brand was total crap, and i know bushmaster is really good, but i just cant justify that cash for a gun i'll shoot maybe once a month. so i got the Double Star, friend of mine says he knows a guy with an AR with the same lower who has not had problems with it. would have rather gotten a RRA but they just didnt have them there. the rest of the gun will be RRA though.

saw some tompson sup macine guns from WWII, awsome, saw a .22 cal 1/3 scale replica of a .50 machine gun. saw a whole unch of AR's, AK's, lots of stuff.

 

[Shytheed Dumas]

I took my CCDW class today... Great time! And my shooting was pretty damn solid considering how long it had been since I last shot a pistol. I picked up a switchblade while I was there, since I will be able to carry that, too. I will definitely be back at the range once in a while, especially if I can get my wife interested.

I LOVE the USA!

 

[Squid699]

hey thanks for the offer. but my friend and i just assembled his last night at like 2am. it really was not hard at all. we followed the steps on ar15.com and kinda took it slow. i really think anyone with any mechanical inclanation could do it no problem. the instructions said that the hardest part would be the pin at the front that the upper reciever rotates around(i cant remember the name of it) but we got that in the first try. and we also managed to assemble the whole thing without scratching it. maybe only took about an hour to and hour and a half to do.

well thats it for now, i'll be heading out to the gun show! *flexes biceps*

That damn pivot pin detent spring pissed me off for a good 15 minutes. good job getting it the first time.