mikegideon

I don't think you can build cheaper these days. You might get close with one of the kits, IF you already have the tools. I just finished two (one for a friend). Lowers are pretty easy. Uppers are a little more difficult, and require more specialized tools. If you decide to build, gimme a holler. I'll help you with the upper.

  Yep. Rat Boy himself.

  ... and who to shoot. :)

It will be awhile before I manage to pop for one of those Busse rhino slayers. I figure it's coming, though. :)

I had to. It was on sale :) Happy now, Spots? :)

  Regular guys... it's important :)

  You need to borrow my roll pin starters? Get busy :)

  Couldn't find them on their web site. Good question. I'm not interested in building a rifle with a billet lower and forged upper. I just assumed they would be billet too.

  You're gonna have to drive to my house to pick it up. We can tell some lies and eat some prunes... It's all good :)

  Doesn't look like they make forged uppers. Looks like billet or nuthin

I keep some Mexican cigars around. Te-amos. 

  No shit

I'm in for a lower and an upper. My AR pile is sparse. :)   Good job, McG

  I just went with what I read. If you buy a new FSB, it doesn't have any holes. You probably can make one work, but it ain't the way it's done. I built this rifle so it would support bayonets. I paid lots of attention to the fsb. I had no idea you couldn't reuse one. I had one in the box already.   EDIT: They have a way of doing stuff. I wasn't out to re-engineer anything. I just wanted an A2... the way they build A2's. The old salts on arfcom are pretty convinced. I may be wrong... they may be wrong, but I went with the right (wrong) guys. 

Here's a decent video...   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6BlViDghKY

  I didn't make that #### up just for you :). I found a consensus on this. Doesn't mean somebody won't hack one on. You can make it stay there with JB weld.   BTW... I've never put an A2 sight on a barrel before. Took a few off, but never put one on

  They're good for one time only, and have to be drilled with the barrel. If it already has pin holes in it, it's a fishin' weight. You can use a low runout drill press, but better off with a vertical mill. Once the holes are drilled with the FSB on the barrel, you gotta hit them with a taper reamer. There's a jig out there that's helpful, but it's 150 bucks. That's why I sent my stuff up to Adco. They're probably the best AR barrel shop in the US (quality, money, lead time). 105 bucks to drill and pin the FSB, and put all the parts on that have to go on first. .

  Is it an A2 front sight? You know the deal on those, right? I agree with the pencil, BTW

  You can always just order the Model One assembly and wait. It's a lot cheaper than the route I had to go. It's a government profile

  Yep. There are sources. Just not new stuff, from what I could gather. Hopefully, this A2 will be enough to satisfy my retro urge. It's gonna be a fun shooter.

  Thanks. 20" barrels are a challenge. Are you gonna do the slow twist pencil barrel? I had a tough enough time finding a government profile.

   I don't think anybody is really serious about that. I have the kind of dislike for Obama that's hard to express, just because of it's magnitude. It's natural to praise a guy that's dishing him an ass whipping.

Nobody makes new A1 handguards, so you have to go with surplus.

I actually wanted an A1. I'm just not willing to work that hard. The A2 is still in serious circulation in the military. Parts are gonna be around for awhile. The barrel assembly was the bitch, but you can order one right up if you wanna wait...   http://www.model1sales.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=360

Or, if you like Olympic better, one hundred fifteen dolla, also in stock...   http://www.midwayusa.com/product/594705/olympic-upper-receiver-stripped-ar-15-a2-matte?cm_vc=subv1390591     BTW, you can still buy an A1 upper. The handguard is the bitch...   http://www.dpmsinc.com/A1-Upper-Receiver-Stripped_p_249.html