My First AR Build

[Guest gcrookston]

DPMS, GG&G, YHM, Spike's, Vltor, CMMG, A.R.M.S., Harris, EoTech and Tapco.

1 take down detent somewhere in the NE corner of the living room, 1 take down detent somewhere behind the TV... discounting the futile search for these parts and the additional trip to HeroGear for more, entire build time less than 1 hour.

Next: YHM suppressor adaptor, Gas Buster charging handle, YHM can...

[R1100R]

Very nice. Who made the rail system?

[strickj]

Nice,but does it reheat Pop Tarts?

[Guest gcrookston]

Very nice. Who made the rail system?

I cheated and bought a complete YHM upper from Joe. The lower was a stripped Spike's I picked up in KY, internals DPMS, except for the trigger group which is a two stage CMMG.

Edited September 23, 2008 by gcrookston

[TGO David]

That's going to be one long-ass rifle with a can on the end of it. If you run out of ammo, with that overall length you can just shift forward a little and poke 'em with the end of the rifle.

[TripleDigitRide]

Congrats on your first build.

I was lucky not to have lost any detents. Luckily, I was warned and instructed to watch some video of a guy building an AR. Oh, and TN-Robocop let me borrow a pivot pin detent tool. That's a must have for an AR builder.

[Guest bang-flash]

What barrel is that? Me likes the scallops or whatever they are called.

[Daniel]

Congrats on your first build.

I was lucky not to have lost any detents. Luckily, I was warned and instructed to watch some video of a guy building an AR. Oh, and TN-Robocop let me borrow a pivot pin detent tool. That's a must have for an AR builder.

thats a negative on the detent tool

[musicman]

Hehehe, I built two ARs with just a flathead screwdriver and an old set of brass punches. Pain the butt!! When I get to do it again, I'm buying real AR tools!!

:wall::rant:freakin springs and crap....

[ShaunM]

Looks great, love the Eotech and magnifier.

[Guest tnmale46]

looks nice and yep that detent and spring is the hardest part

[Guest VolDaddy]

Looks great. Who makes the barrel. Ive got plans to build one in the near future.

[Schadenfreude]

so what do you think of that eotech magnifier is it the swing to the side version?

I have an eotech & would like to have one of those if its remotely close to the asking price

[Guest VolDaddy]

Is this the tool I need?

www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=920248

[TGO David]

Yes. But your link is hosed.

[TripleDigitRide]

The one I used was from Brownell's. Unlike most of them, it was curved at the end, kinda like an allen wrench. Most of the other I've seen are straight. I'm sure they will do the job just fine.

[TGO David]

You can install the front pivot pin detent and spring without the tool, but it's a PITA and usually requires a few tries. That tool makes it infinitely easier.

[TripleDigitRide]

Here's a curved pivot pin detent tool like the one I used. This one is not from Brownell's, but basically the same thing.

http://www.m-aparts.com/productsDetail.asp?id=789

[BimmerFreak]

What barrel is that? Me likes the scallops or whatever they are called.

Those are called Diamond Cuts.

Looks cool, and aids (claimed) in cooling and rigidity.

The barrels are from YHM and we have them in stock

[Guest gcrookston]

so what do you think of that eotech magnifier is it the swing to the side version?

I have an eotech & would like to have one of those if its remotely close to the asking price

The Magnifier is 3x on the FTS mount (A.R.M.S. swing to the side). I like it and have shot it out to 300yrds. It's fine, but really a poor-man's substitute for an ACOG (the Eotech setup is about $200-$300 cheaper). It seems to have a wee bit of parallax compaired to the ACOG (which has zero).

I do really like the Eotech and I do like the flexibility of being able to quickly set it aside to focus on closer targets, but I think next time I'll be getting a TA31 or TA33, merely out of personal preference.

[Almond27]

Nice AR looks very cool