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What should a person do/know before an AR build
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<blockquote data-quote="briarcreekguy" data-source="post: 2815975" data-attributes="member: 16975"><p>Well I finished the lower this weekend. It wasn't too hard. Now I have to gather the parts for the upper. I had all the tools I needed for the lower build. I had bought some brass pin punches off of the Cummins tool truck a few years ago, they were perfect for use as slave pins and for driving the roll pins in to the lower. I couldn't find my long Allan wrenches to run the screw into the grip, but I had the right size Allan bit and used it in a Snap-On nut driver to get to the screw. The thing that was most difficult for me, was to start the pin through the hammer while keeping tension on the spring. If you had a third hand it wouldn't be an issue. I bought a stock assembly off a Facebook forum, and that person threw in a little book called, "Build your own AR-15 rifle" by David Strauss. There is a page with pictures of all the various springs and pins, that helped me sort out the parts in the Anderson lower kit I bought. The most helpful thing was this YouTube video. <a href="https://youtu.be/bV81z8kegh8" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/bV81z8kegh8</a> This guy builds a lower in less than 22 minutes, it took me longer, but this was my first and I'm sure he has built many. I'd watch along and pause it after each operation. It is a fun project and I'm really enjoying it, like someone mentioned, it is like TinkerToys for adults. Now on to the upper.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="briarcreekguy, post: 2815975, member: 16975"] Well I finished the lower this weekend. It wasn't too hard. Now I have to gather the parts for the upper. I had all the tools I needed for the lower build. I had bought some brass pin punches off of the Cummins tool truck a few years ago, they were perfect for use as slave pins and for driving the roll pins in to the lower. I couldn't find my long Allan wrenches to run the screw into the grip, but I had the right size Allan bit and used it in a Snap-On nut driver to get to the screw. The thing that was most difficult for me, was to start the pin through the hammer while keeping tension on the spring. If you had a third hand it wouldn't be an issue. I bought a stock assembly off a Facebook forum, and that person threw in a little book called, "Build your own AR-15 rifle" by David Strauss. There is a page with pictures of all the various springs and pins, that helped me sort out the parts in the Anderson lower kit I bought. The most helpful thing was this YouTube video. [url]https://youtu.be/bV81z8kegh8[/url] This guy builds a lower in less than 22 minutes, it took me longer, but this was my first and I'm sure he has built many. I'd watch along and pause it after each operation. It is a fun project and I'm really enjoying it, like someone mentioned, it is like TinkerToys for adults. Now on to the upper. [/QUOTE]
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