Barrel Kit Awesome

Posted January 22, 2012 By admin

Barrel Kit Awesome

How can i build my own AR-15 for cheap.?

It would be so awesome if you could have links to all the different parts upper striped lower striped stock barrel gas block upper and lower parts kits. that would make my week thank u so much y'all happy hunting.

I build match AR's.

Unless you have the $400+ in special tools and three years experience working as a military or police armorer - all you are going to do is make totally useless, bad shooting gun.

A normal AR is built at Olympic Arms, Bushmaster, DPMS, Colt, etc etc by an apprentice with 3-7 years experience and the final assembly is checked by a QA gunsmith and then it is double checked by a master gunsmith. The 'guy' who mates the sears and triggers has been doing nothing but sears and triggers for the past 15 years.

That said, you need the $89 trigger jig from Brownell's to properly mate the sear and trigger for just a normal AR. Are you going to pay this to install two $6 parts? Probably not. Is your finished gun's trigger going to suck out loud? Very probably yes.

You need the fairly expensive No Go, Go, and Field gauges to test your barrel. Are you gonna buy a full set for just one barrel? Probably not. Is your barrel going to blow up in your face? Odds are 1:200 it wont with a brand new name brand barrel...... but what if your number comes up and you have a bad one? Do you have a spare face and fingers handy?

That - and anyone who builds an AR needs to own a 'standard'. Something to compair your parts to. Got one?

Here's the right way to do this. Go buy a copy of "The AR-15 Complete Assembly Guide" by Walt Kuleck and Clint McKee. Read it, learn it, love it.

Get a really nice lower - not some cheapo CNC from Superior or Stag with poor stampings - pay the extra $10 for a really nice one from Smith and Wesson with a nice design on both sides. Then track down a Rock River lower parts kit - these are the most expensive - $15-$25 more than DPMS and other kits.... but the parts fit nicer, install easier, and the trigger and sear are closest to useful out of the bag. This is important to make a good first gun. You can clean up the sear with toothpaste and a dremel tool - just don't use the red or green rouge. Stick with toothpaste and you will never get into trouble.

If you want a tricked out extended trigger guard, mag release and slide release - buy them up front and put them in along with the bag parts. You will mess up the receiver finish removing the old parts and re-installing these nice ones.

Next - pick out the barrel with the twist rate you need, and the rest of the furniture.

While you are doing this, find a local gunsmith that does AR's, or, hang out at the local range and find someone with an AR that has tools. Most guys will loan you everything except for the punch set - get your own at midwayusa.com - you need these anyway.

For cheap parts - keep your eye out at ar15.com and other gun sites for 'take offs'. You can get a A1 or A2 upper for $35 with sights, used barrels, handguards for 10 cents on the dollar. It's the BCG that you will have to pay top dollar for, if you can find them.

You can email me if you run into trouble.

Kevin

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