$200! What tools do y'all buy!? A 5lb hammer, flat blade screw driver and sawzall cost me $19.95 at HF.
There is a forum that talks about such things.
Barrels-Uppers-and-Lowers
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$200! What tools do y'all buy!? A 5lb hammer, flat blade screw driver and sawzall cost me $19.95 at HF.
There is a forum that talks about such things.
Barrels-Uppers-and-Lowers
$200 what? Thanks for the link, I'll have to check that out when I get off of work tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ah Pook
So what company makes a good barrel then? I want to do a free floating barrel for the build.
free floating the barrel has to do with the handguards, nothing to do with the barrel
but for this step you need to figure out;
caliber (556, 5.45, 300blk, 7.62 etc)
lined/unlined(chrome, melonited, NIB, chrome molly, etc)
length of barrel (7-24")
length of gas system (pistol, carbine, mid, rifle)
rifling twist rate (1/7 thru 1/12)
profile (pencil, gov, m4, heavy, target, bull etc)
generally noveske and white oak barrels are considered the best. DPMS makes pretty good ones for the price.
You really should pick an intended purpose with priorities given to longevity, accuracy, weight etc
you need an armorers wrench and an upper reciever block at the VERY least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy7
Thought those were tools to build an AK. Big rock helps as well. [LOL]Quote:
Originally Posted by Ah Pook
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Originally Posted by jerrymrcThought those were tools to build an AK. Big rock helps as well. [LOL]Quote:
Originally Posted by Ah Pook
Yeah, but when you build a FAL you have to use a calibrated big rock.[Hyper]
I was going to go with the 14.5 for this barrel.
http://shopnoveske.com/collections/b...ainless-barrel
And this is going to be the handguard I was gonna go with.
http://fortismfg.com/index.php?route...&product_id=63
What do you guys think of that set up so far with a black rain ordinance upper and lower.
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Originally Posted by Wulf202
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Originally Posted by Roy7
You going to pin you own flash hider to 16"?
Having built 6 AR's, in my experience it is what YOU want. I really haven't come across any junk so far and I shoot them all (before I sold them) a lot.
Also. Once you peice together one, you are inevitably going to put together another... so go with what you want... have fun and shoot it a bunch, and start on your next build.
This may not work for you now... because many people are looking for OPSEC. But what I did was peruse the "build your own" threads, looking for components that gave me the look I wanted... Bought them, and put it all together.
Here is some eye candy to get you started:
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I guess I don't know too much about building an AR, what do you mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by rbeau30
I guess the only reason I'm asking what you guys think is because I don't know what are reputable brands and what's crap. I definetly want to do this because I would like to build something completely custom that I can call my own.