Why the multiple holes, Jim? Just curious. Here is what mine looks like. I made several in case I ever needed to give any away to friends.
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Why the multiple holes, Jim? Just curious. Here is what mine looks like. I made several in case I ever needed to give any away to friends.
I wrote that as a joke. They are 1/4" clevis pins from the hardware store. I have both single & multiple hole ones. It's one of those items you put down then go , where the heck did i leave it? I had turned a piece of nylon rod, then realized (WTHDILIOriginally Posted by ray1970
Why the multiple holes, Jim? Just curious. Here is what mine looks like. I made several in case I ever needed to give any away to friends.
) So off to hardware store for a drill bit. AS i'm wandering the aisles (trumpets) there's a box of clevis pins!
What you do turn 1/4-20 or 5/16 allen heads down?
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Why the multiple holes, Jim? Just curious. Here is what mine looks like. I made several in case I ever needed to give any away to friends.
You and Jim with your fancy tools.......
I just use a feeler guage to hold down the pin / spring and move quickly, only had one pin fly across the room in putting together 4 lowers. So 1 in 4 isn't bad right?
Now removing one is a PITA.
To the OP which ever you decide, not really hard to do with what was listed for basic tools in this thread, i can do most myself as I like to be self supporting, but too technically or need an expert's eye i hand off. If you want a professional, BP can do it to and as you can see highly regarded on here.
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It's a 20-45 min job. Bert should do it as he is a lic. smith. I am unable to build anything for anyone. Assisting someone who has questions, that is a different story.
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I can do it. But it will require beer. Good Beer. pm me if you still need it done.
If you're uncomfortable take it to Bert then hang out and watch a pro, you'll learn a lot. Money well spent.
We've got at least 2 great gunsmith's on here. Bert@BP and Robb@Bower's. Use either one with confidence if your not comfortable doing your own lower. It's really not that hard to do yourself though.
Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to Fight, he'll just kill you.
I'm an absolute newbie and built my first lower last night with the tools I had available in my garage - No issues at all....Took about a half hour.
Likewise, getting the holes evenly spaced on my detent tool was a bitch. The tension spring pin tool wasn't too bad.
The only "specialty" tools you will need for an AR lower, besides tape, pin punches, hammer and allen wrenches.
Anyone know why my pics are disappearing? I'm not the one doing it, or is it PB that has some expiration limit??
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.........its the goberment.
Photobucket gives me no problems. Did you change their files names or move them into a folder or something on PB?
"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles. --Jeff Cooper"
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