Originally Posted by
griz59
Well when I bought it it was milspec, then added the stuff. At least that's what I was told. Thanks for the advice.
You bought parts with the letters 'mil-spec' somewhere in the product description. Not a bad thing, but there is more to actually meeting a specific stated MIL-STD document. That said, there are lots of things that aren't in the Mil-Std that are definite improvements, so that isn't the end-all of civilian carbines.
What parts are on that rifle? This will dictate what really makes sense to set as priorities budgeting. I have no idea who makes that BCG, and how valid any claims they make are about the materials, processes, and coating applied to it. Same deal with other LPK parts, buffer spring, buffer, etc.
Crush washer will work great for that setup, before you get too far start reading about proper procedures for that before going forward. If you eventually get a can, you'll have to un-do this, but having a properly timed muzzle device should be a requisite part of assembling the upper that was somehow missed.
A 'lifetime warranty' on hobby grade guns are surprisingly affordable to a manufacturer to provide - as most see at most a couple magazines worth of ammunition per year, and is mechanically like offering a 5 year 5,000 mile warranty on a modern car... so Eurodriver is absolutely asking the right question about round count.
For now - go shoot the poop out of the thing. Some of the grit will wear off the trigger, and the nut behind the buttstock will get a lot more proficient too. You'll figure out if mechanically everything is in working order, or if you need to spend money getting the MTBF higher in order to own something actually reliable.
If it turns out to be reliable, then spend money on a sling, some more magazines, some training, spend some more time reading, and then eventually look at a longer handguard and some more accurate ammunition followed by maybe a trigger.
If reliability isn't 100%, either figure out if it can be addressed piecewise, or if you're money ahead selling the whole deal and starting over with a Colt, DD, BCM, LMT, Sionics, Noveske, or KAC complete weapon where there aren't any mechanical issues, and less things would need upgrading.
Last edited by TehLlama; 07-03-15 at 18:11.
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