Augee
10-25-06, 21:28
Hello,
As you know, I only just got my first AR that didn't have a butt number painted on it (though I may do that to mine, just for fun!) in September, with the final goal of having an M4 clone as close to legal standards of form and function in a civilian carbine, in order to train with it/improve my marksmanship/learn to deal with malfunctions/learn to avoid malfunctions/gain overall "second nature" familiarity with the weapon system.
However, the parts that were originally a part of the rifle, I never even realized were different than USGI parts, and I'm finding that there are parts that I'd like to swap out. Unfortunately, I haven't got a whole lot of cash to throw around, and my plans for right now, are to just buy uprgrades to my rifle piece by piece, taking it out and shooting often while I do.
Is there any problem with this plan from what everyone can tell? Should I be concerned about parts wearing or any of that? Right now, most importantly, I'm running a semi-auto bolt carrier that's fully open in the back (C profile when seen from the rear...and turned ninety degrees counterclockwise...), but I'd rather get a mil-spec carrier, as well as an H buffer to replace my standard carbine weight buffer. Should I just go ahead and bite the bullet and buy everything all at once? Or can I feel confident just continuing to use the parts I have, and replacing them bit by bit?
Thanks,
~Augee
As you know, I only just got my first AR that didn't have a butt number painted on it (though I may do that to mine, just for fun!) in September, with the final goal of having an M4 clone as close to legal standards of form and function in a civilian carbine, in order to train with it/improve my marksmanship/learn to deal with malfunctions/learn to avoid malfunctions/gain overall "second nature" familiarity with the weapon system.
However, the parts that were originally a part of the rifle, I never even realized were different than USGI parts, and I'm finding that there are parts that I'd like to swap out. Unfortunately, I haven't got a whole lot of cash to throw around, and my plans for right now, are to just buy uprgrades to my rifle piece by piece, taking it out and shooting often while I do.
Is there any problem with this plan from what everyone can tell? Should I be concerned about parts wearing or any of that? Right now, most importantly, I'm running a semi-auto bolt carrier that's fully open in the back (C profile when seen from the rear...and turned ninety degrees counterclockwise...), but I'd rather get a mil-spec carrier, as well as an H buffer to replace my standard carbine weight buffer. Should I just go ahead and bite the bullet and buy everything all at once? Or can I feel confident just continuing to use the parts I have, and replacing them bit by bit?
Thanks,
~Augee