Deaj
12-14-10, 22:03
I won't have the budget for a second carbine until sometime next year. I'd originally planned to purchase a second / backup AR this year but other priorities have moved this one out a bit. I was pretty sure this was going to happen so I've been picking up quality spare parts to ensure that I can keep my AR running. I now have spares for everything but the upper & lower receivers, barrel, gas block, barrel nut, and BUIS. Having the parts and necessary tools on hand to repair all but the most catastrophic failures is close enough to having a backup carbine for the time being. ...or is it.
Yeah, it is. But - I'll go to get a tool that I keep with my spares and look at the assortment of parts. This gets me thinking.... A quality stripped lower is pretty cheap and readily available locally. I could pick one up on my way home from work and assemble a complete lower. And while a complete upper is a big expense I could just order a barrel, then a stripped upper the next month, then a FSB or lo-profile gas block, then BUIS, etc.... Then I find myself shopping prices online to see how it will play out which leads me to the conclusion that by the time I have all the parts to assemble a complete carbine I'll probably be in a good position to sport for the whole thing, in pieces or built. This is a better plan anyway as I have more time to consider exactly what I want for the second carbine and I'll still have all of my spares on-hand when finished (something I'd have to collect again if I use them for a build).
That pile of parts has set this little distraction in full motion about three times now. I think those parts are trying to sprout a complete carbine.
Yeah, it is. But - I'll go to get a tool that I keep with my spares and look at the assortment of parts. This gets me thinking.... A quality stripped lower is pretty cheap and readily available locally. I could pick one up on my way home from work and assemble a complete lower. And while a complete upper is a big expense I could just order a barrel, then a stripped upper the next month, then a FSB or lo-profile gas block, then BUIS, etc.... Then I find myself shopping prices online to see how it will play out which leads me to the conclusion that by the time I have all the parts to assemble a complete carbine I'll probably be in a good position to sport for the whole thing, in pieces or built. This is a better plan anyway as I have more time to consider exactly what I want for the second carbine and I'll still have all of my spares on-hand when finished (something I'd have to collect again if I use them for a build).
That pile of parts has set this little distraction in full motion about three times now. I think those parts are trying to sprout a complete carbine.