I am bemused by the folks referring to their AR as "this build", "that build", "my build". My first "build" took four hours, maybe four and a half. I can do it in a third of that time now. It's no big deal, the AR is very modular and easy to work on. I have to think to remember which ones I built and which ones I did not. My gates were a "build". I bought some surplus heavy duty gates and posts. Dug footings over a cubic yard each, set the posts and poured concrete. I ran electrical wire, mounted lights, attached wood and painted the whole thing. Took about a month working in the evenings. I could have "built" fifty ARs in that time. Can't find the pictures. Here's a photo of one of my reloading benches I built. Took quite a bit of work and no one coaching me. I don't brag about it.
I will brag about that group though. Five shots, offhand at 200 yards with a 458 Winchester magnum. Four and a half inches. No, I am not claiming I can do it at will. Sometimes even a blind hog gets an acorn.
Found a pic of one of the gateposts:
That gatepost is actually three pieces of pipe arranged coaxially, over ten feet long with a flange on the bottom. It weighs about three hundred fifty pounds.
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