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The next person who posts something that is not part of this thread is getting a free short term vacation.
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ive got one to add to the dont build if your and idiot list
this was one of series of pictures of a rifle for sale on a forum up here, heres the description
"Now the 'bad' part. Since I'm a total ham-fisted dolt, when installing the Magpul trigger guard, I grabbed the wrong sized pin to drift into the lower. Using a spring punch, I couldn't feel it was wrong until it broke the little 'ear' off the part where it attaches to the trigger guard. Removing my mistake ended up breaking off the OTHER side as well. The little ears are currently crazy-glued back into place, and I've had no issues, but it's not really pretty. "
"Upper and Lower, no EOTech - $1350 OBO"
It is not learning the basics, the amount of people out there who do not have a clue how to use tools is amazing. Now tell them day in and day out that an AR is easy to build, what happens? An AR is insanely easy to build, for those who are competent with basic hand tools, apparently not so much for lots of others.
And then you have the guys who have no clue AND the tools.
Well to be fair, this mistake is easy to make. Pushing the pins through without supporting the rear of the part will do that. Which I don't know if he read an online instruction that did not stress that enough. But due to the side profile of the AR, that section has to have something directly behind it in order to prevent that from happening. I guess it is so common that my local shop warned me about it.
I'll be the first to point out that I am NOT mechanically inclined. However, I am able to follow directions quite well. When I began assembling a stripped lower for the first time a week or so ago I read the directions that came with my various parts, watched some tutorial videos on YouTube, took my time, and it went together with no problem.
Steve
Exactly what anyone who decides to build should do. I've never even changed a barrel, and I've been using the AR for 15 years.... but you see guys who've never shot an AR building their own right out of the gate.
I might get the tools and training this years and start messing with upper halves.
Last edited by markm; 03-17-11 at 11:50.
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