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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"

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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    The point is too many people who are messing with AR builds when they shouldn't be.
    Exactly, which is why I has someone else build mine lol. Learn the basics first lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by dudley2112 View Post
    "Upper and Lower, no EOTech - $1350 OBO"
    You have to pay good money for a quality build, you know!!?

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    Quote Originally Posted by kymudder08 View Post
    Exactly, which is why I has someone else build mine lol. Learn the basics first lol
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by orionz06 View Post
    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.
    ...so easy a caveman can do it!
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    Quote Originally Posted by dudley2112 View Post
    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. "
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jklaughrey View Post
    ...so easy a caveman can do it!
    I'm beginning to think this thread should be subtitled "And why you should never buy a used AR, either."

    You don't know that someone's pristine looking rifle is actually concealing a bunch of Bubba build mistakes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by orionz06 View Post
    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.
    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveL View Post
    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.
    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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