I do my own gunsmithing.
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I do my own gunsmithing.
"Not every thing on Earth requires an aftermarket upgrade." demigod/markm
IMHO the best "gunsmith" in the world is likely incapable of working on the AR, although if he was truly the best part of that would be knowing his own limitations and knowing when to turn work down.
The internut is FULL of pictures of various guns totally FUBARed by 'smiths, and many times the owner actually DEFENDS the 'smith that so clearly damaged the gun and instead blames the guy that tries to tell him about the problems.
Again, IMHO, you're better off learning things yourself, and doing things yourself. With the proper tools and the video series from Brownells there is very little you can **** up. The #1 cause of disasters that I see is people using the wrong tools. Followed immediately by a lack of understanding as to how things go together and/or work, and then a "force/grind/bash it" approach.
and thanks for the info rob s...great advice
When I got my AR I asked Gunsmith/armorer from work if he knew about AR's " Oh yeah easy to work on" he replied. So I asked him to put a End Plate Sling Mount for me, "No Problem !!!!!!". Well when I got the gun home took it out to shoot, pulled the trigger and CLICK, cleared the round recharged and CLICK. After clearing the gun I pulled the pin opened the upper and lower to find my buffer spring retaining pin and its spring in my trigger assembly. Then realized when he put my buffer tube back on he never seated it against the retaining pin and left the buffer 1/4 inch away. So I fixed it myself and come to realize " Im doing my own Sh*t.
Wait... there is a way to get off roster handguns? The laws here are confusing as ****. Really, I don't know how the hell they wrote it. It's like they lit a mentally retarded monkey on fire, then had him scribble nonsense onto a piece of paper, and then threw it away just because and wrote something even more ridiculous, and then called it a law. That is what CA gun laws are like.
I think this quote describe it best.
"It's that thing that goes up."
Anyhow, if I am ever in the area, I will make sure to stop by the store. It seems interesting. And as for states that have worse gun laws then us, we are nearly at the top, beaten only by New York and perhaps one or two other states.
There would be a huge market for someone in the CA area who knew their shit regarding the AR platform and could competently smith stuff. Most of the gunstores here are full of bubbas and are run by bubbas who know very little about what they sell, including plain old hunting rifles.
"Does that Remington 700 have an X-Mark trigger?"
"Probably."
Taken from a random Sniper's Hide Post
It's really hard to judge by the size, but that [critter] looks to be in the class of "Big Mother ****er" and perhaps the family of "Stay the **** Back"
This reminds me of the time I went to my local gunstore and the guy is sitting behind the counter insisting that a glock is a double action only and telling me stories about Nam.
yea he was saying it was garbage because there is no vertical adjustment and the fact that the screw that tightens it on doesnt have enough thread sticking out the other side to put some kind of lock nut on it
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