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I've put literally thousands of these together and never seen or even heard of breaking the ears off until I started reading threads here. What the heck are guys beating them in with Jackhammers?
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Haven't done thousands, but have done scores––-and I agree. Hlonestly, the encouragement on this iste for total mechanical novices to build them selves a high power rifle frankly scares the hell out of me.. Looking at postings in which someone is bragging that he's never fired a rifle, but he just built an AR totally freaks me out. Fortunately, I do my shooting at a strate of Georgia law enforcement range; so I don't have to worry whether the shooter next to me has a properly built AR or a potential explosive device, but I sure do wonder about some of y'all who use public ranges.
In fairness, though, I have seen info that atleast one outfit, DPMS, put out a bunch of parts kits in which the TG pin was several thousanths oversize; which may have caused some of the problems we've seen posted..