[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Let The Builds Begin! (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 1/24/2009 11:17:00 AM EDT
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I decided that to day is the day!
I'm going to assemble a lower for the first time. And in the finest Arfcom tradition, I'm going to assemble both of my stripped lowers at the same time. Here are the implements: 
Yes, I know. I only have one complete stock. I'm waiting for my UDE kit to come from Larue. 
I have never attempted any gunsmithing work. Ever. It's 1315. How long will I take? What say you Arfcom? |
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Never done it before? I say probably an hour each. Yupp, not as complicated as it would seem, I recently stripped my lower to install a new LPK, with some notes found here on arfcom and patience it worked out. Take your time. I see no bacon sammiches on your table. 
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For the first time(s), about an hour each. Once you get used to it, about 20mins. - remember to back support the tangs for the trigger guard to keep from breaking them when driving the roll pin - mask the area around the BHO, so you don't hit anything driving that roll pin |
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Quoted: I used to use a white bed sheet. Sit on one end and pull the rest over your head. Quoted: When assembling the and installing the detent spring, do it in a large zip lock bag. I love stumbling across other peoples tricks of the trade. I never thought to do that, good idea! |
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I've used a clevis pin to help with the front pivot pin install. Pick up a clevis pin at a local hardware store. Then slide the clevis pin through the pivot holes in the receiver. Install the spring and detent through the hole in the clevis pin and push into the reeiver with a small hex key. Then rotate the clevis pin to keep the detent in. Then use the front pivot pin to push the clevis pin out and the front pivot pin will be installed.
Good luck |
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I bet he's fumbling with the front pivot detent pin. breathing heavily and out of breath. Or crawling in the ground looking for the pin. It's the arfcom way. it's not that hard to get it in once you figure out the trick. just grab it as far up the pin as you can with a pair of needle nose pliers, jam it into the hole, then insert the pin. no sweat. |
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Great job !!!..........so what calibers are the uppers going to be..Barrel length and such.come on details Man!!!!!!!....ARFCOM needs to know!!!  The one with the complete stock is for the use of, and once he is old enough, will become the property of, my son, HARVrider. Beyond assembling it with one of my uppers (all I own are .223) and test firing it (thus having a fully assembled rifle in case of a new AWB. And that will be completed this weekend), it will be up to him to pony up the $$$ for whatever he wants to build. The second lower, the one waiting for the UDE kit, is mine. It's going to get the full LaRue treatment. Stealth upper (probably 18", I haven't decided yet), ACOG in LaRue mount, etc... |