Salem

This is mostly for Darwoth but anyone can join. I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right section. Move this to help if the administration feels this isn't in the right place.....

Hey Darwoth! I got a quick question for you. I got a free bushmaster AR-15 lower and I need to build the rest. What glorious freedom machine should I build. Note that I will be paying in cash and purchasing from a gun show, don't want my name out there anymore than it is. Being in the great and glorious state of Texas I won't be required to register this sweet girl.

I think I want to go with a traditional butt-stock from where I'm oldschool and hate change. The only problem is there are so many awesome choices for a upper that I just can't decide! I need lots and lots of pots with pictures of amazing looking AR's

Also I've been eyeing this lil beauty for my concealed carry. I usually have a light jacket or am wearing a button up. My 1911 would look amazing with that after I get some cherry wood grips on her.

http://imgur.com/a/3Uh10

My buddy has one similar to this and it looks nice......but I just can't attach as many toys to it as I would like. It has to be more tacticool!

Is it, like, gunsmithing?
Do you build guns?

'Murica

Inotdead wrote:Is it, like, gunsmithing?
Do you build guns?

Kinda. AR's are like leggos for free men and woman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1RdhoW8_fY

I will be selling this eventually to get a much better build.

I never cared much about guns, but making one yourself?
Its like a whole new world

Inotdead wrote:I never cared much about guns, but making one yourself?
Its like a whole new world

Gun smithing is extremely fun. You can make some nice beer money doing repairs and cleanings for people. You can also straight up build your stuff. I've taken AK-47 kits from Bulgaria and built them for a nice profit in the past. Aside from shooting and protection guns are a ton of fun for a little hobby.

i am a dinosaur and quite "uncool" when it comes to AR builds, i like to keep them simple without all the **** people bolt onto them, in general though.....

1> flat top, mono rails made out of titanium if possible instead of aluminum or you will get to be pissed one day when one of the notches break off when you put a steel rail accessory onto it

2> trijicon type holo sight

3> i actually do not like a vertical foregrip like some do, they always get in the way and snag on ****. i prefer a regular straight grip.

4> the one KEY thing i do with every build i have ever made or helped friends make is with the barrel.

a> chrome lined, more accurate and the barrel lasts 3x as long

b> has the step in the barrel where you attach the 203 grenade launcher, does not matter if you are going to register a DD and get a grenade launcher or not, there are lots of things on the accessory market that use that step now and prob more in the future,

C> TAKE THE TIME TO FIND A BARREL WITH A SLOW TWIST RATE, and match it with a lighter grain bullet to maximize its effect. this is the single biggest thing you can do with any ar15 to make yours better than 95% of everyone elses. the gun was originally designed with a slow barrel twist rate which stabilized the bullet enough for accuracy but when hitting a target will cause the bullet to yaw out of control. the wound characteristics of a 1/12 or 1/14 twist barrel sees the bullet hit and crank out at a sideways/diagonal trajectory through the body with the bullet itself almost immediately fragmenting.

the overwhelming majority of barrels you find now days will be between 1/7 and 1/10 twist because thats more accurate for target shooting, however if you are building the gun for defense (or hunting javelina for that matter =P) you want max lethality, be slightly less accurate and get a 1/14 twist on your barrel and you will get results on par with softpoints with regular fmj ammo



edit: my very first gun was a 1911 i built when i was like 12 - 13 or so with an auto ordnance parts kit and one of those L shaped screwdriver/punch combos , family got me a stripped essex arms frame and i did the rest.

so i really like a classic 1911, for carry pieces however we use glocks, really hard to beat your standard glock for that, in fact my mousepad is one from the glock factory . i typically have a 17 and wife a 19 , my hands are to big for the sub compacts and i like the better controllability from the fullsize deals, wear the right clothes and can conceal them just fine.

Man I had no idea about the barrel. I will def have to check that out. I'll be going pig and deer hunting so this should turn out well.

I haven't had too much of a issue with the 1911. Only when I'm in a tighter t-shirt will i start to print if I move the wrong way but that could just be my set up. I'm def in the market for a glock 19 or the Smith-Wesson compact. My hand is just big enough to not have to go to the full size. I got to fire around 100 or so rounds in both last weekend and I loved them the same. I'll go with what has the better of the deal when I'm out browsing.