Re: Experience with unfinished AR lowers?
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Re: Experience with unfinished AR lowers?
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Re: Experience with unfinished AR lowers?
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Nothing yet.
In the process of moving from an apartment to a house, once I'm settled in I'll give it some more thought.
So far I looked around, it seems is a little painful with a press drill vs. a mill, but obviously even a cheap mill is pretty expensive. But it still looks doable.
As for anodizing, that apparently only requires a bucket, some acid and a battery charger. Doesn't look hard or expensive to do at all.
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Re: Experience with unfinished AR lowers?
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Re: Experience with unfinished AR lowers?
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Re: Experience with unfinished AR lowers?
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Re: Experience with unfinished AR lowers?
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[/URL] Yeah? Well, I start making mine by collecting old soda cans first then melting them down. Seriously, good job. Looks like a fun project too.
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Re: Experience with unfinished AR lowers?
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Re: Experience with unfinished AR lowers?
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Have any of you finished an AR lower, and if so how easy/difficult was it?
I have thought of getting a couple of these as a challenge (and because they are easier to find), but only if there is little to no chance of screwing them up because they are expensive enough <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
The one I'm specifically looking at is the American Spirit Arms 95% lower.
I have never built an AR at all, but how hard can it be?
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Re: Experience with unfinished AR lowers?
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sportsnut.. dang, thats pretty hardcore
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Re: Experience with unfinished AR lowers?
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So, I've bagged this idea for the time being, because using a drill press to finish them apparently isn't the way to go and I cannot afford even a cheap mill right now. Whats worse, is that the federal government is apparently going to try and move towards putting a definition of "assault weapon" on the books, and all but ban the sale of "parts kits" and "unfinished lowers", and outright ban imported unfinished lowers. All of this is of course easy to change into an allout AWB later on by changing or removing a few words as a rider on another bill.Read HB2910 and tell your House Rep to just say no: http://amgoa.org/Proposed-Federal-Gun-Legislation-HB2910/Federal-Law/477
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Re: Experience with unfinished AR lowers?
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You could pick up the kit now and hold onto it for later.
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