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Built my first AR
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01/30/15 10:00 PM
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SapperTitan
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5573692
01/30/15 10:02 PM
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Joined: Apr 2008
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texretvet
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Love it!
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5573696
01/30/15 10:07 PM
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Joined: Sep 2011
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artrios60
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5573700
01/30/15 10:10 PM
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Joined: Sep 2009
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Gumbeaux
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To build your own high quality gun, what's it run $ wise in comparison to buying the whole package from a good manufacturer?
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Re: Built my first AR
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01/30/15 10:17 PM
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SapperTitan
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I built this for under 900 dollars. Just over 1K with optic. Probably saved a few hundred by building it rather than buying it plus I get the satisfaction of knowing I helped build it.
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Re: Built my first AR
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01/30/15 10:30 PM
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Joined: Jul 2006
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dogcatcher
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Built my first AR
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01/30/15 11:04 PM
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Gumbeaux
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I've always thought about doing my own but have no clue where to start. Wish there was some place to see the tiers of parts/suppliers, places to buy, instructions, etc.
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5573814
01/30/15 11:10 PM
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SapperTitan
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Google and YouTube taught me a lot.
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5573818
01/30/15 11:12 PM
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Joined: Apr 2008
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texretvet
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Google and YouTube taught me a lot. The Youtubes is where I learned how to build them. If you can out together a Lego set, you can build a rifle. I've had many, but the only ones I have kept are the ones I built myself.
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5573837
01/30/15 11:22 PM
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bjones2571
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Putting together a lower is more "assembly" than "building". First one takes maybe an hour, after that 30 min or less. As others have said, look to youtube for instructions. You can buy a good quality upper for less than $400 from palmetto state armory. All in you'd be around $600, maybe less. Of course you can spend much, much more as well if you are interested.
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5573855
01/30/15 11:29 PM
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Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 488
Birdog62
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AR15.com I've always thought about doing my own but have no clue where to start. Wish there was some place to see the tiers of parts/suppliers, places to buy, instructions, etc.
"Many of the problems we face today came about because the people who WORK for a living are outnumbered by the people who VOTE for a living."
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5573857
01/30/15 11:30 PM
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tth_40
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Nice job.
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5573972
01/31/15 12:41 AM
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Western
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If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5574093
01/31/15 01:47 AM
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Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 137
Gusval
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Woodsman
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Congrats on your first build.
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5574273
01/31/15 03:56 AM
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JRJ6
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5574585
01/31/15 02:24 PM
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Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 19,652
Pitchfork Predator
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Outstanding build my friend.
Last edited by Pitchfork Predator; 01/31/15 02:28 PM.
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5574587
01/31/15 02:26 PM
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Joined: Mar 2012
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SniperRAB
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Man I dig that Sapper That needs a few Whiskey Dents in it!
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Re: Built my first AR
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01/31/15 03:39 PM
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Joined: Nov 2007
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Espy
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looks good amigo now go pop some hogs with it
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Re: Built my first AR
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01/31/15 06:28 PM
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SapperTitan
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Getting ready to go try it out.
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Re: Built my first AR
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01/31/15 06:48 PM
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dlrz71
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Re: Built my first AR
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01/31/15 07:06 PM
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TTUhunter4
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You'll save even more if you build the upper yourself too.
"God made man, but Samuel Colt made them equal."
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5575388
01/31/15 11:17 PM
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Stub
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Sweet
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5575530
02/01/15 12:46 AM
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Joined: Feb 2013
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Jake84
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Looks good! I can't recommend CMC Triggers enough. I have one in my first build I did and I have a Rock River Arms National Match 2 stage in my second that I would like to replace with another CMC Flat blade trigger. Just don't catch the bug of building more rifles, it can get expensive.
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Re: Built my first AR
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#5575538
02/01/15 12:51 AM
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thorn4570
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I once drank muddy water out of a hoof print and was dang glad to get it.
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