Posted on 03/01/2015 8:59:35 AM PST by Second Amendment First
Delton full parts kit without lower $459.00 that’s everything. You can get great uppers all over the place for between $500.00 and $2500.00 on the upper price range.
If I was going to have a ghost rifle it would be the Adcore 5.56 piston with the 18in. barrel mid gas port. The lower would be the James Madison Fiber Tec 80%. Add to this the green spring kit (4.8 lb. trigger pull) lower parts kit from Windham. Than go buy the Ruger AR for something the ATF can come around and pick up.
I built one of these last year. It is definitely overmolded- the inner (white) polymer is molded with deep grooves in it. The (black) overmolded reciever fills and locks into these grooves. It has to be cut out.
Thanks for the defense!
I have considered and researched the benefits of 80% receivers, so I skipped down the post to my detriment.
I would guess others FReepers may have missed the fact that he actually built an AR-10, so my comment was more of a reference to the BATF recent power grab and infringement on 2A right to bear arms through armor-piercing ammo deception.
Unfortunately it was lost in a tragic canoeing accident.
“I would guess others FReepers may have missed the fact that he actually built an AR-10, so my comment was more of a reference to the BATF recent power grab and infringement on 2A right to bear arms through armor-piercing ammo deception.”
I got that. Pro gun folks have to stick together and not be jerks to each other for no reason.
I don’t know much about guns but I did a bit of poking around once. IIRC, the AR-10 is much different than the AR-15. In particular, it is much heavier. This is the very fist thing that I noticed in comparing the two side by side. For me, the immediate implication was that what would be really nice is to have one of each. The lighter weapon is good for closer quarters (ahem) target shooting, while the heavier weapon is better for longer range (ahem) target shooting. In particular, an AR-15 is good for toting around in the field, but an AR-10 will get heavy very quickly when one is traveling longer distances on foot, especially with other gear plus (heavier) ammo.
Ideally, one would have two each in case of a jam.
What would be interesting is a cost breakdown of the machining tools that are needed— particularly the milling machine options.
I am dimly aware that the AR-10 can shoot .308— is that correct?
Me so commie? Really? They think they are being cute and were stupid for not calling them on it. The one that cracks me up is Josh Earnest. Two words that mean lie and true.
The Vietnam era M193 55 grain FMJ ball cartridge is still available, and not in the sights of ATF at present. although I had stocked up on 8500 SS109 rounds before this mess started. I had got some great deals on M193 and have about 500 rounds of those.
Good job, but it’s not wise to bait the anti-Second-Amendment folks into trying to outlaw the practice. It’s not as easy as the author tried convey, and making such a receiver requires diligence, close attention to details and tolerance, and perseverance. Afterward, certain information is also best etched into it for the benefit of the new machinist and receiver owner (see ATF suggestions). The finished work of art should look really good. Proper anodizing is best.
People who complete such a project with good work are probably generally much less likely to commit crimes than those of the general population, just as bullies are less likely to put long, hard work into a formal hand-to-hand martial art.
You may lack faith in yourself, but should not underestimate others. There is no magic in the process, just appropriate tools and some skill. Excellent barrels were made in the 1700's with lesser tools than mine.
You know as well as I that government rules are idiotic. Try that build without the "just purchased parts".
I understand the concept of a drill jig. The rifle is still mostly purchased. Try making the barrel and chamber from scratch.
All you get with one of these builds is a lower receiver without a serial number. I fail to see how that is such an advantage.
They do not have to be heavy, thought the Armalite products usually are. The new DMPS models have a couple that are barely heavier than the AR-15, and lighter than some.
Of course, ammo is always heavier, and when you add a scope to take advantage of a longer range round....
And what are you going to do with your ghost gun when the ATF are picking up the others. Unless you are using its worthless.
I said nothing about more murders, that is your added content. I'm not sure if you do not understand terminal ballistics or if you just want to avoid the truth and defend this BS policy.
Terminal ballistics is how the bullet performs when it hits, enters, and penetrates a target, and how it expands and displaces energy into that body. The crap ammo that they want to ban just punches nice neat little holes in the front, does not expand, and caries most of its energy out the back of a target if it does not hit solid bone.
That is what they want to get rid of. They will not decrease the amount of ammo on the market, just the type of bullets loaded into the ammo.
The bullets that will be mandated will be the expanding type. When they hit a target they instantaneously begin to expand in diameter some even fragmenting. They will still penetrate to vital organs but now they will leave a much larger wound channel and displace almost all of the stored energy into that body. Pretty nasty stuff really. What a concept the mandated bullets are much more lethal than the outlawed ones.... This is obama bot logic at work.
Every word of this is well known fact. All of our states do not allow hunting with bullets that are not of the expanding type because they want the game to be killed and not just wounded.
So you see more murders, as in your fantasy, are not needed in this. More people who are shot with the new mandated bullets will die than would if shot with those that the obama bots are outlawing.
Get a clue. this is a very stupid idea and can not be supported if you understand even the basics of ballistics and terminal ballistics.
Guns and ammunition is the only subject in here that people think they can say anything about using words that they do not understand and then claim that their ignorance doe not effect the validity of their BS statements and claims.
About $15 in parts
Worked for the Filipino guerrillas in WWII. :-)
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