Jlr2267
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CeeZee,
I'll leave it to others to debate the +/- of building your own.
To finish it out, you'll need:
(1) stripped lower (also can be found at PSA...and AIM Surplus had Anderson lowers at one point for $40). This is considered the actual firearm, so you'll have to ship to FFL, do the 4473, etc. Everything else can ship to your front door.
(2) a rear sight...decent and inexpensive sights can be found almost any place that sells gun accessories. I have found good deals on Amazon of all places
(3) magazine...the kit does not come with one but they can be had for $8 from PSA
That gets you into a functional, quality rifle..you can upgrade and spend as much as you want from there
Building the lower is not difficult. There are decent videos on Youtube that walk you through it. One trick I use is squeezing the roll pins into place with padded channel locks rather than using a punch/hammer. You'll need to be careful and go slow so you don't lose any parts...lots of small springs and plungers and they're easy to lose. It really helps to mount the lower on a vice (I use an old magazine to hold the lower and grip the magazine in the vice). The whole job can be done in 30 minutes after you've done it once.
I'll leave it to others to debate the +/- of building your own.
To finish it out, you'll need:
(1) stripped lower (also can be found at PSA...and AIM Surplus had Anderson lowers at one point for $40). This is considered the actual firearm, so you'll have to ship to FFL, do the 4473, etc. Everything else can ship to your front door.
(2) a rear sight...decent and inexpensive sights can be found almost any place that sells gun accessories. I have found good deals on Amazon of all places
(3) magazine...the kit does not come with one but they can be had for $8 from PSA
That gets you into a functional, quality rifle..you can upgrade and spend as much as you want from there
Building the lower is not difficult. There are decent videos on Youtube that walk you through it. One trick I use is squeezing the roll pins into place with padded channel locks rather than using a punch/hammer. You'll need to be careful and go slow so you don't lose any parts...lots of small springs and plungers and they're easy to lose. It really helps to mount the lower on a vice (I use an old magazine to hold the lower and grip the magazine in the vice). The whole job can be done in 30 minutes after you've done it once.
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