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AR education before I buy one

9K views 76 replies 30 participants last post by  SifuCruncher 
#1 ·
Can anyone post some links for AR newbs. I would like to get one in the future but know nothing about them other than how to shoot one. Different brands....accessories.....how does one begin to start learning besides watching Youtube videos and hoping they are truely knowedgeable.
 
#49 ·
I also decided to build my first AR. I figured I'd learn a lot more about the parts and how it works. It sure has been an education, and the ar15.com forums have been a lot of help. I built the lower, and now I'm shopping for a complete upper/BCG/CH. The more I looked at building the upper myself, the more it looked like I was going to screw up something expensive.

It's been a fun project so far. It might end up being an addiction.
 
#51 ·
Well, I have to agree with what I have read plus some. Study up on AR15.com for a little. Stay up on ban legislation, as long as it is dead don't be rushed. Buy a lower you like and then look for the component's you like. Build it, a High End piece at a time the way you want. Mine is a CQB carbine style, which is a Urban Style Warfare format I prefer. Everything else is built around that; barrel shroud, barrel, back up sights, primary sight. supports, butt stock on and on. Take your time to find your next part, find the best, shop it and buy it. Keep that plan in place and over a year you'll end up with the GUN you REALLY want, built by you and well understood with the right extra parts - Springs, Pins, Firing Pins, Batt's etc. and at a great price. Your friends will think your a genius and everyone else will just drool. The AR is by design a simple format. If you take your time to understand what you want you can buy and build, using the best components, a superior weapon. Good Luck.
 
#76 ·
I've been to the sand box. I paid my dues. I don't wear it on my sleeve.
I got the same garbage after posting there.

I thank you for your service, and for not being part of the "you must kiss the ground I walk on because I served" militocracy.
 
#65 ·
I became interested in ARs back in 2002 and bought my first one in 2003. Back then I was in the same boat as you and I didn't know much other then that I wanted one. As said before AR15.com has more information on everything possible AR related and I learned so much about every aspect of the AR there. I high recommend joining there and reading as much as possible. There are some a**holes there but most people there are very helpful and good guys but that's definitely the best place to learn about everything AR
 
#68 ·
Ok, so I got my PSA stripped lower, the complete upper from Yankee Hill will be here on Monday per UPS. I found a Rock River lower parts kit on another forum for $78 and a Blackhawk stock with all the parts last night for $32 on a blue light special at PK arms. So I've got about everything I need coming, I should be good to go next weekend for assembly. So far I've got around $930 invested. I think this will be a nice rifle, not a big $$ item like some but it should suit my purpose. Can't wait to get it together and fondle it. :)
 
#72 ·
Wow, that's a good article. I bookmarked it. I'm far from an expert but I'm a pretty decent mechanic and good with my hands. I'm gonna give it a shot.
 
#73 ·
Since we are on a Sig forum, I know you guys care about how the trigger feels. My AR trigger, like a lot of new units, felt like a long gravel driveway. I found a tip (might have been on the aforementioned site) that turned out to be the best mod of them all to my AR. Basically it involves installing a setscrew into the grip screw hole (before the grip screw goes in). The set screw meets the bottom of the trigger bar and takes up as much slack as you want to get rid of. Between that and polishing the right spots, I got a short, smooth, sweet trigger that is a LONG way from the stock crunchy mess that was. Don't do this mod unless you are comfortable with a dremel though, because the bottom of the trigger bar may need trimming to allow the safety selector to pass, and that can be a little tricky. It feels like a $100 trigger, for the cost of a setscrew and some polishing time.
 
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