I wanna say the firehose pants lasted me 4 months, which is longer than usual

it's always the crotch that goes

@EDDSkitz gonna be coming from Old hampshire 🙂 England

Nice. Welcome to the land of the slightly less oppressed 😛

ha

yeah well ive got to get there first

heres hoping all my meme-ry hasnt put me on too many watch lists

Nah, watch lists are a way of life here.... Obama isn't president anymore

And unlike literally every other country in the world, we let everyone in for the most part.

citizenship as long as you can afford the legal fees and wait times from what I hear

This may be a dumb question but would either of these be a problem running it without a suppressor

either of what?

Maybe the buffer. Your best bet is to get an adjustable gas block

running most suppressors will push more gas back into the receiver. The charging handle is made to direct it away from your face so it doesn't go straight up your nose, which is uncomfortable. The buffer is probably just heavier to take the increased backpressure

I'd probably suggest just going with a regular buffer, adjustable gas block, and suppressor optimized charging handle. Tune the gas block to work without the suppressor, so it'll cycle with or without it

Fair enough, I'd probably just be better off building it then. It's just a 3rd option bc I found a SOLGW m4 76 for a good price, and 2 BCM that I'm looking at

IMO building to spec is always better... most of those companies offer parts and some are better than others at different things.

I feel like I don't know enough about AR's to build one correctly yet

And I'm not looking for anything crazy just a solid rifle for close to mid range

That's why you build one, you learn everything you need to know

They are basic as fuck

I believe you, I just learn a little differently. I'm better at having something complete in my hands and gutting it to learn. Plus my only experience with AR's is with a very clumsy rifle so I'm not certain on which parts and tolerances I prefer

So long as it's actually certified as mil-spec it should be reliable. But some companies go above that mark.

You do need a couple tools to assemble one so if you're not comfortable, I'd suggest getting a complete upper with bcg and charging handle, and a complete lower

Agreed, if you don't have experience with ARs, get an already built upper and lower.

Firearms have an excise tax, but when it comes to parts, the lower is the only thing that makes something a firearm, so you pay less taxes if you get the lower separately

I have hardly any gun experience at all and plan to build my lower. Not my upper though.

Assuming my CovidCash comes that is. If for some reason it doesn't I'll have to settle for being unarmed lol.

Yeah im looking into getting a complete lower and upper separately

Is it normal for my BCG to have a small gap? Or is this not seated correctly?

Also as someone who has never built a gun beforehand...it isn't really that hard. Just have your work looked over by someone reputable before bringing to the range/firing it

It is normal

I'd suggest getting some headspace gauges anyway just to make sure whenever you're building a rifle. You won't be able to see the difference but if it's off, you might feel it lol

It seems I can't breakdown without doing the pivot pin first, I think it's working against the buffer

Something must be off, or it isn't seating properly. I should be able to break it apart more easily, from the back pin first I'm thinking right?

Yeah, back pin first is the standard procedure

It's pretty uncommon to even touch the front pin

Yeah, I rarely bother to touch it. I clean it while it's hinged.

Only thing I can think of off the top of my head is that the bolt carrier could be resting too far back, blocking the rifle at the receiver extension, but idk