Welcome to Episode #124 of the AR15 Podcast. I’m your host Reed Snyder and tonight I’m flying solo. This is the podcast about your favorite black rifle! This show is for you; whether you’re building your first AR or you’ve been building ARs for years. There is something we can all do to take our black rifle to the next level.
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Main Topic: Building an AR-15 from Scratch – Part 2
The Lower Receiver Assembly
- The Receiver
- Not much to be done to begin
- The Lower Receiver Parts
- start with the mag release
- bolt catch is next in the install
- protect your receiver when installing roll pins
- Pivot pin is my next priority
- I install my trigger before the safety selector
- install the grip to retain the safety selector
- the Takedown pin is held in place by a spring and detent, I usually install the Takedown pin last unless the spring is captured by the grip (which depends on which receiver you get)
- install the hammer next followed by
- Receiver Extension Tube
- advance the castle nut up the tube as far as it will go
- work the endplate as close to the castle nut as it will go
- remove the Takedown pin detent spring
- thread the tube into the receiver until just before the lip catches the buffer retainer
- depress the buffer retainer and advance the tube enough to reveal the milled detent hole in the receiver
- install the Takedown pin detent spring
- rotate the tube back in line with the receiver
- work the endplate as close to the receiver as possible without kinking the Takedown pin detent spring
- tighten the castle nut to its final position
- Buffer and Buffer Spring
- work the spring and buffer into the receiver extension tube
Otis Technology:
March 30: Michael Sheldon
April 6: Nathan Sanders
April 13: Mike Mourer
April 20: Eric Strong
April 27: Michael Blace
May 3: Koal McMillan
The fine folks at Otis Technology have sent over a mountain of rifle maintenance tools and cleaning kits for the AR-15 and AR-10. We’ve been tasked with giving them away. Watch for the special posts on Facebook and Instagram to get a chance to win some of the awesome products made by Otis Technology. We’ll give away a complete MSR Cleaning kit in either 5.56 or 7.62 in the middle of each month up until Christmas, when we’ll give away a complete Otis Technology Elite Cleaning System to one lucky listener. During the alternating weeks, we’ll be giving away a host of Otis tools and cleaning supplies.
Feedback:
Mike: Guys – Great show as usual. Thanks for revisiting the AR build. Really enjoyed this episode. Really been thinking about a 264 LBC build, but not sure when it may happen. Any coverage of muzzle breaks and or suppressors would interest me for show topics. I know it’s revisit for muzzle breaks.
jscanter: I really think that you are going to like your Daniel Defense butt stock. I bought one for my build and think it’s great.
Joe C: Hey guys, always a great show. I have semi-finished my build up to the optics and can read all about them, but until I can see them in a store they’ll have to wait. You always ask for a list of the build so here goes.
Mega Arms Maten billet upper/lower set w/ mkm extended rifle length (15″) hand rail; Daniel defense buttstock; JP silent captured spring; AXTS raptor charging handle; Lord Arms BCG w/ CX6 finish; Geiselle SSA-E trigger; Magpul MOE+ grip; Noveske end plate w/QD attachment
BAD-CASS safety; Rainier Arms extended mag release; Diamond Head front and rear sights; Rainier Arms 18″ barrel; Battle Comp BABC compensator; Odin Works handstop; and a Savvy Sniper Cobra QUAD X Sling
Tried very hard to make sure everything I bought was made in the USA. Thanks a lot guys, I’ll send you some Instagram pics and let you know how it works.
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