crimsonfalcon07

FBI says it's North Korea: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/12/19/sony-the-interview-hackers-gop/20635449/

Nickel Boron is a lot easier to clean. Pretty much just wipes off after use. It's cool stuff. Necessary? No. Nice to have? Yup. And at that price, definitely. I ordered a DPMS-type BCG, but it did not headspace correctly, so I ordered one of AP's BCG's, and will see how that works when it ships (I'm having it sent directly to Rainier for headspacing to my barrel).

Oh, and I'm amused to notice that the spring that Croaker hated so much on the AP upper is sticking up in the ejection port on the PA-10 also.

I can only think you didn't do a thorough job reading through here. I documented the issues pretty carefully, and exactly NONE of them have been due to my gunsmithing skill. And it's not just cross-platform compatibility. For me, the main issue was that Palmetto State claimed (and still does), the following (taken directly from their website): "These forged lowers are quality made using 7075-T6 aluminum. The finish is black hardcoat anodize per MIL-8625 Type 3 Class 2. Additionally the receivers include an integrated trigger guard, and are designed to use AR15 fire control groups so your favorite AR class trigger can be used. These are developed for use with SR-25 pattern magazines - which are commonly available in metal or polymer." I had planned on getting a full Palmetto State set, and using their LBK, as the website does make clear that several of the parts are proprietary. I'm not a total moron. As you can see from looking at this thread, I ordered a Geissele SSA-E ( one of my favorite AR class triggers, and not incidentally, one of THE MOST POPULAR on the market). Unfortunately, unless you allow PSA to grind on the trigger, that trigger will NOT work with the PA-10, and will instead impact the BCG. The trigger costs more than the lower. According to PSA themselves (grammatical mistakes theirs), that issue arose because "- We are fixing the problem on our side with the Geiselle SSA-E Triggers. The issue was with the Takedown and Pivot Pin ports. They were a positioned a little to high, causing the SSA-E hammer to sit slightly to high and making contact with the BCG. We have stop manufacturing the first model PA-10 Lower Receiver. This issue will be corrected with the new model. It will also be listed as a "Multi," caliber lower instead of .308. " But, they're still selling the defective ones marked with .308, and had no estimate on when the new ones would be available. If you bought the PA-10 as a battle rifle, having their crappy mil-spec trigger in your gun may be fine with you, and it DOES supposedly work with the ALG triggers, which I have in all of my battle rifles. But, if you intend, as I do, for your 308 AR to be a PRECISION rifle, and you want a nice PRECISION trigger, like the Geissele triggers, the lowers are out of spec for those, and non-compatible without grinding on your trigger. Which would still be fine with me, and not an issue, if it were advertised as such. But it wasn't (and still isn't). They made the claim that their lowers would be compatible with aftermarket triggers, and to be honest, they SHOULD be. Well, that turned out not to be the case. I'm glad yours worked out for you, and that it fits the bill for what you were trying to do. But you will find that your rifle is woefully inadequate if you ever decide to upgrade it with a better quality trigger than the mediocre one that comes in the PSA LPK, especially if you do as little research as you did here, and buy what you think would be a good trigger, when in fact there are only a few triggers that work. Then you'll be the one who's pissed off, especially considering that the trigger costs more than the lower does. It sounds like you went into your build with budget being the primary concern. I went in with precision at long-range and overall quality being the primary concern. I wanted to save money where I could, but when you're working with a mil-spec trigger and an anderson barrel (which, reportedly, is non-chrome lined, and many consider to be junk), and I'm working with a Geissele trigger and a Rainier Ultramatch barrel, we're already looking at completely different types of builds. And, when you're looking at a build that isn't going to be compatible with a lot of aftermarket parts for 208 shipped to your door (and without upper parts installed, which doubtless cost you more), and I'm looking at a matched non-blem AP set with assembled upper for 225 shipped to my door, and one that I KNOW was done right and will be compatible with aftermarket triggers, do you still think you got a better deal? And that's leaving aside the military discount we got because my wife is active duty.

Definitely think it's a shame all the movie theaters and Sony caved. Whatever happened to not letting the terrorists get their way? I hope Sony goes to cyber war with North Korea, since it's now been proven that North Korea was behind the hacking, from what I saw.

The AP stuff is good. I was one of the ones who bailed from PSA due to trigger incompatibility and got an AP set. v AFAIK PSA still hasn't fixed the lowers, and probably won't until they finish selling off all the defective ones. I think AP is low profile, but they'll be selling their own handguards, and already do sell the M5E1 enhanced sets with handguard. If you're going to get AP, I'd say you should just get that. Those BCG's aren't out yet; I preordered one, and am HOPING that it will work nicely, as the Radical Firearms one I bought was out of spec, and could not be headspaced to the Rainier barrel I bought. I'll be reporting about that as soon as I receive it all. You can get a bolt release and the takedown and pivot pins from Aero as well (and I would). But, then again, so far the RF bolt won't lock back either. Not sure whether that's the fault of the BCG or the bolt catch. Again, something I'll be reporting back about. I do believe that AP will take care of me if anything doesn't work right, however, so no complaints there. So far their CS has been right on the money.

For some reason I found this very amusing. Probably because it's so true. I'm in a similar position with an extra Aero 308 upper, which fortunately is compatible with my lower, so I can build another upper to swap onto my lower. Which will, of course, turn into another rifle. But I'm sure I'll feel better about it if I say it's just going to be another upper... I can't say as how I would complain about free parts though.

It is pretty darn disorienting looking into a strobing light; considerably more so than just a steady bright light. I think this question would answer itself pretty quickly just experimenting with one and seeing what it feels like being on the receiving end. YMMV, of course.

Which also likely means that it's a crowd that's comfortable with razzing each other, I suspect. Those with thin skin who are prepared to be defensive and get hurt by any little thing need not apply. I honestly hadn't noticed that little spring sticking up until he mentioned it, and that is indeed present on both of mine, but I don't really see how it's a real issue. It's an ejection port, not an ejaculation port.

The internet is probably not the place for someone who can't take a joke or a little teasing. This place is far tamer than many I've been to. And hey, I occasionally do bring my scoped AR's to the range and shoot at 25 yard targets. That is the maximum range available at that particular range, and with a little math, I can zero a scope pretty well, and test out function for a new gun and otherwise break it in, without having to drive much further to get to a range that has a real rifle range.

Put it together a little to see what it's going to look like. I discovered that the bolt catch won't seem to lock back with the BCG anyways. I hope that the Aero Precision one works appropriately. I'm getting a little stir crazy waiting for them to ship. In other news, I'll be moving to Texas next year, as my wife got her top choice neurology residency with the USAF, so I'll actually be able to get 20 round mags for this once again. Looking forward to getting away from the moronic legislation here.

I'm just trying to figure out why we'd want to be able to quickly run our fingers along the bottom of the ejection port with our eyes closed. What benefits does that give us in terms of anything important?

Clicked the link for the letter but it wasn't immediately evident what to do, and I got disgusted because there are a TON of people who seem to have read the title only, and are encouraging their representatives to SUPPORT the act because they think it's about responsibly owning body armor, instead of banning it. What a bunch of morons all around.

I'm not, actually. I just didn't want to completely monopolize the thread. Ka-bar Phat Bob, which is a great little slicer, and awesome at the price point too. Good worker. Cold Steel Peacekeeper 1: BK9, modified by a fellow named Haze: A 3V utility knife with bubinga scales: Another 3V piece, designed by a customer of mine:

Seems like a pretty lopsided poll so far.

Santoku: Himalayan Imports Spear Vala: HK 14650, which is a really good cutter, and very smooth to open: Benchmade Monochrome (my first nice folder, which I liked so much that when it was stolen, I bought a new one): Benchmade 530. Super light, which I liked, but took a terrible edge and dulled pretty quickly. Others love theirs, so maybe I got a lemon:

Also large persian, 1095 with green curly maple scales: And mini-persian buddy with textured bocote scales: Becker BK5 with more curly maple: Another kukri I sold a while ago:

Thanks fellas. Blades are made from a variety of things. I use almost exclusively CPM 3V for my swords. It's about the best sword steel that there is, in my opinion. Most of the rest are made from a variety of high carbon steels, such as 5160, 52100, and 1095. The kukri is made from Alabama Damascus' twist pattern damascus, and stabilized old-growth california redwood burl for scales. This site doesn't let me post very many pics at once. Here's a few more: Bush swords: Another gladius: modern wakizashi prototype: A sweet manjushree from Himalayan Imports:

Here's a few more: A sword based on a fantasy novel I made: Dao-styled full-length: Modern gladius: An awesome Barry Dawson: I've got a bunch more, and even more I haven't taken pics of. I think I have over 200 blades.

CRKT has never been my favorite. I'll take Benchmade, Spyderco, or Kershaw/ZT first any day. Here's a few of my smaller blades. HTM Darrel Ralph Gunhammers, a custom Darrel Ralph Trigger Maze, and a fixed blade of my own make and design. Love the Gunhammer: Benchmade Ritter Griptilian, Spyderco Stag Arms Manix 2, ZT 350, and Gunhammer with Radian blade: A couple other small fixed blades of my own make and design that I carry occasionally: Dagger: Kukri:

It doesn't necessarily need to be a full removal. What if you take off .125" of the back of the sight hood to let it lie flush against the forearm, but otherwise leave it be? You'll still have full hood, and with a little paint or cerakote, will look 100% custom-fit.

They sent me an email when they shipped with a tracking number.

I think the Aero set uses proprietary takedown and pivot pins. I got mine through them, anyways, and I think it was for that reason. They also sell a bolt catch that will work (and comes with the appropriate screw for use with their set). What are you using for buffer/spring/stock connection? Did the stock just come with all that?

Oh, and just an update for anyone who missed the info about this in my build thread. Rainier Arms informed me that they were unable to headspace the bolt to any of their barrels, and suggested it was probably out of spec. I'll be sending it back for a refund. Buy with caution (or not at all).

Is Robocop's hatred of CMMG primarily because of that .22LR charging handle? Or is there more to it? I know they're not even remotely close to top quality, but it does seem like kind of a cool idea to me.