MikeD

Lane has hooked me up, gauge should be here end of the week-ish. I'm sure I'll have questions at that point.

Morning Lane - do still need, thanks. I'm traveling till Tuesday so no hurry, I'll PM you my info. Appreciate the offer

I'm pretty sold on the G43, but unfort just learned that it is not on the CA pistol roster which eliminates it for CCW no matter how I acquire it... ffs...

I have DWilson and Aero BCG's on hand to pick from, Faxon 16" pencil barrel. but I'll note that for "next time" lol

That's a great setup, trying to determine if I'm going to stick with 9mm or not. Range near me demo's pistols, so I can try a few, next week

Lol, yea, I thought about that as I typed it out. But next build is a -15 for the girl. I vascilate between wanting to build the entire thing every step of the way myself and making all the learning mistakes, and making sure the most important thing on the rifle is done right and that the assy gets a look over by a gunsmith with much more experience than myself. So I think this, in some way, is an attempt to do both - do it myself without the purchase costs of something I'll use 1x and then have a pro check my work when I think I've got it correct to be sure In other good news, my CCW was approved yesterday. On the hunt for something that carries better than a G17 as my reward

I'd anticipate only building 1 308, so the idea of buying a set of gauges isn't very appealing to me. If you're open to renting me a set of gauges for a week let me know what you'd like to get for the deal thanks

rest of my shite hit this week, loose assembled everything, looks amazing and all makes more sense now. might still have a prob with the fitment between the poly lower and the Aero upper but we'll see once I get it all together if I really have a problem

jesus, over a year without an update. quickly: I ordered the Aero BCG last November just to be sure of the fit with the stripped Aero upper I bought to replace my AR10 upper mistake. I was then able to confirm that it fits the same as the DWilson BCG I was concerned about the fit on earlier in this thread, Aero has FA, DW does not. Keep one, sell the other Aero charging handle and Aero ejection port cover came later that same month. These have been in for awhile now. This May I ordered the Magpul Commercial-Spec CTR, $45 through Buds Still have to get the 80% lower into the jig and get it milled out to finish out the back end of the rifle, but what I have is all loose fit and sitting on my desk to remind me to get it done. Ordered the rest of the parts yesterday, first part through Brownells: Faxon 10A810M16NPQ 16" pencil barrel, $225 Superlative Arms SABODI750SS- AR-15 ADJUSTABLE GAS BLOCK .750" SOLID, $89 DPMS F1000377 mid length gas tube, $19 Smith Enterprise 1005SS - AR .308 Muzzle Brake 30 Caliber, $109 Shipping $4 Order total was $447 Through Granite Ridge: Aero Precision M5 (.308) Enhanced M-LOK Handguard - Gen 2, 12" with Aero/DPMS threaded barrel nut, $159 w/free shipping Order total was $159 I *think* that a mag is the only thing left to get on order, not sure why I didn't get it handled yesterday. Everything should be in next week, then get the fun of test fitting everything and milling and drilling the lower and seeing it all put together. Side note, decided to apply for CCW permit, the class through the sheriffs office happens next month, I'm in a friendly CA county, whoda known such a thing existed...

ex Navy airdale, but that's funny

I might have something for you, still sorting out if I've misordered or not. More soon

all good, and he wouldn't be far off base if he was.

we all start somewhere, some of us are "hard learners" as well

stop it, you are making me hopeful ! y, the DWilson BCG - in my excitement I grabbed the BCG and slid it into the bare upper (baby...) No barrel

not a slifle?