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Terry, that's AWESOME info, brother - thank you! I didn't know there was a difference in the sights or the bolt, outside of the M2 being a select-fire weapon. Mine doesn't have the bayo lug retrofitted on it, but someone used the upgrade kit on it, at some time. This rifle came from my father - and he's still in great health, by the way. He told me he'd pass it down to me, and he gave it to me this summer. I didn't expect it, not now. He did 39 years in the Army, mostly National Guard. When he retired, I went to his official retirement ceremony and change of command, and the dinner the night before. This rifle was a retirement gift presented to him. His first rifle issued was the M1 Carbine, and it was always his favorite, and a bunch of the officers that worked for him knew that. This one means a lot to me - right up there with my grandfathers shotgun. <thumbsup>

Updated, with responses above. Don't take it personal. It's tough enough to diagnose problems when you've got a rifle sitting right in front of you, and you're taking it apart - let alone on the internet. These are just my views from going into the whole thread after seeing everything thus far.

I did, too - had to search the beast out on my own. Not sure what Brownells pricing is.

Steep, steep retail price of $360!!! Looks very well made, and very adjustable. Damn nice bipod.

If I pick up some more mags, I'll gladly drive some over, brother. Let me check on availability and funds, and see what I come up with.

Yeah, I need to compose it. I'll work on it today.

^^^ That's what I use the vise for. Cut off about 1/2" of spent brass (the bottom 1/2"). Use a 1/2" drill bit and channel the skinny side of a 2x4. You want the 2x4 longer than the bolt, and the channel should be as deep as the distance from UNDER the locking lugs down to the bottom of the bolt. The bolt should bottom out in the channel, and the lugs should stick out, all the time the bolt is resting in the channel. Place the bolt in the channel, locate the ejector retaining pin, remove bolt, and drill a 1/4" hole down into the 2x4 to drive the ejector retaining pin into. Lay this whole crazy mess in the jaws of the vise, stick that cutoff brass onto the boltface, and slowly close the vise. Pop the pin, and slowly open the vise. It sounds tougher than it is. I know pics would help, but I can't find the piece of wood and brass (in a ziplock bag) since I moved this summer. It's somewhere. I'll look around today and try to find it. Again.

Hell, I was talking about stroker engine for towing torque, and crazy Mike tossed out a 383... First thing I thought was the 383 SBC stroker... <lmao> There's no way in hell that I'll be changing the trans or wiring - too much money in the trans, first, wiring sucks, second, and if I was going that far, I'd go for a diesel conversion. <thumbsup>

Not that I've been able to find, brother - thanks for moving this, too. :happydrunks: Before all the nuttiness in December, American Spirit Arms offered a machining service to machine cut your Uzi mags for you. Ship them to them, have them cut, pay nominal fee, get them shipped right back to you. Honestly, I figured I try to cut one, it would suck, and I'd contact ASA and ship the rest (or just drive them over to them). The first one turned out to be no big deal, so I chopped the rest. It's not a bad process at all. Set up digital caliper for one measurement, lock it down, scribe all mags that will be cut. Set up digital caliper for next measurement, lock it down, scribe mags for second cut, yada yada yada. It went quick, brother. <thumbsup>

There are specific G triggers for different applications. Each design has its merits, and purposes. Checking the tech data on the G site explains it all, as well as a pretty comprehensive thread here on this board. Here's info on light-pull triggers, and trigger follow-through:

Dremel. Heavy duty cutoff wheels for the lines, chainsaw sharpening bits to debur the edges and make the small radius cut for the mag catch, and larger round stones for the big radius on the back ridge. Went pretty damn quick once I was on a roll. I also put this one in the wrong place - I meant to stick it in the Black Rifles section, not here. Can you move it for me? EDIT - digital caliper to measure off the lines, and the sharp points on it to scribe those lines.

Picked up a bunch of these surplus Uzi mags over the winter. Didn't get around to modifying them until about a month ago. Super easy process. I cut the first one all the way - all cuts - and checked fitment. Once I verified the template, I used "assembly line processing" on the other 9 mags. Measure everything, mark it, make one (the same) cut on all the mags. All in all, the first one took me about an hour, but then the rest probably ate up about 15 minutes each. These were brand new surplus mags, never used, so I had to fully disassemble them all and clean them thoroughly - cosmoline EVERYWHERE, PACKED IN. I did NOT include that amount of time in the modification time listed above. Pics of the mags, then the template posted below. Enjoy, and go build another AR! <laughs> <lmao>

I know the EO came after this happened, but it makes you wonder if they were told to give trusts "extra scrutiny" with knowledge that the future EO was coming. Lois Lerner did it, so I don't trust the rest of 'em, not in the least...

No, brother, I sure don't. Gotta start looking. Also gotta start looking for a lever gun, now. I hate only having ONE rifle in a specific caliber... <dontknow> <lmao>

You talking about upper receivers or lower receivers, here? The DPMS lower receiver is billet machined, not forged. Several of us have them, myself included. It works. That's about all that can be said for it - it's not fancy, but works well. Several others have the JD Machine uppers and lowers - which are great. I'm not aware of anybody here that's active in posting that owns a Sun Devil set. MikeDaddyH knows about the Sun Devil stuff, though, so maybe he'll chime in. They're good, I know that much.

Think this has anything to do with The King's newly signed executive order?

Damn, I didn't know about that, and didn't catch it in the pics. Sorry, guys.

Latest addition to the older rifles in the collection. I actually got this one this summer, but neglected to mention anything about it until now. Busy, or something. I'll tell the story on it later through this thread. It's an IBM Corp M1 Carbine, chambered in .30 Carbine. Both the receiver and barrel are stamped IBM Corp, without additional markings or upgrades, and it's in great shape. I don't think it's been through the depot-level "remanufacture" process, or I'd find a bunch of other markings on it. I'll keep investigating and see what I can dig up. Complete with the oiler at the rear of the sling: Been meaning to get it out to the range the past month, and just haven't gotten the chance with this one. I'll get it out there soon. <thumbsup>

Upper receiver vise blocks to secure the upper. Appropriate standard open-end wrench for the brake. For little ARs, it's 3/4". For the big ones, it varies, but is usually 13/16" or 7/8". Some are custom/special/different. There's no written-in-stone standard, outside of the typical (but not always the same) barrel threading (5/8x24).

Nah, you're good, man. There's just a bunch of stuff to keep together on these things. Three different patterns, parts, etc...

Dude, you're just wrong... :ugone2far:

Damn brother - that's the father-in-law? You're in a very tough spot.

I'd still be in for at least one of the short-sction lowers - easy to build. On the long-action variants, something to consider will be the sourcing of the upper (he's making them), but also the bolt (bolt face diameter), bolt carrier (length), buffer (length and weight), buffer spring (proper tension through length, number of coils, wire diameter), barrel extension (must fit new bolt face diameter), chambering the barrel, etc. Long action ARs will require a longer bolt carrier, which still has to function inside the common constraints we have in the receiver extension length - that's the backbone of the whole operating system. Otherwise, we're be hunting for someone to make us custom, longer stocks, etc. Not gonna be easy, but other companies have already demonstrated that it's possible. Food for thought.

And the mag realease, and the takedown pin, and the pivot pin...