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No modifications at all. Just determine if that receiver extension is commercial diameter or milspec diameter, and get the correct MOE for it.

Paint that chit... <laughs>

I love threads like this one - excellent work, Bullseye. <thumbsup>

You have to give them a reason to come in looking for something - you have to do something stupid. They don't just raid random houses, looking for poop. They're WAY too busy with other things like Gun Walker. To have a pistol upper around, with only rifle lowers - you're doing something stupid. To have a barrel around, less than 16"?! Who gives a poop? The ATF doesn't. So, pistol upper, and only rifle lowers. You're setting your own self up, and you deserve what you get. That's part of the responsibility of owning NFA items. My short barrels, by themselves, are potentially NFA items - but as barrels, that's all they are, if they're 1" long, or 15.99" long. Doesn't matter. Tell me if you see anything "illegal" in this pic below: How about something "illegal" in this one: There is nothing illegal in those pics - and those are my personal guns. "Constructive Intent" is a myth. It's not real.

Matt, I think you might already be dreaming of "making it happen..." :ove3: :love4: You've already justified the beer goggles, brother... <lmao>

Overall, the SSA-E is about a pound lighter in trigger pull than the SSA. Have both. After using both for quite awhile, you can tell the difference in the SSA-E over the SSA. Either one will do the job, though.

Watched the vid, and looked at that long acronym. Took a minute to realize what it meant... <thumbsup>

Close to that figure - the OBR. That won't be with scope, mount or bipod, though.

Check out the "DPMS Receiver Heights" thread - the answers are in there. <thumbsup>

That depends on how much overtravel there is in the setup. Lock your bolt to the rear. Then, while looking at the bolt catch, locking the bolt back, pull your charging handle all the way back - try to notice how much more the bolt goes back, beyind where it was with the catch (locked to the rear). The larger that distance or gap, the more force that bolt stop has to take, every time it locks the BCG to the rear on an empty mag. If there's alot of overtravel, there's alot of force on the stop. If there's very little overtravel, the force on the stop is alot less. It really depends, system to system.

I'll send you a PM. <thumbsup>

A1 rear adjustment wheel, A2 flip sight mounted in it. Back to the range, to re-zero everthing, and make the final settings for 50 yards.

Firing update, which will happen again soon. This is from Sunday, January 8th - initial sight zero. Hell of a process, that day, so this was only fired from 25 yards. Goal is to zero it at 50 yards, but I'll be starting all over again. Details below. Made a major change to the sights - specifically, the flip-up rear was only a temporary sight, just to get to the range with this carbine. Since this is a short range weapon (being realistic - it's a .45 ACP), I never had any plan of running a red dot or other optic on it. Irons only for this one. I knew I wanted a Dissipator look, to a fixed front sight base was part of the build. I looked all over for a fixed rear sight, without going to a carry handle and keeping it as a flat-top upper. Several companies make a fixed, shortened A2-type rear sight - and I knew I wouldn't need the feature of the evelation wheel of an A2. I saw a couple fixed rear setups that interested me, being Daniel Defense and Larue. LMT was out, as that's an A2-type. Found that Midwest Industries makes a fixed rear sight. It's hard to find on their website, becaise it's in the "clearance" section. Apparently, they're discontinuing it. It was on sale through them for $55, with a free sight adjustment tool. Done. (pics in a few)

Cool. <thumbsup> Not saying this against you two (Jgun and Robo), but alot of people don't know that those are two completely separate companies, that have nothing to do with each other. I knew you guys know that - I just didn't know which one you were talking about. :o Robo, there are 3 WC barrels that aren't sold out right now, brother.

No need to worry about dry-firing an AR platform. All branches of the military do it during rifle marksmanship countless times during training, and those rifle in turn go "bang" during qualification. Over and over and over. If it concerns you, pick up a snap cap, and chamber that first (and every time). You won't have any problems dry firing, though.

The Vortex line is good - just talked one of my local dealers into carrying their products. <thumbsup>

Are we talking Wilson Combat here, or Wilson Arms?

I might be a little late in saying this, but I wasn't trying to insult you or discredit you with what I was trying to get across. Just making observations based on my experience with those 3 triggers, and the info from the Geissele website on the trigger differences. If you haven't sold those triggers yet, I'm certain that someone here on the board will snatch them up of you want to get rid of them. I get mine for a pretty good price (with discount), so I probably wouldn't grab them - but somebody here would. If you went that route, you wouldn't be out much, and you could replace those suckers. <thumbsup>

The Phase 5 5.56 part will physically fit, man, and possibly work, but there's a size difference in the 5.56 bolt catch and the .308 bolt catch. Definitely better to go with the .308-specific part here, considering what it does. With the additional power of the .308 spring, and the weight of the .308 carrier, over time the 5.56 part could break. Hell, the DPMS .308 bolt catch breaks sometimes, in their own .308... <dontknow>

That sucks... :(

In reference to the BAD lever, and the .308 AR platforms - the issue is with the cutouts (bolt catch relief) in the upper receivers. There's just not a big enough "hole" in there for the BAD lever. The part was designed as an AR-15 part, for use on forged uppers. Plenty of room there for the larger paddle (what it amounts to). Even many AR-15 billet uppers don't have room for that device. Some billet makers thought that through in their upper designs and made room for the larger paddle - Spike's, Rainier Arms, and Mega come to mind immediately, for the smaller ARs.

I'd assume that you're building the .308 Mega - go with the .308 lever for that one. <thumbsup>

Turn that gas block around the other way - is it drilled (for the tube) all the way through?

That example - it's not an SBR upper, it's just an upper that's not wearing a 16" barrel. Just a shorter barrel. Is that an SBR upper, or is that a pistol upper? You can now have one lower, a +16" upper, and a less-than-16" upper, all together. ATF Ruling 2011-4 stated that. http://www.atf.gov/regulations-rulings/rulings/atf-rulings/atf-ruling-2011-4.pdf http://308ar.com/forum/firearm-industry-news-and-gossip/atf-ruling-2011-4-concerning-ar-pistols-and-rifles/ http://308ar.com/forum/firearm-industry-news-and-gossip/atf-ruling-2011-4-concerning-ar-pistols-and-rifles/ As soon as they permitted the individual to build a pistol (first action), and allowed you to turn in into a rifle (that part is not new), and then revert that firearm back to a pistol (this is new). As long as it was a pistol build first, it can go to rifle configuration, and back to a pistol again. Back and forth. A person can accomplish that with one built lower, two uppers, but with two receiver extension options. Buttstock and pistol config. Perfectly legal. What would they say if you have the lower assembled with the buttstock, and both uppers loose in the safe? Don't know. Legally, can you do that? Yes, per their ruling. Better have that pistol receiver extension close by, too, though. A short upper is not an SBR. It's just an upper with a barrel less than 16". Putting it onto a rifle-config lower, without a stamp - that's the crime. Not assembling it onto a rifle-config lower, is the key. Only put it on a pistol lower if you don't have the SBR tax stamp. With my pistol build, I locked it up with all the other rifles. Not worried at all about storing it that way. It stayed together as a pistol. I even had a spare upper for it. I kept them together - complete pistol with spare pistol upper. Those weren't SBRs, not in the least.

Mike, I would definitely say that's the Doublestar logo... <thumbsup> (Pssss... watch out for Robo... just sayin'... :cookoo:) <laughs>