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It'll be here tomorrow, but thanks a ton! Turns out that I was getting the gas block through a local place, and they forgot to order it... Just my luck. Now, instead if it getting in tomorrow, it won't be until Monday or Tuesday. This is killing my "I'll shoot it by Tuesday" plan. At any rate, the stuff should all be here early next week, so it's getting shot before the end of the week, for sure.

Okay, measured my punches. 0.060" diameter punch (1/16") was small enough, but it'll get stuck in the center of the roll pin. Next size up was 0.090" diameter (3/32"), and it's too large to fit inside the hole for the roll pin. The 4d nail was 0.080" in diameter, and that thing does the trick. Just grab one at a hardware store (small pack, probably), and grind the point off so it's flat. You won't have to worry about getting the thing stuck inside the roll pin. You'll need a long 4d nail. The 1.5" nail I was using would grab and hold the F/A in place, but it's not long enough to go all the way through there and drive the pin all the way out. Something 2" would probably work, and certainly a 2.5" would do it. Hang onto the F/A when you tap it out - once it clears that roll pin, it'll fly under spring pressure. Big parts, so they'd be easy to find, but they'll still fly.

It's WAY easier to un-install it yourself! ;D I had to put mine in a stripped upper 3 times to get it right... yeah, no joke... which is probably why I said what I said... :-[ I thought I had it, two-handed, and the damn thing was WAY in the chamber... Pushing in on F/A, holding roll pin, whacking hammer... Big Sad Face for me. I had to figure it out. You can drive that roll pin out from the bottom (the right way to do it) on the DPMS upper. If you're using a punch, you'll need a LONG punch. If you're using that nail I talked about, you'll need to be CAREFUL... if you hit that nail head hard and flare the end of that roll pin, it's gonna flare and stick - right where it is. I'll try to get a diameter of a punch you'll need for it. My stuff it already together, and I didn't measure the diameter of the roll pin before I put it in. I'll get that info in here tomorrow...

YEOW!!! :o There's some NIIIIICE stuff in that link!!!

Still waiting on a rifle length gas tube, so I can shoot this damn thing - and now I'm waiting on the BCM Gunfighter large-latch charging handle... Timing is good for their release-vs-my build, but it's gettin' shot before that C/H shows up! ;D

I like the Magpuls - one set on a 5.56 14.5" gun. I've got a GG&G rear flip-up on a 16" gun with a fixed front triangle, and it's nice (and old). I'll be putting the new Magpul lower profile setup on my 20" 5.56 for sure, and possibly on the .308, if they'll fit under my scope. They're good sights at a great price, man.

Who put the forward assist in the upper? Did you receive it assembled, or install it yourself? Reason I ask is when you're installing it yourself, it's really a 3-hand job - you need 3 hands to do it properly. Since none of us ever asks a buddy over to help out, we "manage" it... ;D If the F/A was pushed in too far when the roll pin was installed, it could have caught an extra coil on the F/A spring - which would have it setting too far in the chamber when installed. That would be on whoever installed the F/A, be it you or where you got the assembled upper from. I used a 4d nail (perfect diameter of the roll pin and hole) that was 1.5" long, and inserted the thing in from the bottom - it was long enough to catch the F/A assembly in place while I beat the hell out of the roll pin, in from the top. Worked like a charm, and the roll pin going in knocked the nail right out the bottom. My $0.02...

Well, like a dumbass, I wasn't looking at what I checked for shipping. I didn't even look at the order details until the confirmation was sent to my email. I apparently checked the "USPS Priority" block somewhere in there... ::) When it gets here, I'll shoot some semi-decent pics of it separate, and in the gun. I'll for sure let you know when the thing gets here. I ordered the large latch, Mod 3 version, and I've got a Mod 3 AR-15 version I can set it beside for pics.

Bravo Company just got the new .308 Gunfighter charging handles in stock - just got the email notification, hopped online and ordered it. If anybody has been waiting for one, grab them quick. Who knows when more will be available, or when their quantity will sell out.

Right on, man - you'll love the thing. ;D Just ordered up the new BCM Gunfighter .308 charging handle myself.

Drew, if you want to borrow this thing and try it out, let me know. I'll be zeroing the .308 no later than next Tuesday, and I can send it out after that. Don't know when I'll get to shoot again, but I can use bags after that, if you still have it. If you want to give it a test drive, just say it. Shoot the info to me, and I'll get it out to you.

I recommend it enough that I'll buy another one for my .308, so I don't have to switch them out. ;D That one pictured is for the 5.56 precision gun. I'll grab a weight on it right now, and edit up this post with the details. Highly, highly recommend it, big time. EDIT - 504 grams = 17.778oz

I've got that very bipod, brother, the HD XDS. Lemme know what kind of pics you need of what part, anything about it, whatever. Tom

Minor update - small parts for the stripped upper came in today, so they went on. The forward assist parts and ejection port door parts. Later this week I'll have the charging handle, gas tube and pin, and lo-pro gas block. At that point, it'll be a shooter. Range update, depending on parts arrival, will be no later than Tuesday afternoon, March 9th.

I haven't handled one of their AR-10 compatible lowers yet, but I do have one of their lowers for a 15. The thing is NICE. It's probably the nicest stripped lower I've asembled, including a YHM. Fit and finish is excellent, annodizing is very sweet, and the rear takedown detent hole was tapped already. Hopefully, and I won't doubt it a bit, their bigger sets are equally as nice. I thought I'd been on their website before, but now I can't find it to save my life. I must have been on a webpage detailing the company overview and a tour.

Dang! That didn't take long! ;D I just ordered the last few small parts for mine this morning. Hopefully I can shoot it by this coming weekend, barring any shipping delays. Looks good, man!

You can probably build one faster, and building isn't that bad, difficulty wise. With a couple specialty tools needed for purchase and build, you could still come out cheaper than buying a complete rifle. I picked up my stripped lower receiver at the beginning of Feb at a fun show (gun show), and it's only about a week from being a complete, firing rifle. If you build, you get what you want the first time, and you're not replacing any parts later. You have options. ;D

Carbine-length, mid-length, and rifle-length gas systems will always be the same length, respectively, from the front of the upper receiver. They're each a fixed distance from the bolt carrier gas key. Is that what you're meaning?

It's some kind of Crosman or Daisy pellet or BB gun, from the era. I'm not sure which or what, but it's something right there. I remember them as a kid, but that's newer than "when I was a kid" if it's only 20 years or so old. I'm not sure exactly, but it's something along that line.

Thanks, bandit! I've had the look of what I wanted in my head for quite awile, and it's almost there now. I need a little more LOP on the stock, but that's just what I think from getting it together, without firing it yet. I don't want to get away from the A2 stock and go PRS on it, so I've been thinking about adding a Sierra Precision adjustable buttplate to it. I'll know for sure after I do the initial shoot on it. I've been eyeballing your 24" pics, too - I'm liking that one. ;D

It's cool to see what different vendors try to get for their wares, too, and the huge varience in pricing. I've been watching the SA M1A SOCOM IIs at the shows, for example. One guy at the last show was charging $1,899. A few rows over, another guy wanted $2,399. If I ever walk in there with the intention of talking one home, I'll pit them against each other...

I put that stock on a 20" 5.56 precision gun, and just love the thing. You nailed it - solid adjustments, and it just plain works.

Pretty common here in VA, and some good ones. Dulles Expo Center about 4 times a year hosts the Nations Gun Show. 1,000 tables, and they're always filled. Makes you tired trying to look for something specific, as spread out as it is. There are smaller local ones all over - I hit up one that's not far from the house, and it's every other month. Prices haven't been anything to write home about, but I've been seeing them come down a little. Ammo was finally "buy-able" at one earlier this month. That's the show I nailed the DPMS LR stripped lower at. $325 with a "free" DPMS LPK for it. I did snatch a CMMG .22 conversion for the 15s last fall for $125, mags for it @ $15 ea. That was a good deal. You guys seeing any good prices yet at the ones near you?

I did get thet Troy MRF-308 rail in today, so it went right on. It'll have to come off when the small parts get here, though, so it's not loc-tited in place. Super easy install. At this point, I still need a buffer and buffer spring, charging handle, lo-pro gas block, gas tube and gas tube pin. All that stuff gets ordered Monday. Once I've got that, it's hitting the range.

Something I wasn't thinking about - Noveske has a 7.62 combo in 12.5" and 14.5", so they've got the gas figured out for those lengths. They use an Armalite base for their guns, but the gas is still gonna be the same for a DPMS-based SBR of those lengths. The only hard part of it will be getting the information on barrel gas port size from them. :o