starting my first build

[washguy]

Tony. Just playin with ya...have you got a pin starter punch.?..makes life easy for the gas block pin.  And if the detent pin/spring does not come installed in your upper....when you go to do it ...do it inside a giant baggie....cause the detent will vanish along with spring ... I can gurantee that...they do make a tool for that but thats too easy. Lol.       Wash

Edited September 28, 2016 by washguy

[Tony b]

Wash it's all good lol, I need to look that tool up for sure, and I lost both detents on the takedown pin lol, took me an hour to find them to get it put together. I will try to find a pin starter punch, is that a gun tool or would Home Depot have one?

[washguy]

Tony.  Two things i see ...your dust cover pin is too far forward and will interfere with the barrel nut from what i can make out..... and your mag button  needs to be screwed down a lil more

Thats where the blue tape comes on on the other side...push in the button using a punch and turn the latch a few turns more.      Wash

The dust cover pin too far forward mabe an optical delusion on my part.  Lol

Edited September 28, 2016 by washguy

[washguy]

18 minutes ago, Tony b said:

Wash it's all good lol, I need to look that tool up for sure, and I lost both detents on the takedown pin lol, took me an hour to find them to get it put together. I will try to find a pin starter punch, is that a gun tool or would Home Depot have one?

Tony. Just playin with ya...have you got a pin starter punch.?..makes life easy for the gas block pin.  And if the detent pin/spring does not come installed in your upper....when you go to do it ...do it inside a giant baggie....cause the detent will vanish along with spring ... I can gurantee that...they do make a tool for that but thats too easy. Lol.       Wash

Gun tool prolly. Dunno

http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/general-gunsmith-tools/punches/roll-pin-holders-prod781.aspx

http://www.brownells.com/search/index.htm?k=gas+block+punch&ksubmit=y

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hollow-End-Roll-Pin-Tool-Starter-Punch-set-Made-in-USA-/321597556918

Edited September 28, 2016 by washguy

[Tony b]

I will screw in the magazine release button some more thanks for spotting that. The dust cover pin came installed from aero I will keep an eye on that. Can't wait until my handguard shows up, may need your number for a faster response lmao.

[washguy]

31 minutes ago, Tony b said:

I will screw in the magazine release button some more thanks for spotting that. The dust cover pin came installed from aero I will keep an eye on that. Can't wait until my handguard shows up, may need your number for a faster response lmao.

LOL     so I went down to the bunker and checked a few ar308s that had exposed dust cover pins...yours seems to be sticking out beyond the upper..it needs to go back so its a tad lower than flush...and if you look real close you can see where the bozo that put the dust cover pin in marred the threads on that side .. run the barrel nut up and down with that anti seize to straighten the threads out    Wash

well crap the aero photo is too small but the pin is pushed back unlike yours

Edited September 28, 2016 by washguy

[Tony b]

Oh man that sucks, good spot wash, I hope my threads are going to be alright. Now I know what to look for when I recieve a upper sight unseen. 

[Tony b]

Wash,

i took that assembly apart, and that groove appears to be machined into the threads, and the pin only goes deep enough to clear the threads- the barrel nut must act as a retainer for it. Also the finish is very thin which kind of sucks but by it's a combat weapon not a show piece lol.

[washguy]

Tony.  Well just keep an eye out..all of mine are below the threads and flush or below upper...maybe the barrel nut will not make contact...    Wash

[shepp]

On 9/17/2016 at 2:18 PM, Tony b said:

Thanks for the kind words rr and everyone, I am just as excited as you to get my build finished, I can't wait until I can go to the range with mine. If you were closer I would invite you to go sight yours in with me. Can't wait to see a picture of your build, my wife says I am obsessed but I am just focused on my build lol.

Mine does which sucks, because I want to put an SI cover on there I order but I don't want to take me gun apart to do it

[jtallen83]

45 minutes ago, shepp said:

Mine does which sucks, because I want to put an SI cover on there I order but I don't want to take me gun apart to do it

Sounds like a job for Dremel Man!

[shepp]

Just now, jtallen83 said:

Sounds like a job for Dremel Man!

My luck I'd slip and put a gash in my upper

[jtallen83]

Just slide a chunk of tin behind it and grind away 

[Tony b]

So getting frustrated, the gas tube won't fit in the gas block holes it is too big or the hole is too small, and I didn't think about what I was ordering the 750 gas block is too small od to fit on the barrel for the the gas tube to go in the reciever, I am so confused .

Edited September 29, 2016 by Tony b

[Tony b]

i checked my order from primary arms, i ordered a aero precision low profile 750 gas block with a ap mid length gas tube. the block is where it should be with the gas hole so the gas tube is obviously way too short.

[washguy]

11 3/4.  Long for middy gas tube

Wash

[beantown]

1 hour ago, Tony b said:

So getting frustrated, the gas tube won't fit in the gas block holes it is too big or the hole is too small, and I didn't think about what I was ordering the 750 gas block is too small od to fit on the barrel for the the gas tube to go in the reciever, I am so confused .

Wait what? You are saying the gas block won't fit on to the barrel journal? And the gas tube won't fit in the gas block?

9 minutes ago, Tony b said:

i checked my order from primary arms, i ordered a aero precision low profile 750 gas block with a ap mid length gas tube. the block is where it should be with the gas hole so the gas tube is obviously way too short.

And here you are saying that the gas block does fit the barrel journal and the gas tube is to short?

Post some pics Tony so these guys can dissect what's going on. Trust me, the gents on here will help you get it figured out, they KNOW these rifles!

[Tony b]

Sorry for the confusion Shane I couldn't figure out how to delete that first part. I figured out the gas block is correct, the gas tube is too big to fit into the gas block hole and it is way too short, the tube is not even to the threads for the barrel nut. I mistakenly tried to move the gas block down the barrel not knowing I had to line up a gas journal lol. The forum will not let me upload any pic for some reason tonight.

Edited September 29, 2016 by Tony b

[washguy]

Tony you should use tapatalk and put up yhose pics...we need to look at those parts.     .        Wash   

[washguy]

okay..made me get out of bed on an ambien....wheres my bed....anyone seen my bed....oh goody heres the vette im naked i think take her out tonite......wheres my effin keys? oh hey a Corona lite...for sure start this bad girl up......

.750id of gas block      

stupor....Weeeee heres pic tapafalk

first pic 16" 5r lite hunter barrel middy gas length .750 journal for gas block    gas tube 11 3/4 inches flared end goes inside upper

barrel diameter at gas block .754

id of gas block.750          come on man if I can do this in my sleep walk nekkid....surely you can doooo iiT    

Edited September 29, 2016 by washguy

[Tony b]

Finally loaded a bad pic sorry,finally got the tape out I have a 18 inch barrel:( could not upload another photo of the gas block and the gas tube not fitting in sorry

[Tony b]

it keeps saying there is a problem uploading the picture, at least I know why the gas tube was too short feel dumb but I know I ordered a 16 inch.

[Tony b]

It will not let me upload anymore sorry that is weird though, so I got a longer barrel than I thought, hopefully a bad gas tube not a bad gas block, will the 12 inch handguard work or do I need to send something back?

[Tony b]

I edited the size and it worked better posting, so here is where my original question stemmed from. The gas tube wouldn't fit in the block, it was too tight to even get it started.

now I realize that my barrel is longer than what I ordered and now need a rifle length gas tube, but am not sure if the new one will fit either.

Edited September 29, 2016 by Tony b

[washguy]

Tony    Send it back and get what you need and change the brand of gas block...my suggestion would be to get and adjustable gas block while you are sending stuff back... so change brands of stuff too    Wash