Rifle and Pistol smithing! Got bored and wanted a change.

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Originally Posted by Truegiant

now the second pic shows up. plus the dawson will prly help with holster draw if you do or dont have your light attached.

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my thoughts exactly. I too am not a huge fan of rails. But this gun is a purpose built gun thats going to get run hard and used alot so it needs a rail (as it will also be my HD gun). Right now i just have a surefire 6p defender that is always parked next to my gun, but i can easily see knocking that outa reach when SHTF. I would prefer to have a weapon light and a handheld. I am leaning towards the dawson rail, due to its size. I am sure i could fit and a dehorn it nicly to fit the overall feel and look of the gun. The novak is just huge.

Also, while on topic of surefire... have you got an account with them yet? I need to order a new carry light, my 6P defender is a little big for everyday carry.

unfortunately not yet. I sent my stuff in but there like 4 weeks behind on accepting dealer applications.

nice bio on your companies website, haha. under construction. do you wear one of those cute little under construction bandaids at work? haha.

Got another lower i am picking up tomorrow. let me know if you know anyone looking for one.

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Originally Posted by Truegiant

nice bio on your companies website, haha. under construction. do you wear one of those cute little under construction bandaids at work? haha.

Got another lower i am picking up tomorrow. let me know if you know anyone looking for one.

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just uploaded all the individual pages the other day. gotta take down the under construction links

ill do that real quick for ya lol (there just did it, up to your specs now? ahhaa)

I dont know anyone lookin for a lower.

still no profile. jeesh. they dont love you, haha.

Hopefully my parts and files come in to day so i can finish putting my ar together for sale and i can finish up my 1911 stuff.

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Originally Posted by Truegiant

still no profile. jeesh. they dont love you, haha.

Hopefully my parts and files come in to day so i can finish putting my ar together for sale and i can finish up my 1911 stuff.

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ya i know. i need to get around to writing one. lol.. one of these days.


Did u buy the baller file set thats a couple hundred bucks? Remember, post pics tonight.

No pics. Nothing came in except a new tube and bolt carrier group for another rifle i am building. I only bought the $40 set. I picked up another lower today. I will post pics tomorrow. I have to pull out some of my other toys and clean them, haha.

Update! Got a few more parts in. After hella shaving on the MOE stock I got it to fit. It wont budge at the moment but it fits. Ordered another $80 in tools and misc today. Sold 1500 rounds of M855 online so business is good!

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awesome man. i need to learn more about my ar, need to start working on it. LOVING the carpenter hammer hahahah. looking good though, so are you happy with your file set? What other tools did you order today.

I need to order:
C&S internals and trigger
Maybe a sear spring?

and i should be good to go. also gotta get my hands on a sandblast cabinet.

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Originally Posted by Danny

awesome man. i need to learn more about my ar, need to start working on it. LOVING the carpenter hammer hahahah. looking good though, so are you happy with your file set? What other tools did you order today.

I need to order:
C&S internals and trigger
Maybe a sear spring?

and i should be good to go. also gotta get my hands on a sandblast cabinet.

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My file set came in late today while i was at dinner. Also my punch set and brass hammer. I will post pics tomorrow with those. I am hoping the rest of my stuff comes in also.

I ordered a couple of front sight post tools, a couple of grips, couple of ar buffers and springs, couple of charging handles, upgraded extractor kits, another bolt carrrier group, and the dpms receiver vise block, and another barrel wrench.

Thats about it. Anywho.. the stuff is finally coming in by the truck load, ahah.

My experience with the sear springs is that it doesnt make that much of a difference in trigger pull, etc, but they dont wear out as fast as the stock ones. anywho..

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Originally Posted by Truegiant

My file set came in late today while i was at dinner. Also my punch set and brass hammer. I will post pics tomorrow with those. I am hoping the rest of my stuff comes in also.

I ordered a couple of front sight post tools, a couple of grips, couple of ar buffers and springs, couple of charging handles, upgraded extractor kits, another bolt carrrier group, and the dpms receiver vise block, and another barrel wrench.

Thats about it. Anywho.. the stuff is finally coming in by the truck load, ahah.

My experience with the sear springs is that it doesnt make that much of a difference in trigger pull, etc, but they dont wear out as fast as the stock ones. anywho..

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sear spring is supposed to have alot to do with pull weight of a trigger. It must be tuned properly, like all 1911 parts. But according to the browells trigger job article it has a great deal of effect.

can you link me to the file set you got, im interested whats all included. Looks like ur stockin up nicley. I was serious about the ammo.. get to me about it...

I gotta put an order in with brownells. Got a course on the 28th of april i gotta be ready for. I will be using the 1911 for this.

With that being said... It is almost all put together. Here are some more pics of some tools and such that I got in.

DANNY - With my experience on sear springs. I have tried several springs from several companies. Some claim stuff others do not. I am not convinced that one is better than another. I have filed triggers, sears, disconnectors, etc.. and the one thing that always seems consisten is the sear spring. Of course.. this is my opinion. The best one that I have felt or should I say that has made a difference is Ed Browns Sear spring. It is made of a little different material and its fit and finish feels cleaner than most of the others.

With that being said.. there pricey and what not. The files pictured are round files that I didnt pay much for. I have some flat files from other projects. Anywho.. I hope you enjoy the porn.. haha

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kick ass. that GI is sexyyy.. Is that going to be built into a modern shooter?

let me know which round file u use the most and for what. the only roundy i have is the tiny one in the economy file set, i used it very little in my dehorn work so far.

Buffing kit should be awesome, i have a similar one except it goes on my medium sized table mounted grinder.

gotta order my fire control tonight or tomorrow. Think i will jsut pick up a sear spring too. I belive its the tension you set on each spring leave that makes the difference, not the actual brand name of the spring.

Is that a regular vice grip, or the plunger tube staker? You are going to love the dremel accessory kit you have, i have a similar one. One thing i have to find is higher grit sanding drums for the dremel (like 320 or 400 grit). Any idea where to find it?

The GI I did a trigger job on for a buddy of mine. Regular vice grip. I already have a tube staker. As far as the dremel kit I get most of my roll discs and sanding drums from my local hardware store. they have boxes and boxes.

I dont really use the actual buffing wheels. I use the smaller ones in my dremel kit. I mainly use it for the compounds. I bought it for $1 a yard sale nad it hasnt let me down yet. Anywho..

nice. i rarely use my big buffing wheels also. Since no parts on my gun will be polished. Excepts for a few faces of the fire conrol parts, i wont be using them very much in the near future.

I put a nice order in with brownells late last night.

- trigger adjustment pins
- ed brown hammer strut
- C&S Long match trigger (solid)
- C&S Tactical Sear
- C&S Tactical 2 Hammer
- C&S Ultra match disconector
- Wilson bullet proof sear spring

Should keep me busy for a little bit.

Wow at the list of goodies. How much did all that set you back? Looks like lots of pics in this thread in the near future. I got my vice block in today and i have to go buy a new vice now. I went to ace to look at prices and wow i was amazed. Gunna keep my eye out on craigslist for a good one.

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Originally Posted by Truegiant

Wow at the list of goodies. How much did all that set you back? Looks like lots of pics in this thread in the near future. I got my vice block in today and i have to go buy a new vice now. I went to ace to look at prices and wow i was amazed. Gunna keep my eye out on craigslist for a good one.

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its was like 185 shipped. So i broke out the edbrown hardcore slide stop to night to start fitting that. And its bent, what a bummer. Going to have to get it replaced :( Waiting on the fire control parts to come in now. hope they come soon. gotta decide if i wanna do sites and a rail (dawson). That will add alot of cost to the project, so i think i am going to keep the stock mil sites and maybe do a dawson rail. we shall see.

i am sure u can get an awesome used vise for a fraction of the cost of a new one.

wanna good laugh guys? check this link out i just stubbeled upon.. https://www.photoshop.com/express/in...ackingid=BTAGC

dear lord is that bad! (researching sight work right now, tryin to figure out how to remove mine).

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Originally Posted by Danny

wanna good laugh guys? check this link out i just stubbeled upon.. https://www.photoshop.com/express/in...ackingid=BTAGC

dear lord is that bad! (researching sight work right now, tryin to figure out how to remove mine).

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OMG! HAHAHA! I really want to buy a sight pusher but almost every smith I have met says to just use a brass punch. Anywho.. I still cannot decide what sights i want to use. Prlly will end up with the Heine straight eights. I had them on another carry i owned and actually fell in love with them. I didnt like the front sight post size but now they offer different sizes. anywho.. Keep us posted.

MORE PARTS PORN!!!!!

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what a bummer. Hammer hook on the C&S hammer is .018" :( guess ill be sending this back.

hammer is in the mail and on its way to Dave Erickson o.O He is going to deepen the hooks to .021" for me for free! :D

talk about awesome!

Its been a couple of days. Been busy around the house, haha. Anywho.. Stuff looks good. I got all my stuff together for the AR build for my father in law. BCG doesnt charge properly. Its binding up at the rear 1/4 of pull. I am thinking its binding on the buffer spring retainer pin that petrudes up in front of the buffer. Anywho.. I will deal with it later. I am waiting on an order of 3k rounds of .223 to come in so i can do some testing.

Long days at work are forcing me not to be able to post up anything new. This weekend its on like donkey kong.

I finally got around to snapping a few shots of the projects i have been working on. I got all three finished. Rails, sites, rail caps, trigger guards, complete rifles. I have been busy in the evenings. I have one more stripped lower and parts kit that will be for sale soon. Anywho..

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