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Just picked up the custom AR build I've been waiting on for over a year and a half...
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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 1753467" data-attributes="member: 229"><p>This happens every few years or so when new guys get into ARs and start thinking they're good enough to put one together and sell to someone else. That gun very much looks like a spare parts gun (Std M4 Stock, grip, A2 Flash-hider, flat-trigger guard, no-name railed-gas block, etc. all look like take-off or left-over parts) and it sounds like it wasn't put together very well. The Trijicon Reflex is a decent optic, but it's overpriced if you ask me and large/clunky for what it is. They make plenty of good optics, but the Reflex has never been my first choice.</p><p></p><p>Pull the sights and check to see if they're Magpul or Airsoft clones. If they have a "PTS" on the front of the sights, then they're Magpul's airsoft/training versions, but there are Chinese clones out there all over:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_7_109/893596_.html&page=1" target="_blank">http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_7_109/893596_.html&page=1</a></p><p></p><p>If your gas-block was loose, then it's obviously never been function-checked / shot. I'd want to know exactly who made my barrel if I was buying a custom-built AR (is it new/used, how was it made/rifled, is it chrome-lines, M4 extensions, etc.). </p><p></p><p>Also, does the upper have M4 Feedramps and does the barrel-extension? Not that it's critical, but I wonder if the reason you originally had barrel problems is that the barrel does not and the upper did (that will cause you problems). Check the Bolt and see if it's a fully shrouded carrier or not (and if the gas-key is properly staked).</p><p></p><p>The old reliable Officer's Forum thread is actually very educational (despite the butt-hurt that referencing items from the Chart causes):</p><p></p><p><a href="http://forums.officer.com/showthread.php?81462-So-you-want-to-buy-an-AR-15-huh" target="_blank">http://forums.officer.com/showthread.php?81462-So-you-want-to-buy-an-AR-15-huh</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 1753467, member: 229"] This happens every few years or so when new guys get into ARs and start thinking they're good enough to put one together and sell to someone else. That gun very much looks like a spare parts gun (Std M4 Stock, grip, A2 Flash-hider, flat-trigger guard, no-name railed-gas block, etc. all look like take-off or left-over parts) and it sounds like it wasn't put together very well. The Trijicon Reflex is a decent optic, but it's overpriced if you ask me and large/clunky for what it is. They make plenty of good optics, but the Reflex has never been my first choice. Pull the sights and check to see if they're Magpul or Airsoft clones. If they have a "PTS" on the front of the sights, then they're Magpul's airsoft/training versions, but there are Chinese clones out there all over: [url]http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_7_109/893596_.html&page=1[/url] If your gas-block was loose, then it's obviously never been function-checked / shot. I'd want to know exactly who made my barrel if I was buying a custom-built AR (is it new/used, how was it made/rifled, is it chrome-lines, M4 extensions, etc.). Also, does the upper have M4 Feedramps and does the barrel-extension? Not that it's critical, but I wonder if the reason you originally had barrel problems is that the barrel does not and the upper did (that will cause you problems). Check the Bolt and see if it's a fully shrouded carrier or not (and if the gas-key is properly staked). The old reliable Officer's Forum thread is actually very educational (despite the butt-hurt that referencing items from the Chart causes): [url]http://forums.officer.com/showthread.php?81462-So-you-want-to-buy-an-AR-15-huh[/url] [/QUOTE]
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