The Official 2nd Amendment Appreciation Thread

#5,480
#5,480
Tried to load the pic(s) last night, and again just now. For some reason, not working.

Check your email. It went there just fine.
 
#5,482
#5,482
And that, Sir, is what a Patrol Rifle should look like. Minimum bells and whistles, maximum "do what it's supposed to do". You know everything I put into / on that gun, including the ammo. You cost me a chunk of money, GV, but in the end it was worth every penny.
 
#5,483
#5,483
Grand Vol said:
No, something else. Something elusive.
Click to expand...

There you go again....

Remember, I'm in Georgia. Jaw-Ja. You've got to go slow, and use small words.

Oh...I added a Hogue pistol grip. 20 bucks. Couldn't pass it up. Thanks for warning me about that tee-tiny spring that provides tension for the selector switch. Only took me 15 minutes on my hands and knees in the garage to find it.
 
#5,484
#5,484
GreyWolf1129 said:
There you go again....

Remember, I'm in Georgia. Jaw-Ja. You've got to go slow, and use small words.

Oh...I added a Hogue pistol grip. 20 bucks. Couldn't pass it up. Thanks for warning me about that tee-tiny spring that provides tension for the selector switch. Only took me 15 minutes on my hands and knees in the garage to find it.
Click to expand...

Hopefully you recovered the detent as well.

And replaced that hateful slotted screw. First thing I toss when building an AR. I bought a pack of hex head grip screws from Brownells when I first started. Best investment I made.
 
#5,485
#5,485
Grand Vol said:
Hopefully you recovered the detent as well.

And replaced that hateful slotted screw. First thing I toss when building an AR. I bought a pack of hex head grip screws from Brownells when I first started. Best investment I made.
Click to expand...

Uh-oh. There was another piece? Switch seemed to work fine once I found the spring and figured out how to get it all back together.

Yeah, that screw sucks. Hex heads @ Brownell's. Thanks.
 
#5,486
#5,486
Grand Vol said:
Hopefully you recovered the detent as well.

And replaced that hateful slotted screw. First thing I toss when building an AR. I bought a pack of hex head grip screws from Brownells when I first started. Best investment I made.
Click to expand...

Most of the kits I've bought have had the hex head screw. Been lucky I guess.
 
#5,487
#5,487
Reason I ask is because my brother has gotten into it. He's been doing it for a little bit but had the slow equipment. He now has what he refers to as a progressive loader (I told him to nickname it Luther:)). Evidently it will handle larger quantities. He's just bought a AR so he wants to reload 556. He was talking about us going in to purchase all the supplies. He's found bullets pretty cheap on line. My question is, does bullets make a huge difference when it comes to just target practice? Not really interested in all that much accuracy, just hitting pie sized targets.
 
#5,488
#5,488
Crapfartfantastic. Okay...I ran and scoured the blanket on the table in the garage, nothing...then ran and grabbed my rifle. Dropped the mag; racked the bolt; and cycled the selector switch like 20 times. It seems okay..."clicks in" to position like I think it always did.

It there a chance it never came out? I had the rifle upside down when I pulled the grip, and the spring ended up on the floor when I tried to make the receiver/spring/grip go together the first time.
 
#5,489
#5,489
GreyWolf1129 said:
Crapfartfantastic. Okay...I ran and scoured the blanket on the table in the garage, nothing...then ran and grabbed my rifle. Dropped the mag; racked the bolt; and cycled the selector switch like 20 times. It seems okay..."clicks in" to position like I think it always did.

It there a chance it never came out? I had the rifle upside down when I pulled the grip, and the spring ended up on the floor when I tried to make the receiver/spring/grip go together the first time.
Click to expand...

If the safety clicks and holds at each position it is most likely still there.
 
#5,490
#5,490
InVOLuntary said:
If the safety clicks and holds at each position it is most likely still there.
Click to expand...

Okay, thanks. It does. Last night, when I was trying to figure out "what that little spring did", it was the free-wheeling selector switch that served as my clue...lol.

I may not be a detective, but I can figure obvious things out. Usually.
 
#5,491
#5,491
InVOLuntary said:
Reason I ask is because my brother has gotten into it. He's been doing it for a little bit but had the slow equipment. He now has what he refers to as a progressive loader (I told him to nickname it Luther:)). Evidently it will handle larger quantities. He's just bought a AR so he wants to reload 556. He was talking about us going in to purchase all the supplies. He's found bullets pretty cheap on line. My question is, does bullets make a huge difference when it comes to just target practice? Not really interested in all that much accuracy, just hitting pie sized targets.
Click to expand...
I've never reloaded, but the people I know do it for high accuracy rounds specific to their rifles. It sounds like you're just looking to do some plinking (much like me). You can buy bulk ammo for 30 cents a round for those purposes, and I would assume that reloading would be much more expensive all costs considered, unless you are a really high volume shooter.
 
#5,492
#5,492
holdemvol said:
I've never reloaded, but the people I know do it for high accuracy rounds specific to their rifles. It sounds like you're just looking to do some plinking (much like me). You can buy bulk ammo for 30 cents a round for those purposes, and I would assume that reloading would be much more expensive all costs considered, unless you are a really high volume shooter.
Click to expand...

I usually buy by the 1000. $300 is the going rate so yea, .30 a round. But, he says he can reload for half that.

I was hoping he would get into 300B/O so he could reload some subsonic for me, but he bought that freaking LWRC which is expensive for their proprietary uppers. He said if I bought the dies he'd gladly do it. Dies are $300.
 
#5,494
#5,494
hndog609 said:
Various rifle/pistol. Any particular question you have? I'll help as much as I can or try pointing you in the right direction.
Click to expand...
Check the post above yours. I was just curious, InVOL sounds like he is serious about it. My main question would be at what point do you start saving money after equipment costs.
If yall don't mind I will just follow around for future reference :).
 
Last edited:
#5,495
#5,495
InVOLuntary said:
I usually buy by the 1000. $300 is the going rate so yea, .30 a round. But, he says he can reload for half that.

I was hoping he would get into 300B/O so he could reload some subsonic for me, but he bought that freaking LWRC which is expensive for their proprietary uppers. He said if I bought the dies he'd gladly do it. Dies are $300.
Click to expand...
15 cents a round? Come on now. I don't know anything about reloading but I don't see how that's possible unless you are supplying at least the brass, and probably alot more.
 
#5,496
#5,496
holdemvol said:
15 cents a round? Come on now. I don't know anything about reloading but I don't see how that's possible unless you are supplying at least the brass, and probably alot more.
Click to expand...

That doesn't include the brass. Just powder, primers, and the bullets.

Based on what I've googled....

Bullet .08
Powder .01
Primer .03

That's .12

Am I missing something? I don't reload either so I don't know.
 
Last edited:
#5,500
#5,500
holdemvol said:
15 cents a round? Come on now. I don't know anything about reloading but I don't see how that's possible unless you are supplying at least the brass, and probably alot more.
Click to expand...

If you shopped judiciously and bought in bulk that's not impossible. I just priced primer/bullet/powder at 19c on Midway.

Also double check that price on dies. Midway has 300 BO dies for around $50.
 
Last edited:
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.
Advertisement





Back
Top