Building an AR-15 from parts.

Miraclejoe

Miraclejoe

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Alright, the good times are rolling in, so here is my plan:

-Vltor VIS midlenght Upper receiver from wolverine supplies
-16" Krieger 5.56 barrel with a Wylde chamber from CLE (with matching bolt)
-Import one or two of those barrels through Questar
-Get the sucker assembled by my local gunshop
-Find a lower what matches up well with the upper

I am a little nervous, as I am have never ordered a barrel through Questar or CLE before. This would be my first AR assembled from parts.

Should I order two barrels, since the import fees will not increase that much, or is that point less and just buy one? (Second barrel might be sitting a while)

Is this combo worth the +-$2000 it will cost me?

Please tell me I'm not totally out to lunch.

Thanks,

Joe
 
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This should be an interesting thread as I am thinking about doing something similar..once I raise some funds by various means.
 
Armedsask said:
That's not from scratch.

Here I was hoping for a thread of a 0% forging. :(
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Kind of like a scratch cake from Betty Crocker. Obviously there are different levels of scratch in this world. I was hoping for another creative person like Armedsask.
 
Ok, so Miraclejoe means assembled from scratch...As for value, this is Canada. Everything will cost you a fortune if its custom or semi custom. The real question is do you think its worth the money? Obviously you do if you're seriously looking at going ahead with it. The plan you laid out appears solid. Whether or not the importation and legal side will work out is something that remains a crap shoot.

TDC
 
I wouldn't drop alot of money on a custom barrel. Most factory barrels from the ABCD's of AR15 will be MOA or sub right out of the box.
 
Make sure you get quality, brand name parts. Not all aftermarket parts are make to the proper specs., and assembly of brand x pieces can result in a problem rifle because of out of spec. parts or tolerance stacking.
 
Miraclejoe said:
Told you.

Next is a .22 AR upper. Then a VZ-58. Then a bolt action for the fiancee. Then a shotgun (870?) Somewhere in there an XD45 and a 1911.


Been there, done that lol.
I would have thought that half the fun would be trying to assemble everything yourself, skip the gunsmith until you find out you buggered something up
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