hey CGN. just getting into my first AR15 build. thought I would post some pics as I go along the process and share my experiences as a noob...
started out with getting a great deal on a Colt Canada IUR upper from calgary shooting centre. from there I sourced an anderson arms stripped lower from P&D and some bits and pieces from other CGN vendors like wolverine and questar. so far the build looks like this:
Colt Canada IUR 15.7" upper
Anderson Arms stripped lower
Daniel Defense lower parts kit
Daniel Defense BCG
Spike's tube and t2 buffer
Raptor ambi charging handle
Magpul CTR stock
Bcm mod0 grip
got the easy bits on pretty quick. The bolt catch I used a pair of channel locks wrapped in hockey tape to press in the roll pin (canadian style). Same for the trigger guard roll pin. Spun in the mag release and assembled the trigger and hammer...
then i decided to work on the front pivot pin next. got the spring and detent in no problem but there was a problem with the pin itself. I looks like the flat grind on the head is off by 1/2 a mm or so and it doesn't clear the lower to seat fully.
so to try and figure out if it was the lower or the pin that was out of spec i grabbed the pin from my DA556 and tried that. went in no problem and cleared the lower to seat correctly.
gonna get a hold of wolverine and see if they have any spare pins kicking around that i can swap out for the one in my DD lower parts kit I purchased. Hopefully that will work and I'll update later once I continue the build.
started out with getting a great deal on a Colt Canada IUR upper from calgary shooting centre. from there I sourced an anderson arms stripped lower from P&D and some bits and pieces from other CGN vendors like wolverine and questar. so far the build looks like this:
Colt Canada IUR 15.7" upper
Anderson Arms stripped lower
Daniel Defense lower parts kit
Daniel Defense BCG
Spike's tube and t2 buffer
Raptor ambi charging handle
Magpul CTR stock
Bcm mod0 grip
got the easy bits on pretty quick. The bolt catch I used a pair of channel locks wrapped in hockey tape to press in the roll pin (canadian style). Same for the trigger guard roll pin. Spun in the mag release and assembled the trigger and hammer...
then i decided to work on the front pivot pin next. got the spring and detent in no problem but there was a problem with the pin itself. I looks like the flat grind on the head is off by 1/2 a mm or so and it doesn't clear the lower to seat fully.
so to try and figure out if it was the lower or the pin that was out of spec i grabbed the pin from my DA556 and tried that. went in no problem and cleared the lower to seat correctly.
gonna get a hold of wolverine and see if they have any spare pins kicking around that i can swap out for the one in my DD lower parts kit I purchased. Hopefully that will work and I'll update later once I continue the build.
