- Location
- Vancouver Island
So - I've just completed my first AR build (i.e. buying a complete lower and a complete upper and assembling the two pieces... not rocket surgery, I know, but baby steps...) and have a couple of questions that I'm hoping aren't too dumb to get answers from the group... here goes! (I have done some searching online for these issues, but my google-fu must be at a low ebb...)
First, the fit between the upper and lower is tight. Quite tight. As in "kinda have to whack the upper with my balled fist to close it" tight. Is this a good thing, a bad thing, or likely indifferent? I've heard that loose isn't great for accuracy (hence the accu-wedge), but I've got no idea if the absolute other end of the spectrum is where you want to be, either. It's an NEA lower with a Spike's upper, if that's helpful at all.
Second, what's involved in getting a "verifier" to, er, verify whatever needs verifying? Is there generally a cost associated with the service, is there a list of verifiers posted somewhere (I'm located in Victoria, B.C.), does it need to be done before taking it to the range for the first time, do you get some sort of "verification certificate" that needs to never more than 43.25 inches from the firing pin of the rifle, etc.?
Also, if one were to have more than 1 upper (I don't, but may down the road), does each combination of upper and lower need to be verified separately, or just the one with the shortest barrel/biggest scope/most evil looking?
Thanks in advance,
ShooNew.
First, the fit between the upper and lower is tight. Quite tight. As in "kinda have to whack the upper with my balled fist to close it" tight. Is this a good thing, a bad thing, or likely indifferent? I've heard that loose isn't great for accuracy (hence the accu-wedge), but I've got no idea if the absolute other end of the spectrum is where you want to be, either. It's an NEA lower with a Spike's upper, if that's helpful at all.
Second, what's involved in getting a "verifier" to, er, verify whatever needs verifying? Is there generally a cost associated with the service, is there a list of verifiers posted somewhere (I'm located in Victoria, B.C.), does it need to be done before taking it to the range for the first time, do you get some sort of "verification certificate" that needs to never more than 43.25 inches from the firing pin of the rifle, etc.?
Also, if one were to have more than 1 upper (I don't, but may down the road), does each combination of upper and lower need to be verified separately, or just the one with the shortest barrel/biggest scope/most evil looking?
Thanks in advance,
ShooNew.
