nfa1934
10-06-2012, 10:43 AM
Having spare parts lying around is dangerous to the bank account; they have a way of turning into complete guns.
I had parts that I'd ended up not using for various other builds (upper receiver, handguard, gas block, 7.62 YHM flash hider, an optic that I bought open box). Didn't like having all this stuff unused, so I thought I'd put together another upper. Already had uppers in the configurations I wanted for .300 BLK and 5.56, so I thought I'd do something different and try 7.62x39. Bought a cheap 8" barrel on gunbroker for less than $100, ordered a bolt from AR15 Performance, a PRI charging handle, and ordered a gas tube. All the bolt carriers I wanted were out of stock (wanted an M16 carrier). I finally gave up on waiting and ordered an AR15 carrier, which came in a couple of days ago. 7.62x39 upper is now complete.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss286/nfa1934/59d8e9fc846810ce8c93bbe6df9bff26.jpg
Unfortunately now I have spare uppers in 7.62x39 and .22LR and I'm beginning to think about dedicated lowers (which will require two more tax stamps).
I had parts that I'd ended up not using for various other builds (upper receiver, handguard, gas block, 7.62 YHM flash hider, an optic that I bought open box). Didn't like having all this stuff unused, so I thought I'd put together another upper. Already had uppers in the configurations I wanted for .300 BLK and 5.56, so I thought I'd do something different and try 7.62x39. Bought a cheap 8" barrel on gunbroker for less than $100, ordered a bolt from AR15 Performance, a PRI charging handle, and ordered a gas tube. All the bolt carriers I wanted were out of stock (wanted an M16 carrier). I finally gave up on waiting and ordered an AR15 carrier, which came in a couple of days ago. 7.62x39 upper is now complete.
http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss286/nfa1934/59d8e9fc846810ce8c93bbe6df9bff26.jpg
Unfortunately now I have spare uppers in 7.62x39 and .22LR and I'm beginning to think about dedicated lowers (which will require two more tax stamps).