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Posted: 3/24/2009 8:42:24 AM EDT
| I've always kept my AR standing up in my safe. But a friend told me it is better to store your AR with the upper and lower seperated. Is there any truth to this or is he talking out his ass? |
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i only take mine off to clean it, it gets stored assembled This is the same as I have always done. I figured he might be talking out his butt, but wanted to check with the hive first. His ARs are fancy competition guns, so maybe that has something to do with it? |
You should ALWAYS separate them for storage. I did not when I got my first build completed and stored the gun assembled and in the dark lonely gun locker, with none of it's own kind, surrounded by shotguns and single shot rifles for the most part. Now to my chagrin and financial dismay the original upper and lower have multiplied into a larger family of AR's, which has and does continue to cost me money for thier proper support and upkeep. I can only think of the money I may have saved if I had stored the upper and lower seperated from one another. Perhaps I would be much better off financially. Oh well, to late now for me, but for the new guys, PLEASE keep them separated!!!....<><....   
P.S - I have also heard if you drink a coke with a couple of asprins you will get drunk..... 
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You should ALWAYS separate them for storage. I did not when I got my first build completed and stored the gun assembled and in the dark lonely gun locker, with none of it's own kind, surrounded by shotguns and single shot rifles for the most part. Now to my chagrin and financial dismay the original upper and lower have multiplied into a larger family of AR's, which has and does continue to cost me money for thier proper support and upkeep. I can only think of the money I may have saved if I had stored the upper and lower seperated from one another. Perhaps I would be much better off financially. Oh well, to late now for me, but for the new guys, PLEASE keep them separated!!!....<><....
P.S - I have also heard if you drink a coke with a couple of asprins you will get drunk.....  HOLY CRAP! I never thought of that. I started out with 1 AR, that was kept together in my safe. Now, much like yours, they have multiplied. And they have invited over some Eastern European friends.  You may be on to something, as was my friend... Keep them seperated...
LEST THEY MULTIPLY! 
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Serious question: does it matter if you store hammer back or not? I store all my lowers with the hammer back, no mag, safety on. I always store mine with the hammer in the up position. Others words i pulled the trigger. I dont like tension being held on the spring. I know you have to leave the safety in the fire position if you do that but I am the only one handling it so I know its safe. |
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What if you need it. It will take a few extra seconds to reassemble it. Here is how you store it. Assembled,safety off,full mag in,empty chamber,set to go. Pull the charging handle and it's ready to save your life. not even I just keep the bolt open... if I gotta shoot, all I gotta do is release the bolt and i'm set :) |
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All military M16's are stored fully assembled (minus the bolt carrier group) standing up in weapons racks. That should tell you something. No one owns more AR's then Uncle Sam. What is the reason for this? I always drop the hammer, don't know if it really matters or not. |
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All military M16's are stored fully assembled (minus the bolt carrier group) standing up in weapons racks. That should tell you something. No one owns more AR's then Uncle Sam. What is the reason for this? I always drop the hammer, don't know if it really matters or not. Don't drop the hammer without the BC in it or you may/probably will crack the lower on the bolt catch. And if they leave out the BC how do they rematch them up later or just mix and match later. |
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All military M16's are stored fully assembled (minus the bolt carrier group) standing up in weapons racks. That should tell you something. No one owns more AR's then Uncle Sam. What is the reason for this? I always drop the hammer, don't know if it really matters or not. Don't drop the hammer without the BC in it or you may/probably will crack the lower on the bolt catch. And if they leave out the BC how do they rematch them up later or just mix and match later. Yes.. I don't remove my BCGs. And matching up the bolts/guns was also a question was going to ask too. |
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I've always kept my AR standing up in my safe. But a friend told me it is better to store your AR with the upper and lower seperated. Is there any truth to this or is he talking out his ass? Did he give you a reason why you should do this? He didn't really say... I asked him why he always transported them seperated, and he said cause that is how he stores them, and that he only assembles them to shoot. 
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All military M16's are stored fully assembled (minus the bolt carrier group) standing up in weapons racks. That should tell you something. No one owns more AR's then Uncle Sam. WTF? Never seen that done, ever. I've spent my fair share of time in and around the arms room. We have always stored assembled (fully), on semi, not charged, dust cover closed. |
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All military M16's are stored fully assembled (minus the bolt carrier group) standing up in weapons racks. That should tell you something. No one owns more AR's then Uncle Sam. WTF? Never seen that done, ever. I've spent my fair share of time in and around the arms room. We have always stored assembled (fully), on semi, not charged, dust cover closed. +1 I was told that having the hammer down increases wear on the spring. I don't know if its true but I did it anyways because it sounded legitimate at the time. |
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All military M16's are stored fully assembled (minus the bolt carrier group) standing up in weapons racks. That should tell you something. No one owns more AR's then Uncle Sam. I know in the guard we had to take the BCG out before weapons turn in, but that was a few years ago, we don't do it anymore. Never did it on active duty. |
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You should ALWAYS separate them for storage. I did not when I got my first build completed and stored the gun assembled and in the dark lonely gun locker, with none of it's own kind, surrounded by shotguns and single shot rifles for the most part. Now to my chagrin and financial dismay the original upper and lower have multiplied into a larger family of AR's, which has and does continue to cost me money for thier proper support and upkeep. I can only think of the money I may have saved if I had stored the upper and lower seperated from one another. Perhaps I would be much better off financially. Oh well, to late now for me, but for the new guys, PLEASE keep them separated!!!....<><....
P.S - I have also heard if you drink a coke with a couple of asprins you will get drunk..... I've got my A2 stored in the safe right along side of my son's flat-top 18". I'm hoping some day to open the door and find an A3! |
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