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Posted: 10/26/2002 11:48:04 AM EDT
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Hello Been watching the board off and on for a while, the past few days more on than off. Well I am mainly a bolt-gun man, but just today I bought a stripped RRA lower. My first semi-rifle in YEARS. Had a bad experience accuracy-wise with a Ruger Mini-30, a HK-91 [pre-ban] and swore them off. Until now. Gonna fill all the little holes as time-money permit. Was just wondering, can a home-gunsmith headspace a barrel to an AR upper without a lathe? I see this thing ending up as a flat-top long barreled configuration. |
This should explain it for you. When you buy a barrel; the extension and the alignment pin should already be on it. I built an AR with a new barrel from Pete-in-NH and after assembled checked the headspace with a go and no-go guage just to be sure and all checked out ok. So unless you're using a used barrel and/or bolt, I don't think you really need to check it unless for personal satisfaction. |
| Also....just wanted to say that RRA is a good choice. Thats what I started with; a RRA stripped lower; and the stripped upper was also RRA along with the rest of the parts and its a real great shooting rifle. Not a bit of problem with it. No jams, no failure to feeds, no short strokes, etc. Every time the trigger is pulled, it does what its suppose to. |
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