Capt Skup
Ultimate Member
I finally had an opportunity to shoot one of the AR's that I assembled. I bought several lowers before Oct 2013, and have started assembling a couple of them, buying the necessary parts as I find them on sale or a good price. Saturday I was free, weather was nice so I took my first completed rifle to Myrtle Grove along with a Mosin Hex that I haven't shot yet. I am no youngster, have had some exciting times in my life but when I loaded a full magazine into this rifle, sent the bolt home on a live round, aimed at the target and pulled that trigger for the first time, a euphoric feeling came over me. I am surprised I did not yell out in excitement. The rifle did not explode, nor fall apart in my hands. I assembled it by my self, taking time to watch Larry Potterfields and others videos, I took my time ensuring everything went together like it is suppose to. If you are setting on the fence, thinking you can't do it yourself, or why bother when you can buy one, you are missing a lot of fun and that great feeling of doing something yourself. And, total cost of parts including rear folding sight was just under $500 for the first rifle. That is nice, too.
