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RobertH:
i think cabelas has a sale with nikons... buy the 223 and get free rings
landon410:
i like the looks of the above rifle, but it doens't appear that you have much room to access the charging handle,
have you had any problems with that?
I did end up ordering a 1 piece cantilever mount and I'll see how that works...
tstuart34:
--- Quote from: landon410 on March 12, 2014, 10:44:08 AM ---i like the looks of the above rifle, but it doens't appear that you have much room to access the charging handle,
have you had any problems with that?
I did end up ordering a 1 piece cantilever mount and I'll see how that works...
--- End quote ---
Its a fun gun. The barrel was super accurate right out of the box. The charging handle is would be really hard to pull except he has a big "tactical Latch" on it. This is the one he bought. If you are going to run a big scope like that I would highly recommend something similar. You can buy just the big latch on amazon for around $20.
OUT OF STOCK BUT FOR A GENERAL IDEA
http://palmettostatearmory.com/index.php/ar-15-05/upper-parts/charging-handles/palmetto-state-amory-charging-handle-with-tactical-release-latch.html
landon410:
ok, so after i ordered the new mount I got notification that it wasn't in stock....
so I just went and bought the nikon ones, mounting problem fixed.
landon410:
I guess I never really shared that much info about the lower itself. I pointed out some issues I had/have with it, but I'll talk about them and share some pictures.
my safety selector is TIGHT, useable, but tight
the lower comes with these little bumps to let you know where to drill the trigger holes, but they are bumped out and not in, so its hard to get a perfect hole, even when doing as directed and slowly making hole bigger. ie start with small bit than bigger bit than bigger bit etc, the lower still chips a little.
The rear take down pin holes drilled by the factory were not done well, it wasn't drilled straight through, its angled which made it difficult to get the rear pin in.
You can see how I had to make the rear take down pin hole on the left safety side of the lower more oblonged just to get the pin through.
This was noted briefly previously in the post.
also there is a noticeable gap between upper and lower itself.
I had to take a couple pictures with good light behind the rifle to get a picture that looks as bad as this one, but its a big gap.
on the safety side of the lower where the lower and upper mate you can see where while not paying a great deal of attention my dremel got away from me a bit and I gouged the side of the lower.
I'd say these lowers are great if you want to learn a bit, or have a cheap rifle. If you want a beautiful rifle where everything is going to be 100% perfect do not use this lower..
However for my needs/wants it has fit the bill, LPK went in with no problems, I didn't have any issues threading the buffer tube, just expect a little work to make everything fit, use a drill press and not a hand held drill and while dremeling, don't be drinking and talking to a friend at the same time, it creates gouges on the side of your lower, ha, also know the dimensions for the hole the trigger goes through, i didn't, I just guessed and the hole ended up bigger than it needed to be.
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