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I may eventually replace it with the Magpul fixed stock, once it's released. http://store.magpul.com/product/MAG404/181

I'm installing the Ace ARFX stock onto my lower. MidwayUSA is sold out of them but Cheaper Than Dirt has them. http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ARR961-1.html

I would install and begin using Chrome or Firefox before you get used to IE9. Also, if your machine ever does get infected with malware that affects IE, you'll have a backup.

I used a Spike's LPK and a Spike's battle trigger group.

MidwayUSA Pre-Spring Range Essentials Sale I may pick up a rifle case for my AR15. Not sure how long to get though. The stock is 7.5" and I plan on going with a 16" barrel.

Lou's let me feel the difference between a battle trigger and the regular trigger. I liked how smooth the battle trigger was and wound up getting it when I bought the LPK.

The front "pin" was meant for an allen wrench. The rear pin though was clearly not. It was a rolled piece of metal but the two sides didn't touch.

I watched multiple videos on YouTube numerous times so I was aware of what I should do and shouldn't do. The roll pin that came with my Magpul enhanced trigger guard didn't want to go into the hole, even with oil, so I wound up using the pin that came in the parts kit.

They didn't have it in stock at the time and said it was $80 to give me an idea of how much more the LPK w/o trigger group plus the battle trigger would cost me.

The had the LPK in stock without the trigger group for $45. I bought the battle trigger for $60. Had they had the LPK in stock with the trigger group, it would've been $80. I was worried about losing the pivot pin detent and spring but held them in place with a box cutter while I slid the pivot pin into place.

My build so far. Just ordered a DPMS A2 buffer tube, spring and buffer from MidwayUSA and the Ace skeleton stock from Cheaper Than Dirt.

The plain Spike's lower was $125, the color-filled lower was $135. After NICS and taxes, it cost $160.50

It didn't take me that long, maybe 30 minutes. It might've taken less time if I had a vise block. Posted using my iPhone

I had zero experience putting an AR together. I was close to buying an M&P 15 Sport when I decided to buy the stripped lower. Posted using my iPhone

I'm thinking about a BCM upper group with a Stag Arms BCG. I haven't fully made up my mind. For the stock, I plan on getting an Ace skeleton stock. Posted using my iPhone

After going back and forth between building or buying my first AR, I decided to build once I learned that Lou's Gun Shop in Raritan had Spike's stripped lowers in stock. I went there last Saturday (2/11) and purchased the lower, expecting it would be a slow build (buying parts when I could afford it). After seeing the stripped lower sitting there with nothing attached to it for a week, I went back to Lou's on Friday evening and picked up a Spike's lower parts kit without the trigger group, a Spike's battle trigger, a Magpul enhanced trigger guard and one of PK90's 15 round magazines. Today I decided to put it all together. I was most nervous about installing the trigger guard and the front pivot pin. I wound up using the plier method for installing the roll ping on the trigger guard and used a box cutter to keep the detent and spring depressed while installing the front pivot pin. I still have to get a buffer tube and stock to complete the lower.

I picked up one of the Arms-n-Ammo mags from Lou's Gun Shop in Raritan. Posted using my iPhone

26/30 I guessed in the amendment that lowered the voting age to 18. Posted using my iPhone

Welcome to the forum.

I thought flash hiders were ok. According to this thread, they're not illegal.

Along those same lines, when there's a gun fight and the good guy kills a bad guy and just keeps walking, without taking his gun/ammo. At least in video games, you'll get additional ammo everyone once in a while after killing an enemy. If it were me, I'd want the extra firepower. Even if the bad guy(s) used a different caliber than I did, I'd at least take one of their guns. I can only carry so much ammo and it'll eventually run out.

I don't know if anyone has noticed this but it seems as though you need to keep activating this. I received a letter in the mail, filled it out and sent it back. About six months later, I received another letter indicating that I needed to activate my coverage.

I'm debating between these two BCM upper receiver groups. BCM Standard 14.5" M4 Carbine Upper Receiver Group w/ Permanent A2X Flash Hider (16.1") BCM Standard 14.5" Mid Length Upper Receiver Group w/ Permanent A2X Flash Hider added I wish I better understood the difference between midlength and carbine. I've read that some people can't tell the difference between midlength and carbine and yet others can feel more recoil from the carbine.

Thanks. Does it matter if I get a mid-length or carbine length upper receiver group?