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was looking at those... how the sound output to the side of the shooter?

yeah i think since there is some question whether or not it's legal will make me pass. its not worth the risk. just looking for some type of comp that isn't overly obnoxious. might go with a linear comp like the st dynacomp or kies... any recommendations?

anyone know if the vltor vc-1 comp is legal in nj? http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/product/7-VC1

my biggest concern is making sure the treads are aligned whomever i give it to and the brake is installed straight. is this a legit concern or should any competent shop be able to do this?

if you don't mind me asking, what have you had done there?

lol reading this you couldn't be more right... I'm going to make some rookie mistakes. That being said when I do decide to upgrade, which won't be until I've put a good amount of rounds in, would it be better to start from scratch or just replace the receivers? I was thinking of eventually replacing the upper reciever, BCG, and barrel. For the lower, I don't see where it would be beneficial for me to change that out. I would replace the trigger but all else seems the same to me. Am I wrong to think that?

totally agreed but my intentions when i first bought was to just buy and shoot to get to know the ar platform better. Didn't last too long as my OCD kicked in and i wanted to make changes in regards to the FA, I rather not have it. from what i see more people use it as a crutch and make a situation worse by using the FA. its good to have but i like a more streamlined look of not having it there. dust cover? after the first shot its all the same and I live in NJ not the desert. worse case I can always get a stripped upper to get both. And yes I replaced all you have listed above but adding what I paid I'm still ahead at least couple hundred bucks then if I were to have built my gun. Would the quality have been better? Maybe... but again I bought this initially as a starter. also this is for the range so I probably wouldn't benefit from the difference anyway. I don't disagree with what you're saying but from the price I paid for the rifle I'm still ahead price-wise in my eyes even after replacing some parts.

bingo, as a first ar, i didn't think i had the patience or ability to build my own. as i'm learning to do all the work on my sport i'm a lot more comfortable knowing now that I can handle my own build.

great question and basically when i first ordered i didn't have the intention to really do much to it at first. I wanted a good AR I can learn off of and upgrade from there. then one thing led to another and I was replacing or adding on things lol. In your opinion though what makes you feel that the sport is a less than basic AR? Its gotten great reviews, has great reliability, and like any AR can be upgraded. this includes either replacing the barrel or adding threads for a muzzle break. Besides the lack of a forward assist, which I rather not have, and a dust cover what does the sport not have that others do? did you base quality based solely on the fact that its lower priced?

just curious how much did mastodon charge? I called them today and someone quoted me alittle under 200 bucks for threading and comp install. I see for adco the standard barrel threading is 65 bucks but another section shows 140.00 so not sure which price is correct... G&S is charging me 125 for threading and install of comp.

Have been calling around to see who can thread my barrel and install a muzzle brake and these guys gave the best deal so far. Not sure of their reputation though and was wondering if anyone had any experience with them and if i should trust them threading my barrel?

a bit shorter than stock since i pinned it shorter, i would say about 33 to 33.5 inches.

i was going to use loctite but want to eventually upgrade my barrel so figured i'd risk not using it to prevent me from going nuts trying to take it off later on. this hobby is expensive

yep, shot it and no gas issues so far. everything seems to eject just fine. The only thing that somewhat worries me is that this is screwed in. I drilled some dimples in the barrel to help secure it but still paranoid it'll loosen up one day.

thanks! changed it to a YHM low profile

Sup everyone... just wanted thank people here for help on some questions I had. Here are some pics first pic is when I first picked her up and bought some goodies. 2nd pic is the first set of goodies installed 3rd pic is me being OCD and replacing the handguard again with a diamondhead vrs FF, got matching magpul front sight, mako hand grip ,and installed a mako t-grip. this is even before shooting her Being OCD again after my first range session, I got rid of my optics and replaced it with a lucid hd7, installed magpul BAD, and blackhawk sling. I didn't take pics but will soon. Only thing I want to add would be the mega tactical trigger which seems impossible to find, and BA Ambi safety. Then off to go get cerakoted barret bronze.

thx, i was able to get the delta ring, barrel nut and front sights off. tomorrow will be the new barrel nut and hopefully the gas block install (if it comes in the mail) any idea on how to torque a nut like this?

free float. today i was able to get the delta ring, barrel nut, and front sight and gas off. now my obstacle is to figure out a way to properly torque the new bolt. its a conventional bolt with flat ends.

This is my first AR and ordered a new gas block and diamondhead vrs handguard. It seems pretty straight forward but as with any install you never knnow. I was wondering if there is anyone local to me that would be willing to help me with the install? i'd pay for the time and the peace of mind I'm installing everything correctly. Thanks!!

nope no muzzle device as of yet. thx, yeah the reason i bought the tools was because i wanted to learn more about my gun. the only part that i'm nervous about is the removal of the barrel nut and the gas block. i've been reading a lot of peoples horror stories on not being able to get the nut off and i'm not 100% sure about installation of the gas block and lining everything up correctly. as far as the new barrel nut diamondhead has their own proprietary nut that is put on using a regular wrench. still trying to figure out how to use a torque wrench in this case but from what I hear people that have this state that there is no need to torque because you don't need to worry about timing the gas tube with this setup. not sure what that meants exactly but this is what the nut looks like...

thanks! decided to go free float and purchased a diamondhead vrs handguard with a yhm gas block. ordered the wrench and punch kit too so gonna try and do this myself. hopefully I don't screw this up! lol edit: turns out the handguard and block will be here before the tools anyone know a central jersey guy that does installs? yes I'm the impatience instant gratification type lol

just a quick head scratcher i couldn't find an answer to anywhere. when installing a longer handguard (not free floating) would the handguard cap be in the same place its installed now and can i use the same handguard thats on the gun now? my current and new handguard are your typical quad rails

sorry for the confusion but yes you are correct. it was to increase the size of the adjustment hole. i made sure to clean out the tube of all shavings and there is no raised lip on the hole

Side note, nothing protrudes the tube, it's just the hole

So incase you didn't see my other thread I finished changing and pinning my fixed stock on my mp15 sport. One thing I just thought of though was the modification I needed to make on the stock tube was to drill the one hole bigger to 5/16th. I did though drill all the way through to the bottom of the tune. Being a newb I'm not sure if this an issue or not. Any help is appreciated!