Looking to build an upper for anyone who will fund it for me. Just looking for a project and experience. All I will charge is parts, shipping and a very small labor price for some fuel in the ol truck. I will build any upper, whatever style you want ar-15 or ar-10. When I say I do it for experience, I don't mean it's my first time, be assured I have the proper tools and knowledge to do this. I am looking into going to gunsmithing school, and I would like to get started building my background. Thanks for the support
Fund an upper
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There isn't any real gunsmithing involved in building an AR15 or AR10 upper receiver, unless you are profling and fitting your barrels from blanks with barrel extensions.
There are minor custom tweaks those of us who chase accuracy do, but I wouldn't call it gunsmithing in the traditional sense.
Do you have any instrumentation to check surface hardness, alignment gauges, bore scope, gas port diameters, thread concentricity, OD to bore concentricity, receiver face squareness, bolt face squareness, etc.?
There are minor custom tweaks those of us who chase accuracy do, but I wouldn't call it gunsmithing in the traditional sense.
Do you have any instrumentation to check surface hardness, alignment gauges, bore scope, gas port diameters, thread concentricity, OD to bore concentricity, receiver face squareness, bolt face squareness, etc.?
I Know what you mean. Yes I do actually do all of that. I take every part and make them as precise as possible and accurate as possible. While not a necessarily complicated job, I feel it helps me pay closer attention to detail
I may be interested in this.
I want to get a precision gas gun together and was hoping to build it. This may be a good way to segway into it.
I pass by Marietta often driving down to OU to visit friends.
Did you have any specifics in mind for this upper?
If you are just a parts assembler sure you wouldn't need one but if you are gonna spin up barrel blanks and thread for muzzle device and extensions then yes you will need a lathe
I consider myself somewhere between a "parts assembler" and an actual gunsmith. I am not a certified gunsmith, but that is my goal. I am also not a "kitchen gunsmith". I consider my work to be of good quality, and not amateur. A lathe and heavy milling machine are the only pieces of equipment I do not currently own, but I am working toward that with small jobs.
