True. I should have been more specific: my understanding is that all new AR lowers sold by dealers in California are DROS'd as rifles. So I dont think you can build a pistol off a store-bought lower. Theres also the regs against "manufacturing an unsafe handgun" for home-built semiautos.
I dont think it matters which order/side you do the pins.
the pins are traditionally installed right to left (and removed left to right, although there are many exceptions). the trigger and hammer pins for the AR have two grooves: a center groove for major alignment and retention, and an offset (to one side) groove for retention. the offset groove is traditionally on the left hand side of the receiver, but it's only purpose is for the hammer spring to help hold the trigger pin in place as the trigger pin (more so than the hammer pin) can walk out if the trigger pin's hole is severely worn and allows the trigger to misalign, locking up the weapon into an unsafe condition.
not true: they can be "other" or rifles, but never a pistol as there are no AR-15 stripped lower pistols on the roster of safe handguns other than the Franklin Arms model 3130 and 3151 and 3153. the exception stems from people being exempt from the roster requirement, in which case you can transfer a stripped lower (that must still be "off-list") as a pistol. it is the dealer's choice if they mark an AR-15 as a rifle or not, but it's much easier to do so probably (it's literally 1 less form they fill out as part of their CAFL bookkeeping which tracks "other" firearm transfers because CA is paranoid about ghost guns).
it's actually easier to build a model 723 and 727 (or something between the two) and fairly cheap too:
Just get a 10/22 nigga. Mosins are a terrible choice for home defense, they will absolutely overpenatrate.Decide which of these budget items should I get as I am a budget wagie currently at the moment. I asked the guy if the full barrel mosin nagant makes a good home defense weapon and he told me the 7.62x54R has enough power to kill the fuck but also go through his head and into the house next door.
lol if you are living in suburb or urban area, full power rifle cartridge is a little dangerous for home invasion scenario. Firstly, you'll likely give yourself a measurable amount of permanent hearing damage from firing in an enclosed indoor space without ear protection, and secondly the overpenetration is a major liability to other innocent people in your home or neighboring homes.Decide which of these budget items should I get as I am a budget wagie currently at the moment. I asked the guy if the full barrel mosin nagant makes a good home defense weapon and he told me the 7.62x54R has enough power to kill the fuck but also go through his head and into the house next door.
between a S&W M&P 15-22 and a Mossberg 715T, i would promote the S&W as it is functionally similar to a standard AR-15 and has greater parts compatibility with aftermarket parts. the Mossberg is alright, but a bit more ammunition sensitive (in my experience) and also doesn't share a manual of arms with an AR-15 which i assume you will get at some point in the future.Decide which of these budget items should I get as I am a budget wagie currently at the moment. I asked the guy if the full barrel mosin nagant makes a good home defense weapon and he told me the 7.62x54R has enough power to kill the fuck but also go through his head and into the house next door.
don't let your dreams be dreams. UZI flats and kits are going to be spiking in price in the next 2 years, and Israeli FAL/FALO parts kits are going to start getting rarer. Israeli FALs, despite having some mixed parts, are largely metric and if you aren't too keen on parts accuracy, but the overall look, you can still find most of the parts for a conversion floating around FALFiles and places like APEX or RobertRTG.
Complete deactivated Uzi's are easy to get over here but Israeli or any variant of FAL for that matter are very hard to get. L1A1 SLRs are the easiest to find but they're alway nearly £1000+.
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the AR-556, as the name implies, is a 5.56x45mm NATO self loading rifle. it is not in .22LR and would need a conversion kit if you intend to shoot .22LR with it.
Both gun stores in my area offer around $870 total and $650 is the price at pickup. Is this a good deal for this AR-556? Basically I can afford to waste one full paycheck on this.
for a new name-brand AR-15, $650 is a decent price. $870 i would expect to have either some accessories or an upgraded model over the baseline (a rail interface system or something). consider that you can purchase and have shipped a complete lower, a complete upper, and snap them together for under $400 (not including shipping/tax/transfer); then $650 isn't that much higher of a price for "buying" an additional warranty for a complete rifle. you're effectively prepaying for parts/service and with some products or brands that can be an important thing. Ruger is generally a quality gun maker and has been around for a while. the Ruger AR-556 is broadly compatible with model typical AR-15 parts as well, so you're not locked into anything proprietary either.
Armscor, in the Philippines, makes some of the better 1911's on the market as they've been making and using them since WW2 and have the original tooling from WW2 and Vietnam imported from the US to produce them. Armscor is also the OEM for Charles Daly and RIA, although those labels outsource to other companies too like Caspian or Black Horse. if you do purchase the Armscor/RIA, note that certain aftermarket magazines will not function reliably as it lacks the Series 80 and later improvements to the 1911 that changed the magazine well and breech block slightly. you'll want to stick with USGI type magazines (also available from Armscor) or Chip McCormick or Wilson Combat magazines.Edit: Guess I will go with this cheapest M1911-45 on the market for now. And buy the AR 556 lator. Total cost runs over $1500 for me.
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I've seen people say the cheaper 1911s are sometimes literally a little "rougher around the edges," but once you get past the snobbery the cheap ones are generally fine. Id like a 1911, and I'll probably get an RIA at some point.
