First AR lower build...ooops!

fawcettlee · November 27, 2009, 10:12 PM

So I'm in the middle of my first AR lower build and I get to the takedown detent spring/detent pin install.
I'm holding down the pin detent/spring with my knife and reaching for the takedown pin, thinking what's so hard about this? Of course the knife slips and I see the pin detent launched into air arcing towards the bookshelf. Oh feces, I'm thinking. I hear it land and I have to break out the Fenix TK40 to locate the pin detent caught between the bottom shelf and the frame.
I came to realize some truths as I was crawling around the floor...

My wife is right, I really need to vacuum more.
If I find any more change, I can pay for a large latte at Starbucks.
Maybe I need to pay attention when other people say be careful here!

On to the trigger!

10-96 · November 27, 2009, 10:45 PM

Wait till you move on to a project that requires staking tiny little detent balls! Those blasted little monsters will make you hope, beg, and plead for a merciful massive coronary or something.

rjrivero · November 27, 2009, 10:57 PM

Lots of springs and detents to loose track of assembling a lower. You're not the first and I suspect you won't be the last.

DnPRK · November 27, 2009, 11:20 PM

Assemble in a large clear plastic bag. When you launch a detent, it will remain in the bag.

fawcettlee · November 27, 2009, 11:30 PM

Now see? I REMEMBERED that as I was holding down the detent. That's when I was thinking, this is supposed to be hard? Just before the launch of space shuttle Detent.
OK. Everything is in except for the buffer tube and its bits. I look down and think, why are there some extra bits? I hope RRA decided to add an extra spring or two..... Hammer spring? I missed that part of the lifelibertyetc.com video cause my wife came down to tell me since I'm so handy putting the lower together, she's going to have a list of things for me to do around the house. Darn it! Putting a lower together doesn't mean I know anything about electricity!
Sigh...

AMX · November 28, 2009, 10:52 PM

My cat saved me once. I launched one and probably never would have found it if my cat had not ran right to it and started pawing at it.

November 27, 2009, 10:12 PM	#1
fawcettlee Senior Member Join Date: January 11, 2005 Posts: 114	First AR lower build...ooops! So I'm in the middle of my first AR lower build and I get to the takedown detent spring/detent pin install. I'm holding down the pin detent/spring with my knife and reaching for the takedown pin, thinking what's so hard about this? Of course the knife slips and I see the pin detent launched into air arcing towards the bookshelf. Oh feces, I'm thinking. I hear it land and I have to break out the Fenix TK40 to locate the pin detent caught between the bottom shelf and the frame. I came to realize some truths as I was crawling around the floor... My wife is right, I really need to vacuum more. If I find any more change, I can pay for a large latte at Starbucks. Maybe I need to pay attention when other people say be careful here! On to the trigger!

November 27, 2009, 10:45 PM	#2
10-96 Senior Member Join Date: October 19, 2005 Location: Tx Panhandle Territory Posts: 4,159	Wait till you move on to a project that requires staking tiny little detent balls! Those blasted little monsters will make you hope, beg, and plead for a merciful massive coronary or something. __________________ Rednecks... Keeping the woods critter-free since March 2, 1836. (TX Independence Day) I suspect a thing or two... because I've seen a thing or two.

November 27, 2009, 11:30 PM	#5
fawcettlee Senior Member Join Date: January 11, 2005 Posts: 114	Clear plastic bag! Now see? I REMEMBERED that as I was holding down the detent. That's when I was thinking, this is supposed to be hard? Just before the launch of space shuttle Detent. OK. Everything is in except for the buffer tube and its bits. I look down and think, why are there some extra bits? I hope RRA decided to add an extra spring or two..... Hammer spring? I missed that part of the lifelibertyetc.com video cause my wife came down to tell me since I'm so handy putting the lower together, she's going to have a list of things for me to do around the house. Darn it! Putting a lower together doesn't mean I know anything about electricity! Sigh...

November 27, 2009, 10:57 PM	#3
rjrivero Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2008 Location: NW Ohio Posts: 1,399	Lots of springs and detents to loose track of assembling a lower. You're not the first and I suspect you won't be the last.

November 27, 2009, 11:20 PM	#4
DnPRK Senior Member Join Date: August 24, 2001 Location: LC, Ca Posts: 1,917	Assemble in a large clear plastic bag. When you launch a detent, it will remain in the bag.

November 28, 2009, 10:52 PM	#6
AMX Senior Member Join Date: July 22, 2005 Posts: 129	My cat saved me once. I launched one and probably never would have found it if my cat had not ran right to it and started pawing at it.