Summary: Reed & Jake cover the basics of building your first AR-15; what tools, parts and the order to put them together. Welcome to episode 041 of the AR15 Podcast. I’m your host Jake Challand with Co-host Reed Snyder. This is the podcast about your favorite black rifle! This show is for you; whether you're building your first AR or you’ve been building ARs for years. There’s something we can all do to take our black rifle to the next level. AR-15 Product or Training Tip of the Week: Practicing Hold Over Main Topic: What to buy & how to build it? - Our simple guide to building your 1st AR-15 Notice: You may need to pause this as we go Buy: Tools: Quick Once over Roll Pin Punch Kit Roll Pin Holders Set 3/4" Nylon/Brass Hammer AR-15/M16 Critical Tools Kit Geissele Reaction Rod long flat head screwdriver, 1/2" drive breaker bar(depending on how your barrel nut & rail installs) I highly recommend a work bench vise. AR15 Armorers Mat with schematic AR-15 Schematics Lower Receiver: Parts Kit (pins, springs, trigger, mag release, safety selector and pistol grip) Trigger (If you want a better one or your parts kit doesn’t have one) Pistol Grip (If you want a better one or your parts kit doesn’t have one) Butt Stock Buffer Assembly, Spring & Tube Upper Receiver: Charging Handle Forward Assist (only if your upper requires it) Ejection Port Cover (only if your upper requires it) Bolt Carrier (Buy complete assembly if possible) Barrel & Barrel Nut (Barrel nut may come with your rail system) Gas Block (A2 style front sight is also a gas block) Gas Tube Handguard or Free Float Rail Flash Hider (Crush Washer for alignment) Sling Swivels (optional) Iron Sights (BUIS) Optic & Mounting system Build Lower Receiver: Bolt Catch Trigger & Hammer Safety Selector & Pistol Grip Magazine Release Take Down Pin, Butt Stock, Buffer Spring and Assembly Pivot Pin Upper Receiver Ejection port cover Forward assist charging handle bolt carrier assembly Barrel + Barrel Nut Gas Block / Front sight Gas tube Flash Hider Handguard/Free Float Rail Listener Feedback: Greg: I was at a Cabela’s store recently looking at AR’s. There was a guy asking one of the salesperson about the value of his recently built AR. The customer rattled off a number of known manufacturers whose parts were in the AR. Before he could finish, the sales person stopped the customer and told him that the parts in the gun really accounted for nothing. In that, as far as the store is concerned it is not a factory rifle and that the value to the store is not in the parts no matter what they are. The salesperson told the customer that if his rifle were a completely manufacturer product, it would have more value to the store, as a resale or trade-in. Can you shine some light on this? I have not built an AR, but I am considering it. Joe Lopez: https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/9656/18/8018/1379030412/b5854c5ee25809e5f0529703dca8a2d7 Charlie aka gator_b8: Hey guys first off let me say this is a great podcast. It looks like you guys are having a whole lot of fun with it. I have listened to all of them and am always learning something new. You guys also put me over the edge and I have actually started to build an AR. This bring me to the second thing I wanted to mention. I post on the flicker account as gator_b8 and had the honor of hearing my name on the last show mentioning my uploads. As I said I am in the process of building an AR. I don\'t have the money to buy all my parts at once so I have been ordering piece by piece when possible. I also wouldn\'t mind winning a free AR so I posted pics of the components I have in hand and tried to get creative as Jake asked us to do.
