Citizens Liberty Organization / 🌎 Global Channels / 🔫the-armory [part 4]

@[CA] SoyBoi magnifiers do have to be zeroed. And un zeroed magnifiers can throw you several MOA. and some of the mounts don’t really work

> Also is the barrel and handguard aero, or something that store is claiming as their own? @Crye Salesman The barrel and handguard are not aero, let me get the specs here in a minute or two

Eh using my magnifiers I never had any issues . All I did was zero my red dot and toss a magnifier on and it was fine

What magnifier/red dot combo would y'all recommend? Not against trying something new.

Depends on your budget? If you want cost efficient, AT3 makes a combo for like 200-300 I think? It's been alright for me. If you don't care about price, can't go wrong with EO Tech

> Eh using my magnifiers I never had any issues . All I did was zero my red dot and toss a magnifier on and it was fine @TacticalBeard that’s gonna be a naw Chief. Chuck p and Aaron Cowan would disagree

Care to link sources ?

@Soulraiser the smaller the dot the better so somthing like the 1 MOA dot of the eotech or Leupolds new red dot would be ideal. I liked the MRO but my astigmatism favored the eotech so I sold the 2MOA MRO. Aimpont is another gold standard red dot but I personally like the wide objective lense of the MRO way more than the aimpoints

https://youtu.be/F70QAoDW9dU

Jesus christ @TacticalBeard ; idk if I want to spend $1k on an optic... Definitely looking a little more budget friendly than that. That said, every eotech I've ever used was the most blurry SOB that made the optic borderline unusable. I'll have to do more research on this magnifier thing..

https://youtu.be/fryJ4DQ0Lxc

I need to train.

@Soulraiser sounds like you have astigmatism and need to avoide red dots and holosights all together

I've never had issues with any other red dots. Just eotech. My vision is actually quite a bit better than average.

Thinking I'll just stick to grabbing a vortex spitfire 3x. Price just makes sense and I've had amazing luck with them in the past. I'll just have to mount my irons canted.

@Crye Salesman I feel like an idiot lol yes i zero my red dot and then adjust the magnifier. For some reason I thought we were talking about no matter what you do a magnifier will mess with your zero/poi shift. Great videos btw

Is Andersons Manufacturing AR15 lowers any good? I got 2 (they were the only ones available i could find)

Ooooo... ooooo.. no baby girl what is you doin...

👀 that bad?

Poverty Pony is known for having issues...

🙃 fuk

Better than no AR i guess lol

Will it go bang and your on a tight budget yes. Are there better options yes

Well who knows... you might have gotten okay ones.

Their QC is why no one actually recommends them though.

I'd take PSA over them any day at this point.

As long as it holds I'm good, I can upgrade later

Really, the only way to see if they'll last, is take them out and shoot them.

If they do okay then, you'll be alright.

I mean you could inspect and gauge them first

I got 2, lol hopefully ones good lol

If you have a friend who has the tools, yeah.

Theyre stripped, not 80%

Well yeah, that's what we're talking about.

You know what though. Honestly, if the dimensions are right... so long as you put decent parts inside. You might actually be alright.

The problems will either be spec (things sized wrong) which you could check with some basic hand tools for most of those. Or metallurgy, which you won’t really know until it breaks, or you see cracks, etc

For sure, hoping to get them today if the background check isn't delayed

Let's see what kinda metal they use.. To google!

Says it's 7075 T6 aluminum

7075 T6 aluminum... and they claim it's Mil-spec

@Soulraiser vortex has a great warranty . If your looking at other options primary arms also makes great prism scope but that ACSS reticle primary arms uses is 👌

7075 aluminium alloy is an aluminium alloy, with zinc as the primary alloying element. It has excellent mechanical properties, and exhibits good ductility, high strength, toughness and good resistance to fatigue. It is more susceptible to embrittlement than many other aluminium alloys because of microsegregation, but has significantly better corrosion resistance than the 2000 alloys. It is one of the most commonly used aluminium alloy for highly stressed structural applications, and has been extensively utilized in aircraft structural parts.

You might actually be okay.

I would just.... hide the logo. Hahaha

I read some reviews on it.. but it was obviously written by a poor. (lol) From what I can find, the stripped lowers don't seem to have any issues.

Just fill it with good parts and I think you'll be alright.

They had a bad batch back in 2015 apparently. But their newer lowers are okay for the most part from what I keep reading.

I have definitely seen *wildly* out of spec Anderson lowers. Like pivot pin holes not even vaguely aligned, receiver extensions threaded completely off center, etc. Now, you could get a good one, and it could run fine for a good while. But just cause it’s stripped and the ‘correct’ material, doesn’t mean they did anything else right

@[CA] SoyBoi my biggest recommendation would be to measure things and carefully test fit each part

Where can I find the specs? I have the tools to measure but need to know what the right readings are

Yeah, all the bad stuff I'm reading about, that you described seem to be from years ago. I can't find anything bad that's new... but they had issues with the roll pins not being the right size, the magazine channels being too thin... And burrs on the machining.

But, I haven't seen anything in the recent past.

@[LA] Zoomer Medi/k/ do you happen to have the lower specs handy in a link? I could find them later

http://www.biggerhammer.net/ar15/cad/ar15_receiver.pdf

Nice. I would mostly be worried about the dimension, location, and concentricity of the all the pin holes

Thanks guys Imma measure it up and find a sticker to hide the logo 😳

Hahaha, just don't hide the serial number XD Unless you're ready for that.

Serial number? Wat is serial number? Lol

Damn haven't picked them up and already lost them 😭

Hahahaha

Tragic, bad idea to go boating with new reveivers 😭 0/10 wouldn't recommend

> @[LA] Zoomer Medi/k/ do you happen to have the lower specs handy in a link? I could find them later @Crye Salesman No, I don’t have the TDP.

Someone posted it already, thanks. Well the dimensions, not the tdp

The TDP is the shit

Just don’t know where to find.

Got some trigger time like 20 minutes ago. Worked on some things such as making mag changes without looking and keeping my damn eyes open even when shooting. Alleviated both.

https://youtu.be/DA-XgiMPff4

Daddy Thumb gives some good advice, I'd recommend watching it whether you're all gucci'ed up or not. He doesn't even poor shame. Just good solid advice, especially for some of the newbies.

I like garand thumb hes always has good points

Yeah Garden thump is aight

Added it to my Watch Later playlist

Lower I’m looking at buying. Aero lower and BCM parts kit. What do y’all think?

I think it's a decent purchase. Aero is decent Intermediate, haven't had any issues with them. And BCM never dissapoints.

I think it would work well.

Yup, Crye stamp of approval

Cool. My neighbor is a shooting instructor and he said it would be a good buy as well. I’m poor but I want to buy decent gear.

That is a great attitude and plan to have.

You have the SOTAR cult approval

Brownell's can eat of bag of dicks.

Not brownells fault at all but okay?

I’ve also been experimenting with home made armor. Saving up for RMA or Hoplite stuff but wanted to learn how to make halfway decent shit for if shit really really goes down. Pretty happy with this first plate. Gonna wack it with a 12ga magnum slug and a SKS this weekend. Happy with it so far.

I am simultaneously mad and impressed

Why are you mad lol?

@Crye Salesman I know it's not their fault, but still BS.

Because I would generally consider that to be a terrible idea, but your product and results actually look decent

I build a lot of crazy shit. I watched the one vid of the dude that made the home made plate, and did it better. I used a fiberglass microfiber and a fiberglass bonding agent and used more layers+ had consistent pressure over the entire product, and used a garage to keep a more consistent temperature to cure it.

I’m gonna order some dirt cheap steel plates to be able to make them curved.

Im also currently working on building a candlepic bowling ball cannon.

@KnightArkane what is it made of

ive heard you can just layer a shit load of fiberglass

it doesnt work for anything but small arms

I’m sure some of those lowers will still be ending up in Canada

well layering fiberglass is essentially the same thing as layering kevlar, just lower strength

@MrCaviar 5.56 went straight through. I’m gonna test a magnum slug and 7.62 this weekend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7jiIQOgwtI

not surpised

That’s the vid I based it off of. I used more layers, fiberglass microfiber and a different bonding agent. I also used a better compression so there were no bubbles and it was consistent all the way through. Mine cost close to $45.

well theres gotta be a way to make it stronger

maybe a thin sheet of metal on the front?

Or in the middle.