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Post by bgreenea3 » Wed Jul 02, 2014 9:31 am

Last Friday I ordered an ar bolt carrier group from DSA (I also tried to order a stainless ar barrel assembly, but that ended up being out of stock with a 3 month wait :cry: ) Their shipping and customer service were excellent. The order was on Friday it arrived at my door on Monday.. and the price on it was great, $81 after shipping.

The bolt carrier group looks excellent upon arrival. As soon as the rest of my parts get here from midway I'll see how well they work together...
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Post by Coach1 » Wed Jul 02, 2014 6:56 pm

Wow. If my memory serves me well (ref: Brownells, Midway, ate catalogs).. That is a really good deal. Good luck with the (re)build.. and maybe you could post a URL here - as a future reference.
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Post by bgreenea3 » Thu Jul 03, 2014 2:48 am

http://www.dsarms.com/p-12456-ar15zm4-m ... ed-in.aspx

It went together pretty well... used an AR Stoner (midway usa) 16", 1 in7" twist, medium weight barrel. YHM Low profile gas block, and a Nordic Components free float tube.. I'll post some pics tomorrow.
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Post by bgreenea3 » Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:12 pm

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Parts.....

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Should have used a upper vice block I learned the hard way.. I had to do some tweaking after bending the ejection port..... got it back in shape and moving smooth.... oops.

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Yankee hill machine. Gas block installed

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The barrel nut broke out torquing it down but the handguard still threaded on just fine so no problem....

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YHM phantom comp installed...

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Nordic components free float tube. Threaded on nice after 3 miles of threading.... I like the feel of it is fairly thin and light. The front sight is a UT greener gave me. Not sure if it's going to stay or what I'm doing for optic/sights yet.
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