sigbrown1297

Thanks guys.  I was debating on a Salient or WarSport LVOA, but their lead times were like 8-12 weeks so I decided to do my own build.  

Thats it for now.. [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0250_zps3a69995a.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0249_zps21b70d73.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0248_zps0ec78a30.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0247_zps281560f2.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0246_zpscc05effd.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0245_zps2ea5f624.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0244_zps29ff951b.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0243_zps7ae1156e.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0242_zps2ceae4cd.jpg.html][/URL]

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Some better pics [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0272_zpsfc57b415.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0271_zpsf57ef69a.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0270_zpsb908a645.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0269_zpse98d06ca.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0268_zps40624230.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0267_zpscf3cba1d.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0266_zps0ab0ddb7.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0265_zps6b1cbb03.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0264_zps6132cd1c.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0263_zps94c4577a.jpg.html][/URL]

Here she is. Still have to order the spring kit for the silent captured spring to fine tune it, but its basically done. I may try their buffer and spring to see which one feels better. BUIS down the road and I still haven't figured out which weapon light to go with. Probably the Inforce WML and thorntail offset combo. [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/IMG_6575_zps8f12a36c.jpg.html][/URL]

Well, here are the result. They did an awesome job and did it in less than 24 hour turnaround. The machining work is excellent. They removed minimal amount of material to clear the tab. The machined part is covered up by the tabs so its barely noticeable. Their sharpie skills needs a little work though… :rofl: \ Overall, I am very pleased with the result. I would recommend these guys for sure. Before [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6504_zps2c2067bc.jpg.html][/URL] After (left) [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6533_zpsa60f113a.jpg.html][/URL] After (left) [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6532_zps28cea267.jpg.html][/URL] After (right) [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6562_zps59370207.jpg.html][/URL] After (right) [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6561_zps57a2e978.jpg.html][/URL] Mated up. [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6555_zps440d953b.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6554_zps0a59d477.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6552_zps5c3e55f9.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6551_zpsd01cdaa0.jpg.html][/URL] [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6550_zps32ab463b.jpg.html][/URL]

Just got the call that they got the machining done.  Looks like I'm taking the rest of the day off.  Fingers crossed. 

Black sharpie…  :pleased:   No they are going to machine only what needs to be to allow for the locking tabs to slide over the upper.  So the machined areas should be covered up by the tabs.  I was planning to get the rifle coated down the road so it should be okay for now.  Im not going to be swimming with it in salt water and bashing it around.

haha, yeah i was pretty well set on the rail :)  The place is called National Precision Machining Services in Franklin.  They do a small jobs and big jobs and actually have done barrel work (fluting, threading, shortening etc) and machining for Franklin PD and individual like myself.  

Well I took the plunge and dropped it off at a machine shop in frankln to machine the corners

Mock up with the optic. LT-104 on the way. [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0210_zps2bd4477e.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0207_zps6bc78bf8.jpg.html][/URL]

​Notice the long ambi bolt catch push rod compared to the mil-spec [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0159_zps9d57734e.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6509_zps9576e069.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6508_zpsc41337d6.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6507_zps4fdecd07.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6506_zpsd486764e.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6505_zpsb9b03adb.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6504_zps2c2067bc.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6503_zps728ada7a.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6502_zps4218e6ca.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6501_zps5852cc7a.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6500_zpsa84b9ff7.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6499_zps38649014.jpg.html][/URL] The fit between the two is awesome. Absolutely no play. [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_6498_zps0dbd346d.jpg.html][/URL]

​The pin had to be filed down to fit into the lower. [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0175_zps81b31f17.jpg.html][/URL] ​My lower does not have a notch cutout in the safety hole to allow for the pin in the safety bar. [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0174_zps31daa671.jpg.html][/URL] The "lawyer/warranty/liability" pin they put in the 45 degree safety bar so it won't fit into a 90 degree marked lower without modification [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0173_zps210978a0.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0172_zpsfad836bb.jpg.html][/URL] Trigger installed [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0168_zps3956d1bb.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0167_zpsd7d916df.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0166_zps803e46c7.jpg.html][/URL] Ambi bolt catch release [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0165_zps74071df8.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0164_zps4d7302f9.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0163_zps100f3dff.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0162_zpsf8980728.jpg.html][/URL] Notice the bolt catch pin is threaded. Uses a 1/16 allen wrench. No need for roll pin/punch. [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0160_zps485390d1.jpg.html][/URL]

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Barrel mocked up onto upper. [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0192_zps6eb1bf14.jpg.html] [/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0191_zpsc5e26a01.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0190_zps48273e81.jpg.html][/URL] Completed lower assembly. [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0189_zpsb8daf989.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0188_zps38f5517c.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0187_zpsae565de9.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0186_zpsb3f77f6c.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0185_zps1d09d6af.jpg.html][/URL]

yeah I saw that after I encountered the issue.  DOH...

  I know.  I was just showing how the upper is supposed to slide into the rail so that when you screw down the locking tab screws, they tighten against the side of the upper.   The barrel nut is what holds the rail in proper alignment. 

I checked their website at the product description….Our SMR MK1 is designed to fit the M4 Carbine and all mil-spec AR-15 variants.    Doesn't say anything about billet uppers.. :(  I should have done some more googling…..

The upper and rail is mated, but this is without the barrel nut. [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0205_zps6ff24cf4.jpg.html][/URL] Another shot of the upper and rail without the barrel nut. [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0204_zps25966c31.jpg.html][/URL] ​Pic of the locking tabs that slide over the upper. [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0203_zps902e5d08.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0200_zpsa2474363.jpg.html][/URL] Upper and rail with the barrel nut installed. You can see that the upper has too much material to slide under the locking tabs. there is about a 1/2inch gap between the upper and rail since the rail cannot mate up against the upper. [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0199_zpsc074dd67.jpg.html][/URL] Another shot showing the No Go. Its just hitting the lower corner of the upper. [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0198_zpsc44a02da.jpg.html][/URL] ​Gap between the upper and rail. [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0195_zps351764ef.jpg.html][/URL] Bottom view showing the gap. [url=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/sigbrown1297/media/ar15/IMG_0193_zpsab3100b7.jpg.html][/URL]

Yeah. I'll get some pics up. Gotta upload them to photobucket first. But before that, I'm going to try to relieve my frustration by stuffing myself with some Mexican food first.

Very very little.  it may only need to be one on one side.

If anyone knows a good machine shop that can do a small job like this, let me know.

the mock up looks amazing.  That rail is so sexy and made well.  So disappointed… :(   I've got the lower completed, but now i gotta figure out what I'm gonna do.     If I machine the lower, i wouldn't have to remove much and the machined part would be covered up.  I don't think i can machine the rail.  There very little material on those locking tabs.   I'll put up some pics later

well i got the lower/upper in today.  The matched billet set is amazing. The fit between them is incredible with absolutely no play, even without the pins.       However, when doing a test fit, i learned to my disappointment that the Geissele SMR rail will NOT work with the Mega Billet upper.  The locking tabs of the rail slides over the upper and there is too much material in the billet upper to fit.  F*CK!!!!   What to do….  I don't want to use another upper so my other two options are to find a machine shop that can machine out the excess material or use a different rail.

Anybody around Nashville have a upper block or barrel extension rod that I can borrow for my AR build?  I did my first build without one, but it would be nice to have one for this build.   PM me if you have one that i can borrow.   Thanks