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Thread: What constitutes a "build"
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28 December 2014, 09:36 #46
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28 December 2014, 09:36 #47
From http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/build
"to form by ordering and uniting materials by gradual means into a composite whole"
I think it's pretty clear from the above definition that is what most of us do with respect to a "build". We acquire a pile of parts and unite them into an AR rifle/pistol/whatever. Taking a completely assembled upper and pinning it to a completely assembled lower is a stretch for "building" a gun, as I interpret the definition of building.
Personally, as a former homebuilder, remodeling contractor, and high end cabinetry and woodworking contractor, I can appreciate the house building analogy. Building homes, additions, and cabinetry projects takes a little more skill than assembling the parts of a typical AR rifle. Doing fine cabinetry, finish carpentry is a craft that requires skills a lot of folks simply do not have. Building an AR is not really difficult, and doesn't take a lot of intelligence or mad skills. There is a huge difference between taking the raw materials that have to be cut, sanded, planed, fit, etc. to create cabinets, a built in entertainment center, or wall of book shelves, and assembling a pre-fab kit from some place like IKEA or Sauder Woodworking. I would equate building an AR to the latter; you are simply taking finished parts manufactured to a pre-set size/specification, and assembling them into a unit.
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28 December 2014, 09:48 #48
You're talking about finish carpentry and cabinetry details which require more exacting standards than say a Quadrant home with even prefabbed walls and trusses. It's like comparing a match rifle builder who contours, chambers, headspaces, etc to a guy who subs out those tasks to someone else who's more suited for it much like a finish carpenter, cabinet maker, or painter. Doesn't change the fact that I would hope you wouldn't tell the pick-up carpenters on-site they're just assemblers because frankly I know guys who are GREAT finish carpenters but they couldn't frame a house if their life depended on it even with prefab. Or the cabinet makers who may know how to make a great cabinet but couldn't paint like someone who's sole profession was such.
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28 December 2014, 09:52 #49
Why is this even a thread and people arguing semantics?
Build or Assembly, call it what you want, in the end you end up with the same thing. An AR15.
I think we're done here.