Soisauss Build Thread

[Soisauss]

ALRIGHT!!!!! Officially picked out the rails to go with the pistol build and NO, I'm not saying until the fat lady sings, or until it's assembled

Time for some drilling of barrels though :'(

[mustangfreek]

Definitely harder than the other barrels (standard parkerized & one stainless). The bit took longer to cut in and I didn't end up drilling the dimples quite as deep.

Thanks.

[GOST]

You think your funny not telling us what rail you picked?

[Soisauss]

You think your funny not telling us what rail you picked?

Hahahaha, yes. Lolololol it's fairly common rail and pick will soon follow. I can say I decided on a 10" rail instead of a 12" with kx5 mainly because I did tell myself these two were going to be a mid range price ar's....so can't drop 125 bucks on a brake plus rails.

[GOST]

You should check out ALG's rails. Here's a link to the new M-LOK version:

http://algdefense.com/10-ergonomic-m...black-174.html

13" is $115 and 10" is $100.

[Soisauss]

Update 4 is up! not big, but one of the many stepping stones. Shout out to rainier for superb shipping! Rail for the pistol is due to come in this week and the full assembly of both AR will be posted in update 5, the last one.

[UWone77]

I have all of my gas blocks pinned and dimpled. At the very least you should have it dimpled. You're right, the nitride coatings make some of these drilled impossible without the right jig and drill bit. I would not trust a gas block that's just screwed in. Range use only, ok.

I have this question into my guy at Aero, so I'll update it.

As for the KNS pins. I think they're a waste of money, return them if you can. Unless you're using a F/A lower, then maybe I'd use'em.

I contacted Aero, and they confirmed none of their barrels are dimpled for set screws. If anyone else buys a complete upper from them vs a bare barrel, Aero uses knurled set screws and rocksett with low-pro gas blocks. So far they have said they've had no issues.

Obviously it's preferable to have it dimpled from the manufacturer as they would have it finished after dimpling and no bare metal would be exposed, but looks like you did a pretty good job doing it yourself.

[Soisauss]

I contacted Aero, and they confirmed none of their barrels are dimpled for set screws. If anyone else buys a complete upper from them vs a bare barrel, Aero uses knurled set screws and rocksett with low-pro gas blocks. So far they have said they've had no issues.

Obviously it's preferable to have it dimpled from the manufacturer as they would have it finished after dimpling and no bare metal would be exposed, but looks like you did a pretty good job doing it yourself.

And a huge shout out to you for convincing me otherwise. Obviously I'm still in the platform learning phase lol.

But yeah, surprisingly it wasn't that bad to drill. Just have some mismatched sized dimples lol

Any idea what I can do to cover up the bare metal?

[Soisauss]

It's done!!!!!!! pic in OP

[Soisauss]

no love for my completed builds?







lolol

[mustangfreek]

So how do they shoot? What ammo are you shooting?

Especially curious on the 10.5 aero barrel/ mini ra comp/ carbine buffer pistol...also what sights or optics did u put on it?...

[GOST]

Soisauss you lied, the pistol build isn't finished. There isn't any sights or optics on it. Besides the fact that you're a liar I'm digging the pistol build.

[Soisauss]

So how do they shoot? What ammo are you shooting?

Especially curious on the 10.5 aero barrel/ mini ra comp/ carbine buffer pistol...also what sights or optics did u put on it?...

Haven't shot it yet, been slumped with work. Planning on using strict 62g ammo.

The mini comp well be swapped out for a strike industries cookie cutter comp and the mini well be donated to my 7" pistol build which will be I'm my hands in s couple days.

As far as optics, haven't decided yet add I still need to get the mbuis.

[Soisauss]

Soisauss you lied, the pistol build isn't finished. There isn't any sights or optics on it. Besides the fact that you're a liar I'm digging the pistol build.

Lol lol kinda sorta lied lol working on getting magpul mbuis in the next few days.

Thanks!! Lol