If you want to use a drill press just get a xy axis vise and bolt it to the table. A router does a better job for most people.
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So many ways to go on a build. What will it be chambered in?
At first i was thinking 9mm but as far as finding ammo in my area i have seen .556 available several times over the last year where i have only seen 9mm 1 time in the last 12 months. Ultimately it will probably be what i can find when i am ready to start the upper, however i am also looking into reloading but have not seen any dies for sale, hopefully i will be able to go 556. unless anyone has a better suggestion. with everything going on in DC i feel like Iām being rushed to just buy what i can find and not necessarily what i would prefer.
Itās all for sale as of now, itās just a matter of what you are will to pay for it. See the online deals thread.
If I were building a rifle now and baseing it off of availability of ammo. It would be 7.62x39. still a little cheaper and available when other calibers are not. Bear Creek Arsenal has complete uppers
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Yup, I just came back from a trip to the LGS and they have ammo, but clearly itās the wrong time to stock up. $56 for 500 .22 (Fedā Auto Match on consignment), $50/50 10mm (no limit), all of it very expensive from what I saw.
Thatās not bad for the .22 compared to what they want online. I just spent way too much and am looking for more in between trips outside hauling wood and cleaning up a bit. We, old-timers, need a lot of breaks.
I agree with @shooterrex 7.62x39 is the most reasonably priced ammo around right now. I would build one but Iām afraid Iāll lose it in another boating accident.
Yes we do. As you know Iāve been on an extended break. I can come off break anytime now. I go back to cardiac therapy in days. YAY! I hope I didnāt lose much of what I worked so hard for.
OP What are you building the rifle for? (Home defense, SHTF, plinker, etc)
I prefer 5.56 , if this is a rifle for civil unrest just remember that there maybe good reason to go with common calibers even if they are not readily available right now. Just food for thought.
Just a thought if bite me uses executive actions on gun control one of the things he could do is stop imports of weapons and ammo . And most 7.62x39 is imported.
There is wisdom in this line of thought. It is what drove most of my builds and why I donāt collect exotics
I wouldnāt call 7.62x39 exotic. I like collecting different less common calibers. I just reload them.
I donāt consider it an exotic either. Iām talking like 8X56R or 7.7 japā¦
āCommonā being .22, 9mm, .45, and 5.56x45(.223), 7.62x39, 7.62x51(.308), 30-06, 7.62x54R, 12ga, etc
Welcome Shane! Missouri Ozarks hereā¦
Sorry, I just realized how old this thread isā¦