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Hey all- I am in the market for an AR armorers kit. The only ones I am aware of are the Real Avid and the Wheeler. Any other good options? Which one would you or did you choose? Thanks, Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | ||
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| Freethinker |
I have no direct familiarity with any premade kits, so I can’t offer a specific answer. In general whether it’s a first aid kit or tools for working on guns, I prefer to assemble the pieces myself for my personal preferences. The armorer tools one needs varies depending upon the specific gun(s) you intend to work on. “I can’t give you brains, but I can give you a diploma.” — The Wizard of Oz This life is a drill. It is only a drill. If it had been a real life, you would have been given instructions about where to go and what to do. | |||
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| You're going to feel a little pressure... |
I am looking for a reasonably complete kit for building and repairing garden-variety mil-spec ARs. I imagine a few specialty tools would be bought later on but I would like to go with a kit, for starters. Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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| A day late, and a dollar short  |
That kit by Wheeler's is a little pricey, but it looks like a well thought out selection. ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
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| You're going to feel a little pressure... |
I ordered to Real Avid kit. I was looking at a couple of their individual parts and the deal I got on the kit is such that buying those parts a la carte was 90% of the cost of the kit. Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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Real Avid Armorers wrench is the best so far. The Geissele Reaction rod is a needed tool. Any decent bench block and punch set . Real Avid bench block is very helpful. I prefer channel locks to push the roll pin for the bolt release. I agree , for the price Real Avid is the right tool for the AR. The AR Real Avid cleaning tool is very useful. Very nice set up for AR bolt cleaning. | |||
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| You're going to feel a little pressure... |
The kit arrived and it is very impressive. Well thought out and packaged. The aluminum reaction rod concerns me, durability-wise. It will be replaced with the Geissele, if I manage to wear it out. Bruce "The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. 'Make it evil,' he'd been told. 'Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with." -Douglas Adams “It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to try to enslave a people that wants to remain free." -Niccolo Machiavelli The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -Mencken | |||
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