Essential AR-15 Spare Parts?

[Joe13]

Yea, I'm just a casual shooter so it will be some time before I need work done to it.

I've just seen others stopped cold cuz something little broke and that got me thinking about eventually tossing some of those parts in my range box.

I almost never go with only one gun so its not a huge deal and I'm not playing weekend warrior prepping for zombies or whatever shooting a case a month.

 

[Sniper03]

Joe if you do not mind me asking. What kind of rifle do you have. Is it a factory production or an individual build?
Thanks
Sniper 03

 

[Tony617]

I keep a few complete BCG, extractor springs and gas rings. and couple spare firing pins. I also have a complete lower spring set but I have never assembled a lower receiver yet. I was watching some videos and it looks fairly easy to do put the lower receiver together and then buy fully assembled upper.

 

[Sniper03]

Toney
Yes the lower assembly is fairly simple. Just be sure you put the Hammer Spring in correctly! When building it is simpler just to buy a complete upper and BC Group. Unless you can buy a complete upper and have your BC group checked when inserting it into the upper and barrel assembly.

03

 

[Tony617]

Toney
Yes the lower assembly is fairly simple. Just be sure you put the Hammer Spring in correctly! When building it is simpler just to buy a complete upper and BC Group. Unless you can buy a complete upper and have your BC group checked when inserting it into the upper and barrel assembly.

03

I actually own this book for the AR15:

https://www.brownells.com/rifle-par.../ar-15-complete-assembly-guide-prod18223.aspx

 

[MrMillspecer]

http://www.primaryarms.com/cmmg-ar15-survival-parts-kit-55affb4

 

[Mygrainman]

Two is one, one is none. 8 is just being stupid.

9 is fine.... it's FINE!

 

[Diamondback]

9 is fine.... it's FINE!

Eleven is Heaven...

 

[Mygrainman]

Eleven is Heaven...

Only cuz wifey finally got fed up and did murder!
Never keep them all in the same place... I had them in a few different places before, and she assumed they were the same few that I moved around... It was only when she walked in on a "family photo" that she realized the extent of my affliction.

so she made me sell some...
But I bought/built more after I paid the bills...
Then that fateful gust of wind blew it all right off the bridge and into the river.

 

[Joe13]

Joe if you do not mind me asking. What kind of rifle do you have. Is it a factory production or an individual build?
Thanks
Sniper 03

I had a few friends take what I had and turned it into this for me:


The guy that put it all together is an AR armoror and it's not had a hiccup from the first shot fired.

I'm not to worried about a failure and honestly I'd probably have my friend fix it if it malfunctioned, even though I'm fairly handy with tool.

It just got me to thinking, since it is my only AR, what parts are common to wear out or fail on a good build?



I'm also looking at acquiring a bigger range box with wheels and compartments to put tools in so spare parts seemed like a natural addition. If I have space.

 

[EPS]

Only cuz wifey finally got fed up and did murder!
Never keep them all in the same place... I had them in a few different places before, and she assumed they were the same few that I moved around... It was only when she walked in on a "family photo" that she realized the extent of my affliction.
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so she made me sell some...
But I bought/built more after I paid the bills...
Then that fateful gust of wind blew it all right off the bridge and into the river.
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Lol I have three extra barrels I just ordered two 80% Lowers the other day and two uppers today soooooo mmmmmm how many is that now

 

[Mygrainman]

Commencing AR parts organization... wish me luck!

 

[EPS]

I have these

 

[EPS]

Commencing AR parts organization... wish me luck!
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Lol looks like my room HEHEE as soon as I get it all put away someone asks me if I have this or that .
And I can't remember where I put it so everything get messed up looking for it

 

[P7M13]

What in the world is a spare "bolt head"?

That's that thing which pops off when you follow the rule Righty Loosey - Lefty Tighty and need to use a cheater bar because some numbnutz tightened it down too much.
I guess the proper term is "bolt assembly", and have a stainless one in my spare parts kit.

You'd be surprised what I can fit into my tARckle box. The plastic trays fit inside(when I can close them.

Man, that is sweet!

... but it's 3:30 in the morning. I can't sleep but Im not in any mood to reorganize hundreds of tiny springs, screws, pins, detents, etc. etc., so I'll do it tomorrow... then maybe I can fit everthing back into the box... but right now my living room looks like an armory.

Hope it's not because of your namesake. Those suck.

If you change barrels or bolts you should have the Head Space checked before shooting it.

Great advice!

 

[EPS]

Always a good idea to check the head space but I have never had a problem yet .
YET is the word lol

 

[Diamondback]

Springs, bolts

Lol looks like my room HEHEE as soon as I get it all put away someone asks me if I have this or that .
And I can't remember where I put it so everything get messed up looking for it

Try labeling your boxes? Check this out... it's what I'm working on building up.
AR-15 Spare Parts Organization for the Obsessive Compulsive

 

[EPS]

Springs, bolts

Try labeling your boxes? Check this out... it's what I'm working on building up.
AR-15 Spare Parts Organization for the Obsessive Compulsive

Lol that's no fun lol looks good but I don't really work that way HEHEE just saying I'm kinda a clutter nut

 

[Mygrainman]

Done... now brake time and then on to tool organization...

Well.... maybe tomorrow.. unfortunately as @P7id10T inqired it is my namesake that is keeping me up at night... I do projects like this to keep my mode off it, but it only goes so far... but I digress...

Its spring cleaning time...was a good opertunity to take stock, and realize I have more of some parts than I'll ever use... namely safety spring/detents no idea why I have so many...
but I also found some headspace gauges I forgot I had... bonus


The tARckle Box is organized enough to satisfy my OCD... and most everthing fit great... the bigger stuff goes into an old Winchester gun case that I bought at a pawn shop.


I highly recommend this box for organizing your gun crap... I got it at WallyWorld for like $40...

 

[Ura-Ki]

I have a Penn International pro series soft tackle box that I converted to 1911 parts and tools, makes it real handy having every thing I would ever need to build service or repair the 1911s all in one compact and organised storage system. I do have similar soft boxes for the more common rifles, especially the builds. I have found over the years the Plano pro series of clear plastic trays in the super common 12X18x2.5 inch seem to be the perfect size for gun parts and tools, and they fit most of the better tackle boxes your likely to find!