The Workbench AR-15 Project: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building Your Own Legal AR-15 Without Paperwork

Product Description

Build your own multipurpose AR-15 suitable for plinking, hunting, collecting or home defense. By following the simple plans in this book to finish a commercial lower receiver, you can have a rifle that will accept a variety of upper receivers - from .22 LR to .50 BMG - and does not require government registration.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43137 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .20" h x 8.40" w x 10.80" l, .45 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 80 pages

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Customer Reviews

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
just what it says it is
By A. A. Perry
This book is just what it says it is, I completed not one but several rifles using this book.

I went to the websites, and this was the best set of instructions I found.
If you can buy it you can build it, so go for it and buy the book it is worth the price in every mistake you wil avoid. It also tells how to fix those mistakes if you make tham.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
AR BUILD BOOK
By Bill Squillace
I was torn between 3 and 4 stars. I have built quite a few AR's over the years and bought this book for a friend of mine who is going to build his first one on his own. To start out on a first time build I recommend starting with a finished lower receiver. This book starts out wit a 80% finished one. Not everyone has the tools or equipment to drill and tap precise holes. Having pictures on assembly of each piece put in the lower or upper receiver would be very nice instead of just an explanation of how to do it. "The Complete AR-15 Assembly Guide Vol.2" is much better for the novice builder. I gave it 4 stars because it is great if you have the tools and experience to do machine work. The explanation of the different size take-down pins is very clear and a great help. Because if you see a Colt lower for sale you think, "Great!" but it may or may not fit the upper you have or what upper you are going to buy. The pictures and labeling of all the pins and springs is also gre at so you don't get confused on where each one goes. Don't get me wrong, the book is very good at what it does but it needs a better description of what it does do or doesn't do, especially if this is your first build.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Focused on Conversion of Lower Receiver Blank to Lower Rec Assy
By Steve Dietrich
The book was not what I was looking for but that's more my fault for not reading more reviews.

The focus of the book is on selecting a lower receiver blank and doing the necessary machining and other work to make it a usable lower receiver, assembling the parts of a lower receiver and then testing it.

I was looking for something far more general. That said the book appears to be a pretty detailed description of what needs to be done. For the non-machinist, non gunsmith it looks like a daunting project. There's certainly value in that message.

There is a lot on the laws but I would be concerned that the book was published in 2004 and some of the material may be out of date.

In summary, if you are specifically interested in purchasing a lower receiver blank and converting it to a working lower receiver assembly this is probably a good, well detailed book, if you are looking for more than that you should probably look elsewhere. I suspect that the cost information is out of date.

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