In Practical Pole Building Construction the author has given the extra dimension of original plans for a lean-to barn, horse barn, hillside house, garage/wood shed, mountain pole cabin, and a coastal house.
Pole building construction saves money, time, labor, and materials because it involves limited grading, no excavation, flexibility on site, and few materials.
I originally bought this book because I needed a cheap barn and most people around my area build pole barns, but upon reading it I saw how flexible the building method is.
Combined with reciprocal roofs, pole building has the potential for very inexpensive buildings around my land.
I wanted to add a free float rail to my AR-15, but my A2 Style front sight was in the way. I had to remove it and replace it with a a low profile AR-15 gas block.
This was not complicated, but it did take some effort. Proper tools of good quality make this process much easier.
The recommended tools are:
Cupped Punch
Good Punch set
Hammer
AR-15 Gunsmiths block
Vise
AR-15 Upper Receiver block
AR-15 Barrel Wrench
Here is the basic process.
Remove hand-guards and upper receiver
Unscrew the flash hider and crush washer if present
Remove the tapered pins holding the front sight/gas block
Remove the pin holding the gas tube to the front sight/gas block
Pull gas block off end of the barrel – a block of wood may help is the gun suggest the block move.
Put the gas tube into the gas block, align it so the large roll pin hole lines up with the roll pin hole in the block. Also you must make sure that the gas hole in the tube lines up with the gas hole in the block.
Slide the new gas block onto the barrel, be sure to line up the large gas hole in the block with the smaller gas hole in the barrel. If the holes do not line up the gun will not work as a semi-auto
Tighten the set screws to tighten the gas block into the barrel
I am going to give you my opinion and tell you some common thoughts on the idea on solvent collectors but remember I am not a lawyer, am not familiar with the state laws of your state, and am not responsible for you getting arrested for breaking the law.
At gun-shows across the country, and all on the internet people sell adapters that screw to the barrel of your firearm on one end and on the other it is threaded to some device designed to trap cleanign solvent.
I have most commonly seen such solvent collector adapters for oil filters, soda bottles, and maglites.
I have also seen people adapt oil filters, soda bottles, and maglites into DIY firearm noise suppressors.
One of these uses is legal, the other probably is not.
Now I have, in the past owned one of these solvent traps, but the temptation of trying it with a oil filter was great and so I parted ways with it.
Because, unless you have the proper federal paperwork and tax stamp showing you have paid your money it is a federal crime to have an adaptor, a gun, and a collector with a hole though it. The BATFE considers this to be an unregistered suppressor.
Now, you can make a legal suppressor if you first pay money and fill out the proper forms. I really want to do a video of a maglite suppressor build. I don’t because the BATFE has ruled that once the suppressor is built the entire device is a single non-repairable unit if a non-manufacturer builds one. Meaning when I shoot out the freeze plugs that make up the baffles I am out the $200 tax stamp.
What makes this so irritating is that I have a friend that is a licensed manufacturer, and if he makes the same thing he can repair his (or mine if I bought it from him).
I don’t revolt against the law, but the confusing and nonsensical regulations that are not law but are enforced as law is the main reason I am 100% in support of dissolving the BATFE.
In a recent video I showed installing a free float rail on an AR-15. In this video I explain the Keymod rail mounting system and why I like it.
I used a Keymod rail, which is a way to attach accessories.
The keyhole shaped mounting holes are secure. They are easy to slid the part in, and tighten it down.
This allows parts to be installed and removed easily. I have this rail on several rifles. It is inexpensive and holds my accessories easily.
I find the keymod system to be both easy to use and sturdy. A plus is that I like how it looks.
In conclusion, I would not pick a firearm accessory strictly on looks because I’m not a mall ninja, but it is nice when you can get function and looks.
There is a lot of confusion, miscommunication, misconceptions, and flat out lies in the gun world. This is especially true when it comes to the National Firearms Act and how it regulates things like suppressors, machine guns, destructive devices, short barrel rifles, and my favorite – Short Barrel Shotguns.
Today I want to clear up some of the confusion with some information on how the BATFE goes about measuring shotgun barrels for legality. This actually works for any firearm measurement so it also works for Short barrel rifles as well.
The length measurement has to be standardized so that different people won’t measure the same gun and come up with different measurements. Otherwise I can cut a gun and be 100 per cent certain I am legal and some agent can measure their way and arrest me.
The measurement is from the breech face of the closed bolt through the barrel to the muzzle.
I think that if I was doing this a lot, I would get me a dowel rod and paint a red mark at the exact legal limit, as long as I dripped it down the barrel on a closed and empty action and saw wood in between the mark and the muzzle I would know I was good on length.
