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80% jigs
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Site Supporter   Location: Lynwood Joined: Tue Jun 5, 2012 Posts: 217 Real Name: howard 
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Is there one brand better then others ?
Foe those that have done this are there any tips to share. _________________ " if there is no ceasfire in Gaza, our answer is fire" Netanyahu |
| Thu Jan 14, 2016 7:21 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: North Seattle Joined: Tue Mar 22, 2011 Posts: 208
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Are you talking the router based easy jig syle or a mill based jig? The EZ jig style is pretty straight forward and simple to use. But I dont have access to a mill.
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| Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:56 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Tri -Cities Joined: Thu May 23, 2013 Posts: 2798 Real Name: David
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Pro tip/maybe a bit of personal experience, don't mill your jig as well as the lower [emoji33]
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| Thu Jan 14, 2016 10:44 am |
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Site Supporter / FFL Dealer  Location: Enumclaw Joined: Fri Sep 19, 2014 Posts: 1121 Real Name: Curtis
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The absolute best router-based jig is by Modulus Arms--their heavy duty ar-15 jig and tooling. It is made from steel so no way you can mill your jig; large base plate to rest a router or laminate trimmer on to mill pockets.
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| Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:08 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: West Olympia Joined: Mon May 28, 2012 Posts: 6817 Real Name: Matt
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Best advice is to not waste your time with 80% lowers. Go to Quantico and buy completed lowers for 42 bucks a piece. Unless you are a machinist, there is no possible way to come out ahead. If the loss of money and time is not enough of a deterrent, the absolute best way to do one is in a mill, with a blueprint. Get into hobby machining. It's a blast and you can do all kind of cool shit. A benchtop mill can be had for about 1500 bucks.
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| Thu Jan 14, 2016 9:16 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Sumner, WA Joined: Mon Oct 15, 2012 Posts: 3026 Real Name: Dan
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Rutilate wrote: The absolute best router-based jig is by Modulus Arms--their heavy duty ar-15 jig and tooling. It is made from steel so no way you can mill your jig; large base plate to rest a router or laminate trimmer on to mill pockets. Those DO look pretty good don't they? Here is another one.... I have made quite a few, with this jig. The carbide bit they sell, has alot to do with making things easier. http://www.brokenarmory.com/ _________________ US2A.org is done. Closed. From a blog: Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end. Benjamin Franklin: It is the (civic) responsibility of every citizen to question authority. |
| Thu Jan 14, 2016 10:09 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Thurston Joined: Tue Oct 28, 2014 Posts: 672 Real Name: yup
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I figured out we're talking about ARs. As if there were no other kind of firearm that someone might want an '80% jig' for.
mcyclonegt wrote: Best advice is to not waste your time with 80% lowers. Go to Quantico and buy completed lowers for 42 bucks a piece. Unless you are a machinist, there is no possible way to come out ahead. Well of course it is possible to come out ahead, the reasons are obvious and buying a full firearm ain't it. |
| Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:51 am |
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Site Supporter Location: West Olympia Joined: Mon May 28, 2012 Posts: 6817 Real Name: Matt
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gscott wrote: I figured out we're talking about ARs. As if there were no other kind of firearm that someone might want an '80% jig' for. mcyclonegt wrote: Best advice is to not waste your time with 80% lowers. Go to Quantico and buy completed lowers for 42 bucks a piece. Unless you are a machinist, there is no possible way to come out ahead. Well of course it is possible to come out ahead, the reasons are obvious and buying a full firearm ain't it. I am talking purely financial. You will spend more than 42 bucks between buying and machining a lower. Unless you have a friend with a cnc mill already setup. And you can get 80% AR lowers for 15 bucks or so. I have never seen one for less than 35 dollars. As with a lot of our hobbies, it ain't always about money though. _________________ "I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and TANKS! I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, KILLED MANY MEN! And loved only one woman, with a passion a FLEA like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. NOW, GO HOME, BOY!" "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones". Albert Einstein 1947 |
| Fri Feb 05, 2016 12:43 pm |
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In Memoriam  Joined: Sat Nov 12, 2011 Posts: 9
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gscott wrote: I figured out we're talking about ARs. As if there were no other kind of firearm that someone might want an '80% jig' for. Actually, you can do 80% 1911's and there is talk of 80% Sigs in the near future mcyclonegt wrote: Best advice is to not waste your time with 80% lowers. Go to Quantico and buy completed lowers for 42 bucks a piece. Unless you are a machinist, there is no possible way to come out ahead. Can you spell no BGC? |
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Site Supporter  Location: Oly Joined: Thu Oct 10, 2013 Posts: 106 Real Name: Shawn
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My interest in them is two-fold.
1. Get to build my own AR (besides just bolting and pinning stuff together) 2. Off the books. Not sure I believe that full blown gun confiscation will happen but why take a chance when there is an option. |
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