AR-15 Lower Disassembly

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AR-15 Lower Disassembly

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I made a few videos on lower disassembly (two parts) and one short video on how to replace a pivot pin using "this one weird trick" :lol:

Would love feedback!

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=XzFyEmdKYqY[/youtube]
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=90fK0ee-Q40[/youtube]
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=XJNaTjvQaVQ[/youtube]
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Re: AR-15 Lower Disassembly

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Good pivot pin video. :tiphat:

I usually install mine with a pocketknife and a hefty amount of explicit language. :mrgreen:
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Re: AR-15 Lower Disassembly

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OldCannon wrote:I made a few videos on lower disassembly (two parts) and one short video on how to replace a pivot pin using "this one weird trick" :lol:

Would love feedback!
Well since you asked for it... and just to pick nits... there were a couple spots where I thought the angle could be better, the focus was off in a few scenes, and your voice gets too quiet once or twice.

Great content, though... very informative. :thumbs2:
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Re: AR-15 Lower Disassembly

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texasmusic wrote:Good pivot pin video. :tiphat:

I usually install mine with a pocketknife and a hefty amount of explicit language. :mrgreen:
THIS!! I have assembled many lowers and EVERY time it resulted in a pivot spring flying clear across the room accompanied with much profanity and dog kicking (I kid).... not much though. I will be using that trick henceforth.
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Dave2 wrote:
OldCannon wrote:I made a few videos on lower disassembly (two parts) and one short video on how to replace a pivot pin using "this one weird trick" :lol:

Would love feedback!
Well since you asked for it... and just to pick nits... there were a couple spots where I thought the angle could be better, the focus was off in a few scenes, and your voice gets too quiet once or twice.

Great content, though... very informative. :thumbs2:
Yeah, I was using a Nikon D5100 camera (my wifes) and I was still trying to figure out the depth-of-field finickiness of her lens. As for getting soft voiced, it usually happened when I moved behind the camera or I forgot and turned my head away :banghead:

Could have been worse -- I could have done it all with my iPhone :lol:

Thanks for the overall kudos though :cool:
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Carry-a-Kimber wrote: THIS!! I have assembled many lowers and EVERY time it resulted in a pivot spring flying clear across the room accompanied with much profanity and dog kicking (I kid).... not much though. I will be using that trick henceforth.
Yeah. They say necessity it the mother of invention, and I was in an odd situation of needing to find something that would work. As it turned out though, I was looking for something completely different at Home Depot when I came across that clevis pin. I was looking at it thinking, "Would that work instead of a $15 tool from Brownells??" Sure enough, it did! :woohoo
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