changing trigger on an AR15.. GULP!

[paulbradley]

Thank you very much to Rburro2 who kindly lent me a replacement trigger and encouraged me to have a go myself. I was anxious I might break something but I can report the trigger is now installed and working. I cleaned, polished and lubed all surfaces and then fitted the new trigger. Only a couple of pins holding it all in there. At worst it was fiddly but 20 mins later... Done. All working well and feels pretty smooth for a factory unit. This has given me the confidence to carry out future work myself when possible. Loving the AR platform for its simplicity and user friendly modular build.

[Rburro2]

Your welcome Paul and glad your all sorted now

[John MH]

There is nothing complicated about tinkering with an AR. If you have any engineering or mechanical background you should be able to swap out lower and upper parts quite easily; some specialist tools are required but are relatively cheap or can usually be borrowed if you know someone well enough.

The only thing I don’t do myself is chambering and thread cutting, I have had good turn around on machining jobs done by both Bradley Arms and one job on a Bolt carrier by LanTac.

[Blackstuff]

The beauty of 'modern' firearms

[snayperskaya]

Always worth learning to do as much as possible yourself.

For simplicity try an AK!.They don't break, they break you!

[northumbrian]

AR15's are simple enough.
But for future reference, one good way to learn , is if you've got a camera.
Is to take photos before you start, and at every step you take, and just write down everything you do, with sketches too if you can draw.
For general "gunsmithing", get yourself a decent set of Brass & steel punches, and a good quality set of screwdrivers, not some crap you get from Aldi.

Cheers

Northumbrian bigteeth

[rufrdr]

What trigger did you install? I've never liked the single pull trigger on the AR/M16 and bought a Rock River two stage trigger for mine. It is a bargain basement 2 stage but so far it is working fine and gives a great crisp 2 stage pull.