Newbie AR-15 Question

[MMH]

Just built my first AR-15. Not sure if the safety is correct. I can only put the safety on if the rifle is cocked. After the trigger is pulled & the rifle is uncocked, I cannot move the safety lever to the safe position. Is this normal?

Also, I just have the standard A2 stock. I tightened up the screw which pulls the stock to the buffer tube really tight, but the stock is still a little loose. Is there a spacer or something that I'm missing between the stock & the lower receiver?

[munk]

Yes...


Congrats on building your AR!

[o1dakota440]

that is correct, now you need to post some pics for us to see

[Warners Surplus]

Just built my first AR-15. Not sure if the safety is correct. I can only put the safety on if the rifle is cocked. After the trigger is pulled & the rifle is uncocked, I cannot move the safety lever to the safe position. Is this normal?

100% normal, the safety on an AR only works once the trigger spring is loaded

Also, I just have the standard A2 stock. I tightened up the screw which pulls the stock to the buffer tube really tight, but the stock is still a little loose. Is there a spacer or something that I'm missing between the stock & the lower receiver?

hmm it shouldn't be loose. are you sure the buffer tube spacer is in the stock?

[emsjeep]

Just built my first AR-15. Not sure if the safety is correct. I can only put the safety on if the rifle is cocked. After the trigger is pulled & the rifle is uncocked, I cannot move the safety lever to the safe position. Is this normal?

wait wait wait...mine doesn't do that?!

[SlimShady]

wait wait wait...mine doesn't do that?!

Then there's something wrong with your rifle as it should not be able to be "safed" without being cocked. The hammer must be cocked for the AR rifle to be placed on safe. The OP's rifle is functioning correctly. Part of the manual of arms with the M-16 is a function check that verifies that the rifle behaves in exactly such a manner after disassembly and reassembly.

Also, XJ's are glorified station wagons, gimme a long arm lifted TJ any day. hehehe

[emsjeep]

Then there's something wrong with your rifle as it should not be able to be "safed" without being cocked. The hammer must be cocked for the AR rifle to be placed on safe. The OP's rifle is functioning correctly. Part of the manual of arms with the M-16 is a function check that verifies that the rifle behaves in exactly such a manner after disassembly and reassembly.

Also, XJ's are glorified station wagons, gimme a long arm lifted TJ any day. hehehe

How would you even assemble it in such as way as to make it malfunction like that? Actually...now that I think about it, it was like this when I got it as a lower only, before I refinished it and put in a new LPK and GA DMR trigger...

sorry to thread jack...





Call her a glorified station wagon to her face!

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[emsjeep]

In relation to the OP...check for part #26, the buttstock spacer.
Am I to understand that the receiver extension tube is tight, it is just the stock itself that is loose?



http://www.midwayusa.com/ebrowse.exe...atics/ar15.htm

[Lycanthrope]

Many times those buttstock screws have a plastic thread locker painted on them and are just really tight to wind down the last turn.

I have a BIG two foot long screwdriver for that purpose.

LycanabhorsAR'sthatrattlethrope

[MMH]

hmm it shouldn't be loose. are you sure the buffer tube spacer is in the stock?

Yes, spacer was on. The issue was that the bolt had too thick a build of the parkerization. I muscled it on w/ a BIG properly fitting screwdriver, but it was not bottoming out on the stock. I took the stock off and threaded the bolt into the buffer tube, and when it started to get tight, I clamped down on it w/ some vise grips & then used the bolt to chase it's own threads. Pulled bolt out, stock & buffer on, and reassembled & all is tight!

Will post pics later!