EMT40SW
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I’m looking for a kit or spare parts list of part to keep on hand to service my AR15 for the next 20 years. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
There are plenty of options. In days of old, these were often split into two groups "essential parts" and "spring kits."to keep on hand to service my AR15 for the next 20 years.
I’m looking for a kit or spare parts list of part to keep on hand to service my AR15 for the next 20 years. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
This... Who needs spare parts when you have spare guns?I usually end up with enough spares to just build another rifle.
The spare parts are easier to find that way.
I would encourage anyone considering a spare parts kit to write down:
1) A list of all of the applications for which they use their AR(s)
2) Scratch off all of the applications which would have critical need for a replacement part which cannot wait 1-2 days to order and receive a replacement.
3) For ONLY the applications which remain, those not scratched off of the list, define which parts are most likely to fail, and order those parts
Most non-competitive civilians will not have any applications which survive step 2.
If you don't have a spare FPA and trigger for your hunting rifle, you probably don't really need a spare bolt, firing pin, or FCG for your AR.
Point of fact, my father broke an extractor on his then new 99 Savage
Break a firing pin or striker assembly and you’re surfing eBay until you find a used that fits.
Many folks buy ARs in case a particular "Something" happens.This just isn't a reality for AR-15's, dude.... Break a firing pin for an AR, and we're online ordering one from any of a hundred websites and deciding who has the cheapest overnight shipping, or driving to a gunshop or box store and buying one from a shelf...
"Point of fact..." AR-15's aren't Savage 99's which haven't been manufactured in almost 30yrs, and which never had more than one manufacturer producing parts, and which didn't have the most massive pipeline of any firearms parts in the world...
Another "Point of fact" - AR-15's aren't Glenfield 22's or Romanian AKs.
Sure, 20yrs from now if AR's become as scarce as Savage 99's, pick yourself up a few spare parts... But today, that simply isn't a reality - so following the 3 step program I offered above is applicable for AR-15's... I made a living for a while literally selling hundreds of thousands of dollars in AR parts and providing repair, rebuild, and general smithing services for AR's (among almost any other firearms too), and as I said before, the spare parts kit for the AR-15 is the in-store extended warranty of the firearms world.
when my dad was doing .22 and Field Pistol IHMSA he had 4 guns go down in a month