In part 2 I ream the holes we drilled in the front sight and the barrel and I install the taper pins. I think I should have reamed the holes a little deeper and used less force on the pins. The reamer is a 2/0 taper reamer for those interested.
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if you got a front sight that already had holes, how would you cut the barrel notches?
Exactly approximately LOL love the video
OUT-FREAKIN-STANDING!! Stayed on topic and covered every detail. Great job.
This vid is very helpful! Thanks for taking the time to make this tutorial!
I wouldn't consider this anywhere near a competent or professional installation. Sorry. Those who are concernd with a quality install should probably opt for the pre-assembled barrel with a FSB of their choice. Why risk trashing perfectly good components to methods fraught with the hazards I witnessed in the video?
Thank you for posting. Great job. For alignment, can you use gauge pin?
I have been searching forever on a good video like this all the others I found were switch from a2 gas blocks to low pro gas blocks and I’m doing the opposite thanks for the great video
One thing he could have done (or said to do) was to put the barrel nut on the barrel before he reamed the holes and set the taper pins.
Would the front sight need to be removed prior to the gas tube being installed?
can you just use roll pins instead of taper pins?
Excellent
Thanks dude!!!! I just finished re-barreling my DCM/CMP/NM HBAR using the knowledge I gained watching your really awesome video's. I used a variable speed 12V cordless hand drill. I did happen to have a milling machine vise and that made it easier to square up everything. But I think I could have done it with a regular vise. I used a mirror to spot my drill bit from a right angle view to keep it straight and I lightly torqued my receiver on to use it's bottom edge as a square reference I had my slights on and used a plumb line on a wall and bore sighted and rolled my front post until my sights were on the same line with the rear sight mechanically zeroed. I went over to my buddies and aimed at a coke can full of water at 100yd and hit it with my "fowler" shot. I cleaned the bore and fired again at a 100yd MR31C and hit a high 9 at the 12 o'clock. cleaned and fired again and hit the same place. I adjusted my elevation and never touched my sights the rest of the day. I really expected to have to give it at least +/- 2 moa windage. I really lucked out. I couldn't have done it without your help. Thanks.
Excellent video! I was thinking of "winging it" on a front sight install using my drill press, but after watching the skill and equipment necessary to do a high quality job. I've decided to pay a professional. You saved my barrel.
Liked and subscribed, thanks for posting this.
You can use a bubble level on the bottom of the bayonet lug and upper receiver (if you barrel is already installed) to make sure its aligned. Then use a set screw between the gas port and sling swivel to hold the FSB in place while you drill the front hole.
Great video!
What type of vice and drill press would you recommend?
This and part 1 are absolutely great! Informative and edited well. You rock!
Holy crap! Thank you! Couldn't find any other info on this. What a pain… thanks again!
Wow! Really well done set of videos, thanks for doing these!
You did great but now you got to punch those pins back out because you forgot to put the barrel nut on! D'oh!
When I ordered the sight I also ordered pins.Andersons website just said front sight pins.I am going to check with a local store that carries alot of ar parts on my next day off.
What taper pins did you use? I drilled with a #30 and the pins I got fell through before even reaming!
I watched both videos. Excellent instruction. Best advice would be to buy a new or replacement barrel with the front sight already installed.
Now for when your measuring with the ruler to make sure your not going to drill fully into the barrel, how far is that distance from the barrel to where you want to put your drill bit. basically looking at the last minute of this video showing where your tapered pins are I see that they are pretty much in the middle of that flat where they sit! is that what im basically looking for or is there a set distance?? Great video!! good bit of knowledge, thanks.
What size drill bit did you use , #30 what would that be in standard size?
Nice work, brother!
Great Video … How much to do 1 ? This has deterred me from putting 1 on mine … don't have tools like you
I found this to be very useful. Thanks for taking the time for us.
Angle, zoom and quality of you video is outstanding. I've watched too many videos where the guys doing something, but you can't see what he's doing because his hands are covering what he's working on.
nice…..rocket surgery.
GREAT work, very informative ,excellent video
Muy bueno pero muy laborioso, creo que vale la pena pagar 20 0 30 dolares mas por un barril con el gas block ya instalado. gracias!!!!!!!!!!
Cool!
Is the reamer's size measured the same way that the drill bits are? If not what size taper reamer are you using? Forgive the stupid, but I'm REALLY new at this. I'm building my first AR, because I thought it would be cheaper to do so, which wasn't exactly the case, but now that I'm more than half-way through buying all of the parts for it, I figured I might as well finish what I started. I didn't pay any attention to the front sight I bought, and it turns out that it wasn't drilled, lesson learned.
very nice and Professional work
Great video. Very helpful. But now you have to take it all aparts to put the barrel nut and delta ring assembly on.
Excellent video. It answered a lot of questions I had. Keep up the good work.
Can you buy a barrel that is already been cut for the taper pins?? If so where and do you have any recommendations for a budget barrel that has been cut for the taper pins? Thanks
It is a long a tedious process sifting through all of the bullshit videos on YouTube to find something that is actually enjoyable and informing to watch. I have already figured out a method to this process, but I still love to see others ideas. Excellent job on these videos, and on your workmanship.
Really good video. The white paper made it easy to see what you were doing. Would cutting a small v notch in the spacer washer make it easier to see the alignment marks?
Excellent, detailed, and quality video on installing/pinning the AR A-frame front sight gas block assy on a virgin or previously unpinned barrel. As ginsboy points out, it entails a lot of work. No wonder they invented they low profile gas block and free float hand guards!
I have purchased a Colt parts kits with a used front site that has already been drilled and a virgin barrel that I have parkerized my next step is putting the front sight on I would kind of like to use the original Colt front sight. What's your recommendations about drilling that I'm kind of afraid of the drill bit walking off the barrel since the front sight has already been drilled I would appreciate your suggestions and thanks for the video it has been a lot of help.
Great vids! I'm about to start this project. What drill bit do you suggest in regards to being hard enough to get through the barrel?