Time lapse AR15 build

This is a time lapse recording of an AR-15 build that my son and I did. First build for both of us and he couldn’t be more excited to have such a wonderful sporting rifle to target shoot and control coyotes with. Build took about 2 hours. Had a hiccup (caused by me) that slowed us down. The mistake is explained below. Building a gun like this with your son or daughter is well worth the reward. We accomplished something amazing and both learned a lot. That and he now understands the mechanics of everything that went into it.

We assembled the lower. That was the quickest part of the build. Doing the lower took maybe 30 minutes and I’d recommend anyone doing a build for the first time to start there. You get 80% of the parts out of the way and see immediate progress.

Next we moved to the upper. Our main mistake was that we completely missed doing the ejector port dust cover before installing the barrel. Rookie mistake. The ejector port pin couldn’t clear the barrel nut. So after we did the entire barrel, we had to remove it to install the ejection port dust cover. Probably worked out better because the the WC rail requires indexing the barrel nut to get perfect alignment of the top rail. The first install of the barrel we were lined up after just barely reaching 30 ft/lbs. Probably good enough but the second time I reached 40 ft/lbs on the barrel nut which puts us right in the 30-50 ft/lb range that I see a lot of people shooting for.

Almost entirely Wilson Combat parts aside from the barrel which was procured through Ballistic advantage. This works out very well for the person who desires the Wilson Combat rifle without the price tag. We saved nearly $1k building it ourselves. The rifle was significantly less than my Daniel Defense DDM4 V9 (which I love everything about), and while I wouldn’t say it’s better, I expect it to perform just as well in nearly every way.

We were both amazed with the quality of the Wilson Combat Billet upper and lower receiver set. I’d have no qualms and would highly recommend it to anyone who is in search of a quality billet receiver. There are some really amazing options out there and I’d put the Wilson Combat at the top with the likes of Noveske, Seekins Precision and so on. The lines are fantastic on the WC billet and having no forward assist really cleans it up in my opinion.

One final note. I called Wilson Combat twice to get answers to a couple questions. It’s once in a blue moon that you find a company that treats customers like I was treated. Both instances the customer service reps treated me with complete respect and acted as if we’d been best friends for years. Not in a quirky sort of forced way either. The people there seem to really care that their customers are well cared for. This is hard to find. Huge kudos to WC because this type of behavior only happens when the people at the top set the example for the company. Amazing!

Here’s a list of parts.

* Wilson Combat – Billet Upper/Lower
* Wilson Combat – 13.8″ M-Lok Rail
* Ballistic Advantage – 14.5″ Fluted Barrel in .223 Wylde (Mid Length Gas)
* Ballistic Advantage – Pinned Low Profile Gas Block and Tube
* VG6 Precision Gamma 556 EX – Pinned and welded with 2.5mm pin (Barrel reaches 16.1″ with pinned/welded muzzle device)
* Rogers Super-Stoc – Stock
* Wilson Combat Single Stage Tactical Trigger Unit
* Wilson Combat – Black Nitride Bolt Carrier Group
* Lancer L5 Smoke 30 rd Mags
* Aimpoint Pro Red Dot