Neanderpundit

Having now spent a day or two with this rifle, I can honestly say that I don’t like the way it looks one whit, but I have a newfound and profound respect for mr Stoner.

The way this assembles, the way it works, is nothing short of brilliant. All the tiny details like making the hammer and trigger pin identical, using the hammer spring to retain the trigger pin, etc are clearly the sign of someone with their head out of their ass. I am impressed, and it takes a good deal to impress me.

I’m less impressed with the quality of the MIM hammer, which doesn’t reset properly; it isn’t going to goauto but it will fire when you release the trigger. I expect the spring for the disconnect is not strong enough because the hammer doesn’t catch on the sear on the way back. I’mna order another spring and try again before I do anything else, maybe even another hammer. The trigger seems fine.

So the AR still is not technically complete. I will post pictures as soon as I can, but here’s the lowdown.

The receiver was purchased for $75 out the door at the last Indy 1500. I was filling out the 73 when Tam wandered by and smacked the inside of her arm- “The first hit is free!” Well, it wasn’t quite free, but it was cheap. The day after i sold the zook to Ed Hering I sent a check off to Sarco for one of their parts kits.

The parts kit has been assembled; it went together like butter. I cannot, of course, install the gas tube or properly install the forend until I tighten the barrel nut, and I haven’t yet staked the gas key, but I hope to have both those things done before next weekend, when I intend to do some shooting.

The function check on the hammer and disconnect is flaky, I’m digging around for info on that but I am not surprised as the kit is very inexpensive; I expect a little work or better quality parts will fix it, I will find out soon.

Anyway, yeah. $485 for an M4gery. Not including shipping and whatever it’s gonna take to get the trigger working properly.

I obviously didn’t get a good deal of sleep.

Actually that’s not true, I slept like a log, but I was up at five assembling.

sort of surprisingly, the whole deal is easy as hell to assemble, (Though I had to use all five hands to put the damned ejector in, and I shot it across the room twice requiring me to get on my knees and search in semidarkness for a part less than a half inch long and the diameter of a pinhead)

I haven’t wrung in the barrel yet, i’m gonna borrow a wrench and action block this afternoon. Otherwise, it’s together and looks like it will be fun to shoot. I also need to wring in the gas key bolts and stake them, but that’s a simple thing.
All told, it’s an M4gery with a detachable carry handle (I’ll be getting a Fakog to put on it someday) for $485