This is a little project I've been working on off and on for the better part of two years, maybe more, in between revisions of the BrickAR. it started life as a lower that I found on GrabCad that is long since gone (I've included the original files for that if you want to play around with it). The lower was a two piece design, actually one of the very first ones I ever printed, but I constantly had issues with the replaceable buffer tube section cracking on me at the screw locations. So I said screw it and integrated that back into the rest of the lower and set to beefing it up substantially. I also made some other little modifications to make it compatible with ambi safeties and probably 100 other little tweaks over that time. It doesn't have an integrated trigger guard, but the one I included in the files fits very nicely (I usually don't even pin it in place, just a friction fit). Print it just as it sits, with tree supports from the build plate, and block the pin holes if you want cleanup to be easy. Otherwise, just the same settings that you'd normally use for an AR lower. I've tested it in PLA+ and it works just fine for me, your mileage may vary. Feel free to customize this to your heart's content and share it wherever you'd like, but please don't ask anyone for money for it! I believe that what is freely offered should likewise be freely given.
u/TheAmazingX · 2023-10-11 18:37:21 UTC · score 1
There’s already a 16” rifling mandrill in the latest ECM guide. Use the guide in the Partisan-9 or Stingray release packages.
However, there’s stuff to know that isn’t in the guide. A longer barrel means you’re going to have more issues with conical boring. To remedy this, you want to flip the barrel …
u/lv_omen_vl · 2024-08-12 17:50:14 UTC · score 3
I work for a heavy duty conveyor manufacturer, I think you'd be surprised about bearing quality. But if it works, it works.
Have you actually had these in your hands yet?
u/me239 · 2025-02-07 03:51:06 UTC · score 1
It’s a little more involved than that. Those bars contain the rails and are 3D contoured to fit the frame, so not quite as simple as just pinning your locking block and trigger group together. If someone comes up with a laser cut flat pattern, a stamping jig could be potentially made and used with a hydraulic pres…
BrickAR 5.5
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