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  1. MTboatguy

    Well here we go, couple of pics of my homemade gun!

    I showed you a couple of pics the other day of my machine work, well so far here is the end result, right now I used a purple upper, until I get a chance to machine the purple lower, installed the Anderson LPK(Lower Parts Kit), as well as putting the upper together with a PSA premium bolt...
  2. MTboatguy

    Couple of pictures of machine work.

    Well, finally, got my mini mill up and going and started working on my first AR 15 lower receiver, not really hard at all, but there is a learning curve to figure out one of these mini manual mills, but I think it is starting to come out okay.
  3. MTboatguy

    Okay, some have been asking for pictures, so here we go!

    I have been working on the shop, getting the mill and lathe set up, running air lines so I have air in this part of the shop and in my spare time I put a .300 AAC Blackout together, I have to go back to my part time gig working on computers tomorrow and am actually looking forward to it, as I...
  4. MTboatguy

    Well Manning has now retired, but the exciting story......

    A kid that I met when he was 11 years old, is getting offered 10 of millions of dollars to take over for him, heard on the radio that Denver offered him 45 million for a 3 year deal yesterday and today Texas up the stake by 40 million for a 4 year contract, I watched this kid grow up, he...
  5. MTboatguy

    Oh My God, my ears are ringing!

    Finally after 3 months I figured I would shoot the bump fire stock! Yikes, I have not felt anything like that since my days in the Army! Burning up 30 rounds in less than a minute was no problem at all, my wife asked, did it jam after about 15 seconds, so I checked, nope, no ammo left in the...
  6. MTboatguy

    Finally got all of my parts, now the fun begins!

    Well as of today, I finally got all of my parts to complete my .300 AAC Blackout build, I think this is going to be fun a friend of mine has one and I was able to shoot it the other day and it is a nice shooting rifle, once I get the upper put together, then I get to machine the lower. But I...
  7. MTboatguy

    Boy, did I just score!! Ye Ha!

    I have been looking for a small bench top mill for over a month now for milling AR receivers, I was about to give up and just ordered a new heavy duty drill press last night and told my wife, now watch one will show up on Craigslist today! Well low and behold, sure enough one did, but in...
  8. MTboatguy

    Hey gm280, wanted to pass...

    This along, a bunch of the guys I know have been buying AR lowers from this company: http://www.ar-15lowerreceivers.com/ They have good things to say about them, didn't know if you were familiar with them or not.
  9. MTboatguy

    Any of you diesel guys ever.....

    Use Starting fluid to get your rid fired up after running it out of fuel before? Most notably, the guys that live in the North like I do where it gets good and cold overnight? Even with the new batteries I purchased, I am having a heck of a time trying to get my plow truck running, this thing...
  10. MTboatguy

    Well now I did it, jump in with both feet, wife thinks I am nuts!!!!!

    Well I decided it would be fun to build a few guns, and ordered a 5 pack of 80% lowers for AR 15's today, my wife thinks I am loosing it and basically said, she will be thrilled when winter is over so I have something to do besides read websites about boats and guns! :eek:
  11. MTboatguy

    Ruger LCP vs. S&W Bodyguard

    Here is the one I got Boom, Nice little gun, also picked up a thousand rounds of ammo to go along with it.
  12. MTboatguy

    Hey GM280 I have a question?

    I was just wondering, if you were going to buy a small mill set up to finish 80% lowers on the AR, what would you buy?
  13. MTboatguy

    Merry Christmas to my friends

    Boy what a year, I will love it and hate it, it has been a year of challenges, but I have survived it, I was able to visit with my daughter and her husband, which I have not been able to do for over 15 years, a real highlight of this year, then I lost my father, which has been a low point, there...
  14. MTboatguy

    What a nice day...

    What a great day, one of the few since I lost my Dad, Was able to pick up a new diamond for my wife's wedding ring, something I have been attempting to do for 18 years, got a new windshield in Dads truck and had a great dinner of tri-tip roast, then sitting here watching "White Christmas" What...
  15. MTboatguy

    Thinking about buying a new AR-15

    Anybody have any experience with the Smith&Wesson M&P 15, looks like it is a good quality lower priced AR, just wondering if anyone has any experience with this particular model, I have a lot of experience with firearms and own a couple of M-16 as well as AK's that I picked up while in the Army...
  16. MTboatguy

    Okay, now, I have a challenge!!

    For the many years that I have been married to my wife, every time we watch a movie with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in it, she always tells me Ginger was a much better dancer than Fred! Well after all these years I have come up with a challenge for her, yes she did all of her dancing...
  17. MTboatguy

    Talking about Solid State Drives (SSD)

    Keep your eyes peeled if you are looking to upgrade your computer inexpensively this Christmas season, one of our local computer stores here is selling 480 gig SSD drives with a 3 year guarantee for $99.95 and it is actually a known brand name with very good reviews, when I picked one up today...
  18. MTboatguy

    Talking about ammo storage a while back....

    I just noticed that Harbor Freight has ammo boxes on sale right now, with a coupon for $4.99 , if you order online you just need the code, which is 53614816 and the shipping for all 8 boxes that I bought was only $6.99 so 8 boxes for $46.91. Pretty good considering the Big C store wants $14.99...
  19. MTboatguy

    Boy that was fast! Yikes!

    When my Dad passed away, we thought we would be sitting on his house for a while before it sold, he lived in a retirement community of permanently set nice double wide mobile homes. My wife stayed behind with my sister to get things cleaned up and those few little items repaired that always...
  20. MTboatguy

    Storage question - Ammunition

    Well with the passing of my Father, I ended up bringing home 5 pistols and several thousand rounds of ammo, he was a gun nut! Now in addition to the thousands of rounds I already had for my long guns and shotguns, I have lots of ammo for pistols, there is over a thousand rounds of 9mm, 800...
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