Category: Training

Intro At this point you should have completed the assembly of the upper receiver components, installed the barrel, the gas tube, the bolt carrier group, the charging handle, the front sight base and the flash hider. For this set of instructions we are using an aftermarket lower receiver parts kit. The lower receiver parts kit […]

To install the trigger guard you’ll need the rifle bench block, the front sight bench block, a ballpeen hammer and a number 4 roll pin holder and punch. 1. Place your lower receiver on the bench block with the right side facing up. Use the front sight bench block or some other solid block, to […]

If you purchased an assembled bolt carrier group separately from the barrel then you should check the headspace. If you purchased a preassembled upper with the barrel and bolt carrier group installed, then the headspace should have been checked by the manufacturer. If your bolt carrier group is already assembled, you’ll need to remove the […]

Assembling the 2 halves All of the subassemblies of your rifle have now been installed and your upper and lower receivers are complete. It’s time to put the two halves together. 1. Make sure your pivot and take down pins are fully extended. 2. Line up the pivot pin with the pin hole of the […]

After the Ar15 Complete Build List article, some people asked for a tool list to assemble an AR15.  Now not getting into the big meat and potatoes  about building an AR from our 80% lowers being Step 1: Get a Drill press, Step 2: Press Drills, we are just going to cover the basic hand tools that […]

This is a complete list of everything you need to build an AR-15 rifle. Underneath each component are suggestions of products the Tactical Shit experts use or has used in the past on various AR-15 builds. Of course, our recommendations are not exhaustive. There are so many different ways to configure an AR-15 from mass-produced cheap […]

When a woman returned to her Oregon home with her two children over the weekend, she made a discovery in the residence, according to Portland police. (WashingtonPost)- She found an “unknown man” inside the home, the Portland Police Bureau said in a news release. And, police said, she found him in one of her children’s bedrooms. […]

I really enjoy these videos from the crew at Active Self Protection. They use real world videos and surveillance footage to educate others on the importance of self protection and the rights and wrongs that can occur. Don’t think for a moment that you don’t need every bit of Active Self Protection you can muster […]

In this article we are going to break down IDPA and USPSA, not to figure out which one is better, but to just break down and figure out which is which.  Hopefully by the end you (the reader) and me (the writer) will have a better understanding of which one we (both of us) think […]

WARNING: GRAPHIC. There’s a lot of mess to go around in this officer involved shooting. Knowing how to stop the threat you face, and what that might take, is an important part of Active Self Protection. And from that angle, there are a lot of lessons to learn here. So, what would you have done […]