My Sons of Guns AR-15 Build
Posted on April 12, 2012 by Natalie in Natalie's Blog
Me and my brand new AR! (photos courtesy of Joe Meaux and Steve Jobs.)
The building process.
This is the amazing barrel I got from Legion Firearms. You *must* have one of these. The honeycomb/hex cut lightens the barrel significantly. Also keeps it cooler than your average barrel. It is genius.
Joe found a great stock that just happens to have enough room for a tube of lipstick. They say it is for a battery. I say beauty products. Agree to disagree.
Welding practice! Anything on this scrap metal that looks pretty was done by Flem. The rest was my doing. It was a first attempt. Don't judge
Side view. Not quite the finished product yet, but isn't it pretty?
As you may have seen on the show, I recently had a opportunity to build my first AR-15 with the guys at Red Jacket Firearms. The whole crew was super welcoming, as usual, but this time around I got some technical help and a new gun out of it.
I have to send an enormous thank you out to Andrew at Vuurwapen Blog who did a LOT of pre-build tutoring to help me prep for assembling my first AR. Also, the wonderful team at Legion Firearms who filled my last minute rushed order to get the super cool hex barrel to me in time for my trip to Louisiana.
There was a lot of behind the scenes fun that you didn’t get to see because of time constraints, but these photos will fill in the gaps.
Joe was a huge help to me in getting everything put together. We had a few squabbles about details including the length of the handguard, sight options, the stock and a front grip. Joe wasn’t always happy with my choices and his judgement won out on more than one piece of the firearm.
Next step: putting a little Duracoat finish on it. Not sure what color yet but I am definitely thinking glitter. This gun is gonna sparkle! I will keep you posted. For now, check out this little collection of photos.
Front view.
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April 23, 2012
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No spoilers! I have it on TIVO.
Love it!! You did soo good!! I wish I could learn to build a gun! If anyone has a suggestion on where or how i should start to learn to build a gun it would be very helpful!
Please help a fellow gun sister out! Thank you!!
Awesome looking setup! How long did all the fab work/customization take before you had a final product? Any videos of it firing?
Sweet!!
Super nice Natalie! I would love to have the chance to build my own. I bought one from a local dealer in Rochester NY, it is a Stag Arms model 3… I love it!! Of course stupid NY State has it locked down, with a pinned stock, nd 10 rounds… ugh!!!
good job!!!
Nice build. I saw the episode.
Very cool!
Saw the show last night. Congrats!
Jealous!!
Impressive!
its cool! i shoot my hubbies and i love it!
Natalie- that’s awesome!!!
Awesome barrel. Looks like a spikes BAR rail, same one I have on mine.
. Well done.
Sexi
It’s about time they put you on their payroll. You should work there full time. You add so much positive energy to the show!!
Lol joe wasn’t happy with your decisions..lol isn’t your rifle
Guess that Porsche wasn’t blast proof..way to dick up a car..I liked your segment..my only beef with their build was what happens when your top mounted m16s run out of ammo..gotta get out of your bullet proof car and reload..god forbid it jams or double feeds lol
You did great Natalie! It looks awesome!
Nice job
Saw it!!!
<—– incredibly jealous of that barrel!
beautiful firearm!
can’t wait to watch it!
I saw you on TV! Very cool. Can I have your autograph?
awesome to see you on the show again, and im sorry, but Steph’s with the lime green looked a bit better, and Jesse James’s was BA!! but it was awesome to see a the chicks out in the shop building!
That was great!
I just watched this on SOG last night! Nice work
awesome AR build!
I am so jealous when I was watching the show I was like…. :0 wtf! Not fair! You are so lucky I wish I was in your shoes!
Natalie, I love seeing you on SOG. Hope your are on there more often. Maybe Discovery will decide to have a series with you and Girls Guide To Guns?
I’m I guy, but since I have a vacant compartment on one of my ARs, what shade of lipstick goes best with the ever popular black gun??????
I love it, Natalie! Just watched you all tonight. . . Great job!
GO Natalie!!!! I am SO jealous. I’ve been wanting to build my own AR for a while. I have one, but I bought it. Like you, I’m trying to decide what color to put on it. I mostly like my guns black….but I definitely want some color on my own AR!