I will buy it from you
It’s not mine, already sold it to the friend who broke it :dance3:
Your intent obviously was not to assist others in the proper installation of the trigger guard . It appeared that you posted information, to include the chain of private emails, in an attempt to pressure Spikes into replacement of a part that was damaged due to improper assembly, or otherwise discredit them for something that was not their fault. That, was lame. Your original post has been changed. I guess we can agree to disagree and move on.
Just file it smooth and then install a MIAD (Full). Will work just fine.
C4
Stark grip… problem cured (other than future resale)
Yeah, we’ll just move on. I’ve apologized to Tom and don’t have any hard feelings here.
This information is posted everywhere. The fact that your friend broke it is probably because he didn’t do enough research to know what he was doing. I’ve never replaced a trigger guard before but i’ve known that the ears are prone to breaking for years.
Yep, I for one usually learn by mistakes. It’s much better to be informed than to learn that way. I didn’t do it but I’ve done much worse.
Tom’s already offered me a lower at a low, low price. I told him he is going to come out on top because a lot of people here got really worked up over this and now spike’s is at the top of the thread. I have no problem with Spikes either way, just trying to help my friend out because I felt bad for him. I was out of line in my first email. “To err is human to forgive is divine…”
Thankfully, M4 Carbine is not ban happy. I’m banned over at ar15.com for putting a link to a gun broker auction (yeah I did it twice and got banned after being warned.)
What an asinine quote. Any lower would break if it is improperly assembled. Jesus, the crap that people say in this forum. Just to add Brownells has the Spikes Tactical lower listed as their highest rated product rating. The sheer number of Spikes lowers in End-users hands is staggering, I’ve only heard of a few problems with them (usually caused by people like the TO’s friend) but they are low tier so they must be garbage. A S I N I N E
Why people think that they are qualified to work on ARs without proper training or at least live in person guidance by a qualified Armorer and not expecting that they might fuck something up is beyond me. I’ve watched open heart surgery on T.V. and have been in an O.R. and E.R. as an EMT for surgeries and I would never attempt heart surgery…
I agree. The problem is “friends” telling them how easy they are to build. Well, not everyone has the ability to do even simple tasks without screwing them up, these are usually the types that don’t research a project before they go finger banging it. I’m the anal retentive type that reads the instructions on everything, my Father taught me this and to this day it has been one of the most valuable lesson he instilled in me. I know dozens of G.I.'s that blew up perfectly good electronics because they failed to do something as simple as reading a label.
To the OP, If you are a Type 2 and 7 manufacturer of firearms, why didn’t you just install the guard for your friend and this wouldn’t have happened? I’m actually amazed that a maker/gunsmith would post something like this and question why the original manufacturer of the part wouldn’t give a refund or replacement? If someone broke one of your rifles that you sold doing backyard gunsmithing, would you feel obligated to replace the broke/screwed up part? I truely feel this was yet another attempt to throw stones at Spikes… and it sure didn’t turn out the way you thought eh?
Its really not that big a deal, shit happens, I know a 10 year LEO armorer who did this to one of his lowers because he was just in a hurry, we fixed it with a Stark grip. At the end of the day its an easy fix, as stated above in another post as well, a Stark grip will fix this problem or a MIAD full kit(good luck on this one though, I dont think Magpul is making them anymore)
I bet you buddy never does this again, good luck with the fix, whatever route you decide to go
JR
Sure makes the OP sounds like a Bravo Foxtrot.
open heart surgery = hard
installing a LPK = easy
special training is not required to push a few pins and springs into a lower receiver.
You can use this piece of crap.
Ummmmmmm Really?..I think the original post shows that in some instances it IS required…
So, the first lower that you ever built (if any) you are saying that you just opened the package of parts, and slapped 'er together, huh? No instruction whatsoever?
Thank you once again for reiterating this. I think tomorrow I am going to go out and rebuild my brake system. Anyone want to cruise with me afterwards? :rolleyes:
Take a guess as to how many idiots said the same thing you did below and then lived to regret it.
2,438?