Workbench AR-15 Project: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building Your Own Legal AR-15 Without Paperwork (Paperback)

~ D.A. Hanks (Author) "The AR-15 rifle is without a doubt the most versatile firearm ever designed..." (more)
Key Phrases: Finishing Your Casting, Project Figure

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Product Description

Build your own multipurpose AR-15 suitable for plinking, hunting, collecting or home defense. By following the simple plans in this book to finish a commercial lower receiver, you can have a rifle that will accept a variety of upper receivers - from .22 LR to .50 BMG - and does not require government registration.

About the Author

A part-time chief conservation officer on a redwood reforestation project in North Carolina, D.A. Hänks has had a life-long respect for the outdoors and all that accompanies it, including a love for firearms. Fueled by his interest in creating unique projects, he began experimenting with homebuilt firearms at the age of 14. Hänks is also a general contractor, ordained minister, professional driver and a strong believer in the U.S. Constitution, particularly the First and Second Amendments of the Bill of Rights.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Paladin Press, Boulder CO (September 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158160453X
• ISBN-13: 978-1581604535
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #92,165 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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25 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what it appears to be..., February 10, 2006

By	S. Glovier "grover04" (Arlington, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

When I began searching for a "how to build an AR15" book this wasn't what I had in mind.

This book is written for people who want to build an AR15 and get around the government doing it. They give you step by step directions on how to build it from parts that aren't even complete. For example, there are many in depth pages dedicated to what parts of the lower reciever need to be filed down and drilled.

You can find step by step directions to building your own lower reciever on AR15.com. It has good knowledge of the laws regarding the AR15, but this book was written during the ban. So many of these laws are obsolete.

My advice is to look elsewhere for instructions on the AR15 and it's various offspring.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The title says it all, September 16, 2008

By	D. A. Hanks - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The title is very specific in that it says "building your own AR15," not assembling it. I walk you through, step by step, from start to finish, on how to build an AR15 rifle from a partially completed casting; thereby no paperwork is required. This is as in-depth as you will find without a video, on an AR15 homebuild project. This book was #8 on Paladin's top 20 titles, so it has sold very well. For books on assembly of the AR15, check out titles by Duncan Long and Walt Kuleck. A.A. Perry, I am glad that the book was so helpful to you.

D.A. Hänks

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars just what it says it is, July 13, 2007

By	A. A. Perry (lost wages, nv) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is just what it says it is, I completed not one but several rifles using this book.

I went to the websites, and this was the best set of instructions I found.
If you can buy it you can build it, so go for it and buy the book it is worth the price in every mistake you wil avoid. It also tells how to fix those mistakes if you make tham.