I finished my first build last night but found I'm missing the buffer assembly. I'm extremely anxious to go shoot. Anyone know where I might find this part in the Houston area?

As far as the build, it went pretty smooth. I say build but I bought a complete upper and assembled the lower. Everything went smooth except for the trigger guard pin. It was a beast. I should have stopped and reamed the hole out. I also put a minor mark on the lower when inserting the bolt catch (I even had it taped up). Anyone have suggestions on touch up paint? It's not a big deal but I have this little mark on an otherwise flawless gun.

SOG Armory... kinda high but they will have it

Birchwood-Casey Cold Blue Pen for the mark.

Did you use a DPMS parts kit? They have a reputation for out of spec pin sizes.

EDIT: Just realized that you said "trigger guard pin" not "trigger pin". A trick to get the trigger guard pin in is to either use sandpaper or a Dremel tool with a sanding attachment to chamfer the edges on the leading edge of the pin. Then oil it good and drive it in. makes it alot easier, and I usually do this on all of the roll pins that I insert. Finally, you NEVER want to do any kind of reaming on an AR lower unless you are a qualified AR gunsmith. You can go from perfectly good lower to useless hunk of metal in about a millisecond. I'm pretty comfortable working on AR's, and aside from chasing the threads for the pistol grip screw, I won't even attempt to alter anything on a lower.

[This message has been edited by Log (edited 12/21/2007 10:13a).]

Yea, I used a DPMS parts kit. I got the pin in but I don't know if I'll be able to get it out...

Thanks deats. SOG has the part. I'll be shooting this weekend!

Pictures, this thread is useless with out pictures!