301 Capstone Project Reflection

In this short paper I will describe my experience completing my 80% lower for the FTYC 301 Capstone project. I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect when I received my kit that was required to begin my project. When I finally received them in the mail I was beside myself with excitement. After looking through the items I began to think that I was going to breeze through the project with no issues… I was wrong…lol

I began my project by setting up my work station, and getting the required tools out and prepared. I followed the very easy to read instructions provided with the 80% arms kit… I thought That I had followed them to the T, but once I finished drilling the guide holes in my lower and used my shop-vac to clean up shavings, I noticed that quite a few of the holes I drilled out seemed to have gone entirely too deep. I also noticed that I must have leaned with the drill because I found some nasty chew marks in the sides of the lower. The issues I ran into while drilling guide/ starter holes seemed to be no big deal, and only affected the looks of the inside of my lower.

Once I moved on to utilizing my end mill to remove material from my lower I very quickly realized that I’d have to really take my time or I’d have big problems with making my endmill last for
Some of mu holes weren’t lining up exactly, and I had to work the a little in order to get the parts in and the weapon functioning. I had issues with the selector being stuck on fire, but once disassembled I found that it was just too snug of a fit between the selector and the walls of my lower. I cleaned up the inside with a dremel and reassembled the firearm… My safety issue was gone. I completed my upper and lower than proceeded to successfully function check the firearm. I decided to just toss some quality iron sights on it and call it a day. The next day I ran 10 rounds through it and everything seemed to work out just