# The OFFICIAL Gun Thread. **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-gun-thread/242496 **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic **Created:** [March 1, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-gun-thread/242496 "2009-03-01T21:19:43Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 508
### Author: ![JVG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jvg/32/6348_2.png) [@JVG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JVG) #### Post date: [May 20, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-gun-thread/242496/508 "2011-05-20T19:38:39Z")
> [@Taxes: What are you getting, what do you owe](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taxes-what-are-you-getting-what-do-you-owe/42064/43): > > anyone ever built an upper? all my builds ive bought complete uppers. however the 14.5 inch build ill be doing the entire thing included building the upper. anyone have any first hand experience doing this? I’m pretty sure JVG has assembled some before and I know Mike Centola who is the owner of All Star tactical would have some knowledge in that area.[/quote] I’ve done it a ton of times. Its not to hard as long as you have the right ar tools, specificall the two different types of barrel nut wrenches. Building your own gun piece for piece just makes the end product more fulfilling. I do out source my pinning and welding to boxersix. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-official-gun-thread/242496)._