Sold a guy a lower build kit a week ago then today I received a email that said 2 Small parts were missing a detent and spring (pivot/ takedown) No rating on his profile so he’s new to the game it looks like. What are your thoughts on the chance of those 2 parts missing at the same time?

I will send him the parts I have a lot of small parts that’s not the point.

My thought is he lost them both trying to install the front pin. I myself have had them fly, still a detent in the front room somewhere, found the spring.

Xx2 I’ve lost a few.:)

Lost in the carpet jungle.

he needs an oops kit because , well it happens , but you should own it that you shot them across the room and just buy an oops kit

send him a message back that you will mail him the parts and say hey , you know the shipping is basically the same on the 2 parts he is missing say it is a good idea to have extra oops kit around because you know sometimes springs go flying across the room or get bent or you need one some time the night before you plan to leave on a trip.

he probably knows he shot them across the room and he is unsure where to get them and if he can get them out of you for free all the better.

The last lower kit I bought came with an extra detent and spring. ( I thought yee haw some extra parts!) Had to borrow a detent from a buddy to finish my assembly. Found one the other day (around 4 months later) cleaning a floor register.

It is a sad thing, but LL in probably the closest to calling this one. The first few a fella puts together has a learning curve to that detent and even after many it can still be a bit tricky. There is a reason they sell oops kits for ARs, but why buy a $6 oops kit when you can just get the seller to send ya the parts you lost for free. SMH

I just went up and read LL post , yeah probably.

I lose them all the time, but always have a few extra on hand.

Those parts are somewhere stuck in his basement dwellings carpet .... send him a magnet. that way he can at least locate the spring lol

.01% both missing from package at the start. 99.99% chance the flooring gods have swallowed them whole.

I agree with everyone else, I've launched enough detent pins, springs and even the buffer spring and cap.

You should tell him to order a whoops kit.

I sent out the parts today I told him the extra parts are on the way. LOL

Law Dog...I could use a few extra parts !!!
Let me make a list...I mean...yeah, that's the ticket...lol


Donnie

If I gave any more I’d need to grow utters and stick a broom in my butt so I could sweep the floor as I walk around. LOL

Nothing wrong with taking the high road and sending $6.00 worth of extra parts. Maybe he will feel foolish about it in the future.

So, an upper, a lower, and a lower parts kit, and you have a rifle? Or is there a bunch of other stuff you need. I looked it up and there's about 27 other things you can get, but how much do you NEED?