My God! Great list but the fella just trying to get into his first AR is going to read that and head straight over to the archery forum.
Looking to purchase a new AR any suggestions?
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I read that Jesus is coming soon on the internet too about 1978.....one can find anything they want to agree with on the internet. I have a PSA ar 15 and Mil Spec rifles are Military Specification built tools. My PSA runs just as good as my colt, my ruger(s), my diamond back and my savage and I almost forgot, my Smith and Wesson M & P 15......not a dimes worth of difference except for the dimes......
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Palmetto State Armory (PSA) can be okay, but with their quality control and assembly practices, getting something out of spec or badly assembled is more of a possibility.
SOLGW and BCM make excellent stuff, and can be found right around the $1,000 mark. If you are willing to wait and watch sales, they are absolutely worth it.
SOLGW also has an unmatched warranty. Their complete guns and parts have a lifetime warranty. If it doesn't work, they'll replace or repair it. Even if you puts tens of thousands of rounds through the barrel, and shoot out the rifling, they'll replace the barrel. They even warranty the parts that get worn under normal use.
Aero is decent, and are the bases of where to start for quality-per-dollar. However, it seems recently there may be issues with their parts. Issues such as blast media left in recivers, parts on the BCGs breaking, Issues with buffers, and so on.
SOLGW and BCM make excellent stuff, and can be found right around the $1,000 mark. If you are willing to wait and watch sales, they are absolutely worth it.
SOLGW also has an unmatched warranty. Their complete guns and parts have a lifetime warranty. If it doesn't work, they'll replace or repair it. Even if you puts tens of thousands of rounds through the barrel, and shoot out the rifling, they'll replace the barrel. They even warranty the parts that get worn under normal use.
Aero is decent, and are the bases of where to start for quality-per-dollar. However, it seems recently there may be issues with their parts. Issues such as blast media left in recivers, parts on the BCGs breaking, Issues with buffers, and so on.
First things to add to a rifle are a quality optic, a quality light, and a sling. Other than that, put as many round through that thing as you can and get uses to it.
Off that that list I could do a 1000 to 1200 build all day long. That's not surfing the net for sales. Remember if he builds he can take a little longer to complete the build.
Yeah, but figured that if people were going to spout out bad advice and bad parts, may as well try to rectify it. I would not advise that someone build their first AR. Buy a decent AR, optic, light, sling, train, and call it a day on it.
And let's not forget that lifetime warranty, odd how they forget that part.
In that price range, get yourself a piston AR. Look at the BRN-180 from Brownells. I have all but stopped shooting my other ARs. You can buy a stripped lower and build it out or buy a complete set up from them.
