My first AR15

18wheeler · Mar 28, 2019

Well I have finally done it. After years of excuses making I set the money aside to complete my first AR.

-Anderson lower $60
-PSA MOE lower build kit $100
(Both from J&K in Havre de Grace on rt 40)
-Toolcraft nitride BCG $90
-Strike charging handle $25
-Radical firearms 16” midlength SOCOM upper with 15” MLOK rail $200
-Cheap Firefield red dot $25
(Until I can afford something better)

Vile Shadow · Mar 28, 2019

Flat tops and free floats ain’t my cup of tea, but ain’t nuthin wrong with buildin yer first. :thumbsup:

Welcome to the club.

18wheeler · Mar 28, 2019

Sling Blade said:
Flat tops and free floats ain’t my cup of tea, but ain’t nuthin wrong with buildin yer first.

Welcome to the club.

Thanks man. Wasn’t mine either but at $200 I couldn’t pass the upper up.

River02 · Mar 28, 2019

Congratulations! The first of more to come... Enjoy!
:bannana:

jmike3543 · Mar 28, 2019

Congrats! Hopefully the first of many.

babalou · Mar 28, 2019

They will multiply like Tribbles. Also the gratuitous foot needs to be in all firearm pics or it did not happen.

. Great job!!

28Shooter · Mar 28, 2019

Congratulations! I still prefer blued steel and walnut but an AR is almost a requirement today.

spoon059 · Mar 28, 2019

Sling Blade said:
Flat tops and free floats ain’t my cup of tea, but ain’t nuthin wrong with buildin yer first.

Welcome to the club.

It wasn't mine until I went thru a patrol rifle course. Unsupported standing and kneeling shooting with a bent left arm was tough. Shooting a free floating barrel with longer quad rails helped my accuracy substantially. Now, no sights and a cheap red dot... that's another story!

Nice build thou. Im quickly learning to love an easily modified and relatively cheap ammo rifle.

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18wheeler · Mar 28, 2019

spoon059 said:
It wasn't mine until I went thru a patrol rifle course. Unsupported standing and kneeling shooting with a bent left arm was tough. Shooting a free floating barrel with longer quad rails helped my accuracy substantially. Now, no sights and a cheap red dot... that's another story!

Nice build thou. Im quickly learning to love an easily modified and relatively cheap ammo rifle.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

It will be wearing UTG accu-sync irons and a AT3 RD-50 soon enough

Sirex · Mar 28, 2019

Congrats, looks nice.

Boats · Mar 28, 2019

Nice looking rifle, congrats!

Batt816 · Mar 28, 2019

Nice! Priced right too!

1841DNG · Mar 28, 2019

Congrats. Your's looks nice. I built my first lower not that long ago and it felt great to make something with my hands. It was built as a pistol first for legal reason not that I understand how anyone would know.

teratos · Mar 28, 2019

There are many rifles...this one is yours. Enjoy.

Sign up for a School of the American Rifle (SOTAR) class. You will be happy you did.

1841DNG · Mar 28, 2019

teratos said:
There are many rifles...this one is yours. Enjoy.

Sign up for a School of the American Rifle (SOTAR) class. You will be happy you did.

I have never taken the class, but I was convinced to buy some head space gauges based on his forum posts. My first budget upper/BCG failed (though I lack experience and it could be my mistake.) Ordered an Aero Precision upper and bolt carrier group which passed and shot just fine. Thanks Clandestine.

I have heard nothing but good things about those classes here, I just don't have any first hand experience.

18wheeler · Mar 28, 2019

teratos said:
There are many rifles...this one is yours. Enjoy.

Sign up for a School of the American Rifle (SOTAR) class. You will be happy you did.

I’ll have to look into that thanks!

Vile Shadow · Mar 29, 2019

18wheeler said:
I’ll have to look into that thanks!

Do it. Ya won’t be disappointed. That ol’ boy’s forgotten more about the AR-15 platform than any of us will ever know.

motorcoachdoug · Mar 29, 2019

Nice looking rifle their...

Cal68 · Mar 29, 2019

Congratulations and welcome to the "club".

Cal68

71Chevelle427 · Mar 29, 2019

spoon059 said:
Shooting a free floating barrel with longer quad rails helped my accuracy substantially. Now, no sights and a cheap red dot... that's another story!

18wheeler said:
It will be wearing UTG accu-sync irons and a AT3 RD-50 soon enough ��

Have you been able to try it out yet?

I wouldn't be so set on changes without doing so.
I have/had some low/middle of the road scopes and red dots (EOTech, Vortex,Bushnell), and the actual red dots all look like a < to me...

Even my very affordable, often recommended TRS-25 looks like a chevron symbol. I just aim for the point of the arrow, LOL. :lol2:

The only red dot that doesn't do that for ME, is a $25 Center Point from Walmart...crystal clear dot is what I see...don't know if that's lucky, or a curse, lol

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