gizzard
Active Member
I am an at noob. armalite has the wylde chamber, with 1 in 8 twist. comments or concerns about an armalite?
AR15 question - opening a can of worms
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Definitely not trolling, I just know that asking "what type of gun should I buy" is almost as controversial as politics or religion.
I appreciate all the answers and suggestions that have been given. I will probably stop by and see Dan at BBP since I bought a pistol from him a couple weeks ago.
Biggfoot44
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- Aug 2, 2009
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It not even the broad catagory if "which gun should I buy for (blank)? " . They are specifically " what starter AR- 15 should I buy ? " and " What's the best-est pistol for CCW ? ' . They alternate for top spot, both are unanswerable , and quicklt devolve into other unanswerable debates .
j_h_smith
Ultimate Member
- Jul 28, 2007
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Go to the vendor section of this forum and look for John Lowe. he has a Windham rifle on sale now. You can't go wrong.
Good Luck!
- Jul 29, 2014
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DoCo, I think in most cases it will be a 16" carbine with a front sight/gas block and no rear sight or carry handle (flat top). You would need to buy a rear sight, of which there are hundreds of designs. I recommend buying one.
Ranchero50
Ultimate Member
The Ruger and Armalite both come with flip up rear sights so not an issue. I did an 80% lower ($70), PSA carbine rifle kit ($375) with HBAR swap barrel ($75), a Daniel Defense stock kit ($125) and cheapie Chinese rear sight ($20) so just buy the dang prebuilt one for $550 and be done with it. Go to High Rock and you'll even come home with your first 30 round mag included in the price of the rifle.
The other rifle in the pic is my sons, a 80% lower, PSA free floating upper, Vortec sight and some flavor of rifle gas system HBAR. His was @ $750 with Magpul furniture.
Both worked excellent out of the box and were very repeatable in spite of the military spec trigger.
The other rifle in the pic is my sons, a 80% lower, PSA free floating upper, Vortec sight and some flavor of rifle gas system HBAR. His was @ $750 with Magpul furniture.
Both worked excellent out of the box and were very repeatable in spite of the military spec trigger.
Sirex
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I bought my Colt 6721 from Baltimore's Best Pawn in Finksburg. Great service and people. A little cheaper, is the Windham HB rifle, can't remember the model number, but they carry a lifetime warranty, and are supposed to have good customer service and quality control.
gizzard
Active Member
thanks for feedback, went to buy 2day, preshopped Saturday, had places that I to drop kids off to, so did not buy Saturday. armalite went from 559 to 659, ruger 599 to 699, delton 659 to 799. did not buy after shocking price increases from Saturday until Monday. i'll be trekking to gym ratz or jlowes.
had they warned me on Saturday I would have paid then and done the paperwork later
had they warned me on Saturday I would have paid then and done the paperwork later
DaemonAssassin
Why should we Free BSD?
You could always build the rifle you want, instead of buying one off the shelf from the MFG parts list, then spending even more money to put the parts on it, that you really wanted.
platoonDaddy
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One day sale, complete upper for $199
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/221905/ar-stoner-ar-15-a3-upper-receiver-assembly-556x45mm-nato-16-barrel?cm_mmc=pe_brand-_-ar_stoner_556_upper-_-ods-_-20171011&utm_medium=email&utm_source=one-day-sale&utm_campaign=arstoner-upper-221905&utm_content=main-image-link
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/221905/ar-stoner-ar-15-a3-upper-receiver-assembly-556x45mm-nato-16-barrel?cm_mmc=pe_brand-_-ar_stoner_556_upper-_-ods-_-20171011&utm_medium=email&utm_source=one-day-sale&utm_campaign=arstoner-upper-221905&utm_content=main-image-link
Wow wow wow now. Don’t forget, OP almost certainly doesn’t have a pre-ban lower sitting around. That means that upper is no good. Has to be a heavy barreled/HBAR upper.
- Apr 25, 2017
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Are Marylanders allowed to own post ban non heavy barrel ? Just not buy/sell/trade/use in state ? Or are they a no no all the way around ?
mxrider
Former MSI Treasurer
Note: Clarifying the question and answering:
Upper Receivers are legal to purchase by a Maryland Resident in an non heavy barrel configuration. The catch comes from what are you attaching it to? If the lower that you will be fixing it to was owned prior to FSA2013, you are fine. Other than that, once you attach it, you are building a banned rifle.
- Jul 29, 2014
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(Not if it is assembled and used out of state.)
mxrider
Former MSI Treasurer
platoonDaddy
Ultimate Member
j_h_smith
Ultimate Member
- Jul 28, 2007
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I was just at John Lowes today. He has a few more Windhams with 6 more coming in soon. For $599, you're not going to find a better rifle. While I was there he had someone picking up a Windham and 2 other people called to set appointments for later today to pick up 2 more Windhams.
Look on the internet. Some people are still selling them for $800 and more.
Look on the internet. Some people are still selling them for $800 and more.
And must be disassembled if brought back into state.
yea yea yea...
Here’s the thing, if you own NO pre-ban lowers I would NOT have one in maryland. Unlikely, but even if you never assemble it or only put it together out of state, you could get hit with constructive intent.
If you don’t have a pre-ban lower, my suggestion is do not own or have one in the state of Maryland. Full stop. Even a really nicer upper at a cheap price isn’t worth facing a large felony charge if MD happen to be dicks and you get pulled over driving out of state or back in to the state or something with it and a dissassembled lower in your vehicle.
HBAR uppers aren’t rare and they are often on sale for a good price.
Ranchero50
Ultimate Member
BGOS. An upper in any state is not a firearm. An incomplete 80% lower is not one either. I bought a PSA rifle kit with standard barrel and swapped the barrel for a $75 HBAR before mating it to a completed lower. Nothing illegal about any point in that sequence.
