With a lot of people getting into building AR's, especially right now, I thought I would start a discussion for "budget but not junk" AR builds.
What can you put together that would blow away my list below for $850 or less? Not including tax, shipping or background check fees.
I think I did pretty good, but feel free to flame me for my parts list.
Parts list and links:
- BYOL - Any decent mil spec lower - in my case I found a Spikes for $97.
- Ballistic Advantage 16 inch mid gas HBAR - $165 - headspaced with go/no-go gauges with BA BCG's.
- Aero Precision Atlas S-One handguard - $150
- BA .750 low pro gas block, pinned and set screw by BA - $30
- BA mid length nitride gas tube - $15
- Aero Precision Assembled Upper - $100
- BA Nitride BCG - $130
- Standard A2 flash hider and 7075 Aluminum Charging Handle - $22
- Palmetto State Armory MOE Lower Build Kit (LPK, MOE stock and grip, buffer tube assembly, mil spec trigger) - $125
All in for bare rifle - $834 (not including tax or shipping).
I know PSA gets a bad wrap, but I had zero issues with the 4 LPKs or buffer tubes I recently used for friends. I called PSA and confirmed that these ship with 7075 T6 aluminum buffer tubes, not the cheaper stuff they have sold in the past. All 4 triggers actually feel very nice, less gritty than the ALG QMS I just bought for myself, sadly.
What can you put together that would blow away my list below for $850 or less? Not including tax, shipping or background check fees.
I think I did pretty good, but feel free to flame me for my parts list.
Parts list and links:
- BYOL - Any decent mil spec lower - in my case I found a Spikes for $97.
- Ballistic Advantage 16 inch mid gas HBAR - $165 - headspaced with go/no-go gauges with BA BCG's.
- Aero Precision Atlas S-One handguard - $150
- BA .750 low pro gas block, pinned and set screw by BA - $30
- BA mid length nitride gas tube - $15
- Aero Precision Assembled Upper - $100
- BA Nitride BCG - $130
- Standard A2 flash hider and 7075 Aluminum Charging Handle - $22
- Palmetto State Armory MOE Lower Build Kit (LPK, MOE stock and grip, buffer tube assembly, mil spec trigger) - $125
All in for bare rifle - $834 (not including tax or shipping).
I know PSA gets a bad wrap, but I had zero issues with the 4 LPKs or buffer tubes I recently used for friends. I called PSA and confirmed that these ship with 7075 T6 aluminum buffer tubes, not the cheaper stuff they have sold in the past. All 4 triggers actually feel very nice, less gritty than the ALG QMS I just bought for myself, sadly.