Does a stripped lower need to go to a FFL in Pa?
If I would buy this, what would an average cost be to get the rest of the parts for a complete rifle.
If I would buy this, what would an average cost be to get the rest of the parts for a complete rifle.
Or you could buy a complete S&W rifle for $700 at CDNN when they are on sale (which happens quite often).
Or you could buy a complete S&W rifle for $700 at CDNN when they are on sale (which happens quite often). S&W's AR-15's are going to be better quality and while I agree that building your own provodes a great learning experience I think that you will enjoy a complete rifle alot more to learn the basics of operation/assembly.
Building your own rifle with no experience is like going to a dealer to buy a car and them making you assemble your own engine...
Yes, that's a great deal for that Smith & Wesson. AR-15's are NOT difficult to put together. As I said, I put mine together with a laptop on my workbench, a hammer, some punches, a vice grip, and a how-to video playing on Youtube.
There are plenty of guys at AnandTech's forums who build their own PC's from the ground up. This is actually less difficult as you don't have to dink around with drivers, OS installation, hooking up case wires to the right prongs on the motherboard, etc.
Building your own evil black rifle is an awesome experience. When you are done building one and are sending hot lead down range at over 3,000 feet per second, you will have a huge grin on your face knowing that you have built this fire-breathing beast with your own hands.
When the Zompocalypse hits, will you trust your life to a firearm that some assembly line monkey put together at 4:30 on a Friday afternoon, or would you rather trust a rifle whose parts and inner workings you are intimately familiar with?
...or a Bushmaster at Sportsman's Warehouse or many other hot AR-15 deals that crop up from time to time. I agree, lowest price is NOT the primary reason to build from a stripped lower. It *MAY* be ideal for folks who can't front the whole bill at once I suppose, but assembling exactly the rifle one wants is probably a better motivation.
I won't argue with getting more people involved in shooting sports and seeing the lack of inherent evil in "black" rifles though! Bravo, OP!
Meh, S&W > Bushmaster. Bushmaster cuts too many corners quality-wise.
Richard
After taking a three day "armorers" certification on the AR15 by Armalite, I really enjoyed building out rifles with friends who wanted them. I agree with the earlier post that the primary reason to build your AR from scratch is the same as building your gaming PC from scratch.
You get exactly what you want without having to store, throw away, or sell the take-off parts.
I'd trust a quality name brand over one I'd never heard of before. And you assume I'd never test and disassemble / reassemble my rifle before said Z-Day. But like most have said, I don't buy something because it is cheap, I buy quality. I don't skimp out on price, but then again I don't buy things I can't afford.
Or you could buy a complete S&W rifle for $700 at CDNN when they are on sale (which happens quite often). S&W's AR-15's are going to be better quality and while I agree that building your own provodes a great learning experience I think that you will enjoy a complete rifle alot more to learn the basics of operation/assembly.
Building your own rifle with no experience is like going to a dealer to buy a car and them making you assemble your own engine...
Building an AR-15 is super simple. If you can build a PC you can build an AR-15.
I put mine together with a laptop on my workbench, a hammer, some punches, a vice grip, and a how-to video playing on Youtube.
The difference is that if you goof up your PC build it's probably not going to hurt anything. If you goof up your AR-15 build by forgetting one little spring you've got a machine gun, or any number of other problems.
The difference is that if you goof up your PC build it's probably not going to hurt anything. If you goof up your AR-15 build by forgetting one little spring you've got a machine gun, or any number of other problems.