re: Always wanted an AR... which one and which options?

Always go with 5.56 NATO over .223 remington. While they are close to the same size, with a 5.56 NATO chambered rifle you can still shoot .223 but with a .223 chambered rifle you can't shoot 5.56 NATO which is significantly more common than the .223 counterpart.

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Rock River has a great sale going on right now for a pretty tricked out rifle for 1,000. check out their website for details

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that they do. I bought one at Jim's during the tax free weekend about a month ago. There are easily 400 dollars worth of extras on that gun. Just the two-stage match trigger and chrome-lined and ported bolt are probably 300 bucks.

Im not eve going to read what the other people put in their responses. Just list to me. I have had a few. shot many different brands. Ran 3 gun competitions with some and have what i think to be my best, lightest, and least expensive set up yet.

1.Stag arms lower
2.Stag arms upper with bolt and all except rail.'
3.shaved down front post sight on stag for a low profile gas block.
FYI. Stag Arms has the best bolt and receiver and lower for the money. You can buy crome bolts and such for a lot of money but i have never had a jam or missfire with my current set up.
4. Troy ind trx extreme battle rail. not the quad!
5. Magpul front and rear back up flip sights.
6. YHM phantom flash hider
7. Magpul MOE original collapseable stock with rubber butt pad attachment.
8. ergo grip.
9. what ever light weight optic red dot you prefer.


10. lights, bipods, lasers, magnifiers for red dots, scopes, forward grips, and 100 other things can be put on, but weigh it down so much. and are only needed for certian missions or whatever. Bull barrells are over rated in my opinion. if you need one for purposes of over heating you may want to rethink your strategy and just blow up the building instead of going in.



go with that setup for under 1500.00 or 1800.00 give or take and you will have a sweet rifle for not the cost of those 3500 to 4500 competition guns.

WHY: this is light weigh, simple, accurate, fun, good looking!, and has everything you need to be successful in competition or war.

My first AR is a Stag Arms LH model. I love it. Haven't had any problems with it at all.

I built mine. I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet.

Yeah. I had to step away from the computer....

This ended up being a very informative thread. Thanks to everyone that contributed.

I'm sure that I wasn't the only one with AR questions. In fact, I had no idea that you could build your own rifle. That's definitely something that I would want to do. I figured that there would be several different opinions, but that's okay. I at least have some quality information to start making my own decisions, and that's an improvement from this morning.

Cheers.

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Mahootney, we must have overwhelmed you. The AR world is one of many many options. Some things are worth paying top dollar for because they are worth it, most of the time people pay top dollar for stuff because a name is on it. very few civilians will ever get to use all the shite they buy for their AR for anything more than a range toy (excluding match barrels, scopes, bipods, mags) despite the fantasies of zombie hordes, katrina part 2 and Armageddon. In which case, the last thing you would want to be doing is standing around in all black with your AR playing army man and probably getting shot by the cops instead of caring for and providing for your family during a traumatic time. but that rant is for another time.

Back to the AR. since this is your first AR go with one of the 2 options i mentioned, get to know the system and you have plenty of time to add the upgrades down the road. Also, remember that you can have many many uppers for 1 lower. The two I mentioned earlier are just as good as Noveske, RRA, Mega, Colt, etc lowers. The only important thing in a lower is fit and finish everything else is buying a rollmark or stylized version. Don't get brainwashed by these brand whores and tactiwannabees, keep it simple at first and then decide later which koolaid your gonna drink.

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well said. it should also be boted that if you build one for 500 you can sell for 700-ish. if you buy for 2000 you will lose money on it when you try and sell. I see that all the time.

Thanks to this thread, i was browsing AR's all damn night. Words out of wife's mouth "you can just get off that site!"

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Building an AR for $500 can't cause too much of a backlash in the 504boy household. Just offer to let her go buy some shoes.

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Well, i doubt i would build one for that cheap... i tend to take expensive routes. But She was thinking more like 2k... but i didn't go there! You can buy another gun but we can't buy a dining room table!....

Telling her to shutup, grab me a beer, make me a damn sammich is equally romantic.