$200 in "extra stuff"

[Vierings]

I'm curious what you folks would buy if you had $200 to "mod" an off the shelf ar15 platform rifle in 5.56. No mags/ammo needed. And for the sake of completing the scenario it has irons currently.

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[Flymph]

A romeo 5 and a forward rail, all depends

 

[Andy54Hawken]

A upgrade to the bolt carrier group or better trigger...if you are happy with the iron sites ...or if not , a Daniel Defense rear sight.
Andy

 

[Camelfilter]

Hmmm...

A red dot, or a trigger? Could maybe do both if you do some looking at $200.

 

[808hondacrguy]

Trigger or barrel.

 

[Member 5605]

I'd roll with a better barrel.

some 416R s. steel, midlength gas system.

 

[arakboss]

more ammo

Edit: I see you have a endless supply of ammo already. $20 amazon bipod and spend the other $180 on the most scope you can get.

 

[kukusya]

Nothing!!!

Training Training Training!!!



And more training!

 

[BSG 75]

I think you can get one of these for $200:

 

[titsonritz]

IMO serious use rifles are incomplete without...

1. A good two point sling, I prefer Blue Force Gear VCAS - A sling is to a rifle as a holster is to a pistol.

2. A powerful white light, I typically use Surefire but am looking forward to trying a Modlite OKW-18350. Most bad business goes down in low light, who are you shooting in the dark?

3. A decent Red Dot sight, I use Aimpoint but with a $200 budget look at Sig Romeo, Primary Arms and Holosun. A LPVO is the latest upgrade for optics but you can't touch anything decent for 2 bills.

 

[Kruel J]

A better BCG. Because most of the off-the-shelf ones are junk. It's the heart and soul of the rifle.

 

[turq]

AR15 performance barrel in 6.8ll or/and a Young BCG with a AR15 Performance Bolt..

 

[PNWPrepper]

When we say "off the shelf" do you mean like a bare bones PSA/M&P sport 2 or Springfield saint? Or do you mean bare bones bravo company? Because if it's a PSA or similar, I'd go BCG and a stock. If it's a BCM, I'd go red dot and light (got a Romeo 5 and inforce wml Haley strategic products version from BDU for 200$)

 

[OldTengu]

Sling
BCG
Bipod
Barrel

 

[bsa1917hunter]

A better BCG. Because most of the off-the-shelf ones are junk. It's the heart and soul of the rifle.

I think you and Andy are on to something there. What would be your choice in BCG? I will generally upgrade to a NIB BCG in most of my rifles, especially the ones with the rough black coating. That is absolute junk and it seems like it needs to be lubed more than others. When I have bought new BCG's, it's been from various companies like Right to bear arms, Fail Zero and most recently with my 6WOA an Aero Precision ... From what I hear, BCG's like Tool craft are good, however, I've yet to try a toolcraft. What is a good BCG? Another $200.00 upgrade would be a good trigger like an RRA 2 stage varmint or Geiselle 2 stage, or single stage CMC. Another thing I'd buy is a good charging handle that helps to block gas from the shooters face like the Raptor, or the Griffin Armament. IF my rifle is not running 100%, sometimes I'll change a buffer to the appropriate weight. Would an adjustable gas block be something to consider instead of doing the buffer tube juggle? Recently I bought an oddball caliber for my AR and it wasn't running 100%. I had to buy something similar to the JP enterprises silent capture spring unit. This was the Armaspec stealth recoil spring unit. I also bought a NIB BCG to get it to running 100%. An AR platform is useless (as far as im concerned) if it does not run flawlessly. All of my AR's run 100%. No if's and's or butts about it... There are a lot of "upgrades" you can do to an AR, but most importantly is getting it to run flawlessly..

 

[bsa1917hunter]

AR15 performance barrel in 6.8ll or/and a Young BCG with a AR15 Performance Bolt..

Please point me in the right direction for a 22" stainless fluted 6.8 spc precision barrel. I just bought 250 pcs of 6.8 spc brass from starline. If I cant' get my current 6mm (built from a 6.8 spc) to shoot well, I'm going to turn it into a tomato stake and look for a good 6.8 spc. Thanks...

 

[Tony617]

I use mostly BCM BCG myself. Had a malfunction with a Spikes Tactical Nickel Boron BCG on one of AR so I swapped with a BCM nitride one instead. I have relegated my Nickel Boron one to a Troy Industries upper assembly instead and it is working fine.

Bravo Company Manufacturing Bolt Carrier Group - M16 BCM-BOLT-CARRIER-GROUP-AUTO-MP

 

[nammac]

Some type of optic would be my preference.

 

[Deavis]

Tax stamp

 

[kukusya]

Again training is necessary. Better option to spend money is to build

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