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This 'Piss on Biden Harris' lower is sweeet!Thank you for all the replies. It's looking like the days for a $600 build are out the door. I am a veteran so I will take a look at DD, but at this point, I don't know if I want to wait it out in hopes of cheaper prices or to buy what I've always wanted to build while I still can.
Maybe pair it up with this:
$400Colt 6920s are 900-1000 right now.
Why anyone would put together a 600 dollar POS is beyond me.
It's true. I just built what I consider a pretty solid rifle. I paid a premium for the BCG, but it was in a snazzy color. It's made of geissele, BCM, Midwest industries etc. Frankengun, yes. "Cheap," no. All in I'm under a grand.You have to try hard to build junk these days, IMHO. If you want a go to war rifle you have to be willing to pay for it. Most others can be rugged and reliable for a lot less.
I've built or helped build several of those. A friend of mine built an AR for $450 using all new parts bought at the same time. If he had put a decent trigger in it, it would have been closer to $600, but it ran just fine.It's true. I just built what I consider a pretty solid rifle. I paid a premium for the BCG, but it was in a snazzy color. It's made of geissele, BCM, Midwest industries etc. Frankengun, yes. "Cheap," no. All in I'm under a grand.
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Everyone has bad days, but for $900-$1000 I'd expect a bit more. I'm not part of either the Hate Colt or Love Colt club. There aren't many factory rifles that float my boat regardless of manufacturer.
Until they fell into the lake I preferred building my AR's rather than buying them. I had direct control over quality. Mass production by workers in factories who may or may not care about their jobs still leaves you with the chance of getting the one built by the worker who didn't care.
Maybe, maybe not. But I can select all the components, the level of quality, and the features I want. If the brand makes quality parts then those parts can make a quality build. During my last build I knew the material, dimensions, manufacturing methods, and testing used in items such as the barrel, bolt, gas block, gas tube, extension, trigger group, etc... because the manufacturer listed them and I was able to choose those parts based on that information. Compared this to the similar factory rifle at the store. The store rifle never listed any of these specs, so you don't really know what you're getting. Is it MIM? Is it forged? Is it 4150? Is it C158? Is it balsa? Is it pot metal? Who knows if they don't tell you.Unless you manufactured the parts yourself, you don't have as much control as you might think. You have direct control of the brand you purchase and that's about it