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Originally Posted by PHXLT1
I'm sure a build is going to cost more than $600 though. I've never built one but why build one for 600 when you can buy it for that much. Builds are custom to what you want. A better way to go if you have the $$. Get it soon though. With all of the shootings happening we most likely won't see these sport gun for very much longer. Because of a few idiots, lives are destroyed and the honest gun owners will be the ones paying for it. Sad.
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Believe it or not you can actually build a AR cheaper than you can buy one with the same options, if you keep an eye out for sales you can actually save about $100. However for someone new to the AR platform, I wouldn't recommend this route.
Honestly, I'm not worried about them banning these guns cause they can't. The 1994 ban that they keep throwing around actually prevents them from banning these guns again. That ban put in place federal laws that prevents the government from banning guns that are considered common and have sold more than a certain number. At last count that are over 5 million AR style rifles sold in the US. This number places the AR in the very common bracket and well over the threshold set in place that the government say it can't go over to be banned.
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Originally Posted by Southern Comfort
I'm not the best one here to recommend a brand since I have only owned one AR. However, I think it's good to know your options.
For starters, the Sporter models generally have no rails, no forward assist, come with a fixed tall front sight, and a crude trigger. I'm sure I missed something, but this is the entry level rifle with limited options.
Step up to the tactical models and they may not come with any sights, but have rails to hang flip sights, scopes, foregrips, lights, lazers, bipods, grenade launchers, night scopes, heavier barrels, etc.
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While I do agree with this, keep in mind that everything on an AR can be taken off and swapped out with minimal effort, EXCEPT for the upper receiver and barrel. You need to decide if you want a flat top receiver or one with a built in carrying handle and what length barrel, with 16" being the most common but you can buy them with up to 24" for some extra money. Everything else you can buy later and swap out the parts as time or money allows. Remember most of the time you can buy a base model and add the parts you want cheaper than buy an upgraded model that already has them installed.
AR's are like cars, once you start modding it's hard to stop. One of my AR's I have, I have put in over $2,500 in it with plans to do more. Hell the butt stock alone that I want cost $500.