Budget AR-15 builds with pics and prices.
- Thread starter bscott29
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Put together this AR for my nephew when he turns 18.
A buddy in SC bought the parts for the upper from PSA and assembled the upper for me for a grand whopping total of $138.57. New 16" M4A1 style 1/7 FN blem barrel on a PSA stripped upper, PSA forward assist, PSA bolt cover-Delta ring etc etc while donating the MI gas block, Magpul fore-end and trading the YHM Flash hider from his parts box for my A2 FH.
I assembled the lower.
The total for the rifle came out $437.57 for the complete gun so far if you're adding both the recent and years past purchases for parts that I had laying around. Pretty cheap.
Build specs :
• Stripped lower ($90 or $100 a few years ago that was sitting in my closet forever).
• LPK and buffer tube ($58 on sale from PSA a few years ago).
• Magpul stock and grip (I think it was $28-$30 on sale from DSG in Ft Worth a few years ago).
• PSA stripper upper, 16" 1/7 M4A1 style FN, ejection port cover-forward assist-delta ring all PSA ($138.57 on Black Friday).
• Ares Armor BCG ($65 on Black Friday) . . . I have my spare BCM BCG in there right now til it gets here).
• MI 'Same Plane' gas block, Magpul Fore-end given to my nephew by my buddy in SC and he swapped me the YHM Phantom for the A2.
• I had a set of Magpul MBUS Flip-Up Front and Rear Sights ($58 for both) and a RRA charging handle that I got for free in some deal laying in my parts box
• Sprinco Extra-Power buffer spring that I traded for.
A buddy in SC bought the parts for the upper from PSA and assembled the upper for me for a grand whopping total of $138.57. New 16" M4A1 style 1/7 FN blem barrel on a PSA stripped upper, PSA forward assist, PSA bolt cover-Delta ring etc etc while donating the MI gas block, Magpul fore-end and trading the YHM Flash hider from his parts box for my A2 FH.
I assembled the lower.
The total for the rifle came out $437.57 for the complete gun so far if you're adding both the recent and years past purchases for parts that I had laying around. Pretty cheap.
Build specs :
• Stripped lower ($90 or $100 a few years ago that was sitting in my closet forever).
• LPK and buffer tube ($58 on sale from PSA a few years ago).
• Magpul stock and grip (I think it was $28-$30 on sale from DSG in Ft Worth a few years ago).
• PSA stripper upper, 16" 1/7 M4A1 style FN, ejection port cover-forward assist-delta ring all PSA ($138.57 on Black Friday).
• Ares Armor BCG ($65 on Black Friday) . . . I have my spare BCM BCG in there right now til it gets here).
• MI 'Same Plane' gas block, Magpul Fore-end given to my nephew by my buddy in SC and he swapped me the YHM Phantom for the A2.
• I had a set of Magpul MBUS Flip-Up Front and Rear Sights ($58 for both) and a RRA charging handle that I got for free in some deal laying in my parts box
• Sprinco Extra-Power buffer spring that I traded for.
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