In my opinion you can spend a hundred or two more and buy a quality rifle like Noveske, Colt, Bravo Company Manufacturing, Daniel Defense, or S&W.
The flat dark earth AR that my kid is shooting cost $630 to build, before adding optics.
I was able to build 2 complete rifles for the price of 1 Noveske....and had enough cash left over to buy powder, dies, bullets, and brass....
For me, the build was priceless....I took away the enjoyment, pride and satisfaction of watching my son take a pile of parts and turn them into a reliable functioning firearm.
We're trying to find another place to rent, and this time I want a garage or extra room I can put a work bench and get back to doing stuff like putting together a rifle. If I can find such a place I'll get the parts and have an AR built as soon as possible. If not, I'll probably go ahead and buy one built.
In my opinion you can spend a hundred or two more and buy a quality rifle like Noveske, Colt, Bravo Company Manufacturing, Daniel Defense, or S&W.
The flat dark earth AR that my kid is shooting cost $630 to build, before adding optics.
I was able to build 2 complete rifles for the price of 1 Noveske....and had enough cash left over to buy powder, dies, bullets, and brass....For me, the build was priceless....I took away the enjoyment, pride and satisfaction of watching my son take a pile of parts and turn them into a reliable functioning firearm.
Considering that a basic Noveske / DD / Spikes / Colt / BCM / S&W / Palmetto State Armory / LMT in the 6920 pattern (16" barrel, 5.56mm chamber, 4150 CMV steel, 1:7 twist, M16 bolt carrier group, high pressure test and magnetic particle inspection of each barrel and BCG) can run in the neighborhood of $900 to $1,000 right now, you did an amazing job of putting two rifles together for about $450 to $500 each. How did you manage that because I will jump on a deal like that in a NY minute.
Considering that a basic Noveske / DD / Spikes / Colt / BCM / S&W / Palmetto State Armory / LMT in the 6920 pattern (16" barrel, 5.56mm chamber, 4150 CMV steel, 1:7 twist, M16 bolt carrier group, high pressure test and magnetic particle inspection of each barrel and BCG) can run in the neighborhood of $900 to $1,000 right now, you did an amazing job of putting two rifles together for about $450 to $500 each. How did you manage that because I will jump on a deal like that in a NY minute.
Read my post, I never claimed to put one together for $500. The basic 5.56 Noveske I looked at went for over $1500..........
For $630 I put together a stripped Spikes lower, Palmetto complete 6.8 spcII upper (18inch 11/1 S.S. barrel & M16 complete BCG), Palmetto lower parts kit with MOE stock and forearm.
The second build I have more cash into it. Spikes upper and lower, Palmetto parts and Moe furniture, ar performance 6.8x43 and 6.8 super bolt, stripped M16 carrier and all that other need to have stuff like gas block, tube, firing ping, delta ring kit......@ $750
The bottom line is I'm happy, I stayed within my budget, and the kid learned something that he will remember for the rest of his life.
The bottom line is I'm happy, I stayed within my budget, and the kid learned something that he will remember for the rest of his life.
And that is the most important thing.
I'm currently running a 6.8mm as well. SPC II SS 18" Bison Armory barrel. I'm shooting sub MOA @ 100m. I love this rifle. I'm shooting the silver state armory 95gr Barnes TTSX (that I still have) and am extremely happy with the performance of that round.
Sorry about that but you never mentioned the price you were looking at for the Noveske. So I went off of what you can grab them for at a few places around the nation. Seriously though, you can get those rifles I mentioned above for about the $900 to $1000 BNIB (until OBAMAMANIA II kicks in). So if you are in the market for a new one, they are out there plenty. Still those are good prices you worked out there.
