Is this a good buy?

https://palmettostatearmory.com/blem-psa-pa-15-11-5-carbine-length-5-56-nato-1-7-phosphate-btr-classic-stealth-pistol-w-carry-handle.html

My son and I like the one we may have.  Changed grip, added light and sling, gtg.

I'd prefer a Nitrided or Chrome lined barrel rather than plain phosphated barrel steel, but for just goofing around and such It's a good one.

BIGGER_HAMMER

How much are you going to like it, once you have to take the brace off?

A guy I work with got one and loves it. Another guy I work with is going to buy one soon. I figure if I'm going to get an AR pistol it would need a suppressor and be in .300 AAC.

Hope so. Ordered one yesterday.

I bought the same upper.  Already had a PSA lower, GI carry handle, and then bought the Magpul brace.

PSA put a nitrided flash suppressor and bright shiny delta ring on a phosphated barrel. Why PSA, Why?  The horror!  The horror!  Also, the BCG was nitrided,  It was beautifully done, but I was expecting a mil-spec phosphate BCG, especially with a phosphated barrel.  

Thanks to Bigger Hammer on here, who I guess wanted nitrided parts, we traded nitrided for phosphated.  Now my rifle matches and is more mil-spec, except for the stupid shiny delta ring, which I will probably change out at some point for a mil-spec one.    

The good news is the pistol fires without a hiccup and is the only weapon I have ever been issued or purchased in 30+ years of using these things that the mechanical zero equaled the true 50/225 zero without adjustments.  So someone at PSA put this one together right.  I have a few other ARs, so the fact I may only get 5-6,000 rounds out of this un-chrome lined or un-nitrided barrel doesn't bother me at all.

If they are going to do phosphate, it would be nice if they did one of the CHF/FN chrome lined barrels in 11.5" (or 12.5").

I got my wife a 10.5 over 1500 rounds no issues.

@twpayne75

Who made the BTR rubber add-on?  Look like it would keep the brace end cup from breaking during mortaring.

https://mr2quik.com/products/magpul-btr-arm-brace-endcap-protector


Exactly as it should.

Thank you .

I just picked one up Monday. It is to be a truck gun, and beside a sling, I'm going to keep it just as is. KISS...it will not be something i plan on putting 10k through, just a toy that is small and light and easliy portable. I haven't even had a chance to shoot it yet.

I ordered one of these today in 10.5".  How long should I expect it to take to get to Tx?  Ive heard mixed things about PSA's shipping times.

Mine shipped the next day (I ordered at 10pm)
Was at FFL 2 days later. Same for another PSA order I did a few months ago.

PSA ships FFL items very fast. Uppers right now the site says 10 days. I've been waiting over a week for my dissipator upper to ship.