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Posted: 12/29/2017 8:25:20 PM EDT
[#1]
Junk parts=junk rifle
You can do better, SW Sport II ETA: I have a upper from them that will not run, they reply back to me every few weeks then ignore me for a few more... Great service. |
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Posted: 12/29/2017 8:37:53 PM EDT
[#2]
Yeah, its super cheap. I was going to get it for my 12 year old just to take to the range.
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Posted: 12/29/2017 8:38:39 PM EDT
[#3]
I got lucky a few years ago and got a good 10.5" upper from them. A lot of complaints about the quality of their stuff
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Posted: 12/29/2017 8:47:22 PM EDT
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I have a 7.62x39 upper that works fantastic. I would buy again, I've put 2000+ rounds through it
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Posted: 12/29/2017 8:51:29 PM EDT
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Radical is probably about as low as you can get on the quality scale. Obviously not everything they make is junk, or they wouldn’t be in business, but they have a huge number of issues.
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Posted: 12/29/2017 8:53:54 PM EDT
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No complete rifles, but I do have a 20" Grendel upper from them that has shot very well and about moa through about 1,000 rounds with no problems. Radical has a bad rep with some from poor quality and poor service, but like DPMS before, they have improved.
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Posted: 12/29/2017 8:56:54 PM EDT
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S&W M&P Sport II
 Smith & Wesson M&P Sport II AR-15 Review: Great Budget Rifle Or Piece Of Junk? (HD) |
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Posted: 12/29/2017 8:57:31 PM EDT
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I got lucky a few years ago and got a good 10.5" upper from them. A lot of complaints about the quality of their stuff |
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Posted: 12/29/2017 9:07:11 PM EDT
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Google Radical Arms.
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Posted: 12/29/2017 9:14:03 PM EDT
[#10]
Definitely google them. A lot of negative feedback.
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Posted: 12/30/2017 12:27:44 AM EDT
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They are gunning to be the next Hesse/Vulcan/Moore/Bear Creek.
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Posted: 12/30/2017 12:39:40 AM EDT
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I have a 7.62x39 upper that works fantastic. I would buy again, I've put 2000+ rounds through it https://i.imgur.com/sbdlFcu.jpg Ive read all the bad stuff about radical also, but all I know is they've treated me good. |
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Posted: 12/30/2017 1:15:11 AM EDT
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Was it Radical where the owner tried to fight a guy because his rifle wouldn't run for shit and he wanted it fixed?
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Posted: 12/30/2017 3:58:35 AM EDT
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It was Radical when there were no other parts in stock, and the ones that were available were overpriced...then Radical came out, and they were cheap! In true AR fanatic style, everybody bought them, and posted about them! There were some interesting posts a couple years ago
There have been a few junky big-store specific brands/bargain brands that seem to be from the same MIM factory; PSA has an off-brand, Brownells had their junky brand (beer makes the name escape me), Radical, etc. NOW, with everything being cheap, and plentiful, there is no reason for them, and that is great for you all! |
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Posted: 12/30/2017 4:26:54 AM EDT
[#15]
Garbage. Get PSA or Windham for a toss-around gun.
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Posted: 12/30/2017 9:13:47 AM EDT
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Meh, I’ve got one of their 10.5” pistols that has a ton of suppressed rounds through it and runs fine
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Posted: 12/30/2017 11:40:04 AM EDT
[#17]
IVe been tempted several times to buy one from Primary ARms but the negative feedback has kept me away. I went with Ghost Firearms for latest cheap build very happy with it so far. though they went heavy on the cerakote and had some fitment issues
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Posted: 12/30/2017 4:24:47 PM EDT
[#18]
They are garbage. Stay far, far away.
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Posted: 12/31/2017 8:54:19 PM EDT
[#19]
Update, I went with Smith and Wesson M&P sport 2.
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Posted: 12/31/2017 9:00:37 PM EDT
[#20]
Colt..
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Posted: 12/31/2017 10:35:05 PM EDT
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Update, I went with Smith and Wesson M&P sport 2. |
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Posted: 1/1/2018 11:04:54 AM EDT
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Years ago when I built my first rifle and I bought a 16" Radical midlength barrel out of impulse because I grabbed it for $100.
Before I even installed it, I kept reading so much negative feedback that I decided not to use it and being my cousin was building his first at the very same time and he was on more of a budget, he took it off my hands and I put my money towards a 16" BCM. This was back very early 2014. To date, my cousins rifle has run fine w/ the radical barrel. But, you cant help but observe all the negative feedback. " Where theres smoke, theres a fire" |
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Posted: 1/2/2018 9:37:51 AM EDT
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I looked at (what was supposed to be)a brand new Radical pistol AR at a gun show. The charging handle catch/upper interface was all chewed up with bare metal showing....never have seen that? Anyway...... they only wanted $900 for it.....
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Posted: 1/2/2018 10:59:25 PM EDT
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I won't do business with them. They are close to me and conveniently located, but it isn't worth the potential headache.
https://primaryandsecondary.com/radical-firearmsprimary-secondary/ |
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Posted: 1/3/2018 6:35:52 PM EDT
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I have a 10.5 pistol upper I bought from Primary Arms. Everything looked good. Fit on the pistol lower is fine. It runs great and hits where I point it. Have used it on 200 and 300 yard steel with a PA Micro RDS shooting Wolf Poly. No complaints here and I actually like their FGS MOE rail.
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Posted: 1/3/2018 6:47:42 PM EDT
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Update, I went with Smith and Wesson M&P sport 2. |
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Posted: 1/3/2018 7:22:48 PM EDT
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I got lucky a few years ago and got a good 10.5" upper from them. A lot of complaints about the quality of their stuff |
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Posted: 1/3/2018 8:48:13 PM EDT
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When midway had the Aimpoint blemished optics on sale a month or so back I decided to grab one of the ACO's and take the plunge on a 300 bo pistol build. I'm hesitantly going to say I'm pretty happy with the whole package as it turned out with PSA premium BCG, and SB Tactical SOB lower parts build kit.
The link to the upper was on sale for $188 at the time I bought it at Primary Arms, seemed like a pretty good deal at the time. The Radical 300BO upper that i bought The "Primary Arms Exclusive" m-lok handguard is marked Midwest Industries and actually feels great in the hand, no regrets there. It's to damn cold to spend any time outside right now, so I currently only have about 15 rounds down the tube to get the aimpoint roughly sighted in at 25 yards, and no issues with anything, but so far I've only tried supersonics. Overall, even if the barrel should develop some issue, the whole package is worth swapping a new barrel into, and I wouldn't be terribly upset. I clicked on this thread because most of what I've heard of Radical has been pretty bad, I tore the handguard off and checked the barrel nut, gas tube roll pin and set screws, and dabbed locktite on everything but the barrel nut. Hopefully I have a better experience with this upper then most of the reviews I've read on their products. |
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Posted: 1/3/2018 9:14:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
When midway had the Aimpoint blemished optics on sale a month or so back I decided to grab one of the ACO's and take the plunge on a 300 bo pistol build. I'm hesitantly going to say I'm pretty happy with the whole package as it turned out with PSA premium BCG, and SB Tactical SOB lower parts build kit. The link to the upper was on sale for $188 at the time I bought it at Primary Arms, seemed like a pretty good deal at the time. The Radical 300BO upper that i bought The "Primary Arms Exclusive" m-lok handguard is marked Midwest Industries and actually feels great in the hand, no regrets there. It's to damn cold to spend any time outside right now, so I currently only have about 15 rounds down the tube to get the aimpoint roughly sighted in at 25 yards, and no issues with anything, but so far I've only tried supersonics. Overall, even if the barrel should develop some issue, the whole package is worth swapping a new barrel into, and I wouldn't be terribly upset. I clicked on this thread because most of what I've heard of Radical has been pretty bad, I tore the handguard off and checked the barrel nut, gas tube roll pin and set screws, and dabbed locktite on everything but the barrel nut. Hopefully I have a better experience with this upper then most of the reviews I've read on their products. |
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Posted: 1/3/2018 9:26:40 PM EDT
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That is the Mlok symbol. Midwest Industries has nothing to do with those handguards |
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Posted: 1/14/2018 2:51:12 PM EDT
[#31]
AIM has a good deal going now on Radical uppers..$189.99
I did some searching via the web and here...Glad I didn't pull the trigger on one. They're shit..here is one example : http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/08/25/breaking-radical-firearms-steps-line-makes-things-personal/ |
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Posted: 1/14/2018 2:56:26 PM EDT
[#32]
I had a 16" 300blk that worked well.
I wouldnt roll the dice again though. I sold it and bought an Andro. |
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Posted: 1/14/2018 3:01:04 PM EDT
[#33]
CDNN has the DB-15 for $399
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Posted: 1/14/2018 3:11:10 PM EDT
[#34]
Junk. I stay away from all these budget brands. Not worth it and they don't tempt me anyway since I usually prefer specs that don't match what the cheap stuff offers.
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Posted: 1/14/2018 3:30:55 PM EDT
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Yeah, its super cheap. I was going to get it for my 12 year old just to take to the range. |
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Posted: 1/14/2018 9:43:51 PM EDT
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I bought a 10.5 upper from them back when they first started. Took a very long time to get, 3 months or so. I didn't use it much for a year or two and then it started acting under gassed. Long story short I had an early model that barrel extension had come loose from the barrel. When I tried to take it down to diagnose the barrel unscrewed. I emailed radical and told them I had taken it apart. They agreed to fix it. I mailed it back and they put in a new barrel and turned it around the same day. I mailed it on a Friday or Saturday and had it back by Thursday. I have heard they got that particular issue fixed so I would be inclined to buy again based on the service I received. Ideally it would not have needed service but it did.
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Posted: 1/16/2018 11:07:49 AM EDT
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I am curious about quality as well. I know they are a budget company, but I am only interested in their handguards. I saw one on primary arms for about $90 bucks, just curious if I should pass or not.
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Posted: 1/16/2018 11:10:38 AM EDT
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I am curious about quality as well. I know they are a budget company, but I am only interested in their handguards. I saw one on primary arms for about $90 bucks, just curious if I should pass or not. |
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Posted: 1/16/2018 11:17:43 AM EDT
[#39]
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Radical is probably about as low as you can get on the quality scale. Obviously not everything they make is junk, or they wouldn’t be in business, but they have a huge number of issues. |
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Posted: 1/16/2018 12:35:02 PM EDT
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I am curious about quality as well. I know they are a budget company, but I am only interested in their handguards. I saw one on primary arms for about $90 bucks, just curious if I should pass or not. |
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Posted: 1/16/2018 12:50:59 PM EDT
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My RA Grendel upper has worked flawlessly. I have also been keeping up on reviews of RA products since I bought mine, and the majority of reviews have good. Some folks will never let go of a companies bad review of the past to see how they may have improved. Folks did that with DPMS for a few years as well and now you rarely hear it.
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Posted: 1/16/2018 1:21:51 PM EDT
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My RA Grendel upper has worked flawlessly. I have also been keeping up on reviews of RA products since I bought mine, and the majority of reviews have good. Some folks will never let go of a companies bad review of the past to see how they may have improved. Folks did that with DPMS for a few years as well and now you rarely hear it. |
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Posted: 1/16/2018 2:06:05 PM EDT
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My RA Grendel upper has worked flawlessly. I have also been keeping up on reviews of RA products since I bought mine, and the majority of reviews have good. Some folks will never let go of a companies bad review of the past to see how they may have improved. Folks did that with DPMS for a few years as well and now you rarely hear it. |
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Posted: 1/16/2018 2:06:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am not aware of anyone buying DPMS when there are a ton of other good companies making good AR's where you dont have to stoop tp DPMS level quality. I would never touch a DPMS anything. |
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Posted: 1/16/2018 2:07:18 PM EDT
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I can tell you first hand. I have a upper of theirs that wont run for shit, they have been stringing me along for months. Their last response to me was they would like to see it but never responded with a shipping address, rma, a return label nothing. Just so you know this is a recent as 12/27/17 as that was their last response. I originally emailed them in October about the problems with the upper. So its been 3 months and I still have a piece of shit upper that wont run worth shit. Fuck them. Why risk buying shit when there are solid companies out there that sell a quality product for just a little more money. |
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Posted: 1/16/2018 2:10:23 PM EDT
[#46]
Yes. Loose barrel extension.
Radical is on my do not buy list. |
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Posted: 1/16/2018 2:12:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol, you being aware of something is your measure for if it is happening or not? DPMS does good business. It's your money. I am not choosing to spend mine on shit when I don't have to. Anderson lowers, with DPMS guts and Radical Upper..yeah...No thanks. I'd find a cali compliant post ban Oly before going that route. |
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Posted: 1/16/2018 2:34:00 PM EDT
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Its funny that everyone here agrees that Radical Firearms are shit, but when I posted a comment on the /r/gundeals subreddit I got downvoted into oblivion
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Posted: 1/16/2018 2:36:12 PM EDT
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I have a 10.5 in 556 upper from RF on my SBR. 5k rounds through it in about 3 years and a cerekoted it. Not 1 hiccup.
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Posted: 1/16/2018 3:21:52 PM EDT
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I have a 10.5 in 556 upper from RF on my SBR. 5k rounds through it in about 3 years and a cerekoted it. Not 1 hiccup. 
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