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Posted: 9/7/2011 2:42:36 AM EDT
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I was wondering if anyone out there just has one complete lower and buys different uppers for whatever they want to shoot at that time or do most of you all go complete?
Swapping out the top seems so simple that if you wanted to switch from a plinker to a varmint rifle to a 6.8 spc deer rifle it would be a matter of popping two pins and dropping the hardware down. |
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That is what I thought I was going to do, but boy was I wrong. You will end up with parts that you end up building into whole guns. It would make sense financially to have one lower, but people just don't do that, they think it is more fun to have complete guns. +1 .... and you can invite friends to the range with you and everyone has an AR to shoot. Just one isn't much fun. |
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Bare uppers seem to evolve into full rifles quickly.
I ordered a PSA 20" upper that I was going to just throw on my Wife's carbine lower. That didn't last long, already ordered a stripped lower so I can put an A1 or A2 stock on. If the budget is tight, swapping out uppers is a good idea. However, with companies like PSA putting out $49 lowers when on sale, it's hard not to just build another lower. At first, I was thinking along the same lines as you are; get a high-quality lower and then just focus on uppers. That doesn't seem to be going as planned 
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I think everyone starts out with that thought for a moment. Then there's cheap lowers and LPK's from places like PSA and oh no, now I have 2 complete and one extra upper. Wow PSA has a sale on 20" uppers, none of my lowers are fixed... Hmm well guess I HAVE to finish that one up... Etc.
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I think that is perfectly fine to have one lower and multiple uppers. I think it really makes sense if one is a primary use and the other only sees minimal use for hunting or something else that is not always used.
Personally though, I prefer to have a full firearm to just an upper. Just in case I ever needed to arm more than one person at a time. I understand that is not a concern for everyone though. Plus I build the lowers different ways for different uses. As an example I use a different stock for a lightweight 14.5" build than I do for a 3 gun set up. Edited to add: I'm one of those who can't let go of the 'one is none' deal. |
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I was wondering if anyone out there just has one complete lower and buys different uppers for whatever they want to shoot at that time or do most of you all go complete? Swapping out the top seems so simple that if you wanted to switch from a plinker to a varmint rifle to a 6.8 spc deer rifle it would be a matter of popping two pins and dropping the hardware down. Yea,sure, like thats a lot of fun. 
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