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Posted: 1/22/2016 12:07:29 AM EDT
| I have my stripped lower. Waiting for tax return to get a kit, I thought I would try to order a lower parts kit, then buy the rest separately (buy in stages). Looking at some of the complete uppers, they are only about $30-50 less than buying the kit! Unless someone can give me good reason, I am going to wait and order the whole darn kit and save about $100 |
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Some upper assemblies start at around $200, some complete kits are around $400. It all depends on what you are looking at.
Unless you want to intentionally over spend my advice would be this: Decide on the intended use of the rifle. Then see what is available that will meet your needs for the most reasonable price. |
| Which "kit" are you referring to? There's a reason a whole kit is priced the same as some upper assemblies. I've built them both ways and my advice if you don't want to assemble 100% of the rifle, would be to buy a good upper assembly from a quality vendor/manufacturer (Spikes, BCM, RRA, etc.), a lower parts kit, and a stock kit that you like. |
| Mostly looking at Del-ton, but most sites I look at a complete upper (with bcg) running between $375-400, while the complete build kits run about $ 450. Just going to be a plinker and home defense, so don't want or need the bells and whistles. I just want a basic m4 setup. |
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You will want something different, guaranteed, then you will have stocks and handguards laying around collecting dust.  Not true, I am a pretty much a "stock" kind of guy. I don't need bells and whistles to shoot well, usually use iron sites and have a lot of fun. |
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Not true, I am a pretty much a "stock" kind of guy. I don't need bells and whistles to shoot well, usually use iron sites and have a lot of fun. Quoted:
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You will want something different, guaranteed, then you will have stocks and handguards laying around collecting dust. Not true, I am a pretty much a "stock" kind of guy. I don't need bells and whistles to shoot well, usually use iron sites and have a lot of fun. You may be better off then just picking up a finished rifle, and save your lower. In time you will use it. If its new it would make a nice pistol build. Edit... reread and understand. So the build kit your looking at sounds like everything BUT a STRIPPED lower receiver. That kit and your stripped lower, you should be GTG, ..maybe sights |
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I got a PSA kit with Magpul CTR stock and MOE foregrip for $450 shipped.
Had everything needed for assembly other than my $50 stripped lower. Trigger has no creep and was already polished like the "trigger job" videos on Youtube. So for $500 plus either a rear sight or optic I have a good mid quality rifle. I added a $130 Vortex SPARC II . I got this one while on sale. http://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-16-midlength-5-56-nato-1-7-phosphate-moe-ctr-rifle-kit.html |
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