Building A COMPLETE AR15 Setup For Less Than $1,000
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ค. 2024
- This may not be the end all be all, but it's a solid starting point!
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0:00- Intro
3:45- Option 1
6:12- Option 2
7:03- Option 3
11:43- Option 4
12:53- Pricing
13:12- The Constants
14:13- What To Change?
15:02- Outro
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One thing to add: if you buy complete uppers and lowers seperately, you save the 11% tax charged when you buy a complete rifle.
Just bought a $2000 AR and now I'm watching budget builds again😂 for the next one
Same , a degenerate gambling problem would probably be better for me at this point 🤣
What did you buy if you don't mind?
I just built an $1800 rifle with the aero upper and lower. Wife lost her cushy job just before I could buy an eotech 1 to 8.
So, I'll be waiting for the optic for a little bit.
LOL I just bought my first AR which is a Daniel Defense DD4 RIII and now looking at budget builds
@@F30__Zayright 😂 who knew buying guns could be so pricey I’m like 4k in this year so far.
@infidel24 it was a zev billet core elite with atc trigger and vortex sparc2 optic. Taking it for a range day Wednesday if you want me to drop feedback here after I get done I can.
A good option is buying a psa complete lower and complete upper. You can get one for $330. $100-$200 for a mags and ammo bundle and a sig romeo 5 red dot and a rear sight with transfer fees and you time it for free shipping, you'll be at $700 with a sling, ammo an optic and back up iron sights. Leaves room for a light and some miscellaneous upgrades to furniture if you wanted.
If you know what to get, you can build a pretty solid rifle for a grand and have a good quality barrel and bcg which are the most essential things to ensure are quality. But if your first rifle, just buy something that's from a quality manufacturer and you won't go wrong, you may want to upgrade things but just keep it as is and shoot a bunch. Figure out what you like and don't then save if you want to build one. Save $1500 and wait til holiday sales and you'll get stuff for 50% off and free shipping and build an incredible rifle. Take that time to research more.
First rifle I bought, I could have bought a higher end rifle with the amount of parts I swapped out on it like a daniel defense or bcm or geissle.
You're a national treasure dude. Thanks for the tips!
I bought my first rifle last week which is a Daniel Defense DD4 RIII
@@Devin7Eleven congrats!!!
I wish I had your knowledge. Even when you have simplified it in your description it's still very intimidating.
@@Fragnar13 i know. It's a dumb luck and obsession thing all in one.
But part of it is just being signed up for the email adverts and when bored at work i look through them. You see the prices and sales and get a feel for what sale prices look like.
But hard part is remembering the ads are designed to get you to spend cause you think it's a one time deal when really they happen constantly.
But if you have any particular questions feel free to ask and I'll answer what I can.
Nobody ever talks about the tools needed if you build your own. Do you own an armorer’s wrench? Roll pin starters and punches? Torque wrench in foot pounds and inch pounds? Maybe you know someone who can help or whose tools you can borrow, or maybe you live in the middle of nowhere and need to know how much those tools will cost.
Then there’s ammo. The rifle and magazines are nice, but won’t do much without ammunition.
How much would it cost to build option 3 or 4 if you needed tools and wanted 6 full magazine of a decent self defense ammunition?
That's my biggest problem, I don't have the tools to save money lol
Also, assembling yourself teaches you so much.
I built my .300 for all around 550-600. No optics, and she is nice, shoots nice. Just gotta shop online and keep an eye out on deals!
Just don't be impatient, wait for deals. My buddy got a FN 15 TAC3 DUTY for $899 which is a whole lot of rifle with a cold hammer forged chrome lined barrel, ambi safety, ambi charging handle. Also as others have said you can just buy a PSA complete upper and complete lower and push 2 pins in for a complete rifle for well under $400.
Son of a bitch that's a good deal for a PSA
Palmetto State Armory is an amazing option, but right now Aero Precision is having crazy sales like buy a complete upper and get a free complete lower
Just ordered a $750 complete upper for $299. $50 for the stripped lower. Once assembled will be the cheapest AR I own. This will be my first build I’m already itching to buy another and I literally just purchased an hour ago 🤣 Muuuuurica 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Where did you order from
What did you get, i want to start my first build
@@khalifa41lopez I posted the link for some reason it disappeared
What kind of upper is it?
@@khalifa41lopez PSA 16" MIDLENGTH 5.56 NATO 1:7 NITRIDE MOE ODG RIFLE KIT - 516444601
Palmetto state armory
Currently building an Aero AR. Lower was $122, got the 14.5” complete upper for $480 (originally $725 on their website), Aero Nickel Boron BCG for $180. Already had a lower parts kit, stock, charging handle, buffer tube etc from previous leftover builds. All in all about $800 so far. Still need a sling, LPVO, micro red dot
Aero precision has a great model. Buying the upper and lower separate saves them on taxes, and saves you money by not buying a complete firearm.
It’s been a few years back but I bought a freedom line m4 profile ar15 from palmetto state everything minus the lower for 299$. Cut the A2 sight post down removed the delta ring replaced the barrel nut with one for a free float 25$ keymod hand guard from eBay and installed it all. It’s been a sub MOA ar 15 for me since doing all of that. I later replaced the Anderson lower on it with a 35$ damaged lower I found a yard sale. The lower had a damaged trigger pin hole I used anti rotation pin system to fix the issue with the pin movement for 11.99$. It’s got a Simmons 3-9 mildot scope for 70$. Last year I took a doe at 250+ yards with it. Been a good rifle for what I’ve got into it definitely budget.
In my collection I'm wanting one rifle with "Iron Sights", one with a "Red Dot" and one with an optic/scope sight.
I enjoy shooting the 5.56mm, but may eventually want to step up to an AR platform rifle with a more powerful cartridge.
Built an entire ar for less than $400 at psa only had a spare buttstock...
Thank you
I bought a del ton sierra 316l for under 500 already assembled, and it shoots great. It doesn't come with optics, but for that price, you can afford to upgrade any part you want for well under 1000.
I bought my smith and wesson m&p for 600 used. I invested another 600 in it, because it was used, and i just wanted new, better parts in the rifle. All i need is a rwd dot
I built a very capable AR for $880.00..... Cerro upper, Stag barrel, Davidson adj. gas block, gauntlet handguard, Stag bcg, ambi "holy" charging handle, monstrum raven 1.5x20, PSA Stealth lower, Mission first stock and grip, James Madison EVO flat blade 3.5 lb trigger, PSA buffer tube kit and a Wilson spring, pin and lever kit. It runs like Hussain Bolt.
Wilson Combat is the way to go.
Lol and I’m over here looking to get a $1400 sight.
PSA Sabre. DONE.
I built a lightweight upper for $1000 since I live in Honolulu and everything gets higher shipping.
My first gun was a LWRCi M6IC DI in Burnt Bronze with their proprietary handguard and furniture. I got it for $1600 in 2018, and down the rabbit 🐇 hole 🕳 I went.
Very much a the same experience. The LWRC lower is a great base to expand on.
When you say “ under 900 dollars”, I don’t expect to pay 1000 after tax
Good video! If you are patient and are looking to build a AR a lot of the popular AR websites run daily deals and you can save big on name brand parts and save 40-50% on parts to build a rifle
U have any websites in mind?
If you want a gun already built it's way cheaper to get a radical firearms AR-15 they range from $400-$600 typically and then get the things you want for it and still have ammo money left over and probably be below $1000
Would this be better than the options in the video?
@@elmacho7087for budget purposes yes. Radical is known for budget friendly AR-15, but do some research because just like with anything else, when you go with the cheapest thing, you get certain trade offs, sometimes in quality, reliability, factory testing procedures, etc.
Hell I spent $750 on an AR with two uppers. At least I have an idea of what I need to build a second lower.
How long is their shipping?
hey guys noob here, do i need to worry about my parts not being compatable if i use this as a referecnce but buy other parts? thanks
My AR15 build was inexpensive and incudes a scope for $574. I bought a PSA blem lower for $125 and a AR Stoner upper 1:7, 16" for $229. It's topped off with a Vortex LPVO 1-8x24 for $220 that included the Vortex cantilever 30mm mount.
The AR stoner upper is optics ready meaning there is no front sight. Additionally, the barrel is not chrome lined. Which saved me at least $200 maybe more. What? Why the hell not?
I shoot this build as often as I shoot my other rifles, I have Browning x Bolts in .30-06, Remington 700 SPS in .22-250, which isn't that often. I don't live near salt water, I don't live in 100% humidity like in SE Asia nor do I compete. I clean my rifles after each hunt or trip to the range.
I feel the chrome lined barrel it isn't necessary for my AR since my other rifles aren't chrome lined. Now if something were to happen to the barrel a replacement can be had for $79 at Midway and even I can replace a barrel with the number of YT instructional videos out there.
I also opted for the AR Stoner optics ready because I had a Sig Romeo 7 mounted on the previous upper and the front sight was in the way of the red dot. That didn't like. So I sold that upper which more than paid for the lower with change pay for most of the cost of the scope.
That upper can still be had at Midway for $100 more than what I paid for it in 2019.
Keep in mind that a custom build no matter how inexpensive or expensive is hard to sell. If you buy a Colt, Ruger, PSA or any other brand and don't modify it you'll have better luck selling or trading in one day.
I used to work at my LGS and we'd have to low ball guys who wanted to sell outright their ARs or trade for another because we new that AR would be on the used rack longer than anything else. They make money on quick turn around not inventory.
Aero m4e1 complete lower 200 shipped, bear creek Arsenal complete 16” upper 185 shipped, magpul sl-k stock 35 shipped, Romeo msr 90 shipped… I have an excellent rifle for 500.00 just gotta wait for the deals, which happen almost daily…
Where do you find the deals?
@@michaeliler4476 sign up for their text ads… there’s a good deal on something almost every day…
I get aero precision, bravo company, optics planet, primary arms, Brownells, bear creek Arsenal all text ads… just don’t be in a rush, you buy something one day a day later it will be half price for one day only lol
But the deals are out there and they are really often…
Just bought a breek warhammer charging handle for 35.00 the other day from DVOR…
I'd just go with palmetto and build it according
Step 1: go to PSA.
I might sound really dumb but want to build one…. Are all lowers and uppers compatible or do I gotta get the same brand etc? And do build kits come with everything I need? Or would I have to be able to mill
No everything is not compatible.... i would recommend "mil spec" parts for your first go. It just means the specs (measurements) are all going to be the same, compatible. There are different "specs" and it's possible to mix them but easy to screw up without experience... so for the sake of simplicity and learning I would say get milspec parts. At3 tactical has a whole series on building ARs and in depth videos on all components.
It may also be smarter to buy a cheap rifle first and practice taking it apart/reassembling and learning everything that way, before investing any $ into potential mistakes as you stumble through the confusion.
Why is the cheapest California compliant 900 on it's own 😅
Can't wait to go to AZ and upgrade the crap out of mine
I'm aiming for OPTION 3 but since I reside in CA I gotta be careful what not to order & what ain't allowed smh. Is option 3 CA compliant????? TIA for whoever answers.
You can order whatever you want here. You just have to make sure you make it compliant is all. Check out comp mag.
Less than $1000?? I bought a complete hammer forged barrel upper from Bear Creek for $240. Lower was $80, complete lower build kit from Palmetto state for $100. Sling for $40, Riteon Red dot $129. Complete functional AR with hammer forged barrel for $600.
Do t forget the”tools” you will need.
Built many great rifles for less then $1000.
is it legal to order and build at home can you find information on it?
yes, for everything except the lower receiver
Forget about that thousand dollar crap😂 you can get an complete upper and complete lower from PSA ( weekend sales) for $350. And it will do everything any thousand dollar AR will do and (depending on the shooter,)shoot just as good. You don’t need a thousand dollar name to be good😂😂
i got a full build 300 black out for $12. yes $12 bucks, 2 more then $10.
I just built 5 ARs for under $1800
Zion 15 IWI $950
Creators of the Uzi, and galil.
15.5 inch 4150 chrome molly vandium HB barrel.
B-5 systems furniture. Best quality is fit of this rifle, and its an excellent shooter. A little heavy but its zero recoil and shoots dimes 100 yrds.
Gaslighting myself that it wont break my bank 🤣
Magpul iron sights that are plastic.
Built or brought 😊
Would it be more expensive if it was being built for a lefty?
American Defense makes ambi rifles.
Pro tip-listen to this at 1.25 playback speed
He doesn’t have a trigger in his budget
Nice video but i can build a reliable rig for much less.
cant wait for half these guys saying a $300-400 gun is just as good to have their gun fail the first time they take a class
that being said, if its what you can afford, full send it. Better than nothing at all, as long as you train with it
my 300-400 dollar gun has had 2000 rounds put through so far and has had no malfunctions... how about we embrace the entry level rifles so more people have them than make fun of them? Lmfao
dude that's fucking awesome. I love to hear it! @@shaylatheusmartin3341
Mine about $1200 😂
Thank me later 😊
Hell,I spent almost that much on my optic! 5 to 10 mags? Joe Biden is sending the ATF to your address!🙀
instantly stopped watching when i saw your red dot placement ...smh
What is wrong about the placement?
its not right. it needs to be as far forward as possible on the receiver. you can instantly tell alot about someone by how they mount their optics. @@adamb2619
Your not building your assembling parts
Broke people should just stick with a Mossberg .22 bolt rifle. I’m getting tired of dealing with AR buckshot pattern target Range Rambos tearing stuff up.
Too bad for you
Bro this is terrible
Ban it!!
Ban what?
@@thomasmayo9394 weapons of war
Who's using semi auto firearms in war?
@@ZzLuLz what makes it a weapon of war? If the criteria is that it is modeled after a weapon used in war (the M4) then we shouldn’t allow knives to be owned by private citizens considering that knives are weapons and they are used in war. So why should it be banned?
@@ZzLuLzMost common rifle in the USA. Blame the criminal. Not the tool.
Great video, lots of information. Please stop pausing between your words. Just speak in a natural fluent voice and drop the "upspeak". Google "upspeak" or "uptalk" if you are not aware of the term. The upspeak or uptalk and pauses between words detracts from your messaging and is very distracting to most viewers. Think of it as a conversation with us, and not talking at us.
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