My sub $525 AR purchase on Cyber Monday

[ACC]

I was able to put together a nice little plinker AR today using Cyber Monday deals. Total came in at $517.47. Pretty excited to have another in my collection.

PSA AR-15 Magpul CTR Complete Lower - $179.99

PTAC 16" Mid-Length Upper - $179.99

PSA Premium Full Auto BCG - $89.99

Shipping = $42.50

FFL Transfer Fee - $25.00

Charging Handle - Free from my parts bin

Total = $517.47

 

[lazarus0213]

sounds like a sweet cheap deal!

 

[ErickW]

Nice, I had to restrain myself from buying/building another rifle from PSA, but I did pick up a first gen Vortex Strikefire from them for $89. Their deals are insane.

 

[Bennettjh]

Dang! That's sweet!

Best deal I've seen lately!

 

[sgreen3]

Nice job, Hard to pass up for that price!

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

Nice

 

[Ricnzak]

That's really cool. Couple pic's and range report needed when you get it all. What are you doing for a rear sight/optic?

 

[ACC]

Thanks, y'all... For an optic, I am planning to run an extra MAGPUL MBUS rear sight that I have in my parts bin. Probably won't stick a scope/red dot on it at all and just use iron sights for this plinker.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

Nice!

I picked up an upper at PSA yesterday to go with the lower I'd already finished. All under $500. Sweet.

 

[DonkeyKong]

Every time I go to PSA's website I end up buying something on sale. You got a great deal for a complete AR. Congrats!

 

[masterdekoy]

Was really hard to pass up some of their deals. They were pretty good! Great price!

 

[Notalentbum]

I bought one of PSA's rifle kits for $399 plus $17 shipping. Picked up an Anderson stripped lower from Buds for about $52.50 shipped. Interesting to see how it all comes together. Only thing I'm concerned with is the barrel is a stainless 1 in 7" twist. Never had any experience with that much twist.

Matt

 

[7urtle]

very nice. my pistol should be about ~650

 

[bowtech83]

sweet, with the money you saved on the rifle, you can add a real nice piece of glass

 

[danielson]

With the money I saved on my PSA built AR, I bought a thousand rounds of 5.56. I've never shot it at more than 45 yards, but I hit a beer bottle cap at 22 yards with it on iron sights. Good enough for a fighting rifle IMO. FYI, the PTAC uppers aren't chrome lined. I see no issue with this, since corrosive 5.56 is damn near non existent. I've heard rumors that no chrome lining actually causes the rifling to grab the bullet more aggressively thus making it more accurate but have no idea if that is true or not.

 

[Trigger Time]

With the money I saved on my PSA built AR, I bought a thousand rounds of 5.56. I've never shot it at more than 45 yards, but I hit a beer bottle cap at 22 yards with it on iron sights. Good enough for a fighting rifle IMO. FYI, the PTAC uppers aren't chrome lined. I see no issue with this, since corrosive 5.56 is damn near non existent. I've heard rumors that no chrome lining actually causes the rifling to grab the bullet more aggressively thus making it more accurate but have no idea if that is true or not.

Chrome lining will be important if your going to shoot thousands of rounds. The barrel will wear out faster. If your not a big shooter the it shouldn't be an issue in your lifetime.

ti the guy above asking about 1/7 twist: this is the optimal twist rate. You can run low grain bukkets all the way up to the heavy stuff. You'll be fine

 

[danielson]

I know chrome lining adds duability, but I doubt not having it will ever effect me. When the PSA brand is on sale, its chrome lined and usually only 50-60 $ more.

 

[ACC]

Finally got all the pieces I ordered for this build. Thought you all might want to see what come of it.



I am going to upgrade to a quad rail and add a Bushnell TRS-25 Hi-Rise optic and MBUS

 

[Notalentbum]

I had the day off so I ran over to Parabellum about 11am to test out my Anderson lower/PSA 1:7" rifle kit.
The only failures I had was that a few times the bolt didn't lock back on last round.
To be honest, I don't know what ammo I was using to start with. I know it was Federal and I'm guessing it was the bulk stuff that Walmart sells for $40/100rds. It took several groups to get on the bullseye, making educated guesses on sight adjustments. BTW, I used a Matech rear sight and a KNS crosshair front sight. Once on the bullseye, I was getting about 1.5" groups of 5 shots. This was offhand at 25yds. That is about as good as I can do with any rifle so I'm happy with it so far. Now I need to get down to Atterbury and stretch it out a bit on the bench.
I put about 100 rds through it today. The last 20 or so I used some of the cheap Tula .223. I was not able to maintain group size and POI was about 2" low compared to the other ammo. Not sure why it would do this as I've shot a lot of it in my Stag with virtually no difference to other ammo brands. I'll try it again next time I go to the range.
At this point, I'm pretty happy with what I got for the money. I like the KNS crosshair front sight and the Matech rear works well but I have to get to a much longer range to verify its ranging adjustments.

Didnt intend to muddy up the OP's thread with my build. Hope nobody is too upset over it.

Matt