AR-15 Newbie

[UndeadInfidel]

Hello, I am also AR 15 newbie, there are many manufactures, so I am not familiar with them that which gun has best quality. Please share your reviews regarding best AR 15 manufactures.

[mikeyweiss]

If you want a quad rail you'll save money buy purchasing one that comes with it. Daniel Defense makes great AR's, but if you're looking to save money you can't go wrong with Bushmaster. Don't worry about custom triggers unless you're competing for a specific task; it will be more headache. You want a good all-around rifle that can accept a wide variety of parts should they ever become scarce. Msg me and I can send you a picture of my setup to give you some ideas.

[Doctorr Fabulous]

If you want a quad rail you'll save money buy purchasing one that comes with it. Daniel Defense makes great AR's, but if you're looking to save money you can't go wrong with Bushmaster. Don't worry about custom triggers unless you're competing for a specific task; it will be more headache. You want a good all-around rifle that can accept a wide variety of parts should they ever become scarce. Msg me and I can send you a picture of my setup to give you some ideas.

Yes you can. Jeriah and Biggin will tell you that a Bushy is not a serious AR. DD is sweet. I love mine. If I had to get another AR, I'd go PSA, because they're good quality and price.

[MaconCJ7]

Yes you can. Jeriah and Biggin will tell you that a Bushy is not a serious AR. DD is sweet. I love mine. If I had to get another AR, I'd go PSA, because they're good quality and price.

We have Bushy's and they treat us fine. But, ours is but a small sampling in the bigger world. If others report serious issues, we could have the lemons. Building one is simple enough. Buying a built lower and a built upper and putting them together is easier than cleaning the rifle. You have options, and you have unlimited online support. If you can't find what you're looking for out of the box, read a few of the AR threads here and see if you can find exactly what you're looking for. And trust me, you can build it yourself. The hardest part is the patience for the couple of smaller springs.

[mikeyweiss]

Check out LWRC as well. If you have the cash they have a really sweet line up and I've heard nothing but great things about them. Pricey though. If you are going for range and want to go with a 20"+ inch barrel check out the traditional gas-tube options that Larue Tactical offers. I've been really impressed with all the Larue mounts I've had, if their AR's are anything like their mounts they're probably pretty top notch.

[ais4122]

I am just finishing an AR build. This will be my fourth AR. I am basing it on ARs used by the pros. Not the NRA certified firearms experts who live down the street, but the pros who have used it in combat. I looked into Larry Vickers, Chris Costas and Travis Hailey and what they shoot. I ended up choosing a Noveske afghan upper with Magpul accessories such as the fore end grip, MBUS sights, and gone with the Aimpoint Micro H-1 on a La Rue mount. I will also be putting a Surefire TLR-1 on it. It will sit on a Bushmaster lower. This is by far my most expensive build and I plan on it being my last ( I hope ) I plan to take a Tactical Carbine course given by Jason Falla to make sure I know what Im doing.

[mikeyweiss]

I am just finishing an AR build. This will be my fourth AR. I am basing it on ARs used by the pros. Not the NRA certified firearms experts who live down the street, but the pros who have used it in combat. I looked into Larry Vickers, Chris Costas and Travis Hailey and what they shoot. I ended up choosing a Noveske afghan upper with Magpul accessories such as the fore end grip, MBUS sights, and gone with the Aimpoint Micro H-1 on a La Rue mount. I will also be putting a Surefire TLR-1 on it. It will sit on a Bushmaster lower. This is by far my most expensive build and I plan on it being my last ( I hope ) I plan to take a Tactical Carbine course given by Jason Falla to make sure I know what Im doing.

Sounds awesome! All the rights stuff for a superb combo. I think my next one is going to be a fun little 9" AAC .300BLK SBR.

[Leper Messiah]

Ok, a little background. I own a single firearm at the moment, a 9mm hand gun, I have fired it every weekend for the past two years and feel somewhat comfortable with it. I am looking at getting a rifle and have decided on the AR-15, and have done ~15 hours of reading online. This has given me just enough information to get me in trouble I'm sure. I've tentatively decided on the Colt LE6920, it seems to have the most going for it except for no aftermarket triggers. I'd like some opinions and I'd like to confirm a few things. If I get the rifle how difficult is it to change out the stock? I'm also assuming it's fairly easy to put on the quad rail system? Where is a website that I can look at the different AR-15 models out of the box in fairly good detail to compare them? Are the AR-15's I see with different colors besides black the ones built by people? Or can I get a brand new LE6920 in multicam or something?

Your opinions on my choice for model are welcome, I'm sorry if these exact questions have been answered before. I read the beginners guide to carbines on this forum. I also tried to do some searching but either the searches turned up thousands of matches or none and I'd like to get some answers fairly quickly considering the slew of gun shows coming up in my area.

1. I've never regretted buying a Colt. If you want a Colt then get one. When you don't have issues with it and realize the accuracy of it vs. many others you won't regret it.
2. Resale is high on Colt rifles. Just in case you ever want to sell one off.
3. That is the exact rifle I bought this year for duty use.
4. If I were you I'd use the gun before planning any mods to it. The stock mine comes with is the Rogers Super Stock. It takes care of the only thing I hated in the first Colt I ever bought back in the 80's. The military style cheap adjustable stock that would move and rattle from Colt. It locks into position and does not move. Plus the lever for that can be changed to either side and it also has a QD sling attachment as a feature.
5. If you are going with a rail forearm (I have) think about a Mission First Tactical polymer rail. I simply wanted a rail to add a light. I got a cheap Blackhawk but it added weight to the rifle and destroyed the excellent balance of it IMO. The last thing I wanted was to add weight. The MFT polymer rail doesn't.
6. If I wanted a multicam Colt I'd buy a Colt and have someone refinish it later in multicam.

[Tommy Tran]

If you want a quad rail you'll save money buy purchasing one that comes with it. Daniel Defense makes great AR's, but if you're looking to save money you can't go wrong with Bushmaster. Don't worry about custom triggers unless you're competing for a specific task; it will be more headache. You want a good all-around rifle that can accept a wide variety of parts should they ever become scarce. Msg me and I can send you a picture of my setup to give you some ideas.

What are these headaches from custom/ aftermarket triggers you speak of?

[gravediggerfour]

If you want a quad rail you'll save money buy purchasing one that comes with it. Daniel Defense makes great AR's, but if you're looking to save money you can't go wrong with Bushmaster. Don't worry about custom triggers unless you're competing for a specific task; it will be more headache. You want a good all-around rifle that can accept a wide variety of parts should they ever become scarce. Msg me and I can send you a picture of my setup to give you some ideas.

What are these headaches from custom/ aftermarket triggers you speak of?

More importantly he used Daniel Defense in the same sentence as Bushmaster, while recommending Bushmaster.

[Tommy Tran]

If you want a quad rail you'll save money buy purchasing one that comes with it. Daniel Defense makes great AR's, but if you're looking to save money you can't go wrong with Bushmaster. Don't worry about custom triggers unless you're competing for a specific task; it will be more headache. You want a good all-around rifle that can accept a wide variety of parts should they ever become scarce. Msg me and I can send you a picture of my setup to give you some ideas.

What are these headaches from custom/ aftermarket triggers you speak of?

More importantly he used Daniel Defense in the same sentence as Bushmaster, while recommending Bushmaster.

Good point... DD or Bushmaster= BMW 5series or Daewoo Nubria, meh Daewoo fo sho!

[IRackNBack]

I've owned a few ARs and found all to be reliable other than polymer lowers. Particularly Plum Crazy. I have a Cav Arms 1 piece polymer that I'm happy with right now.

But here is a thread on a local gun forum where a guy offered up a mid-high quality AR for members to abuse it as hard as they could to try and make it fail. Worked great: http://seattleguns.net/showthread.php?1 ... 15+torture

I now own that upper and it's been awesome. I also have a couple others that also work great. My favorite one I've ever owned is a Sig 516 piston driven. Heavy but really good.

Only thing I'd buy at first is a nice optic. Eotech, Aimpoint, etc. Don't go too cheap here but if $ is an issue Primary Arms are great for the cost. Vortex Crossfire and SPARC are not any better than Primary arms but are 2-3x as much. However an Aimpoint is 40 times better than both.

[Tactical_Havik]

I'm sorry i know it's old, but to the jacktard downing AR15/M16/M4s..... main issue overseas in the desert are the USGI magazines. being damn near the same ones from the 80s, they get old and wear out. go over to ar15.com and talk to soldiers and marines that are back and forth over there. i decided to before buying mine. main issue, magazines. Unable to bring the "better" Pmags, they're stuck with them. before downing them, did you even take care of yours? or did you go with olympic arms or some other company known to have issues? friend of mine had one, will fire fine, but FTE every round. cleaned the gas tube, checked the seal on the carrier, made sure the rings weren't lined up, changed the buffer spring, even the buffer it'self. No joy. i have heard a lot of bad and a few good on that brand. chose to stay away with it. cleaned my AR after buying it and have had no issues at all.

figured i'd say something before some one visiting the forums reads this and feels the same way about ARs that that guy does.

[Tactical_Havik]

I've owned a few ARs and found all to be reliable other than polymer lowers. Particularly Plum Crazy. I have a Cav Arms 1 piece polymer that I'm happy with right now.

But here is a thread on a local gun forum where a guy offered up a mid-high quality AR for members to abuse it as hard as they could to try and make it fail. Worked great: http://seattleguns.net/showthread.php?1 ... 15+torture

I now own that upper and it's been awesome. I also have a couple others that also work great. My favorite one I've ever owned is a Sig 516 piston driven. Heavy but really good.

Only thing I'd buy at first is a nice optic. Eotech, Aimpoint, etc. Don't go too cheap here but if $ is an issue Primary Arms are great for the cost. Vortex Crossfire and SPARC are not any better than Primary arms but are 2-3x as much. However an Aimpoint is 40 times better than both.

i saw the plum crazy lowers, just wasn't too big on polymer lowers myself. even passed on a Bushy carbon-15 as well because of this... to me, some things just need to be made of a good aluminum.

[Mr. E. Monkey]

I've got a Cav Arms GWACS polymer lower on the way (was always kinda interested, the fact that it was just about all I could actually find in stock just gave me an excuse to pull the trigger on it, so to speak), and I'm eager to see how it compares...once I can actually get all the parts and get it assembled, of course.