I am looking into picking up an AR pistol, looking for a 10.5 inch barrel. PSA Has one for 600.00 http://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-1...165447970.html. Local shop has a sweet Daniel's Defense for around 900 hundred more. It will mostly be just a plinker but the thought of turning it into a SBR has crossed my mine. I know you can build your own for a lot cheaper but do not want to really go that route, me and small springs have a hate-hate relationship.
With that said I am not sold on either and I am open to suggestions. Any thoughts?
For just plinking the PSA should be fine. It looks like it would meet all of your requirement, without the SBR route. Save the extra $ for ammo and an optic or even another gun.
Proud to be an A.P.D.
This is how I am leaning also. I have not seen many options in the local shops besides higher end guns.
The only part of building that truly requires a special tool is assembling the barrel onto the upper. You can also avoid that by purchasing a complete upper. There are SO many options now that you can probably find a configuration of your liking.
Buy a complete upper and lower with LPK installed, then choose your own type of buffer tube. Plain pistol buffer tube, or one of the several "braces" on the market.
Buying a complete pistol is "easier", but you're stuck with the options someone else is selling you.
You get the most control by building your own, but you can still have some control over what you get by building using partially assembled pieces.
All that said, if you have the money to buy a Daniels Defense anything... well, I wish I had your problems. LOL!
Good luck. I love my pistol and with the Shockwave Blade on it, I have no reason to SBR it.
I should have mentioned a really good muzzle brake. They are loud very very loud is an understatement.
This is very true, is there any huge differences in the quality of lowers between companies? Buying the Daniel Defense would put a nice hole in my gun budget, one of the main reasons I did not get it today lol. Figure if I stay away I can get the ar pistol and possibly something else.
The lower itself, in my opinion, is the least important part to be concerned with in terms of "quality".
They are all typically made of the same material to the same specs. The only real "job" of a lower (I'm referring to the stripped lower by itself) is to hold the trigger assembly in place, and provide a place for the buffer tube to be attached. The "quality" (or perceived quality) of a lower isn't going to have an impact on accuracy, or really anything else.
You can buy a $50 stripped lower, or a $100 stripped lower and they do the same thing.
Buy the less expensive stripped lower and use the money saved on a better barrel, or bolt carrier group, or whatever.
Sorry. I keep thinking "build" when you said you doen't want to build, but either way, as long as you aren't buying "mystery/unbranded" stuff, you should be fine with PSA or other brands that aren't going to break the bank.
$65.00 (used) - Hand Guard (not pictured) - Aero Precision Quantum 7"
I could have built it for less, but there were certain parts I spent more on because I wanted more than "basics".
The most costly "upgrade" was the linear comp that was chosen to reduce/eliminate fireballs.
Like I mentioned, the beauty of building is that you get to pick and choose the individual parts you want to use.
I don't have a barrel wrench, so a forum member torqued the barrel onto the upper for me and installed the gas block/gas tube - I did the rest.
No worries all knowledge I can get is good knowledge. Who knows you may even have me convinced into building. Just spent 25 mins watching someone put a lower together and it seems to be a lot easier than I thought.
Interesting ATF Letter - Legal Kits for Pistol->Rifle->Pistol...?