The Frugal Build ;)
What's the total cost?
Ps... Let me (us) know if you need to borrow some tools.
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The Frugal Build ;)
What's the total cost?
Ps... Let me (us) know if you need to borrow some tools.
I was able to locate emails/receipts for everything except the upper and lower which I have to go on memory for since the seller(s) have since deleted the ads and/or we negotiated on prices.
I wasn't trying to build the least expensive AR possible - I DID however try to pay the lowest price I could for the parts I wanted to use and in most cases I accomplished that. Seeking used parts would have lowered the cost - maybe - IF I could even find them.
$300.00* (new) - Upper - Palmetto State Armory 1:7 twist
(*99% certain this price is correct - I recall it being the same price as buying new online, but with the added bonus of buying FTF cash)
$100.00** (used) - Lower - Del-Ton - already had LPK (minus trigger group) installed (**I recall placing a WTB ad offering $100 for a lower - I think that's what I paid)
$109.00 (new) - BCG - PSA Premium Full Auto BCG Item #8779
$38.21 (new) - Charging handle - BCM Gunfighter "medium" latch
$59.99 (new) - Buffer Tube Kit - Spikes Tactical milspec tube with ST-T2 heavy buffer
$62.00 (new) - Trigger - Rock River Arms National Match 2-Stage trigger
FREE*** (new) - Stock - Mission First Tactical Minimalist stock (***generously donated by a forum member)
$84.00 (new) - Forearm - YHM Todd Jarrett Competition Series (carbine cutout - YHM-5002)
FREE*** (new) - Rear BUIS - Magpul MBUS (***generously donated by a forum member)
$753 Total to date
$61 estimated price (using the lowest/sale prices I have seen) of the 2 donated items would bring the total to $814
Finally someone who is slower than the atf
Lol
Good deal! Hope it doesn't take that long to put it together. :cool:
if its anything like a camp 9 repair........
anyway..you are a lot further ahead than I am... hoping to pick up a lower this week...
It's not a real gun until it is sitting on a pile of driveway rocks...
EM, glad it's coming together. It won't be long now. Do you have a supply of mags & ammo yet?
Mags were stockpiled long ago. :cool:
Ammo I'm working on. 3,000 rds just doesn't seem like enough after seeing what happened during the big panic.
Ammo is purchased much the same way as this build. I can't afford friggin' $400 for a case, so I buy a box here and there when I can.
This will be my second 5.56 carbine.
My first is a RRA assembled upper "kit" mated to an Anvil Arms PAFOA engraved lower.
I also have a polymer lower that I will be using to make a dedicated 22LR AR. I've been slapping a Chiappa 22 upper on/off my other lower for the last few years and I'm tired of doing that - and hate how filthy the 22 ammo gets my lower.
Pretty soon I will finally have three complete AR15 carbines in total.
And looking to the future I can see a 9mm AR15 being added as well. That isn't going to happen any time soon though.
Funny - I tend to like AK47s more, but the "build factor" makes it easier to accumulate AR15s.
I used one of the Mission First Tactical (MFT) stocks, just like yours, on my daughters rifle I built. To finish it, I added some braided 550 cord. Let me see if I can find a photo. It's a cool way to finish off this stock. She likes purple so I did hers in that color.
I really like this stock, doesn't rattle and the rubber recoil pad doesn't slip.
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