Whelenon Wrote:http://jtdistributing.net/store/product1280.html
http://www.kiesfirearms.com/Home_Page.html
http://www.bravocompanyusa.com/Vltor-VIS-Extended-MID-Length-p/vltor%20vis%20-%202a-%202ak%20mid%20length.htm
http://www.lokiweaponsystems.com/products/
http://www.blackholeweaponry.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=43&osCsid=fe92eae92dea21021c71f3a8b93fc924
http://www.jprifles.com/
http://www.lesbaer.com/264LBCAR.html
http://templarcustom.com/templarconsultingllc.com/Custom_Rifles.html
http://www.precisionfirearms.com/
http://www.alexanderarms.com/

Here's some that I've found on-line, start with Alexander Arms, they developed the Grendel and is the benchmark.
Welcome to the board.

Pancho Villa Wrote:ER Shaw has a VERY mixed reputation.

Model 1 is pretty much the lowest tier AR you can get.

If you're on a really tight budget...I dunno. I hate to say don't buy an AR. I put together a really boss AR-15 in 5.56 for under $750 all up, but if you're dead set on 6.5 on a budget...I don't think you can get anything good.

I mean, Model 1 is fine to just play around at the range in, though you'll probably get sub-par accuracy if you're a benchrest guy and quite possibly get a laundry list of problems that come from poor AR builds (and are the source of much of the "ARs are unreliable" myths that continue to this day.)

If you possibly can, grab something a little better. If you've got the dough to feed a 6.5 AR, you should have the dough to buy quality, and quality beats a few hundred bucks 10 times out of 10.

65man Wrote:fyi

originally posted by whelenon

Pancho Villa Wrote:http://www.saodind.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=54&category_id=52&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=164

For about $220 more you get an upper from a place with a slightly better reputation, that at least stakes its gas keys and purports to have good quality control.

Or you can go with an AA barrel/bolt/upper combo and have a qualified gunsmith assemble your's out of parts for slightly less - my estimation is about $600 shipped + whatever fee your gunsmith charges to assemble everything (usually $25-75.)

USAF007 Wrote:thank you!!!



Man. I feel like a total dumbass, i never even thought about doing that. Prob. cheaper than buying the already assembled upper from AA

Pancho Villa Wrote:I ran the numbers last week:

AA ($380)

$365 - upper, bolt, barrel
$15 - shipping

Bravo Company ($105)

$69 - Bolt Carrier Assembly
$23 - Charging Handle
$10 - Shipping


Midway USA ($102)

$35 - Lopro Gas
$12 - Gas tube
$35 - Generic Free-float tube
$20 - Shipping

Call is $50 to assemble, check headspace, maybe even test fire.

$637 with estimated shipping and assembly charges. Call is $650 just to give yourself a little more room for error. That's less money than a model 1 upper + crappy model 1 bolt/charging handle.

Hard to go wrong with that, imo. Stick a decent piece of glass on there on a solid mount and you're ready to slay some deer.