10-28-2011, 12:00 AM
Building an upper is easy as pie. But having never done it before, expect to end up with some redundant or unneeded parts. That's what happened to me. I don't mind it, but it does make the first go a little more expensive.
Don't be fooled by the superficially low price of the home build. An AR is easy to build, but it's still expensive. It just nickels and dimes you, which is okay, because then you just don't feel it as much. The benefit to the home build is the choice of parts. You can pick any combination of parts you like, right from the get go, so that's good too. In all, it's certainly worthwhile to home build it.
Just get the 16" barrel. It's handier.
Don't be fooled by the superficially low price of the home build. An AR is easy to build, but it's still expensive. It just nickels and dimes you, which is okay, because then you just don't feel it as much. The benefit to the home build is the choice of parts. You can pick any combination of parts you like, right from the get go, so that's good too. In all, it's certainly worthwhile to home build it.
Just get the 16" barrel. It's handier.