01-10-2018, 07:49 AM
zcostilla Wrote:I dont want to hijack this thread, but you can build your rifle cheaper than buying an assembled lower and upper. It is very possible to get quality parts for cheap if you are willing to hunt for deal, and build patiently.
Haven't we discussed this before? Sorry, may have been someone else.
I have to respectfully disagree with this statement. I think that most companies (can't verify all) give at least a small discount when a complete upper or lower is purchased.
I ordered BCA upper SKU #UASC6.5RHB20185R(MF)-(15)MLOK. Retail price is $334.99 and with the 10% Veteran discount it cost me $301.49
BCA Side Charging AR-15 Complete Upper Assembly, 20" 4150 Black Nitride Heavy Barrel, Straight Flutes, 6.5 Grendel Type II, Rifle Length Gas System, 1:8 5R Twist w/ 15" MLOK
The side-charge receiver with BCG is on sale for $160.99
The barrel is $140.99
The handguard (with barrel nut) is $87.99
The gas block is $25.75
The gas tube is $20.99
The flash hider is $9.22
Those prices add up to $445.93 and with the 10% discount it's $401.34, $100 more than buying the complete upper.
And the Ruger 8516 complete lower cost me $218.
The 452 trigger alone is $139 at Midway.
The Magpul MOE stock is on sale for $51.25
The Magpul MOE grip is on sale for $17.05
So the price of just the trigger and the two Magpul pieces is $207.30 at Midway. To be fair the trigger can be purchased for as little as $110 if you shop around but you can still see that it's much cheaper buying the complete lower.
The upper was assembled by BCA and they gave me the 3 empty cases they fired to test it.
The lower was assembled and tested by Ruger.
Another consideration is the warranty. If you build from a number of suppliers who is going to guarantee anything? It will be like computers; the hardware company says the problem is software and the software says it's hardware and no one fixes anything.
If I have a problem I go to BCA or Ruger and I guarantee they will stand behind their product. No screwing around.
In a thread earlier today (now yesterday) I showed this build that cost me $531 for upper, lower and one magazine.