01-29-2012, 04:54 AM
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.
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.