Hi all!
I’m going to finally pull the trigger on AR15 over the weekend and I needed some opinions/guidance from those that have went the DIY Build route or Buy route and if you had to do it all over again would you still choose the same route.
This will be the first and only AR15 that we will have. We don’t plan on buying more. Maybe in the future we will expand to different firearms (shotgun and handguns).
1. The use of this AR will strictly be for recreational purposes at shooting ranges. Preferably outdoors if we can find good ones locally.
2. Budget is ~$600 on the top end.
3. It will get used probably once or twice a month at the range until I get bored of it.
So… after doing some research I’ve came upon this Diamondback Firearms DB15 that I can order it from local shop and get it in my hands in about a week timeframe.
My thing is should I just go for this fully ready to go out the box one or my $600 could be better spent piecing out putting together a custom one.
I came to find out if I choose to go custom route and get a stripped lower ($99 from Hanover Armories, I was told I need to go through the Form 77R process and wait a week) if I get a fully assembled it’s only the Form 4473.
For a DIY I was thinking:
Stripped lower ~$100
Upper ~250
Stock ~$50
Lower Parts Kit ~50
Bolt Carrier Group ~ 100
Misc parts ~100/150
If I can make a DIY that is far superior to Diamondback DB15 for a few more bucks I don’t mind going close to $700 if it can feel that much different.
Or should I just get the DB15 and spend rest on ammo and call it a day?
If you have built a rifle around 6-700 price point would you do it all over again or just go buy a new mass produced rifle and use the money saved towards ammo as theoretically aren’t all AR’s able to shoot a target down range?
I’m going to finally pull the trigger on AR15 over the weekend and I needed some opinions/guidance from those that have went the DIY Build route or Buy route and if you had to do it all over again would you still choose the same route.
This will be the first and only AR15 that we will have. We don’t plan on buying more. Maybe in the future we will expand to different firearms (shotgun and handguns).
1. The use of this AR will strictly be for recreational purposes at shooting ranges. Preferably outdoors if we can find good ones locally.
2. Budget is ~$600 on the top end.
3. It will get used probably once or twice a month at the range until I get bored of it.
So… after doing some research I’ve came upon this Diamondback Firearms DB15 that I can order it from local shop and get it in my hands in about a week timeframe.
My thing is should I just go for this fully ready to go out the box one or my $600 could be better spent piecing out putting together a custom one.
I came to find out if I choose to go custom route and get a stripped lower ($99 from Hanover Armories, I was told I need to go through the Form 77R process and wait a week) if I get a fully assembled it’s only the Form 4473.
For a DIY I was thinking:
Stripped lower ~$100
Upper ~250
Stock ~$50
Lower Parts Kit ~50
Bolt Carrier Group ~ 100
Misc parts ~100/150
If I can make a DIY that is far superior to Diamondback DB15 for a few more bucks I don’t mind going close to $700 if it can feel that much different.
Or should I just get the DB15 and spend rest on ammo and call it a day?
If you have built a rifle around 6-700 price point would you do it all over again or just go buy a new mass produced rifle and use the money saved towards ammo as theoretically aren’t all AR’s able to shoot a target down range?
