So.. As of last night, I've got three lower builds under belt (bougth my first AR Black Friday). They were amazingly simple and I feel as though I can do it blindfolded now.
SO... I want to try my hand at an upper build... I REALLY like the look
of monolithic uppers (looking at the AP mid length) and have a couple of questions for the experts:
A. I wondering what everyone's opinion is on them, are they worth the money? A good rail and stripped upper come out to be about the same cost and I'm all about K.I.S.S. - it seems like a monolithic upper would have tighter tolerances and (correct me if I'm mistaken) less parts.
B. My only fear of building an upper is the gas system - from what I gather, it can be a bitch to get right. Just how much harder is it to build an upper assembly group than it is to build a lower?
C. Is it worth it? I like being able to choose each and every component in my firearm myself, but the cost of complete UAGs aren't much more thant hey parts they're comprised of (unless I'm missing something).
I'll end up doing it eventually, I was going to wait for either a DD or Noveske upper, but instead of waiting, it may just be quicker to buy a DD or Noveske barrel and piece it altogether myself - which brings me to another question - since I'm intimidated by the gas block, is it worth it to get a barrel with block/tube preinstalled so that I don't jack anything up?
Thanks!!! I'm still an AR newb but I'm working on changing that as quickly as possible...
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