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Save up a couple hundred more dollars and buy something like this from G&R Tactical...
BCM Blemished Lower Receiver with Magpul MOE Buttstock: $321 (http://www.gandrtactical.com/cgi-bin...on&key=LWR-BCM)
BCM Complete Upper Receiver with Magpul MOE Handguards: $607 (http://www.gandrtactical.com/cgi-bin...on&key=UPR-BCM)
Total for a complete BCM carbine: $928
Or....
This,
http://www.gandrtactical.com/cgi-bin...&key=MID-750-C
For $1064 complete.
If you cannot spend more than $600, wait. Do NOT get suckered into buying low end junk. You will regret it.
Good Luck!
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Congrats on your upcoming purchase. The first thing I would do is look at the chart and more importantly gain an understanding of the different areas of the TDP which the chart is based on. Then figure out what is important to you but always focus on getting the most quality for your money. The Colt/BCM/DD recommendations are all excellent ones but they will cost you around $900-$1000.
With your budget of $600 you can still build a good carbine that has many desirable features and will meet your needs if you do your job on the assembly. Here is how to do it.
Buy a PSA lower for $79 and then buy a build kit from PSA for $480.
Here is the link http://www.palmettostatearmory.com/2252.php
Then buy a DD fixed BUIS for $70. The total for this build is $629 plus shipping and you have a very functional rifle with many of the desirable features such as a M16 BCG with HPT and MPI testing, chrome lined barrel, 1:7 twist barrel, and m4 feed ramps. The barrel steel is not 4150 like a Colt or BCM but 4140 will serve you just fine on any semi-automatic application and FWIW most firearms barrels are 4140 or a variation of it.
The build that I described would meet your needs and budget and is a quality carbine that can also meet any self-defense requirements you might have.
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Agreed. Don't waste your time and money. Save, pick your shopping battles, and get somthing you won't regret or worse, turns into a money pit.