$2000 for a rifle.

[.46caliber]

Off the shelf I'd snag a Jack Carbine or Noveske SBR.

Build would be a billet Mega receiver set, Noveske 11.5 SS, Geissele or NSR rail, Magpul plastics and MBUS. BCM/Colt guts and Geissele trigger group. Surefire light setup and AAC can mount. This would all be less the 200 for stamp.

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[hotrodder636]

I want to do a non-scientific study and see if a person had $2000 to spend on a AR15/M4 style rifle, which components would most choose?

Please post what you would build or buy with $2K pre sandy hook. Leave out optics, ammo, mags, and training. I just want to focus on the rifle itself.

Thanks.

Edit: This includes factory and custom builds.

A KAC SR15...and it will still leave you with a few hundred to put toward ammo or optics.
The rifle feels very light and well balance compared to my Colts. Many people say it shoots soft but personally I am not so attuned that I notice a difference between it, Colt, LMT or even a DPMS. I am recoil dumb I guess. Fit/finish is top quality. Has the two stage trigger which is nice (I have a Geissele SSA-E but don't have it installed so can't compare).
With the exception of a bolt catch on the port side, it is fully ambi. Has a nice rail with BUIS installed.
A lot of rifle for what I paid...

[GlockWRX]

I had $2000 to spend, and I bought a KAC SR-15 Mod1.

[Corse]

KAC SR15 Mod 1, or a 11.5" CQB which could run a little over 2k.

[cspackler]

pre craziness, AR15, no optics? I wouldn't spend $2k on 1 so I guess the 2 Colts like others posted.

However, since I think of the optics as a part of the rifle, this is one I have $2k in now:

Spikes complete rifle (fde upper/lower)
18" LW50 mid 1:8
PWS FSC556
Spikes BAR (it's not bad on a rifle you're not trying to keep light/slim)
Assorted rail covers (mostly ladder with TD on bottom)
Troy front and rear BUIS
Spikes NiB bcg
PRI ch
VTAC sling
LT104 with SWFA SS1-6x24
SSA-E

The last 2 items are half the price. I'll post a pic when I put the SS1-6 on (finally here after 11 months) and go to the range or ranch.

[Magic_Salad0892]

KAC SR-15.

[ryanvodka]

my knights and my sig 229 elite dark before I added the battlecomp, moe grip and removed the magpul afg. For the love of god dont waste your money on an afg, its worthless.

[Trajan]

I did spend $2000 on an AR, the BCM EAG. Only factory 14.5" mid at the time (2010). I still like it (after I put the SOPMOD and T-1 on it), but since I now have a "basic" AR, I'd be smoking crack if it wasn't either a custom build, or an SR-15E3. Plus to be frank it's outdated in terms of rail system.

Custom build would look like:
Noveske gen 2, Lancer, or KAC lower
Either 10.5 or 14.5 middy
SOPMOD, but I would probably give the Bravo a shot.
NSR or whatever will be the greatest keymod rail in the near future
SF Fury, until SF produces a 1000 lumen light. Mount is irrelevant.

Everything else I'm open to, besides optic (T-1).

My "ideal" AR would be Grant's set up (for those of you who have used it). But that probably costs a little more than $2000.

[Rohardi]

I'll take my Knights SR-15E3