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Thread: My PSA Journey

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    I have purchased several rifle kits from PSA in the past few months to turn my stash of stripped lowers into rifles.
    In my experience, I would stay away from the P-tac line unless you want super cheap. I have noticed several differences with this line including poor quality gas key bolts and crappy springs.
    Their Freedom line is not too bad. They offer melonite coated barrels, stainless barrels, and pistol kits. I noticed that the small parts were better but nothing was marked HP/MP. I would equate this line with Stag or S&W M&P15s.
    Their Premium line checks all the boxes that this forum would require in an AR platform. HP/MP barrels and bolts, proper staking, F marked front sight posts, etc etc... One difference that I have noticed is that all kits come with a carbine buffer instead of an H buffer.
    Their CHF line is the premium line with CHF barrels. I would say that it would be like choosing a BFH barrel from BCM. The CHF barrel description is identical to Noveske's and FN's barrel description (249 barrel, double chrome lined...). They also offer a stainless CHF barrel. Something that I have never seen before. I called PSA and asked if they used FN barrels for their CHF barrels, since FN is a couple miles from PSA, but they would not confirm nor deny.
    I purchased 2 complete CHF uppers to put on our department M-16s and made them M4s and they are very accurate and run 100%.
    I also spent the day with a friend of mine who is very well known in the firearms industry and he was rocking a PSA CHF 14.7 middy LW while we were shooting on his range. He gave it the nod for an inexpensive quality rifle...
    Last edited by CoryCop25; 08-22-15 at 23:24.
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    I got my dad a psa premium upper. It has worked flawlessly except for when the shit tulammo gets stuck in the chamber. That doesn't say much since it happened in my colt a few times as well.

    He leaves it in an uninsulated cabin that sees harsh winters . I'm pretty impressed the thing hasn't rusted at all yet.

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    I'm the OP, and I'd like to thank the folks who have taken the time to post their experience. I only have about 2K rounds through mine, so I'm glad to hear from Mistwolf and Cory Cop25 with their higher round counts.

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    Since this thread is here, I will say I have a 16" midlength upper rifle that's mostly psa. I built it, everything but the yhm handgun and gas buster charging handle is psa. Got a few thousand rds through it, had it several years now. It hasn't missed a beat yet, I rarely clean it, it sees mostly cheap wolf, but some m193 and m855, and a few of my nato pressure reloads in wolf steel cases. This was before freedom and ptac. I wouldn't buy ptac. Even runs well suppressed. I don't have many ars, and this one is topped with a Leupold AR patrol optic, but I have shot it to 500 yds. That reticle covers most of the target, but I could still get hits.
    I used to be on this forum years ago, been gone and came back. After all the "tier 1 or nothing" talk, wasn't going to mention it or put it in the pics thread.

    Eta: lower is a rock river running a Giselle g2s 3.5lb.

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    RE: PSA Lowers

    If you want to transform a PSA Complete lower from good to great:

    Replace the FCG springs with known quality springs
    Replace the selector detent with a stainless one
    Replace the receiver extension with a BCM

    The receivers themselves that I have seen/built/shot are great. The "complete" versions I have come across need a handful of tweaks to get them up to speed, but it's less than $50 worth of cheap incidental items.

    Much as I loathe to admit it, the PSA triggers I've pulled have been shockingly smooth.

    YMMV

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    This is the PSA Dissipator I built back in 2012. It has been a good shooting AR.




    Upper Receiver:
    PSA Dissipator 16" 5.56 NATO Mid-length 1/7 upper
    PSA Premium BCG
    PSA Charging Handle w/ Badger Tactical Latch
    YHM Phantom 5C2 FH
    YHM Flip-up Sight FSB (clamp-type)
    MaTech 0-600 Rear Sight
    KAC M5 RAS Handguards
    MAGPUL AFG (black)

    Lower Receiver:
    PSA "Don't Tread On Me" lower receiver (stripped)
    LMT 2-Stage Trigger
    PSA Lower Parts Kit
    BCM Carbine Buffer Assembly (Mil-Spec)
    MAGPUL ACS-L stock
    MAGPUL B.A.D. Lever
    MAGPUL MIAD Grip
    MAGPUL Trigger Guard

    Optics/Mount:
    MILLETT DMS-1 1-4x24 Illuminated Scope
    BURRIS P.E.P.R. 30mm Scope Mount
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    Quote Originally Posted by Outlander Systems View Post
    Much as I loathe to admit it, the PSA triggers I've pulled have been shockingly smooth.

    YMMV
    I will second this.
    "Perfect Practice Makes Perfect"
    "There are 550 million firearms on this planet. That's one firearm for every 12 people. The question is... How do we arm the other 11?" Lord of War.
    "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." Thomas Jefferson

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    I was in the last Magpul Dynamics carbine course instructed by Chris Costa and The Yeti. I believe there were 18 shooters in the class. At some point I believe about 1/3 went down or had issues.

    In the next course I attended with Steve we had 3-4 guns go down. Specifically I recall an LWRC and a Noveske carbines. I did a patrol rifle course a few years back at the local community college and 3-4 guns went down.

    Quote Originally Posted by samuse View Post
    Has anyone ever been to a class that was just really hard on guns? All the ones I've been to were just regular outside conditions in the Southern USA. Sometimes rainy, sometimes dusty. Nothing that killed guns.

    Seen a lot of junkers not run, but it wasn't the classes fault...



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    Part of the problem is that they diminish their line with the PTAC crap and it concerns people. In the past I have seen issues with gas ports and some shoddy assembly. I have also used their lowers (a few years back) and they seemed fine.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Renegade04 View Post
    This is the PSA Dissipator I built back in 2012. It has been a good shooting AR.




    Upper Receiver:
    PSA Dissipator 16" 5.56 NATO Mid-length 1/7 upper
    PSA Premium BCG
    PSA Charging Handle w/ Badger Tactical Latch
    YHM Phantom 5C2 FH
    YHM Flip-up Sight FSB (clamp-type)
    MaTech 0-600 Rear Sight
    KAC M5 RAS Handguards
    MAGPUL AFG (black)

    Lower Receiver:
    PSA "Don't Tread On Me" lower receiver (stripped)
    LMT 2-Stage Trigger
    PSA Lower Parts Kit
    BCM Carbine Buffer Assembly (Mil-Spec)
    MAGPUL ACS-L stock
    MAGPUL B.A.D. Lever
    MAGPUL MIAD Grip
    MAGPUL Trigger Guard

    Optics/Mount:
    MILLETT DMS-1 1-4x24 Illuminated Scope
    BURRIS P.E.P.R. 30mm Scope Mount
    Great looking rifle. Must shoot great.

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