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    Palmetto State Armory AR’s - I’m impressed

    A few weeks ago I get sent the Black Friday emails from PSA. Complete lowers for 129.99 and M4 uppers for 229.99. I didn’t need anything, but a buddy of mine wanting to get into an AR, on a small budget, it seemed like just the ticket.

    He orders both and with shipping + 20$ transfer is into it for a hair over 400$.

    I went out yesterday to help him zero it and look it over for anything out of place, being that it was so cheap….well…. it was perfect.

    -Receiver extension was staked
    -H buffer
    -Bolt Carrier extension was staked and done so very well
    -Upper/lower fit was tight
    -FSB pins were flush, FSB was straight as an arrow with receiver
    -158 bolt
    -Clean Mil spec trigger


    Has a 4150 nitride barrel that was accurate and the gun ran 200 rounds of WIN M193 that ejected @ 4 o’clock in neat little piles. Gun was over gassed, but not by very much. Tan furniture and B5 stock.

    PSA has the ‘Sabre’ line, the more ‘Mil-Spec’ product I guess, but I think one would be hard pressed to find a better deal to quality for what he got and is thrilled with the purchase.

    So hats off to PSA, they did it right.
    Last edited by Patrin; 12-16-23 at 21:30.

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    I have complete uppers/lowers from BCM, SOLGW, and my main HD gun is an old Daniel Defense DDV2, but I shoot the piss out of my cheap PSA and it’s never failed me yet.

    I think they are a decent choice if a person is on a tight budget.


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    We have 2 PSA uppers, and a BCG and some small lower parts in another gun, they're fine.

    Gun I shot today was a PSA upper, I was hitting steel with it just fine, as usual.

    How many clicks over did it take to zero your buddy's gun, windage-wise? PSA is notorious for canted FSBs.

    One of our 2 uppers was like that. Still zeroed, but something like 21 clicks over, I think. ( I fixed it the fun way...ground it down into just a gas block, put a rail and MI front sight on it. Fun project and it's better in every way, shoots tighter too, being free-floated.)

    Other was fine, zeroed within 5 clicks L.

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    I think the minimum AR I would own for anything serious would be a M&P. And even there I'm taking some chances.

    Nothing wrong with PSA, if it's just a hobby gun.

    Of course there are people who are spending over $2k on seriously substandard crap grade rifles so hard to say who is more wrong.
    It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrin View Post
    A few weeks ago I get sent the Black Friday emails from PSA. Complete lowers for 129.99 and M4 uppers for 229.99. I didn’t need anything, but a buddy of mine wanting to get into an AR, on a small budget, it seemed like just the ticket.

    He orders both and with shipping + 20$ transfer is into it for a hair over 400$.

    I went out yesterday to help him zero it and look it over for anything out of place, being that it was so cheap….well…. it was perfect.

    -Receiver extension was staked
    -H buffer
    -Bolt Carrier extension was staked and done so very well
    -Upper/lower fit was tight
    -FSB pins were flush, FSB was straight as an arrow with receiver
    -158 bolt
    -Clean Mil spec trigger


    Has a 4150 nitride barrel that was accurate and the gun ran 200 rounds of WIN M193 that ejected @ 4 o’clock in neat little piles. Gun was over gassed, but not by very much. Tan furniture and B5 stock.

    PSA has the ‘Sabre’ line, the more ‘Mil-Spec’ product I guess, but I think one would be hard pressed to find a better deal to quality for what he got and is thrilled with the purchase.

    So hats off to PSA, they did it right.
    Hate to be you. The PSA is not "combat-tested/proven" (sure it is along with DPMS). Go to North-central Africa in your spare time. "Tier-1" operators have not blessed it. That dead guy likely spoke ugly of it. Heaven forbid, it might even have one of those mim things in it. And, and, and .............

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    I had a PSA rifle that we put together with a Geissele gas block and gas tube, an FN CHF barrel and a Larue MBT-2S trigger.
    Maybe that is why it ran well.

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    I'm happy you got one which appears to be assembled correctly. Take your friend out and teach him how to field strip and maintain the weapon, then let us know how she shoots!
    Stick


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    @Vinividivici - maybe 8 clicks right for windage. Could have been less, had it zero’d on the first magazine. 50/200 meter zero.
    Last edited by Patrin; 12-17-23 at 14:38.

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    Colt Autism melt down incoming in 5..4..3..2..1…

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