Tier1 AR15 recommendations for a first time AR purchase

[TMS951]

I’m starting to think I bought a Unicorn G rifle. Mine is stupid accurate and gassed to perfection. I saw threads on Snipershide and one member pm’d me his troubles with his barrel being out of speck. It’s sad because G is known to be a spot on mfg. in all other endeavors.

PB

I bought one in November and my experience mirrors yours.

[Wake27]

I bought one in November and my experience mirrors yours.

I assume the majority of their guns are great but there seems to be a significant minority having issues at the moment. Definitely a bummer because I’ve been watching The G SDs for years and finally gave in just to be disappointed.

To their credit, they seem to be responsive to the market. The black oxide barrels didn’t last too long really.


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[titsonritz]

I would suggest sionics, BCM, colt and SOLGW.

Cheers, Steve

Add in Centurion Arms and you have the same line of horses in my stable, all five run like hell and I see no reason to expand.

[kyjd75]

Add in Centurion Arms and you have the same line of horses in my stable, all five run like hell and I see no reason to expand.

Another vote for Centurion Arms. Very well made, great barrels, and a wonderful company to do business with!

[titsonritz]

"Top shelf" is going to be a KAC.

If I were to make an "upgrade" to my gas guns it would be a KAC or LMT 308/6.5CM.

[WillBrink]

That 6960 or a BCM MCMR ELWF would be choices for me. Keep it simple. Leave a bunch of money for mags, ammo, sling, and optic.
If you get the 6960 instead of a BCM, used the saved cash to get a nicer trigger, or even BCM’s PNT trigger.

And that rarest of all, training...

[HCrum87hc]

Add in Centurion Arms and you have the same line of horses in my stable, all five run like hell and I see no reason to expand.

This is the answer. All of those options are good. If I had to pick one, it'd probably be Centurion due to their barrels.

[WillBrink]

This is the answer. All of those options are good. If I had to pick one, it'd probably be Centurion due to their barrels.

What makes their barrels stand out so much? I'd like to read up on that more.

[Hank6046]

And that rarest of all, training...

^^^This. I watched my neighbor over the 4th who has had an AR for well over 5 years block the ejection port with the side of a barricade and cause a failure to eject.

[markm]

^^^This. I watched my neighbor over the 4th who has had an AR for well over 5 years block the ejection port with the side of a barricade and cause a failure to eject.

That's not a training issue... that's a brain cell issue. Kinda like shooting your cover because the sights are over the bore line. Just dumb.