"I can build a better rifle for less money!"

**LowSpeed_HighDrag** · 08-14-20, 15:57

Originally Posted by NWcityguy2

- A vice block for the upper and lower
- An armorers wrench
- Some allen keys
- A punch set
- A hammer
- Masking tape
- Some sandpaper
- Needle nose pliers
- A small section of 2x4 and 1x2
- Maybe some other small thing

Building an AR doesn't require large investments. Fancy tools won't make a better AR, at most it will make assembling it faster.

Not that I would ever buy a second hand, home built, gun....but remind me not to buy yours.

Maybe some other small thing?

Like a torque wrench? Maybe a good set of gauges?

Sure, you can piece together the parts with a fairly basic set of tools and some elbow grease. But it wouldn't be something I'd trust my life to unless I knew it was built exactly to spec.

**NWcityguy2** · 08-14-20, 17:09

Do you have more experience...

A. Building ARs

-or-

B. Giving advice online about building ARs

**grizzman** · 08-14-20, 17:59

I've assembled 11 or 12 of them (both for me, and for some friends), and it is not possible to assemble a "better than BCM/Centurion/Sionics" rifle for less than a factory BCM/Centurion/Sionics rifle.

If I were to buy the components today, I'd choose:

Sionics barrel and BCG
BCM MK2 Stripped Upper
FCD 6315
Geissele MK IV handguard and Super Gas Block
BCM/Colt gas tube
Geissele/Centurion/BCM stripped lower receiver
Sionics LPK
VLTOR A5 Receiver extension & H2 buffer
LaRue MBT fire control group
Radian Talon Ambi Safety
Geissele or Radian Ambi Charging Handle
Magpul ACS
Magpul MIAD
KAC Micro 300-600 BUIS
Aimpoint T2

Excluding the optic, even getting everything on sale to some degree, this would end up costing me $1,300 to $1,600.

I agree with LowSpeed HighDrag's last post.