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    Buy your first one there are plenty of worthy manufactures.
    Colt, BCM, LMT, & Daniel Defense. You can build every other one after that. There is already a thread 2is 1 &1 is none the guy has a none functional AR and is in direct path of a hurricane. That should be proof enough.

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    I was in your shoes a few years ago. I had no experience with the AR platform.
    I bought a complete BCM upper and built up a stripped lower. There are plenty of recourses to help you build up a lower. It's not hard if you can use hand tools, are willing to follow directions, go slow and not force anything.
    I feel that it gave me a better understanding of how things worked and how to deal with issues down the road if they come up.
    Building an upper seems to be another story, you need a bunch of specialized tools and I felt it was better left to a professional.

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    Are we talking build from the ground up or simply buying a lower and upper and slapping it together?

    Things to consider;

    1. Do you have the PROPER tools?

    2. Do you know how to actually assemble the AR, function check it, deal with the BS when Murphy shows up, etc..?

    3. Do you have a workplace?

    If you cannot answer these questions truthfully then you need to either buy a complete AR or you should buy a lower (complete) and and upper and mate them together.

    You can get a complete Colt 6920 upper for 685.00 plus shipping and find a good lower assembled and slap them together and you will be in business.



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    buy one.

    build the next one after you learn the basics on how this one functions, and how to use it properly.

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    How mechanically inclined are you? I am very and I found assembling my first AR to be a piece of cake. Not everyone would do as well though. There are very good youtube videos & picture documentaries to walk you through the build process for both upper & lower. Having done it I'd never buy an assembled AR. Building is half the fun. Some people become terrorists when they get tools in their hands and if that's you you'll find very good value in buying an assembled gun.

    If you do decide to build an AR (now or in the future) pay some mind to what quality parts you're choosing. Plenty here will tout the virtues of buying only the very best even when it comes to things like the lowly detent pins & such.

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    I built my first with $500 worth of parts. It's a nice range toy. Made one extremely minor cosmetic booboo and I'd have to point it out for you to see it. That being said, I'm not exactly unfamiliar with firearms, building/fabricating stuff. I've also lugged one around for most of my adult life and I've got all the -23P TMs from the M16-M4A1 in hard copy and digits.
    Last edited by Cerberus; 08-26-11 at 17:46.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 0reo View Post
    How mechanically inclined are you? I am very and I found assembling my first AR to be a piece of cake.
    It has nothing to do with being "Mechanically inclined". What about diagnosing problems or being able to tell the difference in whether or not it runs correctly. That comes with EXPERIENCE.
    Not to mention that half of the youtube video bubba gun "Builds" can give wrong information in the first place and before you know it we have...you guessed it, MORE stupid threads

    In which case we have stupid posts that have been discussed to the point of members getting irritated from failure to take advice after the first thread was started.
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    Jesus. Easy, guys. Look OP, do like I did. Buy your first. I don't know if you are like me bit I've taken apart most of the stuff I own. Save money. Buy tools. Educate yourself. Armorers class doesn't hurt.

    In short, don't guess, know. Know exactally what you need to do before you fubar the rifle into a paperweight and feel stupid for asking a question you know you should already know.

    Other than that, have fun blasting.

    ETA: markm, dammit, that's the second time in two days you've made me spit beer. That's alcohol abuse. Doushe nozzle?, really funny shit.
    Last edited by fixit69; 08-26-11 at 18:57.

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    Build. I built my first, it's very much fun and you learn a lot in the process.

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    Hi,

    Quote Originally Posted by TCB View Post
    I was in your shoes a few years ago. I had no experience with the AR platform.
    I bought a complete BCM upper and built up a stripped lower. There are plenty of recourses to help you build up a lower. It's not hard if you can use hand tools, are willing to follow directions, go slow and not force anything.
    I feel that it gave me a better understanding of how things worked and how to deal with issues down the road if they come up.
    Building an upper seems to be another story, you need a bunch of specialized tools and I felt it was better left to a professional.
    I did exactly this same thing and it turned out great.

    Good luck,

    Alan

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