ok so i'm ready for an AR

[tombogan03884]

She buys you guns AND she cooks GOODIES ? 
I hate you

[Thanos]

Not goodies, works of art that taste incredible. She is doing R&D for her future bakery and I am the Test Monkey. 
She is also pretty, more so than my guns.

Back to the thread. I think if I wasn't going to get a JP, I would have gone with DPMS. I have heard good things about it.

[Ironhawk]

Well, I can't speak as an AR owner, because I'm not one.  However I do have clearance from the wife to spend our tax return on an evil black gun.  After all of my looking around, I've decided to go with a del-ton 16", flat-top, mid-length upper with a del-ton lower.  I know that I won't have the money for something nicer, but this will purely be a rec. gun.  And I'd rather have one sooner than later given the current whitehouse occupant.

[Pathfinder]

Well, I can't speak as an AR owner, because I'm not one.  However I do have clearance from the wife to spend our tax return on an evil black gun.  After all of my looking around, I've decided to go with a del-ton 16", flat-top, mid-length upper with a del-ton lower.  I know that I won't have the money for something nicer, but this will purely be a rec. gun.  And I'd rather have one sooner than later given the current whitehouse occupant.

You can try looking into purchasing stripped lowers and complete uppers like I did. I'm learning, and it might be a cheaper path to getting top quality. Spike's Tactical has stripped lowers for $175; DSA has them for around $200, as does my local shop. Of course, there's an FFL charge if you order online. I got a 6.8 upper for less than $600 from Stag, and the DPMS lower I got was before the election, so waaaaay cheaper than they are now.

[Ironhawk]

You can try looking into purchasing stripped lowers and complete uppers like I did. I'm learning, and it might be a cheaper path to getting top quality. Spike's Tactical has stripped lowers for $175; DSA has them for around $200, as does my local shop. Of course, there's an FFL charge if you order online. I got a 6.8 upper for less than $600 from Stag, and the DPMS lower I got was before the election, so waaaaay cheaper than they are now.

I spent a fair amount of time exploring building a stripped lower and putting it on a complete upper, and it always turned out to be more expensive, though sometimes not by much.  I the long run, I decided that it was easier on the wallet, and less of a hassle to get the assembled lower I wanted and the complete upper I wanted and slap 'em together.

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[tomfish1]

I just got a Charles Daly Defense m4 and really like it. It was $1050 at J&G Sales in Prescott AZ. I've run a few hundred rounds thru it so far so good. I put a low cost red dot scope on it and a vertical grip. It sure is fun to shoot.

[Ping]

I have carried Colts. I have personally owned a Bushmaster and DPMS. All were very reliable when kept clean.

[beagleman]

I've got an Olympic Arms and shoots just fine with that red dot to 75 yards cause it jets hard to see to there with that.