Is now a bad time to buy an AR-15?

[toddnjoyce]

My great granddad had a threshing crew.
Steam powered thresher that they set up in the middle of the fields. Burned the straw to make steam.
I've got his anvil and some other farrier/blacksmith tools.

Didn’t know you were a descendant of @Moonpie.

 

[karlac]

I've got his anvil and some other farrier/blacksmith tools.

Paternal grandfather was a blacksmith ... learned a lot from him as a youngster.

Loaned my farrier's anvil, I bought when I went to Oklahoma Farrier's College after getting out of the service in '73, along with some of the tools I made as part of the corrective shoeing course, to my Dad.

When he died a few years back I gave the anvil to one of his neighbor's who was always giving him a helping hand as he got older.

Those things are damned pricey now ...

 

[toddnjoyce]

Every time I hear blacksmith, I think about Doc Brown in Back to the Future III.

 

[deemus]

No, I had been researching for at least a year or two prior to March 2020. I like to research and do my best to avoid impulse buys. Not a first time gun owner by any means, just a first AR.

Thanks for the welcome! It's how I know I'm home in Texas.

Yeah, I don't think we will see the buyer's market of post November 2016 election again anytime soon but also don't want to get shafted. In hindsight I know I missed the boat and now just wondering when things might settle down. I realize I'm venting a bit but I really do appreciate learning from others with more experience.

Its always a good time to buy an AR. Decent prices around still. Not as good as last year, but that may never happen again.

 

[satx78247]

Good question. I have never checked into this, but would assume there are shops that would do so. Whether or not they require the gun to be down to clean metal first, I don't know.

oldag; All,

In the event that you find the answer, I would like to know & if it can be done, I would have my "oceangoing firearms" done.

yours, satx

 

[majormadmax]

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Damn we getting back to the basics!

Exactly how a real AK-47 is made!

 

[Axxe55]

Paternal grandfather was a blacksmith ... learned a lot from him as a youngster.

Loaned my farrier's anvil, I bought when I went to Oklahoma Farrier's College after getting out of the service in '73, along with some of the tools I made as part of the corrective shoeing course, to my Dad.

When he died a few years back I gave the anvil to one of his neighbor's who was always giving him a helping hand as he got older.

Those things are damned pricey now ...

My great grandfather was also a blacksmith, and ran a sawmill. His first smithy shop and home when he moved here to East Texas, from the San Antonio area, was not a couple hundred yards from where my house was built.

 

[SQLGeek]

Exactly how a real AK-47 is made!

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[satx78247]

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SQLGeek,

What "blew my mind" was a group of 4-5 native women in another country, who were making AK "clones" with hand tools & W/O electricity.

UGLY as H but shot fine.

yours, satx

 

[Mohawk600]

There are still so many AR manufacturer's that you can still find good deals. Check out PSA for entry level good ARs.

 

[Mohawk600]

You might check out GT........they had SWAT turn-ins from local agencies priced at $500 a couple years ago.....they get them in all the time. Good quality police turn ins with much carry but little use. RRA tactical models. That is a $1200 gun for $500......used of course.

 

[satx78247]

You might check out GT........they had SWAT turn-ins from local agencies priced at $500 a couple years ago.....they get them in all the time. Good quality police turn ins with much carry but little use. RRA tactical models. That is a $1200 gun for $500......used of course.

Mohawk600,

YEP.

I have sometimes left essentially my whole pension check with GT, as they get some wonderful stuff & price it RIGHT.
(The last handgun that I bought there was a Colt's Official Police in at least NRA FINE condition, for which I paid 189.00 plus tax.)

My lady's Remington Model 7615 (which she helped herself to from my collection) came from GT in Austin.

About a week after I bought it, a former boarding school chum from Waco told me that it was traded in by a nearby city PD. - Curious, I called the PD & asked WHO their armorer was & was connected to the on-duty LT.

LT B______ told me that the little carbine had NEVER been fired. - He said that, "The department ordered 5 of them for the SWAT team but the team received 10 M16 rifles from the military, so the carbines just sat in the arms room & finally were forgotten."

When I asked him about the hard-cases that the carbines came in, he said "I think somebody finally pitched them out. - They were just in the way."
(PITY for me & for the PD too, as I would have happily given 100 bucks each for the five cases.)

Btw, 4 of the 5 carbines were bought by GT employees & I got the last one.

Fwiw, GT supposedly will inform me when/if they get another 7615, as I'll never get mine back from "D", as she said, "You have lots of rifles. This one is just my size & you won't even miss it."
She paused & then said, "I know that GT has at least one thing that you want & haven't bought.---- You should make a trip to GT when you next go to visit your daughter."
(Even I couldn't complain about that comment. - Gotta' love a woman who tells you to go buy another firearm.)

yours, satx

 

[HKShooter65]

I....I'm currently in the process of building one. It's mostly done ...

I'll always support this approach.

Buy an entry level AR and see it it fits you. You can always sell or customize it.

If it does fit your needs then build one from scratch. The pride of ownership that is born of custom assembly is just a great feeling.

 

[Big Green]

I'll always support this approach.

Buy an entry level AR and see it it fits you. You can always sell or customize it.

If it does fit your needs then build one from scratch. The pride of ownership that is born of custom assembly is just a great feeling.

And knowing the intricacies of your weapon is even better.

I still look into buying a “tier one” weapon. However, knowing the parts required and specs to ensure it’s built well, I’ll take my builds into combat all day and every day.

I’ll soon post my most recent build. The parts are all proven and specifically chosen to ensure reliability in any circumstance.

 

[CodyK]

I'll always support this approach.

Buy an entry level AR and see it it fits you. You can always sell or customize it.

If it does fit your needs then build one from scratch. The pride of ownership that is born of custom assembly is just a great feeling.

It was almost exactly one year ago (the Sunday before Memorial Day) that I got my first rifle, a Ruger AR556. After a few trips to the range I was hooked. Within a month I had bought a lpk, an Anderson lower, and an upper from PSA to put together. Before long I had boxes of lower parts kits, stocks, and hand guards! It was hard to resist building them when you could get all the parts to build a pretty nice rifle for under $400! I’ve still got enough parts to build at least one more complete rifle! One of these days I’m gonna drive down to Primary Arms and get the lower I want and build it.


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[CodyK]

https://www.royaltigerimports.com/product-p/colt16pkb.htm

Colt M16A1 kits available.


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[zackmars]

Building used to be the way to go, and still is if your preferred configuration isn't offered, otherwise you can usually find what you want cheaper, pre built.

Case in point, i put together what i thought would be my "ultimate ar". 13" BCM MCMR, 16" faxon gunner profile barrel, aero no forward assist upper, after adding the lower, cost was 1400 before optics, lights, etc.

I got a LaRue UU kit, and i was pretty blown away, enough that i sold my "ultimate rifle"

I can't build a rifle that nice, that cheap.

 

[SQLGeek]

I got a LaRue UU kit, and i was pretty blown away, enough that i sold my "ultimate rifle"

Thanks to @pronstar this is my next AR. That's a pretty killer deal.

 

[IMPD2079]

Buy your AR now. Buy at least a 1,000 rounds of ammo. There is a civil war brewing in this country. Be ready.

 

[Axxe55]

Buy your AR now. Buy at least a 1,000 rounds of ammo. There is a civil war brewing in this country. Be ready.

What civil war?