Finally finished my first AR build

[Robert28]

Purchased a blem BCM 16” upper and it finally came in today. For $680 with a free BCM bcg I couldn’t say no to that. Just had to provide my own charging handle, I can do that. They even sent a really nice pen with it, looked on their website and they sell it for $30. They also sent some pic rails and qd mounts. Probably won’t ever use them but it’s nice they included all that. Found a sale on some blem Radian Raptors for $52. The lower was a stripped Aero lower I got awhile back for $69, got a lower parts kit from PSA on one of their sales sometime back for $29. Had the Magpul stock and grip laying around and don’t remember how I came by them now to be honest, that’s what made me want to do this whole build anyways…..finding old gun parts doing nothing. I’m not a big AR guy, I have a cheap Radical Firearms I got because it was $399, I have a Colt le6920 I bought in 2011 that’s just basic….how I like AR’s to be honest. Never been into the whole fancy rails and stuff but I just wanted to see how cheap I could build a decent one to beat around with. Had the sig Romeo 5 I got for $99 from PSA a year ago on one of their Labor Day deals and just stuck it on there. It’ll do.

 

[Robert28]

Forgot to post a pic

 

[bullgator]

Nice build. BCM makes great uppers. They are known for being durable military grade, but mine is more accurate than I expected. I also agree with keeping them simple. I want to know where everything is in the dark.

 

[Robert28]

Nice build. BCM makes great uppers. They are known for being durable military grade, but mine is more accurate than I expected. I also agree with keeping them simple. I want to know where everything is in the dark.

Wasn’t long after I bought the upper that they had a sale of fully assembled BCM lowers for $300. If I hadn’t already had the Aero lower I might have jumped on one of those. I could have had a complete BCM rifle minus the charging handle for under $1000. I honestly can’t find the blem on the upper that’s for sure. It’s a 16”, mid length, chf barrel.

 

[buckpasser]

Wasn’t long after I bought the upper that they had a sale of fully assembled BCM lowers for $300. If I hadn’t already had the Aero lower I might have jumped on one of those. I could have had a complete BCM rifle minus the charging handle for under $1000. I honestly can’t find the blem on the upper that’s for sure. It’s a 16”, mid length, chf barrel.

You gonna hunt with it?

 

[Robert28]

You gonna hunt with it?

Oh yeah, I just gotta look around for a decent scope and mount for it. I got plenty of hogs for it to shoot. I gotta get out and shoot it and see what kind of accuracy I can get out of it first.

 

[Tight Lines]

Nice build! I have 3 in process that have been delayed since COVID-19 when I got all energized...need to finish them!

 

[transfixer]

I got into building AR's a few years back, and got a little carried away with it I guess, I've probably built/put together 7 or 8 of them, still have four complete ones, and waiting on a handguard to finish another one, bought pretty much all the tools necessary, a upper receiver truing kit, barrel nut wrenches, vise inserts for holding uppers and lowers, gas block line up kits, still need to buy a barrel dimpling jig, as some barrels don't come with a dimple for the gas block

I only have one in 5.56/.223, all my others are .300bo or 7.62x39, built one .458socom, (ammo too expensive), plan on a .450bm at some point,

Yeah, its addictive !

 

[Jester896]

i just finished an LMT that I was able to find deals on items...what a savings... and for the most part it is all LMT upper and lower parts.
I will have to say it has one of the worst triggers I remember using in one.

 

[Dub]

i just finished an LMT that I was able to find deals on items...what a savings... and for the most part it is all LMT upper and lower parts.
I will have to say it has one of the worst triggers I remember using in one.

LMT is gonna be a great one for you.

Trigger fix, you say ?

Oh yeah, I just gotta look around for a decent scope and mount for it. I got plenty of hogs for it to shoot. I gotta get out and shoot it and see what kind of accuracy I can get out of it first.

You are in luck.


There are more great mounts and purpose-defined scopes & mounts available today than ever before.

 

[krizia829]

Sounds like a great deal!

AR's can be so addicting! I currently have a completed 300Blk, 6.5 Grendel and 9mm. I have a pending 5.56 (still need some parts) and my husband has a 350 Legend upper and a 17HMR upper pending a build as well. We have the lowers, just pending remaining parts. They're all simple, different furniture if anything, but I like that we have a caliber ready for anything we want to hunt once they're all complete. They're too much fun!