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<blockquote data-quote="diggler1833" data-source="post: 3648584" data-attributes="member: 48072"><p>What you want to spend I believe should largely be determined by what your going to do with the rifle.</p><p></p><p>Preface: My home defense and home offense (yep, "home offense") rifles are Daniel Defense DDM4V7s, and my ranch rifle is an FN DMR II...I use factory rifles for anything that I might have to use to protect myself or my family...no point in possibly opening the can of legal worms associated with shooting someone with a home-built gun. </p><p></p><p>I have put together one "budget build", and bought my F-I-L a $560 (then) S&W M&P Sport. Both of those rifles work well. They go bang, and haven't failed me yet. Still, I know there is a little more slop in the rifles and the quality/level of testing isn't there when compared to things that cost 2-3x as much. Out of the 7-8 ARs that I've put together using quality parts I've yet to have one that won't shoot very well, and I've had all of one malfunction across any of them in the field, hunting hogs. However the build prices were in the $1,250-1,400 range...and could have even much higher.</p><p></p><p>I don't think a $600 AR is something that you should be ashamed of at the range. With a few hundred trouble-free rounds through it I'd even say that it is home defense worthy. But I would definitely be more suspect until I had a decent round count through it.</p><p></p><p>However, if my life were on the line daily...if I were back overseas or if I were a police officer, I'd certainly shell out for "mil-spec" and beyond. This is what I did for my personal defensive firearms.</p><p></p><p>Guns are tools, and looking at it from a tool analogy; I wouldn't expect a successful race car mechanic to buy the Pittsburgh line of Chinese tools at Harbor Freight for his job. Nor would a guy who only changes his oil need a garage full of Snap-On tools.</p><p></p><p>The last two rifles I've slapped together have been for my dad, and have been a hybrid of component quality of sorts. Both have used Anderson uppers and lowers, which have mated perfectly. Both have Aero LPKs and Aero enhanced buffer tube kits, and both rifles have LaRue MBT2S triggers too. However one has an Anderson rail, while the other a Midwest Industries...and I can definitely tell a quality difference there. One has a Ballistic Advantage barrel and BCG, the other a Wilson Combat barrel and Toolcraft BCG...I don't really notice a huge difference between them, but the Wilson barrel has been less finicky...however the BA barrel hammers M855 for some reason. Component wise, I think I kept both builds to around $900 -1K and they work perfectly for an old man that likes to do some informal target shooting. </p><p></p><p>I don't think there is a universal answer because there isn't a universal list of needs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="diggler1833, post: 3648584, member: 48072"] What you want to spend I believe should largely be determined by what your going to do with the rifle. Preface: My home defense and home offense (yep, "home offense") rifles are Daniel Defense DDM4V7s, and my ranch rifle is an FN DMR II...I use factory rifles for anything that I might have to use to protect myself or my family...no point in possibly opening the can of legal worms associated with shooting someone with a home-built gun. I have put together one "budget build", and bought my F-I-L a $560 (then) S&W M&P Sport. Both of those rifles work well. They go bang, and haven't failed me yet. Still, I know there is a little more slop in the rifles and the quality/level of testing isn't there when compared to things that cost 2-3x as much. Out of the 7-8 ARs that I've put together using quality parts I've yet to have one that won't shoot very well, and I've had all of one malfunction across any of them in the field, hunting hogs. However the build prices were in the $1,250-1,400 range...and could have even much higher. I don't think a $600 AR is something that you should be ashamed of at the range. With a few hundred trouble-free rounds through it I'd even say that it is home defense worthy. But I would definitely be more suspect until I had a decent round count through it. However, if my life were on the line daily...if I were back overseas or if I were a police officer, I'd certainly shell out for "mil-spec" and beyond. This is what I did for my personal defensive firearms. Guns are tools, and looking at it from a tool analogy; I wouldn't expect a successful race car mechanic to buy the Pittsburgh line of Chinese tools at Harbor Freight for his job. Nor would a guy who only changes his oil need a garage full of Snap-On tools. The last two rifles I've slapped together have been for my dad, and have been a hybrid of component quality of sorts. Both have used Anderson uppers and lowers, which have mated perfectly. Both have Aero LPKs and Aero enhanced buffer tube kits, and both rifles have LaRue MBT2S triggers too. However one has an Anderson rail, while the other a Midwest Industries...and I can definitely tell a quality difference there. One has a Ballistic Advantage barrel and BCG, the other a Wilson Combat barrel and Toolcraft BCG...I don't really notice a huge difference between them, but the Wilson barrel has been less finicky...however the BA barrel hammers M855 for some reason. Component wise, I think I kept both builds to around $900 -1K and they work perfectly for an old man that likes to do some informal target shooting. I don't think there is a universal answer because there isn't a universal list of needs. [/QUOTE]
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