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Radical Firearms FCR 1000 Round Review: The Best Budget AR15?

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A detailed review of a great $600 rifle.
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42 COMMENTS

  2. What’s your opinion on the 300 blk upper? On pistol builds? Just curious. I am deciding between a BCM 9 inch upper for my LWRCI DI pistol, and a CZ Scorpion Evo S2..? I love the Banshee so much I’d like to possibly buy the Scorpion. Thanks

  6. I've been using webzites like Combat Armory, Gorilla Machining, Davidson Defense and I'm about to try out Radical Firearms. And of course Palmetto State Armory King of the budgets…

  7. Palmetto State Armory also makes an inexpensive AR with similar features; M-Lok rail, mid length gas system, nitrite barrel and even NiB BCG. It would be interesting to throw that in for the comparison of budget ARs.

  12. How does it compare to other firearms in the same price range? Bear Creek Arsenal, Anderson Manufacturing, Palmetto State Armory, Aero Precision, Ruger, Smith & Wesson?

  13. I have had a Radical Firearms 300 blackout 8.5" for 2 years and 50 cal Beowulf for 3 years. Both are well made, the 300 BO was a bit heavy and i put a lighter carbon fiber rail on it. They work flawlessly.

  18. These are tough reviews to accept even though I trust your review to be honest. The one your holding may not represent the production guns shipping. Think about it, any manufacturer that sends a product to be reviewed – they are going to hand select it and tune it to get a good review. The production guns may not be as nice. I hope they are, but….

    Now, ship that gun to Iraqveteran8888 to do a melt down test!

  21. Radical Firearms is making some quality low cost AR platform rifles now. I have three right now, 6.5 Grendel, .308, and .450 Bushmaster, and they all just run. Not one ran me over $740 after it was all said and done. All have good mil-spec triggers and are very accurate. I have a couple AR's that punched me in the face with prices north of $1800. I'm not going to say these run better by any means, but they run very well with no issues to date. At this price point I don't mind getting them in the woods and hunting with them. I have bolt action hunting rifles that cost more, but these I have to say are a lot more fun to deer, hog, and goat hunt with… The main reason I bought them. Great review Outlaw. Take care brother.

  22. Buy this rifle, 3k rounds of steel, 1k of brass. Go shoot all the steel ammo carefully and thoughtfully to enhance your skills. Now you have a proper rifle and some skill to use it with 1,000 rounds ready to go. Buy GI aluminum mags as they work just as well and you are ready to go. Do the exact same thing the following year.

  23. My dad just got me a Ruger AR pistol for my 21st birthday coming up, Scheel’s price matched it for him for $570 and from what I can tell it seems like a really good buy. Just hoping Iowa weather clears up so we can go try it!

  26. Awesome review, thanks ! For home defense I would add weapon light, backup iron sights and Holosun HS503GU (it has motion activation feature, very reliable and costs $167 on Amazon).

  27. I am subscribed to your channel and watch a lot of your videos. I have been looking for a low recoil 9mm 1911. Is the Wilson Combat cqb or Dan Wesson 1911s lighter on recoil?

  28. I have had a Radical Firearms 300blk for three years and it has performed wonderfully.

    It has a SOCOM profile barrel and Seekins Precision 15in keymod.

    They also sell components and upper lower receiver kits.

  29. Wow! Never heard of this manufacturer or this particular AR15 before. Thanks for doing this review man! I think I have another possible choice for a good, budget AR15 here. I wonder how it compares to the Ruger AR556, S&W MP15, DB15, Del Ton Sport, etc.

  33. I bought a Radical Firearm's upper, socom barrel, took it to the range, and couldn't group smaller than 8moa @ a hundred yards. Vortex 1-6, Blu loktite, 4 different brands of ammo including Federal GMM, Wolf Gold, American Eagle, and Fiocchi. The company finally returned my call, sent me a shipping label, so now it's boxed up and ready to ship.
    We will see.
    Thanks for your review. Excellent coverage 👍

  36. Honestly I'll never get people who want to reduce recoil on a .223 AR. What I 100% understand, and encourage, is compensation for muzzle rise. I actually get very annoyed shooting my AR because of how snappy the in-line system is. It's like the gun rips itself from your body without actually going anywhere, it's deceptively soft so I don't put as much ass into gripping it as an AK or .308 battle rifle and that's when it starts getting frustrating. Anything to keep the muzzle as downward as possible is ideal for me.

  39. The only other entry-level/budget rifle that has a mid length gas system is the sig tread. If SOCOM(I know it's not there new name) is any indication mid length is where it's at

  40. Holy $h!+!! Is that rifle BLACK, in full semi-auto!!?? Somewhere right this minute, the lib babies are crying…
    Great info and video as always Outlaw! Thanks man for all your good work.

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