AR-15 dor under $500 in 2022 & it’s RELIABLE. I couldn’t believe it either but after seeing several expert reviews I knew I better grab one at this price before they were gone, at least locally. I can’t say enough about this budget AR-15. I don’t plan to run it much or torture it but I really wanted something that could reach out to 300 yards with a little punch behind it. It was worth every bit of the $450.
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In my opinion, Radical makes the best budget rifles on the market.
You can do manipulation drills at home without shooting that high dollar ammo. Put a target on the wall and practice trigger discipline, get used to the feel of the way the trigger breaks and resets. Yes shooting live ammo is great but when you can't get to the range that us some practice you can do.
Man I'm looking at this same one now , gun shop turned me to this one
to answer your question why is it cheap. Lots of reasons. A big one is it is assembled in texas a very low tax non union state. Another big reason is the materials and components used. As stated below the use mim parts where they can. A real big thing now is mim bolt extractors. Other companies ,do not know about radical, will substitute 6061 reciever extensions instead of the spec'd 7071. Or 9310 instead of c158. The biggest reason though is they don't have to source from mil contractors exclusively and they don't have to do mil spec q/c. Proof testing and mpi add cost. Checking every 10th part instead of every 100th part adds cost. Not pinning the gas block saves money. You might think with everything i listed i was about to trash talk your purchase. To the contrary i think radical provides a good product at a great price. It's a commercial rifle not a mil one. and there is nothing wrong with that.
i think you will really like having an x39 upper. I built one with a faxon barrel. I'm neutral on bear creek. Just do a bunch of research first. the big thing with those is magazines and the firing pin. if they throw in a 556 pin you don't get 100% ignition on combloc ammo. An x39 firing pin has a slightly narrower shoulder that makes the pin protrude from the bolt face a little bit more.
If you really want to make this gun last personally I’d buy a Sons of Liberty Gun works lower parts kit with nickel Teflon trigger ($97). Change out all the trash MIM parts with quality REAL mil spec quality. Second get you a Sons of Liberty Gun works BCG (around $170). If you want a quality knock off SOLGW bcg PSA sells one made by microbest called the premium freedom bcg for $99 it’s a damn good quality bcg made by microbest who makes most companies oem bcg. Also I’d grab an H buffer. Personally I like the Geissele super 42 that comes with the braided spring and h buffer($70). That’s about $300 to turn a budget gun into a fighting rifle that will last a lifetime. I just did these exact upgrades to one of my 16” mid length PSA rifles. It feels like a different gun now on the same level as my BCM or SOLGW guns. I ordered all my stuff from Big Tex Ordnance.
If you really want to get bougie you can also change out the barrel for something mid tier like ballistic advantage or rosco. I haven’t gone that far yet because I don’t feel the need to yet considering I have other guns with quality barrels.
Mag that dont have a ant tilt fallower suck i prefer amend 2 mags about 11 bucks a mag they are great no issues so far
Nice rifle, man! Proof that budget and cheap can mean two different things. My RF has been awesome!
This is a great 4000 round review on the same Radical RF15.
https://youtu.be/ua7xaWXMz0U
I'm not knocking the running of the rifle, but you don't know how its gonna run till you've run it hard.
Love it bruh , glad you got it for a good price , protect your family , buy as much ammo as you can and get trigger time on it . God bless yall
How did you get it for $449. I can only find it for sale for over $600.
1000+ round review
https://youtu.be/ITN3PyG8jMg
You can just skip to the 6:30 mark and see what the EXPERT has to say.
Took 4310 rounds to damage his BCG. Over 4000 rounds before he had a problem. Sounds reliable to me.
https://youtu.be/kfCUjjA2F4U
4000 round expert review. Listen to what he says at the 10:20 mark.
Another expert review. What more can I say?
https://youtu.be/Z6KohMM09is
Another expert review. 5:50 mark mentions 1000 round ZERO problems
Another video I used before my purchase.
So everyone is aware I currently have 350 rounds and counting with ZERO malfunction. Feel free to look at other YOUTUBE videos from well respected experts in the gun community.
Link to one of the expert review below I am referring to. The 6:30 mark he starts into his opinions on the firearm and company.
Sweet deal you'll be glad you bought that rifle and the wife will be also. AR 15 the perfect home defense weapon.