AR-15 vs. AR-9

Love your guys company!!!

Thank you for the awesome gun video I'm going to be doing an AR9 build here pretty soon

Neither is better. They both have different uses. Different ranges. They both work well in their intended environment.

It would be super cool if y’all would respond to my phone calls, voice messages and emails over the last 2 months on my defective BC10 308.

Y’all have ghosted me for months. It hasn’t cycled since I bought it going on 9 months ago. Shadow systems received, fixed, communicated with me the entire 2.5 weeks they took to fix it. Y’all are 2 months and I’ve left a dozen messages and bare minimum a couple dozen emails.

Buyers beware of BCA’s customer service. Well, more like what customer service.

Can't wait till the 9mm upper are back in stock I need a 7.5

Nice video Thanks

Great content great topic: but I have to say AR-9 is cheaper in ammo only, the part that doesn't make since is, everything else about an AR-9 is almost double the cost of an AR-15. and an AR-9 is a simple blowback operation system, it doesn't even use a locking bolt like an AR-15

I am still waiting for you guys to make a .357Mag/38 special upper. Then my arsenal would be complete.

I have 22lr, 9mm , and 5.556 uppers from bca and I love them all they have all ran very well so far great affordable option I'm my opinion.

Yet still no return call!!!! Very sad that a company will refuse to speak to their customers!!

Man I fired 125 rounds though my BCA 5.56 16 inch mid length upper when my firing pin tip broke smh but I reached out to BCA and man their customer service is really awesome they replied within 15 minutes telling me they have a new firing pin on the way!!

Original AR-9 was designed by ArmaLite its a recoil operated shotgun said to be able to match the performance of a double barrel while weighing about half.

Got my first ever AR15 with your uppers. Glad I made that decision. Completely flawless!!

It's nice to see a fellow left handed shooter Great presentation btw.

Still waiting on that AR-45.

I'll speak a someone who is hunting for an AR9; I do not want at all that takes Glock mags. Reloading at an angle when I'm not using a handgun is not something I want to deal with, plus it's easier for me to reload double-feed magazines than single feed. I want one that will take either Colt pattern stick mags or Scorpion mags. I know the idea is appealing to have a handgun that uses the same maga as my rifle, but if I'm being honest, if I have that, my handgun will only fire the mag that's in it. The rest is going through the rifle, anyway.

Dura mag makes quality colt mags for under $20.

I bought one of your 1st gen 9mm 16" uppers, and have used it with an Aero Precision lower and EndoMags, as well as with a Sylvan Arms magazine well adapter, and your upper and 9mm BCG Functioned perfectly right out of the box, and i have had ZERO failures to feed or extract , even after over 2,000 rounds though it.
9 mm is fun and your uppers make an easy switch with a reliable platform. Kudos!

AR-15 223 magazines are less than half the price of Glock mags

Yep that'll be my next adventure is a AR-9. I've already purchased 5.56 300 blackout 308 a 458 socom from Bear Creek Arsenal. as Forrest Gump would say you guys are the peas to my carrots lol. To only be rich.. I would have one of each of the 200 choices you have on your shelves. I hope everyone in the company had a merry Christmas and I wish you nothing but health wealth and well-being for the next year God bless you all. BEAR CREEK ARSENAL ROCKS!! A PHENOMENAL PATRIOTIC AMERICAN MADE COMPANY!!!

Get me a AR9 that can take M&P mags

I have both and love both. Recoil is surprisingly similar.

Love the side charging versions.. and the 223 wylde options. Would like to see adjustable gas. On the other hand.. I do Love my PSA AKV…

Ar-9 is nice due to ammo availability and across many of my hand gun platforms. Shoots good and accurate even at long range.

10mm10mm10mm10mm10mm10mm What are you waiting for

I keep pistol calibers in pistols. If I'm grabbing a rifle, I need a rifle that's chambered in a rifle caliber. The only exception to this is the 22lr. Being able to convert the rifle to a 22lr, allows one to plink for fun and train for cheap. I just don't see any real benefits using a pcc that's the size of a rifle in place of a rifle, and with the ammunition on the market available today, it can allow the use and having the benefits of a rifle in a multitude of scenarios and situations. The argument of saving a few pennies on ammunition and over penetration being argued as pro's for a pcc is a weak argument against a similar platform in 223/5.56.

Would like to see a pistol developed along the lines of the Kel-tec PMR 30 22mag but in an HMR 17. Waiting for an AR-10mm.

Good info

For plinking, you can't beat a AR upper chambered in .22 LR. I have one from BCA with a 16 inch barrel and I love it. I can shot 125 shots for like 10 bucks. I think 9mm carbines are adequate for self defense though. A SBR in 5.56 will blow away your hearing and disorientate you with a blast in a small dark room. Not to mention the flash can be blinding. If you can handle a 16 inch barrel rifle in CQB then 5.56 is of course superior though.

I have my BCA 10.5” 9mm upper on a AR15 lower with Endo Mags and at first it was a learning curve but now it’s so much fun to shoot. Thinking about adding a folder for an even smaller package.

Do they make an AR style rifle for 45acp?

What makes more sense for hitting power is a carbine in 10mm auto since it has over double the muzzle energy of a 9mm.

IMO,,as far as self defense with an carbine length rifle,,the 5.56-.223 is superior. Maybe,,the only advantage the 9mm has is less recoil. I think the carbine length 9mm is an waste of time. Haha!! Opinions are like buttholes,,everyone has one. This was just my butthole opinion.

I will ever buy a AR9 unless it uses a curved magazine street steak mag no desire whatsoever that’s one Palmetto State Armory‘s AR nine is so popular and they sell so many I can’t tell you how many people feel the exact same way as I do if someone would just curve the magazine it’s been better more reliable and it looks great and it ain’t Glock

Do you guys have plans for any bull pup offerings

I have a aero build I’m doing now, wish I had one of your bufferless uppers but I got parts from a friend for Christmas so I don’t need a full upper

It hurts watching someone shoot a ar left handed with a right side ejected upper