Your First AR-15: Getting Started

Thank you,my first ar was a colt hbar..has lasted longer than 2 ex wives..😮

1st one…go basic…irons,white light ,good 2 point sling…move up to a dot… shoot other peoples rifles…shoot yours a lot…get training…only after you've mastered the basic ,consider " upgrades….you can do A LOT with a basic carbine

OOh! I have a question too! I have several AR15's (pistols… whatever) anyway.. ONE of them I cannot seat the magazine!! I tried both magpul and metal. It's a PSA.. Anyone have any idea what the problem is?

Dont forget a White Light 😁

Good one bro. Looking forward to the next one in this series.

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Put a pistol on your kit

If you're getting into the rifle world buy, don't build. Buy what suits your needs, not what's cool on YouTube this week.
What are your needs?
Where do you live? If you're an urban/ suburbanite, live in the Eastern woodlands, or the PNW, a carbine is a good choice. If you live in the Midwest, or South West, a rifle is probably a better choice.
What brand?
Well, do politics guide your choices?
If no, than just about any will be perfectly fine.
If yes, go with either S&W or PSA. The PSA Razor is about the best bang for the buck out there.

Pro tip 1: Single point slings are really only good if you're a masochist, with a nut banging fetish. Get a quality two point (Magpul slings are my favorite)

Pro tip 2: ammunition choice is arguably more important than brand of rifle.
Actual Government MK262 is hard to find in bulk, but it's never the wrong choice in ammo, and most 55gr/M193 has the same trajectory, so you can train cheaper with the same zero.

If you're around firearms long enough a N.D is inevitable, it sucks but it happens.

Good for you Zech!….Godspeed brother

Great first start rules TRM! A video covering optics/sighting would be well appreciated by me! So may options out there.

2 point sling and acog. Buy once cry once.

I agreed and know the rules well. My Granddaddy and mother pounded them into me. One check
My tool has a sixteen inch long barrel. I can reach out and touch things to 150 yrds easily. Two check.
I have a two point sling that can become a one point. It is a complicated mess of straps. Either get the one point or two point but not a sling that does both. My options are limited on my chosen weapon. That single point rig hurts. Three check.
I always have a set of iron backup sights on my tools. Mine flip up and down and are quality made ones. If my optic goes down or is destroyed, I still have some form of sights. I have trained with both, which all should. I have two optics. One red circle dot and the other a mil-dot scope for long range. Fully enclosed red dots are the best for me. The optic mounted depends on the training. Four check.
Great vid and instruction. I enjoyed seeing the your tools and their setup.

I believe rule number one is known as the "Alec the gun-grabber bootlicking Baldwin rule"

Garand Thumb did a video about drywall penetration from all sorts of firearms.

I've been slowly customizing my M&P since I got it a few years ago. It's an essential rife to have

Agreed with everything you said excepting the single point sling, having tried to run with single point and knowing that deep pain in the nuts… yeah everything was right on and well said but i believe a 2 point sling is not only safer for the nuts but easier to use and more intuitive to sling upon ones body.

I loathe the AR. I only carry one because everyone else is. It's just a tool to aquire an M4 or better and iron sights are the only way to go.

Old Iron sights here . Once.upon a time , back when we walked to school up hill both ways in four feet of.snow, every rifle came with iron sights . I get the whole glass thing , but basics are basics .

I like the 4 universal rules and I think you have to break 3 of them to have a negligence discharge

1 treat every weapon as if it’s loaded
2 do not muzzle your rifle at anything your willing to destroy
3 keep your finger off the trigger
4 know your target and what’s beyond it

Definitely paraphrasing that as i can’t remember from verbatim

I agree new folk who are new to guns as well as older folk who been shooting for awhile definitely need to keep each other in check

As for a first rifle I’d have to say go with Anderson rf85 your wife will thank you for not having to use horrible solvents that stink. Bare minimum sling iron sights and magazines and freedom seeds and trigger time to get you up to speed on stuff

I must be getting old. The rule was do not pull the trigger, until you are ready to fire. Some of the guns I schooled on had half cock safeties too. So….

I was with you until you said, "single point sling." 😅

Single point sling is a har NO and after sights you NEED a white light.

Single point sling is a hard NO and after sights you NEED a white light.

Definitely the kind of honesty and videos needed

Dear revolting man……….oddly im not feeling revolted 😮. This video does a very good job at informing new shooters and refreshing old shooters. Thanks for taking the time to consider the folks who have not been around firearms .

2 point slimg is the way to go. Throw that thing around your neck, like a necklace and you're solid. You have the option to swim into it and throw it over your back. Two point, scrap the single.

Iron sights need to be used more. It's always a chance whatever type of glass you run can go down, especially in a hypothetical situation or competition.
The community has focused way too much on cqb,vehicle born movements, and close-up drills. As a minute, man 18 or 20 inch barrel is to our advantage. Shooting irons out to 500 meters or as far as you have availability to practice.
For myself, I run Daniel defense fixed irons Co witness with a red dot and magnifier which is on a flip mount.

Great topic

This is the kind of videos needed.

Patreon paying pretty well these days, eh? 😉

Love the video! Forwarding to a handful of new ar owners !