The Answer To Building vs. Buying Your Next AR-15 … Starts With WHY?

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What the crap is the brs guy doing here?

Yes you will save money building your own weapon! Don't listen to this guy!

I want to echo the pride comment. I have built two ARs – one for a class where I learned how to do it and another completely on my own, custom part selections and burnt bronze of course! There are few things more fun than your first day on the range when that AR functions perfectly and you can take pride in your work. It's a fantastic feeling! Also, from a practical perspective, I have long arms, so I built my second AR with an extended buffer tube to accommodate a better fit for me – it's the most comfortable AR I've shot. I don't know any mass market makers that offer an extended buffer tube off the shelf.

Your basically down to almost 5 calibers or so, 2.23, 5.56, 300, 308, 7.62x 45, build a rifle off the caliber you are comfortable with, and make that your do all. peace.

Hey this guy is from BRSTV

The Ruger was my first 556. After that, I built numerous rifles. Now, I would just get a BCM.

I accidentally bought the Rifle recoil spring and buffer instead of the carbine length, so naturally I now am obligated to build a 24" fixed stock

Hey it’s the BRS guy! Helped me build my tank, now gonna help me with this project as well I guess 😂🙏🏽

Randy, with BRS tv, I watched you there and told Patrick Donigan about something you said on there, and he said I taught him everything i know about reefing. I said, "You know him?" He said," Yeah, he used to work with me ( I did too part time). I said, "That's crazy. Now I'm watching this video, and thinking isn't that Randy, then you said this is Randy… crazy!

IMO if you’re staring out I would buy a cheaper ar like an Anderson am15, and then build of that basic platform yes a cheap ar isn’t gonna be as fun or effective etc but i definitely lets you learn about guns in a good way

I bought a PSA pistol for $500 with the SB pistol brace and Magpul furniture. Several months later and got a Lantac Tin BCG for $274 a Roscoe k9 12.5" barrel $129, a Springco spring and buffer for $60 and CMC trigger on sale for $109 and couldn't be happier for less than $1100. My buddy paid 2k for a SOLGW Sage dynamics and they perform very similar

Randy!!!! 1/2 way through this video, I tell my wife you look like the guy from BRSTV. She agrees. I paused about the 7:24 mark, switch over to my phone, and start looking. I knew you left BRS a couple years ago. Find the Mar 17, 2022 vid announcing you were leaving. Then had to find the March 18 one. Watch is until you announce you were coming here. Rewind the video, go get my wife, show it to her, then I show her THIS video again…I literally paused it 5 seconds before you mention your aquarium build. I vaguely remember watching the BRS vid when it was new, but I wasn't into AR's then. Well, guess what…I'm in the process of building my 1st AR. I'm ready to assemble the lower. Now I need to buy a Left-handed upper.
I glad I found you again.

Randy aren’t you with BRS? Didn’t expect to see you here 😅

For me, it is all about process.
Researching what parts are available, obtaining those parts and assembling those parts and eventually making sure the machine functions as designed.
Functional reliability is tantamount. What the thing costs in the long run is not an issue. Yes, as cheap as I can get it counts as well.
Keeping the mind active, is important too.
Retirement tends to stifle an idle mind.
Just sayin'.

IMO and from my experience off the shelf for range toy. Building is for personal defense and shtf. Building a rifle is just personal to me it fits my specs

But you can build over course of couple months an to your likes and spread that spending cost out

The other reason I love this channel is the fact that you folks respond to our messages and believe it or not, it's a great thing. Knowing someone with more knowledge and experience is willing to respond, if they can, to questions. To me, that's THE BEST customer service experience.
Keep up the fantastic work 👏

I bought a Del Ton about a year or so ago and had serious concerns about it, mainly because it was like $500. The main reason why I love the shop I bought my guns from, they tell you the truth. This particular rifle was one of least returned for failures. Mainly, they told me more of the other rifles had been serviced 3-4×'s than the rifle I got. They told me no one ever had a problem with the rifle I chose as opposed to the rifles from $800-1500.
I also got a 3 year warranty for the rifle, so out the door with everything it cost me like $610.

Last year I bought an AR15 from a manufacturer rather than trying to build my own. Two main reasons: 1. I knew little about ARs and just wanted something that would work out of the box and 2. I live in California which has weird laws so I wanted something that is California compliant which my manufacturer (Dark Storm Industries) specializes in. I've taken it to the range dozens of times, zero malfunctions. I put on a red dot, magnifier, iron sights, light, that's about it. Gun works fine. I can consistently hit an 8 inch target at 100 yards out which is all I need for home defense.

My first "build" was a complete lower I bought from a friend who was strapped for cash. Then I purchased the manufacturers matching complete upper and put them together for a rifle. I had a rifle but I really didn't consider it a build. Recently, I bought a completely stripped Aero Precision lower and built it out with a stripped upper. It is the nicest, most accurate AR I own and now that I think about it – the most expensive too. But I know how every single part is installed. Now, I have about $200.00 invested in the special tools I needed for the build. There in lies the trap and the manufacturers KNOW it. Similar to eating a Lays potato chip, you can't build just one. Yep…I just bought another lower this week. I think it will be a pistol in 300 blackout this time.

I came here looking to see what the benefits are of building an AR vs buying one and then you had to throw that truck analogy in there and now I'm thinking about whether or not I want to trade in my just paid off 2016 Nissan Rogue for a truck. Damn it! 🤣🤣🤣

Just built both my sons a 300blk pistol. Could have bought them cheaper but when I’m dead and gone they’ll have a gun dad built. Also I feel I have better parts

IMO, there's no better way to learn how and why an AR works is to build one. This prepares you to check and do common field repairs and basic gun smithing. It also is a useful self-assessment tool to learn what you can do yourself vs. having a professional do it. Having more than one AR is important and makes you less likely to try repairs beyond your skill set because you don't want to be without a weapon. Learning what parts are interchangeable between your weapons is also a good skill to have.

Good channel. AT3 Tactical is a great source of parts and info. Love the various BRN-180 charge handles you guys sell – especially the straight version and the slightly curved straight version. They're great for using pic-rail mounted devices that interfere with the original 'dog-leg' charge handles. And they look good as well.

I bought my first one as a range toy. It helps me to have one in front of me so I know what's all involved vs. just seeing the pieces online. All my other AR's are built for specific purposes.

I say buying and changing the parts cause it allows you to save money and change parts over time that’s what I’m doing

What lower did you use for this video?

I sourced some of the highest quality parts and my build was under 1500 for the rifle alone. Geissele trigger, handguard and buffer, aero lower, rosco barrel and slr adjustable gasblock with radian talon and charging handle all cost a little over a grand. Add in all the other parts like pins, tube, stock/grip and bcg and it comes out to less than 1500 for a rifle as good as any 2500 noveske

Just built mine. 425$. Anderson lower psa internals Bca 16” upper.thats total cost with ffl transfer

Just picked up your channel & liking it. I personally build all my own rifles. Better to build or buy the parts and have it built. You get what you want on your rig not what they want. Some people will also just prefer to buy off the shelf

Everyone is not an “assembler” you mean… Also what length gas system did you put in the bronze bomber? That thing is recoiling its ass off.

Is this the same randy from bulk reef supply??

I do a 1/1 buy and build for my weapons. Just keeps things fun

Not a lot of things are as fun as build6ARs or FPV drones. It is a fun hobby

Lego??

When people say lego an AR-15, I have to laugh..This is not exactly true because the legos are made by different companies with different QC, dimensions, tolerances, etc that will more than not create a poor AR rifle if the knowledge to understand what to look for when building an AR is not there.. Specking out a good BCG, barrel and chamber, fire control group, gas block, etc is what makes a reliable, durable AR rifle. Pin gauges, function gauges, Mitutoyo calipers, gas tube gauge, firing pin protrusion gauge, throat gauges, chamber gauges, etc and the knowledge to use is not understood by most people.. Purchasing a lot of parts hoping they will all go together properly is a crap shoot that I would never bet my life on..At the least, a person should invest in an good armorers class before building any rifle they might be depending on..For a range toy it is no big deal..Even well known manufacturers put out poorly built rifles that don't meet TDP mill spec tolerances..
..This is why some rifles cost a lot more than others..

I only build. I don't buy anymore. I like to know it was built right and I can trust my life to it.

At this point it doesn't really matter just get an AR pronto because time might be running out crazy times are on the horizon.

I built an ar10 and an ar pistol for significantly less than what they would have costed, had i bought them completed.

Do you pay someone to change your oil? At 59 I can recall maybe only once or twice. If my life depended on a rifle I'd buy a HK417! Since it doesn't, I'm fine building, which I can do for half of buying and know what I have is done to my satisfaction, and it's fun!

Build, it’s the way to go in the People’s Republic of Kalifornia

After purchasing my first PSA Rifle 16” rifle and adding some stuff for it I am definitely going to build my next one because I wanna go with a 13.7 or 14.5. Enjoying what I have for now though.