5 Things To Know Before Buying Your First AR-15

UK watcher here. Surely most of the cost of gun ownership is in the ammo right?

What fricking AR is $5000 or $6000 from the factory? Even a Knight’s is only about $3000…

I started with an m&p sport ii. Excellent starter rifle and base to build upon. Since then I have upgraded pretty much every part except the upper and lower receivers, learned a ton and had fun along the way.

For example- I have a .300 blkout and 5.56 AR. Both being different threads 1/2×28 and 5/8×24. When getting a suppressor.. is there one (a suppressor) that I can buy that can do both? Or Is there an adapter needed ? Or ? Any response is welcome- new to this wonderful world.
Thanks for anyone that responds!!

Sig M-400 is a great first ar. Stainless barrel, chrome lined bcg. Lifetime warranty? Can’t go wrong.

Helpful info, thanks

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1. Buy a different rifle

Just picked up a 16” IWI Zion Ar-15 for $750, no sales tax, delivered. Should get it any day now, super stoked. 🔥👍🏾

Great video but you gotta start putting the prices of the guns when you show them. I’m not sure if YouTube policies prevent that or there’s a different reason, but that’s the only extra thing I would want to see as a viewer.

Good video

Buy once cry once. Best advice given when it comes to rifles. And that doesn't mean you need to buy a KAC right out of the gate. Plan to spend around 1K on your base rifle and you will have something that will last you the rest of your life. If you can't afford it, save up until you can. Don't buy PSA.

You can show field stripping for maintenance. You won't get a strike for that. Sooch00 does it all the time.

I always a simple equation. L+M=G, location + mission = gear.
Location: My house, the city, etc..
Mission: Protect my family, protect the public, etc..
Gear: decide based upon the first 2.
Works for any scenario.

My first and last choice for an AR is always a LWRC.

My first AR was an Olympic Arms A1 clone, back in the '90s. My criteria was something like the M16A1 I saw on TV during the Vietnam War and carried in the Marines, and Olympic was what I saw in a gun shop and bought on impulse.
My second (and current) AR was a Sport II. It was fall of 2016, and Hilary! was pushing gun sales for all she was worth. 😉 My considerations were brand, price and did it have sights? The S&W was the best option at the store. Thankfully, Hilary! lost. 😎

Good stuff. I need to know what Jason’s Oakley frames are. I have an astigmatism and had similar frames for years I just stepped on 🤬

At this point, if a noob asked me about getting their 1st, I'd start with recommending getting a pre built lower with buffer assembly and decent furniture. Then helping them with a complete upper in their price range. That route is definitely a money saver due to tax laws and the pick and choose factor adds points as well. If a complete rifle in that sub $1000 is their choice – an m&p sport 3 or ruger ar556 would be great 1st rifles. IWI gets solid reviews in that category too. I wouldn't recommend psa anymore. Very hit or miss in my personal experience

BCM upper, Colt upper (still good), LMT (standard uoper), with Anderson, PSA, Aero lowers. Add upgraded lower parts as you find out what YOU would like. Giesslee Don't cut corners on certain parts 1) BCG 2) Barrel 3) Buffer System 4) iron sights 5) sling 6) optic 7) light. Then handguard, trigger.

Radical rf-15 has been treating me well
Suppressing it soon

Price? Just save money? Anyone not running BCM, HK, Daniel Defense or Knights is missing out. Check those guys out, see how much they run for and save money to get it. My BCM ran me $1,700. You get what you pay for and that can and will be your last weapon you need to buy. Cheaper AR’s you’re always going to be chasing a BCM/DD/KAC anyways. Just save yourself the trouble.

You forgot gun safety……..it’s just as important for long guns as handguns….. I was in a gun store yesterday and was getting flagged by a shotgun.

Get Pepperbox very gun friendly

GOD gave me the Right to Keep and Bear Arms; ONLY GOD can take that Right Away.

7:57 The Short one in the Intro couldn't handle that Gun; His Arms are not long enough.

Get an inexpensive AR and get a very nice bolt carrier group to go with it; the number one, most important, most user replaceable moving part. Most of the rest? If it is legitimately mil-spec. it's mil-spec. No need to overthink it. Number two tip? Make sure that you buy at least 3 Magpul magazines for it. That way, when it malfunctions with some crazy colored magazine that you bought because you thought it looked cool, you can throw a Magpul in there and make sure that it's not the mag rather than the gun causing the malfunction. Best $40 of AR money you will spend.

What happened to the other guy that was on here? Clint I believe his name was

I just viewed this for the first time. Excellent presentation! Near the end, you invited comments if I felt you missed something. Only two more things to consider before buying your first AR15: #1, Please understand that AR does not stand for Assault Rifle or Automatic Rifle. #2, Is the AR platform what you really want? Several other rifles might meet your needs, and they might not excite the anti-gun politicians who, in five more years, might start that gun-grab stuff again.

These guys are cool, but I gotta say I miss Clint