Buy a nice ar 15 as your first rifle. I implore you. Don’t be like 18 year old me😂

Huge thanks Crab!

*my opinion*

The blue force gear vickers slings are awesome. I'm not a big fan of letting the rifle smack me in the jewels while transitioning to my sidearm which is the problem with single point slings. Two point slings are good as long as you gave a quick way to take up the slack like the hailey strategic slings or the blue force slings. Yea you'll end up spending about $50 or so depending on if you find a used or sale but they are worth every penny.

Optics, base your optic on your barrel length and application. Yes you can smack steel with a AR 15 at 600 with an acog with 62gr but the amount of energy lost is significant. So you lack knock down power which in combat you want. If your running a 16 or 18" barrel, personally I would run a red dot of some sort or maybe a variable zoom optic like the strike eagle for spotting purposes.

Your AR10 comes in when you are reaching out to 400+ regularly, yes you can do it with an AR but if your putting man or beast down and you want to make sure it's going to be that shot that does it, AR10. If you have a recon squad say 3 guys, one Designated marksman, spotter and backup that's your ideal set up, not everyone needs one for sure but having a guy who knows how to run it and has the wallet to practice with it is definitely an asset.

Not saying AR10 should be your first rifle because it should, get a bare bones AR15 and learn how to operate it well with irons and then transition to an optic, dont rely on the optic but use it as a tool. Same with after market triggers and other upgrades. Yes they are nice but you shouldnt rely on them.

Solid advice, thank you very much. I've always enjoyed precision shooting, and that's what drew me to the AR 10, consistently hitting rounds at 400+ yards sounds like a blast, but I can definitely see the drawbacks to it. Thanks so much for the advice

No problem. Hitting 400+ is definitely fun and it makes shooting out even farther seem attainable. I will say it makes shooting targets standing still with an AR very boring after you do it though so just a heads up, it will make you want to improve all around

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@Ash7536 ^^^

The price on this will probably go up because it's an auction but I thought this looked good

If it stayed that low it would be great

Doubt but yes

Yea I would doubt it too but it would be nice

As hoes mad as some of you may get, I think I'm gonna go with a PSA ar-15

I'm super poor and an aero is gonna be about $400 more expensive than a PSA and buying one would drain my savings

Btw before you start linking aeros its not that the gun itself is that much more expensive, it's only $200-$250 more expensive but they don't have sights, I don't like the a2 finger shelf so I'd replace it. It's just a lot of little things

but I'm still open to arguements for aero over PSA

This should help

Honestly my question is this, of I get a PSA and I get it checked that tgere are no QC issues and everything is as it should be, can I trust my life on it?

I would assume so I do

@Boog Toomsen

Hmmmmm now do I get more gear or make a second kalash?

Honestly if you were to build an ak I'd say build an ak-74 instead

Yes

We should ask how much it would cost for him to rivet the trunnions into the reciever

Or just be a Chad and buy a milled receiver

I honestly want a really nice 74 with a 20" barrel and a milled reciever

Sig optics are not great @recoil_spurs had issues with his

@gunsforthepoors17 do you have a recommendation for a sub $200 red dot?

To be frank I'd stick with irons

That's literally the question we ask him the most lmao

I'll take irons that wont fail over a red dot that may

Lol. What wpuld you spend on a red dot?

400-500

I know it hurts but optics typically cost 50% of the gun

What do you think about primary arms?

Depends on the optic but overall they seem to be good @Yosemite has a good lpvo from them

Ok. I was thinking about getting their 5x cyclops

I have a primary arms 1-8x. I like it a lot.

Or maybe their 1x cylcops

Thats good to know