rocky

Most AR makers build a reliable rifle. If you want to pay more for a higher end rifle you can , however how much more reliability is worth the cost? Consider for home defense , you probably will only fire 5-10 rounds if that.
I feel my Stag or Bushmaster rifles will be just fine for what I need it for.

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retsupt99

My BushMaster will serve me well... ( I did add an EO Tech.)

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SatCong

Had three 1 was DPMS not too good, 2. Rock River, shot great, work all the time, just one thing it wasn't cool enough for me, didn't say I was smart. Number 3 is cool looking BushMaster been a big pain in the A%$ from day one.If I buy another one it well be a RockRiver again.

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ssssthesnake

i agree buy a bush master ect... and spend the extra loot on goodys for it. iv said it before ar and .45 are the testostrone driven equivalent of a barby doll you can build it to suite you

Skygod

Les Baer is probably akin to purchasing a Nighthawk Custom 1911 or Wilson Combat.

Les Baers AR15's are a rare breed in that they are semi custom rifles in a genre that boasts about things like Chrome molly and chrome lined barrels when all of Les Baers offerins are generally a stainless match grade fluted barrel with a rather speedy competition type rifling, what is referred to as "bench rest cut rifling" He also uses a 1/8 twist which a decent comprimise between being overstabilized and not stabilized enough, depending your ammunition selection.

If you purchase a Les Baer AR15 your purchasing the high end Mercedes or BMW of the AR15 lineup. Everything else is just a Honda, maybe with some an Acura.

As I described in another thread, I inherited a Les Baer Thunder Ranch Special AR15 and with some minor modifications to the stock and grip and the additon of fancy optics, mounts and a light and BI-POD it's the envy of every AR15 shooter on the range.

It comes with an 6000 series rail system, but this particular design has the side and bottom rails only towards the front of the rail system with some nice looking ports in the bottom for air cooling. If you want a full rails system Les Baer is willing to swap it out on the Thunder Ranch Special to a full rail system for just over $200. I haven't had this option done yet, but it's on the list since I would like to run a vertical foregrip on the bottom rail. As it sits, it's the prettiest rifle of all my AR's and it shoots with so much precision it's hard to even comprehend that any .223/5.56 is capable of holding such a small group out to 100 meters off the bench.

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Rock River for .223/5.65 (AR-15)
Armalite for .308/7.62x51 (AR-10)

SatCong

Skygod, you have right, You pay for Les Bear but it's great.

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ellerblr

I don't have much first hand experience with AR's, nor do I yet own one, but from the factfinding that I've done I narrowed it down to CMMG, Noveske, and RRA.

aus71383

For me, the lack of reliability is not worth the discount for a HD weapon, which is why I said Colt, Noveske, LMT. There are lots of good ARs out there and most of them will work just fine - but that's not good enough for betting my life on.

Austin

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The one Jesus built....