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Posted: 7/24/2011 1:45:03 PM EDT
| I am building my first AR-15 and have heard good things about spikes tactical and was thinking about picking up a complete lower from Brownells. For the upper I was thinking about a Core15 M4A3 upper with a 1 in 9 16" barrel. Any ideas for me? |
No, not bad, but you could do the lower for less money if you built it yourself. I don't know what all you're getting with the Spike's complete lower, but you can get a complete build-it-yourself-lower with Magpul MOE hardware from PSA for $139 plus $79 for the stripped lower. Saves you a little bit... $30 or so. Not a huge difference. 
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Yes, PSA has some GOOD deals. My only minor issue is that you can't plug and play with the discounted items. I love the $140 MOE stock (buffer and tube) with PSA LPK. But, If you want the CTR... there is no way to plug and play. How about if I want a ACS, PBR, or UBR. You have to buy the kit and then replace it, or you have to order the LPK separate from the deals that they may or maynot have. I know they are up and coming and they will have a way to replace sooner rather than later.
I do love PSA...I am a SC boy, so I am all about paying it forward to a SC company. |
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Checked out PSA, that MOE kit looks great! Magpul is the way I want to go and this way I will save the money from upgrading later. And I can get the Spikes Tactical stripped lower with the Punisher symbol engraved on it.
http://www.spikestactical.com/new/z/images/prodimg/STLS015.jpg |
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It looks like this could be my rifle:
AR-15 Build Stripped lower from Spikes Tactical (Punisher)100Spikestactical.com PSA lower parts MOE Kit (Flat Dark Earth) 140Palmettostatearmory.com Core15 16" 1 in 9 twist upper(M4A3 Flattop) 460Core15rifles.com 700 I welcome everyone's ideas and criticisms. 
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| A rep for Core15 has come here touting how good their product is compared to other brands. From the looks of their specs they are just another middle-of-the-road parts assembler. They don't appear to offer anything over the more solid, higher end brands like Spike's, LMT, Colt, PSA, BCM or DD, so I would pass on Core15. This is my opinion based on experience with the other brands I just mentioned. I have no first hand experience with Core15. |
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Quoted: I'm curious if it is universal for takedown/pivot pins to be .250". I was also looking at a Spkes upper with a 1 in 7 barrel, but the Core15 barrel is chrome lined and I like the sound of that. Do you have any experience with Core15 products? Any good? The Spike's barrels are also chrome lined. |
| The way I understand it is that a 1 in 7 twist is the round will rotate one in 7 inches and with a 1 in 9 twist the round will rotate once every 9 inches. I have been told the 1 in 7 is better for heavier grain rounds. I am not positive on this but it is what I have been told/read about because I am also torn between the two. |
| 1/7 will give you more choice when selecting the grain you want to shoot. Most commercially available low cost rounds these days are 55gr & most 1/7s will shoot that round without issue. If you don't want to shoot the lower grain stuff then you will be able to shoot more higher grains that the 1/9 usually cannot. |
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