They are alright…for $189 can’t go wrong. Expect to do some work on them.
My dad has a couple and one needed a new barrel, buffer / spring, and gas block. It’s sweet as hell now. He got a complete rifle for $400 and after all the work it was about $750 all in.
My dads had some issues but he bought his for literally $350. The gas port was undersized and the buffer spring was not adequate for a carbine length system. Cmshoot replaced the barrel and buffer system and now it’s pretty darn accurate with zero issues. And my dads total rifle came out to $750...
I would stay away from the argos line. Athlon is a lot like vortex and bushnell. Solid bell curve in performance. I would start looking at the ~$500 and up line on Athlon. The Cronus and Ares are their top level scopes. I have experience with the argos, ares, and cronus. Definitely try to stay...
It’s a ploy to get you to buy 3 singles because you’re “smarter than PSA” and you’ll show them by buying 3 singles and taking advantage of their silly error. In reality they win because they sold 3 when you were only actually planning on buying 1.
I have steel plates and wrapped them in Kevlar. They fit nicely in a crye JPC. One huge complaint is weight. I’m a meat head, love to work out/ run, and I run around with 20lb rifles, but holy crap are they heavy. Like full kit would probably be more a liability than no kit at all. If I could do...