PSA 300BO Pistol $479.00

The argument against PSA and the other 'budget' builders is that you'll end up spending more on pimping it up (oops, "upgrading it") than if you'd just bought what you wanted to begin with. It's real easy with AR15s to end up with 1 AR15, plus a box full of parts that you'll never use, will find it impossible to give away, which scold you every time you see them about how you wasted so much time and money.

A bit like holsters, really.

I own one (two if you count the S&W 15/22) AR pattern firearm. It was pretty expensive, but I had it built exactly the way I wanted it, and the only additional parts I have for it are a buffer spring and a BCG, which are deliberate 'spares'.

If you're not sure what you want, either talk to someone knowledgable who can discuss the options, or just buy the PSA and get to discover what you need to buy next time. From what I have seen here, cmshoot from TruPrep is an approachable guy - and he should be able to guide you in figuring out if 'cheap' is the way to go or not.
Meh. Sometimes that box of parts is only a lower away from being a whole second back up rifle…

Truth is most people would do just fine, forever, with a PSA basic bitch wearing a cheap dot and decent light. Anything additional is very specific and likely expensive and gains little in the way of actual performance.

That said, my first rifle was a DPMS m4gery. The only original part is the front take down pin. JP barrel, lancer lower, on and on and on….
 
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