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Looking for an AR-15. Up to $700. Please reply with what you have. Looking to buy local in Plano area.

Zoti wrote:Looking for an AR-15. Up to $700. Please reply with what you have. Looking to buy local in Plano area.

For $700 you're going to have a tough time. Not impossible - but tough.

I dunno, that's pretty much the market for a standard M4.
You can get a new one for that at any gun show

Or build one for less than $600

I'm in the Plano area, and have two ARs for sale. If you decide to move to the $800 range, let me know.

I received this in an email from a friend in FL a few weeks ago. He was considering this purchase. I emailed him this morning and he has not yet pulled the trigger. I cannot speak as to the quality or completeness.

Upper: http://www.dsarms.com/DSA-ZM4-Forged-70 ... /DSZM4CBU/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
$275.00

Lower: http://www.dsarms.com/Model-ZM4-Complet ... o/DSZM4R2/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
$200.00

Bolt Carrier: http://www.dsarms.com/ZM4_AR15-Semi-Aut ... [abbreviated profanity deleted]/ZM4BCG/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
$110.00

Charging Handle: http://www.dsarms.com/DSA-US-Made-ZM4_A ... o/ZM48518/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
$14.00

Total: $599.00 ??? Plus Shipping

Rex B wrote:I dunno, that's pretty much the market for a standard M4.
You can get a new one for that at any gun show

Or build one for less than $600

I'd build one if I had an exact parts list and a good manual to follow. Can you recommend one?

Zoti wrote:

Rex B wrote:I dunno, that's pretty much the market for a standard M4.
You can get a new one for that at any gun show

Or build one for less than $600

I'd build one if I had an exact parts list and a good manual to follow. Can you recommend one?

Get those 4 components in the links and put them together. No tools required, they just fit together. Upper is held to lower with 2 pins, bolt group slides into upper, charging handle slides in with it.

Carry-a-Kimber wrote:

Zoti wrote:

Rex B wrote:I dunno, that's pretty much the market for a standard M4.
You can get a new one for that at any gun show

Or build one for less than $600

I'd build one if I had an exact parts list and a good manual to follow. Can you recommend one?

Get those 4 components in the links and put them together. No tools required, they just fit together. Upper is held to lower with 2 pins, bolt group slides into upper, charging handle slides in with it.

Are these any good though? I never heard of that company.

DPMS makes a couple entry level ARs that are $700 or less. CMMG has a bargain bin occasionally where they sell new blem/demos for around $600. On the AR website, it's pretty common to see nicely equipped used ARs in the $700 range, complete used uppers in the $400 range, and used lowers below $250. A local shop was recently selling complete, new RRA M4-style lowers for $235. There are plenty of options if you want a sub-$700 AR.

Zoti wrote:

Rex B wrote:I dunno, that's pretty much the market for a standard M4.
You can get a new one for that at any gun show

Or build one for less than $600

I'd build one if I had an exact parts list and a good manual to follow. Can you recommend one?

AR15.com has everything you need posted as forum stickies.
The only thing that is remotely finicky is assembling a stripped lower, but that's a hammer-and-pliers thing at the kitchen table.
Changing a barrel takes some tools, but non of it is rocket science.

But you don't have to do either.
Just buy a complete lower, and a complete upper, snap them together and go shooting.

+1 on buying the upper, lower, and bolt carrier. Those three parts are basically a field stripped AR. Takes 10 seconds to put them together.

i8godzilla wrote:I received this in an email from a friend in FL a few weeks ago. He was considering this purchase. I emailed him this morning and he has not yet pulled the trigger. I cannot speak as to the quality or completeness.

Upper: http://www.dsarms.com/DSA-ZM4-Forged-70 ... /DSZM4CBU/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
$275.00

Lower: http://www.dsarms.com/Model-ZM4-Complet ... o/DSZM4R2/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
$200.00

Bolt Carrier: http://www.dsarms.com/ZM4_AR15-Semi-Aut ... [abbreviated profanity deleted]/ZM4BCG/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
$110.00

Charging Handle: http://www.dsarms.com/DSA-US-Made-ZM4_A ... o/ZM48518/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
$14.00

Total: $599.00 ??? Plus Shipping

Just going by my own experience..... if this is going to be your first build, you should include the cost of a decent punch set, a DPMS AR15 Multi-tool, a DPMS "The Flipper" Action Block for AR-15s made out of delrin, and maybe a couple of other odds and ends.............figure maybe another $100 bucks to make your life simpler.

Here is a list of some of those items: http://www.midwayusa.com/browse/BrowseP ... **10398***

with above poster, but also look into one of the carbon scraper-cleaners. (for the bolt) It runs 30 or so and works wonders.