@@NoNo_IStay like watching a movie with someone that won’t stfu till the end asking if this person or that person is gonna die or who’s the bad guy etc……watch the damn thing then ask
You guys should do another series with all 3 guys building ARs with a budget of $1100-1300. With a $400-$600 Optic. Alot of people are in that range and it would help people see where to put there money and where they can maybe save.
I was able to get my PSA for shy of $600, trick I found is buy pre-built upper and lower separately, saved me $125. Accurate, reliable, and 100% American made, even the charging handle 😋
You only pay the 11% firearm tax on the lower. If you go as far as a stripped lower saves even more. Granted ya gotta beable to put it together. Though for a lower it's pretty simple.
@@rubbermyducky5998 almost 2000 rds down range, consistent tight groups, and not a single malfunction. No slop in their work, I will be buying more of their products.
My first AR was a Stag 15T-L, I loved that rifle (until I had to sell it to pay some bills a few years ago 😢) !! But I have Liberty Suppressors building me a 300blk integrally suppressed upper, on a Stag Arms stripped left handed upper receiver!! I'm kinda disappointed Matt didn't opt for a left-handed model, being as he's a left-handed shooter . . . but, oh well.
@@kskeel1124 There are people out there with more money than sense. I think their idea is more to try and compare the performance between a Gucci build, a working mans build, and a decent quality off the shelf rifle.
Delta team tactical just had 289.00 80% full build kits. But yeah, if you look around you can build an AR from scratch for about 350-400 easily and it will be spec'd to your needs.
@@jasonsteiner57 that was the case with mine. Final cost was around $480 give or take. BCG/Barrel/buffer tube is where most of it went. Everything else was relatively cheap
That budget build is a lot like my budget build (except for the charging handle lol). Perfect approach putting the money into the barrel and BGG. I spent a bit more with a Midwest Industries hand guard, Aero Precisions Adjustable gas block, and a Larue 2 stage trigger, but it still cost me less than a grand and it meets the BA sub MOA guarantee with match ammo.
@@tash6638 Neat. Hope you like it. I like what I have because I got exactly what I wanted, performance I wanted, for a better price than anything I could have bought. I also learned a few things about gun smithing, picked up a few tools, jigs, and gauges, and I can take pride in what I am holding and firing when I stack 5 rounds on top of one another with 75gr Hornady BTHP Match loads with a 2800+ fps velocity from my 20" Premium Black series 1:7 DMR barrel. All for less than half of what you bought... "lmao" Have a nice day. :)
Excited to see this series. Would you guys talk about what tools you guys used/had to purchase? For a first time builder, part of the budget for the AR includes the tools to assemble it. Thanks!
This is a pretty cool thing to do, I'm always asking my self should I buy already built or build my own? But by the time I price everything and decide on what caliber I want, EVERYTHING is Out of stock!!! For the most part. I wish each one of you could make a seperate video while doing the build or, well for Matt just adding his accessories LOL.. in addition to what y'all are doing now with the videos every Friday!!!
I always tell people if you can only have one, buy an off the shelf gun. Not only will the QC be solid (assuming its a good manufacturer) but you get a good warranty AND you have a solid mark for resale if you ever decide to get rid of it. Almost no shops or even private buyers will touch "custom builds".
Either ya bought it in 1985,ya got something made in china or you bought airsoft,I spent 500 on my Anderson which is pretty bare basics & 1800 on my custom build 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for spotlighting these rare, unheard-of rifles known as "ARs." This is my first time hearing of them but I'm interested. Hopefully, word spreads and these underdog firearms will be awarded the attention they so richly deserve.
I still don’t own my first firearm but am addicted to this channel, makes me want to buy one but I am in California and major strict of course but I do hit the range with my pops. Either way great content keep it up!! Update: I know currently own 2 firearms and my first ar on the way lol
It use to be kind of fun putting together “budget” AR’s. I put together a 10.5” pistol build for right at $300. Sits in my safe! I love how it looks, but I’ve never enjoyed shooting AR pistols.
Bought a brand new diamond back DB15 16" barrel, Magpul magazine, stock and grip, MLOK etc... chambered in 300 AAC blackout for $569 from my local gun shop yesterday! killer deal if you ask me.
I have to say, I am massively preferential towards the Magpul MS4 sling. I love how fast they are to adjust, take 2 QD swivels (for two point QD slings) and can convert instantly to a single point sling. They aren't cheap (cost is usually around 60-90 dollars depending on the vendor) but they are extremely comfortable and practical. I've only got 2 of them right now but I've had probably 20 through the years.
I can't wait to see the cheap build run. For a fraction of the cost. Lol OK so durability and precision might not be on par with the others. But I bet it works!
@@echofoxtrotwhiskey1595 I understand the sentiment. Though for 4k. How many cheap rifles could one build. Outfit more patriots if the time comes. With multiples if somethin breaks.
The funny thing is the standard military issued rifle is probably much closer to the $700 one in build quality and yet people will pay as much as if it was a 2k rifle for some dumb reason.
My AR is a $500 DPMS Oracle. I put on a quad rail, bipod foregrip, harbor freight 850 lumen Tactical flashlight with focus adjustment and strobe function. It's got a green lazer, 45 degree cowitness irons and a 4-16 x 40 optic... all I know is I like it... I've put a couple thousand rounds through it and it hasn't failed me yet... lol
I legit love this idea. I've been hoping a UA-camr would do something like this to just compare and essentially kill the "budget is the same as high end" myth.
I hereby dub these rifles “Budget Build”, “Bought It Build”, and “Bougie Build” and request that Budget Build comes with some Freedom Seeds if they’re in separate giveaways
Golly Clint. . . golly. I built an AR for a guy and the price was $1100 in parts recently. This exercise really helps to exhibit how some of the AR companies get a solid product to the market at a pretty good comparative price.
This reminds me of an episode of Forged in Fire where one of the competitors cut the blade shape out and was dismissed - "This is Forged in Fire, not 'Shaped on a belt sander'!" For the mid-range build - this build a gun, not accessorize a gun.
My brother just got out of the military and he got a IGY6 tat with the red six and his close friend got it with him and sadly took his life 2 months ago it was sad but I 100% understand your tattoo meaning thank you for your service
After I bought my first A.R. 15 which was a DPMS/panther arms oracle. I purchased it for $500. I upgraded it over the course of the year to a higher in standard A.R. 15. And I spent roughly another $600 on the rifle. After that I started building my own. Which for the same $600-$700 in purchasing and upgrading I now had a high end rifle build without having to pay the $2000 for the high-end rifle. So the budget build or they will say mid range budget build; my bills are just as good as the high end $2000 plus rifles. The things that I don’t skimp on in the build is the barrel the bolt carrier group and the trigger. The other items can be well negotiable lol
I loved this video so much I built the high end AR with a few mods. First I went with the Vseven upper and handguard. Then instead of B-5 systems grip or stock. I went with Magpul furniture k-2 grip, ACS stock, MBus sights, VFG, and the new polymer dust cover. Since I went with a different handguard I had to change the gas block from JP to an SLR adjustable gas block. Instead of the war comp I put a Silencer Co brake on it to host my saker 5.56 suppressor. I also put a vortex 1-6 LVPO scope on it. Let me know what everyone thinks.
I'm not a stranger to guns in general. Dad thought his girls how to shoot too but this is a different level. I always learn something new. Thank Boys. This old girl appreciates your knowledge. OG(old girl) shout out. 👏👏👏👏
This is gunna be an awesome series but who wants to take a bet that one of them at least has an issue? Nothing big like a handguard falling off but someone is gunna forget to stake a castle nut or dimple a gas block. BET!
Y'all gotta do a glock build next. Budget Glock, GUCCI Glock, and out of the box Glock. Neither have to actually be OEM Glocks. And then 1911 builds would also be nice.
Man I love El Cheapo AR-15's. As someone who is not Murican and lives in a dictatorship, I can only dream about assembling my own... in the meantime, "Gunstruction" is a lot of fun, kinda like Legos.
Having discovered the ease of which one can put together an AR with my first build, I ended up building three more (with a 7" AR pistol build on the back burner). I sold the first one, and kept the other three for my collection. Of the three remaining, two builds have Fostech Echo II triggers. I value two of these ARs at $1,800 each, and one at $2,100. All of my ARs have lengthy build sheets of pricey components, but the real value I place on two of the builds reside in the Trump logoed, enamel-filled lowers. 😎
Are you giving the guns away once they are done?
You know us all too well.
That’s what I thought after Clint spent so much money 😂
if you watched the video you'd know...... 16:33
@@PhatJesus probably commented before the video got that far.
@@NoNo_IStay like watching a movie with someone that won’t stfu till the end asking if this person or that person is gonna die or who’s the bad guy etc……watch the damn thing then ask
You guys should do another series with all 3 guys building ARs with a budget of $1100-1300. With a $400-$600 Optic. Alot of people are in that range and it would help people see where to put there money and where they can maybe save.
I was able to get my PSA for shy of $600, trick I found is buy pre-built upper and lower separately, saved me $125. Accurate, reliable, and 100% American made, even the charging handle 😋
You only pay the 11% firearm tax on the lower.
If you go as far as a stripped lower saves even more. Granted ya gotta beable to put it together. Though for a lower it's pretty simple.
🤢
@@christianhaykus452 there’s nothing wrong with PSA.
@@rubbermyducky5998 almost 2000 rds down range, consistent tight groups, and not a single malfunction. No slop in their work, I will be buying more of their products.
I haven't had any problems with PSA yet
Huge shoutout to STAG Arms for helping us make this series happen. I'm excited to see that out-of-the-box rifle of theirs out compete Clint's build.
My first AR was a Stag 15T-L, I loved that rifle (until I had to sell it to pay some bills a few years ago 😢) !! But I have Liberty Suppressors building me a 300blk integrally suppressed upper, on a Stag Arms stripped left handed upper receiver!! I'm kinda disappointed Matt didn't opt for a left-handed model, being as he's a left-handed shooter . . . but, oh well.
My first AR was one of their model 3’s
Yall are stupid 🙄 who spends $4400 on an AR???
@@kskeel1124 There are people out there with more money than sense. I think their idea is more to try and compare the performance between a Gucci build, a working mans build, and a decent quality off the shelf rifle.
THANK YOU Stag, and THANK YOU Classic Firearms!!!!!!!!!!
Love how the "budget friendly" build, is still $400 more expensive than my build
@@rabbidpig3480 built it last year around September
Delta team tactical just had 289.00 80% full build kits. But yeah, if you look around you can build an AR from scratch for about 350-400 easily and it will be spec'd to your needs.
Bear creek arsenal also has very affordable uppers that come with bcg.
Minus optics,I built my 300blk pistol for $403 2 days ago
@@jasonsteiner57 that was the case with mine. Final cost was around $480 give or take. BCG/Barrel/buffer tube is where most of it went. Everything else was relatively cheap
It’s helped me avoid buying the wrong accessories including Scopes, Rings and Mounts . Thanks Classic Firearms!
What has?
@@IWillSmurfYouthe video
@@owen3455 lul
I like this idea a lot actually. Excited for the whole series
Same. Now I've got the itch for YET ANTOHER build.
@@ClassicFirearms I mean….you could always do this with piston builds….
Ar-10 build next
@@ClassicFirearmshey classic firearms was looking for the trigger that Clint used in this video on your website can’t find it is it still in stock
Y'all continue to amaze me with the content y'all come up with
Thanks!
@@ClassicFirearms yw keep up the good work
That budget build is a lot like my budget build (except for the charging handle lol). Perfect approach putting the money into the barrel and BGG. I spent a bit more with a Midwest Industries hand guard, Aero Precisions Adjustable gas block, and a Larue 2 stage trigger, but it still cost me less than a grand and it meets the BA sub MOA guarantee with match ammo.
Cool, I’ll take my KAC SR 15 lmao
@@tash6638 Neat. Hope you like it. I like what I have because I got exactly what I wanted, performance I wanted, for a better price than anything I could have bought. I also learned a few things about gun smithing, picked up a few tools, jigs, and gauges, and I can take pride in what I am holding and firing when I stack 5 rounds on top of one another with 75gr Hornady BTHP Match loads with a 2800+ fps velocity from my 20" Premium Black series 1:7 DMR barrel. All for less than half of what you bought... "lmao"
Have a nice day. :)
Lmao
@@SushiArmageddon good reply. 👍
@@OddBallPerformance you're welcome.
This is going to be a very cool series guy's. Awesome Idea..
Look forward to watching
I’ll never forget my sub $300 build. Very fun and good for learning.
Your sub what…….. how do you even……
@@nalley6815 Complete lower parts with buffer assembly and stock for $50 printed lower about $5 complete upper $234
@@tombeast1786 wow!
Fun series! Remember, kids, that 'GOOD ENOUGH' is not the same as 'AS GOOD AS'.
Could have been good as or very close to it
So Clint did a, “sort bu price high to low add to cart” build 🤣
Literally.
Excited to see this series. Would you guys talk about what tools you guys used/had to purchase? For a first time builder, part of the budget for the AR includes the tools to assemble it. Thanks!
where is that from? ah ah CHIYYYNAAAA .........LOL
My favorite part lol 😆
Alek on that #goodenuf team 😂
Never seen Alek so broken on taking the budget or low end build when he wanted the Gucci build
Clint check you Magdump account and see if you can answer my question for .e please!! Thanks in Advance!
@Magdump_Morgan Clint on that #daddysmoney team….
If you shop around you can still build a A.R.15 for under 500 . Look on psa daily deals and just keep a eye out .
@Kaiser Von yes sir
Dude with the camo hat is one of those dudes that say “I was gonna join the military but…….”
1:33 my eyes immediately lock on to the JP Enterprises SCS buffer, love those things. Ok now I'll finish watching the video.
Alek, you've got the best build and you won't have any issues.
And yes, it's ok to use duct🦆 tape😄
Or zip ties
The last one I built I managed to make for $420 and I sold it for 800. Mainly Anderson parts
Should have put a Fostech Binary trigger
me sitting with my complete ar for 500 with optic lmao
This is a pretty cool thing to do, I'm always asking my self should I buy already built or build my own? But by the time I price everything and decide on what caliber I want, EVERYTHING is Out of stock!!! For the most part. I wish each one of you could make a seperate video while doing the build or, well for Matt just adding his accessories LOL.. in addition to what y'all are doing now with the videos every Friday!!!
I always tell people if you can only have one, buy an off the shelf gun. Not only will the QC be solid (assuming its a good manufacturer) but you get a good warranty AND you have a solid mark for resale if you ever decide to get rid of it. Almost no shops or even private buyers will touch "custom builds".
Ouch, $429 just for a lower: meanwhile I bought my first AR for $379 brand new...
It is expensive but if you want an ambi receiver, it is nice.
Dropped 400 on my sharps bros lower but got my jp Enterprise silent captured buffer for like 10-15$ cheaper than Clint.
Should I get the snow wolf AUG or the novritsch m4 as first gun
@@CHLGvids i’m in the same boat shopping for a first gun, it ain’t call off duty tho bro find you something decent under 1200 prebuilt
Either ya bought it in 1985,ya got something made in china or you bought airsoft,I spent 500 on my Anderson which is pretty bare basics & 1800 on my custom build 🤣🤣🤣
It was good to see all the various parts. Excited for the series. I'm planning to build one 2022 and this helps a lot.
I also stick to the 3 B's Bolt carrier, Barrel, Bankruptcy.
Clint's build should be a giveaway.
Thank you for spotlighting these rare, unheard-of rifles known as "ARs." This is my first time hearing of them but I'm interested. Hopefully, word spreads and these underdog firearms will be awarded the attention they so richly deserve.
I still don’t own my first firearm but am addicted to this channel, makes me want to buy one but I am in California and major strict of course but I do hit the range with my pops. Either way great content keep it up!!
Update: I know currently own 2 firearms and my first ar on the way lol
@Matthew Alexander I know smh but I do now own a couple and am loving the 2A fun
Clint’s build is our dream build
It use to be kind of fun putting together “budget” AR’s. I put together a 10.5” pistol build for right at $300. Sits in my safe! I love how it looks, but I’ve never enjoyed shooting AR pistols.
I own stags previous gen of the stag 15 tactical and I can agree that their firearms are quality. On par with Aero imo.
Lmao I
All 3 firearms are the next giveaway after 6 episodes.
How did you know?!
@@ClassicFirearms Lucky guess???
Gonna guess the promo code will be STAG
Spare parts abomination builds are a guilty pleasure for many of us.
Bought a brand new diamond back DB15 16" barrel, Magpul magazine, stock and grip, MLOK etc... chambered in 300 AAC blackout for $569 from my local gun shop yesterday! killer deal if you ask me.
I stand with Alek. His shotgun home defense argument will always be legendary.
you guys should show the gun put together i was very curious to see the final product
I have to say, I am massively preferential towards the Magpul MS4 sling. I love how fast they are to adjust, take 2 QD swivels (for two point QD slings) and can convert instantly to a single point sling. They aren't cheap (cost is usually around 60-90 dollars depending on the vendor) but they are extremely comfortable and practical. I've only got 2 of them right now but I've had probably 20 through the years.
Keep an eye out for Andro Corp rifles for 400. Same with Delton 👌🏼
I can't wait to see the cheap build run. For a fraction of the cost. Lol
OK so durability and precision might not be on par with the others. But I bet it works!
Durability is just as important as reliability.
@@echofoxtrotwhiskey1595 I understand the sentiment. Though for 4k. How many cheap rifles could one build.
Outfit more patriots if the time comes. With multiples if somethin breaks.
@@matthewbeaver5026 I would rather stick in the 1400 range.
I Prefer BSF carbon wrapped barrels over proof research. Their barrels stay cooler longer and experience less walk.
When he said “China” 😂😂😂
Clint's build would make an excellent giveaway.
It's so crazy how MUCH you can spend on an ar15 lol, I'm curious to see if it performs 5× better then a 1,000$ rifle
Seriously cuz they midgrade cost as much as my mp 10 at like 1700 buck and i have a 30 cal with some aftermarket furnishing
The funny thing is the standard military issued rifle is probably much closer to the $700 one in build quality and yet people will pay as much as if it was a 2k rifle for some dumb reason.
I did a blem palmetto kit $225, $20 blem lower, $30 rear sight.
My AR is a $500 DPMS Oracle.
I put on a quad rail, bipod foregrip, harbor freight 850 lumen Tactical flashlight with focus adjustment and strobe function. It's got a green lazer, 45 degree cowitness irons and a 4-16 x 40 optic... all I know is I like it... I've put a couple thousand rounds through it and it hasn't failed me yet... lol
I want the rifle Clint is building for the next giveaway!!!
Let's Go Brandon
first timer here and i love the videos. but lets get
Matt a pair of antiglare glasses hahah ! love you matt!
I’m building my first one now as my Christmas present. I got both of my sons helping me. It’s been a good time.
The budget AR really could of been done for 500 or less
I legit love this idea. I've been hoping a UA-camr would do something like this to just compare and essentially kill the "budget is the same as high end" myth.
I’ve had 2 Stag Arms ARs… LOVE THEM.
I hereby dub these rifles “Budget Build”, “Bought It Build”, and “Bougie Build” and request that Budget Build comes with some Freedom Seeds if they’re in separate giveaways
Golly Clint. . . golly. I built an AR for a guy and the price was $1100 in parts recently. This exercise really helps to exhibit how some of the AR companies get a solid product to the market at a pretty good comparative price.
Alex: Clint, can I have a raise?
Clint: pfft no, I'm building another rifle
Absolute best reason for an AR-15 is it is the Lego of firearms. Start cheap and upgrade as you can afford to.
I'm betting that he Clint sleeps with that Mk 18😂😂😂😂😂 he loves 💘 it
Directly between him and his wife. For sure.
I call dibs on Alek's build! I'm a lefty too!
Matt’s build all day!
A budget rifle can run just as reliable as a Gucci rifle if you build it correctly with quality parts. The price just goes up with comfortability 💯
PSA just had complete with sights FDE Blem upper and complete Blem FDE lower, $430 together.
Give me the “out of the box” option all day. The best of all worlds, not too expensive and not junk
This reminds me of an episode of Forged in Fire where one of the competitors cut the blade shape out and was dismissed - "This is Forged in Fire, not 'Shaped on a belt sander'!" For the mid-range build - this build a gun, not accessorize a gun.
I'd like to see you guys do an AR-10 build series next, those are so much more complicated.
This website is Great and informative !
My brother just got out of the military and he got a IGY6 tat with the red six and his close friend got it with him and sadly took his life 2 months ago it was sad but I 100% understand your tattoo meaning thank you for your service
12:20 😂😂😂 I have worries about that charging handle!
Finally people on UA-cam that Appreciate this
Awesome series!
Like the all the BUILDS sometimes the $$$ doesn't mean it's that much better sometimes it's the shooter behind the trigger .
Looking forward to this Friday for some range video of each of their rifles. 🗽🦅🇺🇸
After I bought my first A.R. 15 which was a DPMS/panther arms oracle. I purchased it for $500. I upgraded it over the course of the year to a higher in standard A.R. 15. And I spent roughly another $600 on the rifle. After that I started building my own. Which for the same $600-$700 in purchasing and upgrading I now had a high end rifle build without having to pay the $2000 for the high-end rifle. So the budget build or they will say mid range budget build; my bills are just as good as the high end $2000 plus rifles. The things that I don’t skimp on in the build is the barrel the bolt carrier group and the trigger. The other items can be well negotiable lol
Of course Alec getting the budget 😅
Straight up Breek Arms Warhammer Charging Handle.
Excited for this. You should really throw a psa in the mix just bc of how popular they are.
I loved this video so much I built the high end AR with a few mods. First I went with the Vseven upper and handguard. Then instead of B-5 systems grip or stock. I went with Magpul furniture k-2 grip, ACS stock, MBus sights, VFG, and the new polymer dust cover. Since I went with a different handguard I had to change the gas block from JP to an SLR adjustable gas block. Instead of the war comp I put a Silencer Co brake on it to host my saker 5.56 suppressor. I also put a vortex 1-6 LVPO scope on it. Let me know what everyone thinks.
What JP buffer weight and buffer spring did you end up running?
Thanks Classic Firearms 😁 And God Bless 🙏
Aero Precision Breach charging handle is amazing
I'm not a stranger to guns in general. Dad thought his girls how to shoot too but this is a different level. I always learn something new. Thank Boys. This old girl appreciates your knowledge. OG(old girl) shout out. 👏👏👏👏
Ok now I know what parts to use when I build my next AR
This is gunna be an awesome series but who wants to take a bet that one of them at least has an issue? Nothing big like a handguard falling off but someone is gunna forget to stake a castle nut or dimple a gas block. BET!
You know damn well that if this video wasn’t sponsored they would have done Aero lol
Yes!!!!! Very much here for this series. Building an ar pistol atm so this series will be very helpful
Y'all gotta do a glock build next. Budget Glock, GUCCI Glock, and out of the box Glock. Neither have to actually be OEM Glocks. And then 1911 builds would also be nice.
Just watched about 12 videos and finally subscribed
“Andreson Lower (Partially Built)”
😂
That budget build is literally my current set up except buffer system
Summer of 2020 I built a prebuilt Anderson lower and Anderson upper, for a total of 540 plus 70 for optics
Now just the prebuilt upper is 499
Man I love El Cheapo AR-15's. As someone who is not Murican and lives in a dictatorship, I can only dream about assembling my own... in the meantime, "Gunstruction" is a lot of fun, kinda like Legos.
Looking forward to the series. Over the years I've built at least one of each range.
Did this man say anderson has good qc?
Now this maybe your best video yet…
Having discovered the ease of which one can put together an AR with my first build, I ended up building three more (with a 7" AR pistol build on the back burner). I sold the first one, and kept the other three for my collection. Of the three remaining, two builds have Fostech Echo II triggers. I value two of these ARs at $1,800 each, and one at $2,100. All of my ARs have lengthy build sheets of pricey components, but the real value I place on two of the builds reside in the Trump logoed, enamel-filled lowers. 😎
Clints build should be a give away
As a stag 15 owner i was kinda shocked and happy to see that their out of the box AR was the stag :)))
Legit hated that there were called pistol grips till right now, I genuinely thought it was a pistol on the table… it’s all makes sense now😂😂
Yes run more build competitions! Who wouldn’t watch these?