Best Budget Rifle Build? A good rifle while staying under $1000? PSA PA-15
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- We take a look at parts and options to build out a quality rifle and still not break the bank!
Parts list:
PSA lower
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PSA upper
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Romeo 7
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Midwest industries Quad rail
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Streamlight weapon light
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Back up irons are a must in my opinion. An Aimpoint PRO shut off on a buddy of mine during a drill run, MBUS were flipped up as he continued. The Aimpoint turned on again amd performed okay for several years now he said. It was an odd fluke that day. Battery died on my eoTech (old AA version). Traded the eoTech in for my own Aimpoint PRO. No negative on EOTech, just wanted the simple dot. Still running mbus on mine as well.
Yeah im around 1500$ into my “budget” build lol i gotta say it runs like a Swiss watch though i got a radical rf 15 socom was pretty cheap plus it came with a Midwest industries free float rail and b5 systems furniture but after the primary arms slx 1x prism and a lantac enhancement bcg, a geislie braided spring and h2 buffer and a cmc drop in trigger plus the bcm charging handle and sure fire muzzle break and utg accu-sync flip up irons and utg slim angled forward grip it’s not so cheap anymore its also got a pro tech light on it but im not counting it because i already had it lol
If you watch for a deal, you can usually get a PA15 with a freefloat handguard, midlength gas system, flip up irons, and often basic magpul furniture for around the same price as you gave. Maybe $50-100 more? But still less than the price the style shown in the video + another almost $200 for a different handguard.
The free float handguard means better accuracy if you shoot from a barricade, with a bipod, of just with the handguard resting on anything when you shoot prone. Because the handguard isn't attached to the barrel, resting the handguard on things won't shifting your zero. You're also a lot less likely to damage your front gas block. If you smack your rifle hard enough to damage/move a gas block that's UNDER a freefloat handguard, you probably need to look over the entire rifle because it's probably mangled.
Speaking of the gas system, the midlength gas system should be softer shooting and easier on the internals.
I'd personally also get something like a Romeo5 over a 7 for an optic. While the 5 doesn't look as cool as the 7, you'll save size, weight, and about $100 while being just as durable.
You should be mounting red dots as far forward on the receiver as you can, and shooting with both eyes open. So, the Romeo5 being a smaller red dot really won't make it harder to use. You'll also have room for a magnifier in the future, should you decide to go that route.
You can't go wrong with the Protac light. But the gen 2 has mlok out of the box and that should get the light closer to your gun. This makes it less likely to get snagged on something. Another good option is the Olight Odin. They are around the same price, and can be taken off quickly to use as a hand held light.
If you want to be quick and accurate with the rifle I'd suggest a handstop over a vertical grip and just C-clamp the hell out of it.
Vert grips were popular in the 25-30 years when picatinny was still pretty new and soldiers were still figuring out how best to setup a shortened rifle with an even shorter handguard that needed several pieces of new tech on it using a new equipment mounting system. A vert grip gave them a place for their hand, and(arguably) better control over the gun in full auto, a carry over from an even older era.
Having a rifle with literally twice the handguard as what's on the one in the video let's you put all that shit(lights/lasers/front sight) further forward and still have room for your hand. Having that front sight also further forward gives you a better sight picture and a perceived smaller front post, meaning better precision. Mlok is also the current standard and let's the handguard be more compact and let's you mount stuff closer on the gun making it less bulky. It also makes griping the rifle thumb over bore easier which gives you great control over recoil, general control, and target acquisition speed.
I'd also suggests a decent quick adjust 2 point sling.
@Mitsurugi2424 I think you might be missing the point of the video.
I do agree with some of what you have to say when it comes to better accuracy, recoil management and handling of the rifle by going with a free float hand guard and mid-length gas system.
But, the problem lies in an un-staked gas block. you run the risk of screws coming loose and the rifle failing. Obviously one can go have it staked but a new to firearms individual may not know anything about that. Same with the gas system a carbine length will function better under high round count and lack of cleaning, yes one should maintain their firearm but sometimes situations don't allow time to or they lack the knowledge. As for the light and optic choice they were picked because both can run on the same battery. if a battery fails mid mission it can be moved over or being AA found literally everywhere. An olight has a proprietary battery and needs to be charged, so once its dead its a paper weight or a good hard thing to throw if needed. I wanted to show this set up to show simplicity, reliability, and that it complements itself.
First thing you want a battle rifle for a battle rifle not an intermediate cartridge assault rifle. Mad Max would be very short movie if he had a 308 to punch holes in engine blocks. Most conflicts people use regular vehicles. A battle rifle is a semi-automatic or select fire service rifle chambered to fire a full-power cartridge and a internal box magazine or detachable box magazine. The term "battle rifle" is a retronym created largely out of a need to better differentiate the intermediate-power cartridge assault rifles.
Ah I see my mistake there. Thank you for clearing that up!
A PA-10 308 is 570 🫘....and a Panzer 1-10x FFP is 200 🫘 ..that's 770 for an awesome 👌 308 rifle. Mine has been great so far
@mobilegamersunite I’ve been curious how those have been. What’s the overall build like? 16” or 18”? Free float or FSB? How many rounds have you had through it?
@3200ish 18 inch barrel fr33 float. I've never had an issue after 2000 rounds or so I started to upgrade the furniture. POF roller cam pin, and I got the toolcraft dual ejector bolt 🔩 for 130 because it helps with spicy 308 rounds. I've never had a malfunction with the rifle so far. 🤷 I have videos up on my Armory Playlist ▶️ showing the rifle, and some of the upgrades I got for her.
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@mobilegamersunite awesome! I’ll check it out!
Put some parts information in the description so we can build ourselves
@jasonlabat99 just dropped them in the description for ya. Thanks for watching!
@@3200ish you da man 💪, thanks brother
300 Bucks for carbine gas FSB? That is not the best budget rifle build.