@@aldousorwell3807hell, I have a PSA Dagger with roughly 4k ish rounds through it, and no hiccups. Every ar build I go for starts with a PSA lower, either stripped or assembled. Most of their stuff is just great. Haven't tried all of it, so I can't comment on all of it, but it's all great from my seat
@@CrashRacknShoot Yeah, I've got 3 Uppers from them that have never given me any issues.👍 In fact, I can't remember the last time I heard somebody bashing them online that was speaking in specific terms from personal experience. They're always just parroting old vague rumors about them being "cheap" "junk".😂 You start asking specific questions and they stop responding... 🤔I suspect that they may just be people who are mad that other people are just as happy with a product that cost 1/3 as much as *Their* Daniel or BCM costed them...😁
He has any of you guys or gals on here see interview with the CEO of Palmetto State Armory I think it was at shot show? He explained why people are confused about always dunking on PSA for cheap rifles and it has to do with their direct-to-consumer sales they're not selling to middlemen so they don't have to Jack the price up to offset you know middleman margins, but it's also because in his words they're not charging more money for a brand name. So in his opinion you are paying for quality control quality assurance in a very good product when you buy a Daniel's defense or a BCM or whatever but you're also paying for the name. I also did not know from that interview that fabric National makes all their barrels and they have forever.
@@jeffbuller6708 A lot of the rage is coming from people criticizing some of their extremely cheap firearms because of quality issues. I also hear their ammo is trash. That being said "Im too dumb to do research on anything, so PSA is bad!" is their excuse.
@@DetroitThrowerresearch will net you mostly positive reviews about PSA. then it’s a 50/50 shot you’ll get a gun that functions. what good is research when you’re looking at feedback from millions of random mfs on the internet? you ever been out in the world and met any people? AND you come home and feel like the majority of them are handing out good advice? 😳
Our gun laws are so dumb. That is a stock for all intents and purposes. But the atf says a sbr requires a tax stamp and background check. But if you buy a “brace” which can be shouldered per the ATF, you don’t have to get a tax stamp. Just throw the whole NFA away
@@ROOSTER333 Bullpups weren't a concern when the NFA was written. They wanted to put pistols on the NFA, so cutting down rifles and shotguns had to be regulated to prevent a loophole. Pistols were removed from the NFA but the "loopholes" weren't.
I got an AR with a complete palmetto upper for $600 years ago and its still its my favorite rifle. Its just a standard AR chambered in 5.56 but it has always worked flawless and hits where i need it to.
ive seen many of them go for about 10 times that, especially the yugo's, with some of the rarer and more desirable varieties easily going into the $2k range. from what ive seen you'll pretty much only find the chinese examples for around the $5-600 range, and even then most of them tend to be either in really shit conditon with parts missing (i.e. no bayonet or cleaning rod), or are bubba specials modified with fugly plastic furniture, a rail for an optic of some kind, and made to take AK mags (which unfortunately makes them a "banned by name" assault weapon here in NJ). I paid about $850 for my matching yugo M59/66A1 when I got it like a year or two ago, and that was one of the cheaper listing I'd seen, most were asking around $1000 or more, Brandon really wasnt kidding when he said they cost about the same as some AK's these days, which funnily enough includes the venerable Serbian "yugo" ZPAP M70.
@@akforgeIn '94-95 average price was $2 for a box of 20 rounds of 7.62x39mm, even Norinco brand! 122 grains moving ~2500 fps just trashes a 5.56mm from a similar barrel length!
All that fuss, and they wind up approving something that's even more like a stock?? The whole NFA rule should be tossed out anyway, but we already know that, don't we?..
It might LOOK like more of a stock, but it has about the same surface area on the back as the Shockwave Blade braces. In other words, not much at all. Less than any SB brace I have.
All you have to do is none compliance but people are chicken shit and have no balls these days......that's the real problem. People standing around waiting to hear what's legal and illegal it's only a matter of time before you lose are your gun rights. Give in to one you will eventually give into all there commands, don't believe me just wait and see.
@@toastbutter6415 its all these hispter social enfluencers man. They ruined the second amendment youtube community. Now they are sheeling for century arms with that hirrible canik taran tactical failure pistol.
@@brettholland7975 They seem to last just fine. Ive yet to see one that wasnt abused fail. Sure some youtube millionaires melted one down by firing 50k rounds theough it in an hour or whatever but thats not realistic.
@@fxranger326and in the menu bar click on daily deals I just bought a GFORCE gf2p 12 ga pump for $49 and it's not trash I just put over 500 rounds through it yesterday, Zero issues
@@atago-neesama296 👀 not sure what AK you've had but that's one of the best battle rifles ever built, And it you install a tune up kit that thing will drive tacs
Call your Congresscritter and tell them to Reform or Repeal the NFA. Suppressors and barrel length should not be restricted and DOUBLE TAXED by the NFA
@jacobroberts2886 and that's easy enough to do, just swap the upper receiver with a retro A1 or A2 upper receiver. An armorer's wrench and some common tools are all you'll need to swap the parts from this upper to the earlier style upper. You might want to also get a delta ring tool to cut down on the profanities and save a few minutes.
I'm a former Quality Manager for an AR platform manufacturer. If you want reliability, go mil-spec bolt carrier group. If you want accuracy at distance, simply buy a high quality barrel. You can literally buy a PSA bottom of the barrel AR, switch out the barrel and turn it into a competition shooter. If you want to know the differences in quality, accuracy, etc talk to someone who actually makes them, not someone who just shoots guns.
You’ve peeked my interest with your comment. Was curious which barrel would you recommend for accurate shooting but maybe not competition? Or maybe competition if it’s close in price?
@Wall-E-w7y It's not about the brand. It's about the dimensions. I've inspected multiple barrels from various manufacturers using air gaging, bench centers, and indicators. The most consistent I found were from Daniel Defense. I found others from other manufacturers that were great, too. But their quality control let out of spec barrels pass affecting quality. Most barrels are gundrilled, and it's more difficult to hold straightness at .0002 (which is what anyone should expect for a quality barrel) the longer the barrel is. For my barrels over 18", I take them to a machine shop, throw them on centers, and check them. You'd be surprised at the variation you'll find.
You're welcome. I think I'm going to try to get on one of these gun channels to talk about what people should be looking for when it comes to quality. Why spend thousands of dollars without actually understanding what you're paying for?
No it's not. CAR-15 is Colt AUTOMATIC Rifle. He just said that is PSA, and it's semi-auto. He also said it cost $400ish, and any automatic AR type rifle will cost 10x more.
@@surferofthesynthwaves4710 yeah if you’re nonstop full auto for thousands of rounds. it’s “trash” then 😂. fact is most PSA ARs will outshoot/live their owners. and they work. the only ppl who hate on PSA like you are just upset you dropped 5 bands on ONE rifle.
A buddy got this exact set up and we went out to his property to melt it down, its now got around 4-5k rounds through it with no issues. I honestly dont think he even cleans it😂😂 i know for sure im the one that cleans his psa dagger everytime we train and even that is an amazing tool for sub 400 for a "glock" with a threaded barrel, suppressor irons and a slide cut. Only issue he had was the coating on the barrel was causing feed issues, psa told him to just clean off the feed ramp with a brillo pad and stop limp wristing it😂
5 k really isn’t a lot Of rounds especially for a rifle you wanna use for battle psa isn’t bad but they are not meant to be used for any sort of battle just target practice
That satisfied smile at the end is what I call the ballistic grin. That feeling of a nice trigger, the gas in the nostrils, the recoil against the shoulder, the "ting" of the steel, and the wallet still has some weight to it.
@@briantouchette6182 To a poor person, that 400 dollar AR and a day at the range is more than perfect. That's the beauty of our country. If only rich people could enjoy firearms, you'd have a hell of a time fighting off the gun grabbers. Be glad for us poors who vote and enjoy those delectable poverty tier triggers, lol.
@@briantouchette6182y’all act like you’re bulletproof for anything under $900…..you do know a $400 rifle will “take you” right? Hell a $1 butter knife can…hell a FREE ROCK can do it. Get smarter bro
@@awesomeopossum4632 If you spent as much time trying to find a job as you do whining about my shit, you'd be able to afford more than a pawn shop special. 🤷♂️
There ain't a damn thing wrong with an inexpensive AR pistol. I have a buddy that has quite the collection of sub $500 AR pistols and rifles and as long as you keep them clean and lubed they work great. Its no different than when back in the day you could buy an entire crate of SKS rifles for a few hundred bucks because no one wanted them. I still have one my dad bought for $50.00 and it runs great.
@@MkArms1997the piston rings will be worn out in 1,000 rounds or so. Otherwise I have no doubt it will run that long. I don’t think the rings will stop it btw. I just know these pistol length gas systems beat the piss out of themselves and about 1,000 rounds is when I see them start wearing out
AK’s were used for evil for so long and could be bought cheap. I remember them being about 175 to 200 each. In the 90’s during the cocaine wars you couldn’t even touch a m16 but you could find sks and AK’s.
“Used for evil” lmao like the US and it’s rifles haven’t killed more innocents than any other military. Yknow, in those constant wars of conquest and pillaging and destabilizing that we do. Open your eyes.
In 1978, I worked at a sporting goods store and we sold the Colt variant of the AR-15, for 500$. It was the only black rifle we sold. Everything else was wood stock shotguns and Winchester, Marlin or Remington rifles for eating animals.
Back when I turned 18 ALL AR’s were near $1000. Cheapest was a $800 bushmaster I spent enlistment bonus money on Before that it was $300 AKs and other combloc stuff. Been collecting them ever since but today Basic Ak pistol will run $800 and an AR can be built and function for around $500 😂
The fact that any AR based rifle or AK base rifle is more than $600 just blows my mind. The two most popular platforms in the world and yet somehow to buy a "mid range" version of either one will set you back over $1,000. Insanity.
Good ARs have never been cheap. When they were built they were using brand new technology; strong polymers, aluminum instead of steel. AKs were only cheap because they were made by the millions by peasants in Warsaw Pact countries, which means that they were cheap as hell with American dollars.
I hit the same sale. Got a blem 5.56, 10.5" flat top for $509. Hitting 3" plates @ 80yds, no malfunctions, runs great. My FFL & I can't find the blem 🙂
I have 3 different 'Blemished' Uppers from them. All for a great bargain. Couldn't find a blemish on two of them. One had a couple of tiny dings in the handguard.👍 One had a very slightly off center gas block from the barrel dimple being milled at about 6:30 instead of 6:00... Maybe they considered That to be the defect?🤷🏼♂️ PSA Has a NQA Lifetime Warranty, so maybe the 'Blems' are returns from nitpickers, ...or maybe they're trying to avoid that situation in advance... One of those uppers was not in the box with the other items from that order, even though the shipper said it was supposed to be in the box. I called their CS, and they Overnighted me an upper that literally showed up 24 hours later.👍
I have an Aero Precision lower with a PSA 10.5 upper just like that one. Franklin Armory binary and it hasn't jammed once since I upgraded to a H2 buffer.
The Taurus G2C & G3C are also great budget pistols, brand new out the box u can get 1 for $200-$300 9mm or .40cal! Good size for edc & cheap enough to leave in yur truck, u wouldn't be too upset if they had a deathwish & dared to take it!
Yes, one if the ATF sticking points was that people are shouldering the brace, and using it like a stock. I'm all for it personally...I have a bullet in my left arm so I actually need my brace.
People forget that 25 - 50% of the price is just for the brand name. Just like Supreme, people buy clothes just for the logo. People buy guns just for the logo. If the engineering is right, the materials are right, and the tolerances are right, then it’s just like any other rifle. The owner of PSA said on a podcast that his rifles aren’t cheap, they’re just reasonably priced. You could pay $1000 for an identical rifle to the PSA.
@Duran-2a Everyone has their own esthetics. I too like the look of a fixed carry handle more, but I couldn't get uppers with them for a while so I have a few with detachables. Edit because autocorrect picked all of the wrong possibilities
Because they're in high demand. People want to carry the lightest, smallest thing possible that will save their life in certain situations, so the market makes lighter and smaller tools. They don't always work well, i.e., Glock 43X. So people go after the next best thing that supposedly will work.
I have a similar one that I’m building into a CQBR Block 1. I’m excited for it to be nearing the finish line. Hell my Surefire RC2 cost 3 times as much as the base firearm.
When I was in Iraq, we used to check out the gun rack outside of the TOC to see what kind of gear our guys were rockin'. One day I saw one of these with all the optics. I thought, "Ooh! Who's got the .223 SBR?" Then, I'd walk into the TOC and see a bunch of guys with beards and hockey helmets. "Of course. SEALS."
@@Glock7eventeen I don't think so. I just did a quick google search. It was a full 18-19 years ago, but I remember it looking a lot more like the Colt LE6933 than the MK18.
@@Glock7eventeen The more I think about it, the rifle featured here is dead-on. These SEALS' rifles had the snub-barrel even shorter than the Colt SBR. That's what made it so remarkable. They were conspicuously shorter than our M4s.
If we actually followed the words in our laws......there wouldn't be an ATF, NFA, or 1986 Ban for that matter! Shall Not is a Direct Order. A military order, which means it Will be executed as if God himself is telling you. My ex-military here...please feel free to chim in on direct orders. Since the 2nd Ammendment addresses the people and the militia the Shall Not becomes a Direct Order. The people essentially are the militia! It was suppose to be an equal balance of force...how else can you stop Tyranny domestically or foreign if you don't have equal force options?
You can "shoulder" a brace like you can use a MiniCooper to move lumber (poke it out the window, hatch up). Doesn't mean it was designed for it, you did not redesign or alter the intended use, etc.
I got one with no handle and fde furniture for the same price, had it out two weekends ago and out about 200 or so down range. No malfunctions, no complaints
I love this - and would keep it stock, however. How easy would it be to replace the hand guard with 20mm picatinny rail? Easy swap out or requires gunsmithing?
Im using a psa upper with a bushmaster lower and it is absolutely my most reliable rifle at $670. Ive modified it a little bit but i dont have to fight with it or push the mag upward to make it function like in my ar10
PSA upper or kit sales with a FN CHF Cl barrel are amazing quality, you may have to toque some parts and true the upper, the stock BGCs and bolts are grest as in they sre cjrome lined inside and are up to spec just chabge the extractor spring (allway best to inspect) but apart from fully chromes BGCs and bolts, nitride or any other coating.... Sure they may look good and be faster to clean on the oitside but most dont oerform well conosred to s milspec standard phosphate BCG with the inside chromed.
It's so weird that AKs are the single most mass produced rifle in the world and are known for being cheap and easy to use... but in America they're hipster guns for people who have a few grand to blow who don't want the same AR that everyone else has. I'm glad we live in a day and age where you can get an AR for the same price as what you could get an AK for 20 years ago. It makes it easier for us to share ammo and parts with each other 😂
I bought a dagger and the firing pin snapped in half after 150 rnds and some dry firing. Not the tip but the center of the pin. You get what you paid for.
I used to dislike the amount of velocity you lose from a pistol, but once you factor in how low the recoil is, how flat it shoots and how light the ammo is, it's kind of unmatched.
Psa Lower Franklin armory trigger bootleg armory bcg 10 1/2 nitrite key lock upper with a Romeo red dot and magpie furniture.....I've always been a pistol and shotgun guy.....but after this build I did...yeah imma build a couple more just to do it lol 223 and 5.56
People shit on PSA, but they arm the people at a fair price. Im here for it!
cheap price for fair quality
@@KreacherServesFair price for *Good* quality...
*...fight me...🥊😠🥊*
@@aldousorwell3807hell, I have a PSA Dagger with roughly 4k ish rounds through it, and no hiccups. Every ar build I go for starts with a PSA lower, either stripped or assembled. Most of their stuff is just great. Haven't tried all of it, so I can't comment on all of it, but it's all great from my seat
@@CrashRacknShoot Yeah, I've got 3 Uppers from them that have never given me any issues.👍
In fact, I can't remember the last time I heard somebody bashing them online that was speaking in specific terms from personal experience. They're always just parroting old vague rumors about them being "cheap" "junk".😂
You start asking specific questions and they stop responding... 🤔I suspect that they may just be people who are mad that other people are just as happy with a product that cost 1/3 as much as *Their* Daniel or BCM costed them...😁
He has any of you guys or gals on here see interview with the CEO of Palmetto State Armory I think it was at shot show? He explained why people are confused about always dunking on PSA for cheap rifles and it has to do with their direct-to-consumer sales they're not selling to middlemen so they don't have to Jack the price up to offset you know middleman margins, but it's also because in his words they're not charging more money for a brand name. So in his opinion you are paying for quality control quality assurance in a very good product when you buy a Daniel's defense or a BCM or whatever but you're also paying for the name. I also did not know from that interview that fabric National makes all their barrels and they have forever.
Other Firearm companies: “You’re poor, and I hate you.”
PSA: “You’re poor, and I love you.”
@@jessepatterson1909 Can you elaborate? I've bought several AR's and pistols from PSA, and not had any issues.
@@jessepatterson1909This must have been very recent. I haven't had any issues with them.
@@jessepatterson1909 How so I have had good luck with their weapons.
@@jeffbuller6708 A lot of the rage is coming from people criticizing some of their extremely cheap firearms because of quality issues. I also hear their ammo is trash. That being said "Im too dumb to do research on anything, so PSA is bad!" is their excuse.
@@DetroitThrowerresearch will net you mostly positive reviews about PSA. then it’s a 50/50 shot you’ll get a gun that functions. what good is research when you’re looking at feedback from millions of random mfs on the internet? you ever been out in the world and met any people? AND you come home and feel like the majority of them are handing out good advice? 😳
Our gun laws are so dumb. That is a stock for all intents and purposes. But the atf says a sbr requires a tax stamp and background check. But if you buy a “brace” which can be shouldered per the ATF, you don’t have to get a tax stamp. Just throw the whole NFA away
Also bullpups. Same overall length as an SBR but better velocity,more lethal. Makes 0 sense
It's all about money and disarming the poor.
Actually, Congress says by law(unconstitutional) that an sbr requires a $200 tax, etc.
@@ROOSTER333 Bullpups weren't a concern when the NFA was written.
They wanted to put pistols on the NFA, so cutting down rifles and shotguns had to be regulated to prevent a loophole.
Pistols were removed from the NFA but the "loopholes" weren't.
Bullpups still have to meet the 26" overall length to not be an sbr.
I remember the good ol days in the 90s. Me and 4 of my buddies would head to the gun show and buy a crate of five SKS for $89 per rifle.
I got an AR with a complete palmetto upper for $600 years ago and its still its my favorite rifle. Its just a standard AR chambered in 5.56 but it has always worked flawless and hits where i need it to.
When I was reading this I thought you said 600+ years
psa is a fantastic company. they make reliable and well build products for great prices and their shipping is great.
SKS in the 90s were $99.⁰⁰+ tax
Yeah I had three of them for $85. Couldn’t touch one now for less than about 5times that much. But there’s a lot of stuff like that these days.
ive seen many of them go for about 10 times that, especially the yugo's, with some of the rarer and more desirable varieties easily going into the $2k range. from what ive seen you'll pretty much only find the chinese examples for around the $5-600 range, and even then most of them tend to be either in really shit conditon with parts missing (i.e. no bayonet or cleaning rod), or are bubba specials modified with fugly plastic furniture, a rail for an optic of some kind, and made to take AK mags (which unfortunately makes them a "banned by name" assault weapon here in NJ).
I paid about $850 for my matching yugo M59/66A1 when I got it like a year or two ago, and that was one of the cheaper listing I'd seen, most were asking around $1000 or more, Brandon really wasnt kidding when he said they cost about the same as some AK's these days, which funnily enough includes the venerable Serbian "yugo" ZPAP M70.
CHICOM AK’s in the 80’s were $75 each if you bought a pallet of them. Ammo was super expensive and hard to find though.
@@akforgeIn '94-95 average price was $2 for a box of 20 rounds of 7.62x39mm, even Norinco brand! 122 grains moving ~2500 fps just trashes a 5.56mm from a similar barrel length!
@@antghostthreeonethree6609 I was referencing 7.62x39mm ammo availability and price in the 1980’s.
All that fuss, and they wind up approving something that's even more like a stock?? The whole NFA rule should be tossed out anyway, but we already know that, don't we?..
It might LOOK like more of a stock, but it has about the same surface area on the back as the Shockwave Blade braces. In other words, not much at all. Less than any SB brace I have.
@@militantfascade9176 ... so you think that the NFA rule makes sense?
@@MrFantasticMunchHave to use their logic against them
All you have to do is none compliance but people are chicken shit and have no balls these days......that's the real problem. People standing around waiting to hear what's legal and illegal it's only a matter of time before you lose are your gun rights. Give in to one you will eventually give into all there commands, don't believe me just wait and see.
@@somethingcool7903 You first
Crazy that overpriced ARs make regular priced ARs seem cheap
Some videos I’ve seen show a $500 ar as being a great “budget” rifle, but I’m saying that’s affordable and normal for most people 😂
@@toastbutter6415 its all these hispter social enfluencers man. They ruined the second amendment youtube community. Now they are sheeling for century arms with that hirrible canik taran tactical failure pistol.
This rifle is junk and will not last
@@brettholland7975yeah, look at it. But if you go to psa you can find good shit for $400. 5.56 is shit out of a short varrel anyway
@@brettholland7975 They seem to last just fine. Ive yet to see one that wasnt abused fail. Sure some youtube millionaires melted one down by firing 50k rounds theough it in an hour or whatever but thats not realistic.
PSA is the absolute best. Most pro 2A company in existence
“5.56, 2.23 just left the pawn shop!”
Fredo Bang said it best. 💯🔥
Palmetto State Armory is the place to buy anything
Is website the same name?
@@fxranger326and in the menu bar click on daily deals I just bought a GFORCE gf2p 12 ga pump for $49 and it's not trash I just put over 500 rounds through it yesterday, Zero issues
Except AKs they fucking SUCCK
@@atago-neesama296 👀 not sure what AK you've had but that's one of the best battle rifles ever built, And it you install a tune up kit that thing will drive tacs
@@Outlaws-g5e I got a Zastava m70. I have bad opinions on American made AKs
Call your Congresscritter and tell them to Reform or Repeal the NFA.
Suppressors and barrel length should not be restricted and DOUBLE TAXED by the NFA
Just a way to take our money
They probably think suppressors are like the movies lol
It's a combination of Money and Control.
lol for real. "congresscritter" 😂
@miaouew
Gender neutral AND dehumanizing.
Perfect for both lib-left and lib-right!
Almost a Colt Commando
YES, it basically is
Just needs a non removable carry handle
looks more like a MK18 Mod 0
@jacobroberts2886 and that's easy enough to do, just swap the upper receiver with a retro A1 or A2 upper receiver. An armorer's wrench and some common tools are all you'll need to swap the parts from this upper to the earlier style upper. You might want to also get a delta ring tool to cut down on the profanities and save a few minutes.
Yes but you want an A1 upper and a 11.5 inch barrel to live out your Heat '95 fantasies
I'm a former Quality Manager for an AR platform manufacturer. If you want reliability, go mil-spec bolt carrier group. If you want accuracy at distance, simply buy a high quality barrel. You can literally buy a PSA bottom of the barrel AR, switch out the barrel and turn it into a competition shooter.
If you want to know the differences in quality, accuracy, etc talk to someone who actually makes them, not someone who just shoots guns.
You’ve peeked my interest with your comment. Was curious which barrel would you recommend for accurate shooting but maybe not competition? Or maybe competition if it’s close in price?
@Wall-E-w7y It's not about the brand. It's about the dimensions. I've inspected multiple barrels from various manufacturers using air gaging, bench centers, and indicators. The most consistent I found were from Daniel Defense. I found others from other manufacturers that were great, too. But their quality control let out of spec barrels pass affecting quality. Most barrels are gundrilled, and it's more difficult to hold straightness at .0002 (which is what anyone should expect for a quality barrel) the longer the barrel is.
For my barrels over 18", I take them to a machine shop, throw them on centers, and check them. You'd be surprised at the variation you'll find.
@@williamfloyd4669 Thanks for the info, I’m big fan of Sig but I’m learning to appreciate the DD brand.
You're welcome. I think I'm going to try to get on one of these gun channels to talk about what people should be looking for when it comes to quality. Why spend thousands of dollars without actually understanding what you're paying for?
@@williamfloyd4669 you definitely should! 👍🏻
That is a Car 15! That's what I call an Assault Vietnam special! Love em
No it's not. CAR-15 is Colt AUTOMATIC Rifle. He just said that is PSA, and it's semi-auto. He also said it cost $400ish, and any automatic AR type rifle will cost 10x more.
Love PSA , great folks down there,
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Idk about that
their AKs are dog water.
Especially their AR15 BCGs
@@surferofthesynthwaves4710ran 1k+ rounds through my psa nickel boron bcg and no issues yet 👌
@@surferofthesynthwaves4710 yeah if you’re nonstop full auto for thousands of rounds. it’s “trash” then 😂.
fact is most PSA ARs will outshoot/live their owners. and they work.
the only ppl who hate on PSA like you are just upset you dropped 5 bands on ONE rifle.
@@surferofthesynthwaves4710hater
@@AR47X420 He probably doesnt even own an AK or AR.
A buddy got this exact set up and we went out to his property to melt it down, its now got around 4-5k rounds through it with no issues. I honestly dont think he even cleans it😂😂 i know for sure im the one that cleans his psa dagger everytime we train and even that is an amazing tool for sub 400 for a "glock" with a threaded barrel, suppressor irons and a slide cut. Only issue he had was the coating on the barrel was causing feed issues, psa told him to just clean off the feed ramp with a brillo pad and stop limp wristing it😂
I can't find that "dagger" on their website
@@DREADEYE_KNIGHT just checked to make sure but if you go onto PSA website, the dagger is definitely there
5 k really isn’t a lot
Of rounds especially for a rifle you wanna use for battle psa isn’t bad but they are not meant to be used for any sort of battle just target practice
@@banditman55.6for the average working citizen 4 or 5k is a lot.
Great comment!
I have similar experience with PSA, I purchased a blemished lower and the FN 10.5 upper and it runs like a top.
That satisfied smile at the end is what I call the ballistic grin. That feeling of a nice trigger, the gas in the nostrils, the recoil against the shoulder, the "ting" of the steel, and the wallet still has some weight to it.
A $400 AR does not have a nice trigger. 🤔
@@briantouchette6182 To a poor person, that 400 dollar AR and a day at the range is more than perfect. That's the beauty of our country. If only rich people could enjoy firearms, you'd have a hell of a time fighting off the gun grabbers. Be glad for us poors who vote and enjoy those delectable poverty tier triggers, lol.
@@briantouchette6182y’all act like you’re bulletproof for anything under $900…..you do know a $400 rifle will “take you” right? Hell a $1 butter knife can…hell a FREE ROCK can do it. Get smarter bro
@@CoreyFPiazza
Well said!
Beautifully said.
love how it looks like a Toys-R-Us AR but fires like Full Metal Jacket
Its giving "HEAT" vibes 😂👍
I assembled one years ago run it hard zero issues and it's literally my favorite ar
Same. I have rifles that were $1300+ bone stock, and I still take my 11.5 with a fostech AR2 trigger everywhere I go. 😂
@@MI2APatriot for pure fun it's the champion it goes w me almost every trip too my far more spendy ones don't get shot 1/2 as much
@@MI2APatriotyou say that like 1300 is anything more than mid tier
@@awesomeopossum4632 If you spent as much time trying to find a job as you do whining about my shit, you'd be able to afford more than a pawn shop special. 🤷♂️
@awesomeopossum4632 I really live in your head rent-free. 😂
There ain't a damn thing wrong with an inexpensive AR pistol. I have a buddy that has quite the collection of sub $500 AR pistols and rifles and as long as you keep them clean and lubed they work great. Its no different than when back in the day you could buy an entire crate of SKS rifles for a few hundred bucks because no one wanted them. I still have one my dad bought for $50.00 and it runs great.
An sks isnt junk , all this shit is.
Especially this one ! There is a video on UA-cam that showed this same ar went 10,000 rounds with no failures and all original parts still
@RobertELee420 you're a troll. You don't even own a firearm.
@@RobertELee420 Fuuny
@@MkArms1997the piston rings will be worn out in 1,000 rounds or so. Otherwise I have no doubt it will run that long. I don’t think the rings will stop it btw. I just know these pistol length gas systems beat the piss out of themselves and about 1,000 rounds is when I see them start wearing out
Shall Not Be infringed. EVERYTHING IS Legal. Except tyranny!
AK’s were used for evil for so long and could be bought cheap. I remember them being about 175 to 200 each. In the 90’s during the cocaine wars you couldn’t even touch a m16 but you could find sks and AK’s.
You mean our government said itbwas evil.
1990's in Florida brand new for $120. SKS's were about $80
Milled were $160-175
“Used for evil” lmao like the US and it’s rifles haven’t killed more innocents than any other military. Yknow, in those constant wars of conquest and pillaging and destabilizing that we do. Open your eyes.
Well that's probably because an off the street civilian can't own a an M16 but they can own both others
That 'pistol brace' is flying mighty close to the sun.
lol i mean the ATF approved it so must be good to go
In 1978, I worked at a sporting goods store and we sold the Colt variant of the AR-15, for 500$. It was the only black rifle we sold. Everything else was wood stock shotguns and Winchester, Marlin or Remington rifles for eating animals.
That is a shit load of money if adjusted for inflation
$500 in 1978 = $2409.32 in 2024
$399 today would've been $83 in 1978...
Back when I turned 18 ALL AR’s were near $1000. Cheapest was a $800 bushmaster I spent enlistment bonus money on
Before that it was $300 AKs and other combloc stuff. Been collecting them ever since but today
Basic Ak pistol will run $800 and an AR can be built and function for around $500 😂
@@sandwichartist5053 it may be, but the average house didn’t cost seven times the average income either
Some will say short barrel 556 is useless but a 7.5 inch barrel is still tossing lead at 2400-2500 fps.
It's such a cute AR-15
Yea that mofos perfect if we could have truck guns...lol...too legit to quit straight up..
The braces pa
@American-BadAss732 since when can we not carry ARs or semis?
Pewpew 15 😂❤
why it looks like an M4??
I like this.....perfect for home defense with small rooms and
Narrow hallways..
The fact that any AR based rifle or AK base rifle is more than $600 just blows my mind. The two most popular platforms in the world and yet somehow to buy a "mid range" version of either one will set you back over $1,000. Insanity.
you can get aks under 400 still
@@MatteoFitnesswhat kind? Cheapest I've seen is just under $700
Good ARs have never been cheap. When they were built they were using brand new technology; strong polymers, aluminum instead of steel.
AKs were only cheap because they were made by the millions by peasants in Warsaw Pact countries, which means that they were cheap as hell with American dollars.
You are way off
I hit the same sale. Got a blem 5.56, 10.5" flat top for $509. Hitting 3" plates @ 80yds, no malfunctions, runs great. My FFL & I can't find the blem 🙂
What brand is it?
@@geneschulp8598He would be referring to PSA.
I have 3 different 'Blemished' Uppers from them. All for a great bargain.
Couldn't find a blemish on two of them. One had a couple of tiny dings in the handguard.👍 One had a very slightly off center gas block from the barrel dimple being milled at about 6:30 instead of 6:00... Maybe they considered That to be the defect?🤷🏼♂️
PSA Has a NQA Lifetime Warranty, so maybe the 'Blems' are returns from nitpickers, ...or maybe they're trying to avoid that situation in advance...
One of those uppers was not in the box with the other items from that order, even though the shipper said it was supposed to be in the box.
I called their CS, and they Overnighted me an upper that literally showed up 24 hours later.👍
I NEED A FEW DOZEN OF THESE
@Walter_Beewhy not? Maybe he has a bunch of kids. Don’t worry about it Fed
@@ralphedwards5849 ouch
@Walter_BeeDon’t get all salty on us over here Walter🙂↔️
why lol just get more mags
I’ve only bought PSA 5.7 Rock pistols and i must say i’m totally impressed with their quality.
I have an Aero Precision lower with a PSA 10.5 upper just like that one. Franklin Armory binary and it hasn't jammed once since I upgraded to a H2 buffer.
Mac, l just love what you decide to show is. This is a dope short.
I tossed a .22lr conversion kit in mine and use it a cheap plinker. Pretty fun if you ask me
Love the old school look
Man, that thing is cute 😊
Love ARs with iron sights and handles. Retro sexy.
Eighties SKS were 3/$100 in barrels at Fleet Supply. AKs were under $100. And once in a while, they threw in one with a fun trigger.
That smile at the end says it all.
PSA has bullpup 12g semi-auto shotguns on sale right now for $199.99. They look cool and runs pretty well from what i have read.
don't buy junk. I beg of you.
@@SawTomEyesMefuck it 200 bucks is hard to pass up. Said the same thing to my buddy but he insisted on it 😂
@@SawTomEyesMe it's only a couple hundred dollars if anything I can give it to a buddy who can't afford the nice stuff
dont waste money on those turkish garbage rods, if you want a cheap shotgun get a mav88
Ayuh. Got my son one.
You have to cycle a slug or some other heavy the first mag to loosen the spring a touch. Then it's smooth
Forget the gun, THAT SHIRT is Everything!
I love the catagory names , ' pistol ' That's as much a pistol as my Johnston ❤❤😂😂
Looks great, hope you enjoy it. We just bought a KS-7 on sale for $462 OTD
The Taurus G2C & G3C are also great budget pistols, brand new out the box u can get 1 for $200-$300 9mm or .40cal! Good size for edc & cheap enough to leave in yur truck, u wouldn't be too upset if they had a deathwish & dared to take it!
The Vietnam era Colt XM177 used by S.F .
For $400 i would get 2.
$400 now or $400 back then?
Today's price will stupid expensive with inflation.
You just shouldered that weapon! That's a felony! 😂
its been legal to shoulder pistol braces for awhile mann
@@KreacherServes yeah, I know... I was being sarcastic... 👍
I love PSA. I have the PA10 and PA15. I got a blem PA15, it's been 2 years, still haven't found the blem.
I want one ,wish i could find one !
"Pistol" 😂
Tell that to the atf lmao
Short barrel with the brace = pistol to the atf. Look it up.
Braces are legal right now....proceeds to shoulder the brace 😂
There's no law against shouldering a brace.
Uh huh… and?
Seems like he *Braced* the "Brace" , yes and?
Yes, one if the ATF sticking points was that people are shouldering the brace, and using it like a stock. I'm all for it personally...I have a bullet in my left arm so I actually need my brace.
@@mobilegamersunite Dosen't matter what their sticking points are. Federal courts are throwing the ATF brace crap out. Shoulder your brace.
Love PSA. National treasure.
Unitl the firing pin on your ak breaks or pops your primer
Or until your BCG dies
@@surferofthesynthwaves4710 Show us on the doll where PSA touched you.
Psa is sub par at best horrible qc, cheap parts don’t mean good
@@Scumbagfred opinions are like azzholes… everyone has one.
@fredieduran4159 Do you own or ever owned one? I find that most people who have something bad to say have never even fired one, much less, owns one.
People forget that 25 - 50% of the price is just for the brand name. Just like Supreme, people buy clothes just for the logo. People buy guns just for the logo. If the engineering is right, the materials are right, and the tolerances are right, then it’s just like any other rifle. The owner of PSA said on a podcast that his rifles aren’t cheap, they’re just reasonably priced. You could pay $1000 for an identical rifle to the PSA.
That looks like a cricket AR15 😂😂
The only thing that I don't like about this is that the carrying handle is removable. I love the A1 and A2 uppers.
the worst is seeing people mount optics on a detachable carry handle
@@Duran-2a It winds up being very similar to any "skyscraper" sight mount out there for height if you do. What makes it dumb?
@militantfascade9176 its functional just not visually appealing
@Duran-2a Everyone has their own esthetics. I too like the look of a fixed carry handle more, but I couldn't get uppers with them for a while so I have a few with detachables.
Edit because autocorrect picked all of the wrong possibilities
@militantfascade9176 brownells has a lot of different fixed carry handle uppers a1 & a2 style i picked a c7 upper up its pretty good
I really wish I got a AR pistol before my state (WA) banned all contemporary weapons. We are stuck with basically 1800's tech here now.
F it, get an M1 Garand and a Scoped 1903 and be more lethal.
Does your state also outlaw the internet??
Does your state prosecute criminals ?
Build it
AR15: $399
Handgun: $699
🤔🤔🤔
Economy of scale.
Ya I don't understand why pistols are so crazy expensive
Because they're in high demand. People want to carry the lightest, smallest thing possible that will save their life in certain situations, so the market makes lighter and smaller tools. They don't always work well, i.e., Glock 43X. So people go after the next best thing that supposedly will work.
@@A_Marine_and_his_rifle Yes, it's called price gouging.
PSA Dagger is about $300
Nice! I built a 7.5 inch 300 BO Pistol from PSA for under $600 and its a bad little unit! Gotta love PSA!
I have a similar one that I’m building into a CQBR Block 1. I’m excited for it to be nearing the finish line. Hell my Surefire RC2 cost 3 times as much as the base firearm.
When I was in Iraq, we used to check out the gun rack outside of the TOC to see what kind of gear our guys were rockin'. One day I saw one of these with all the optics. I thought, "Ooh! Who's got the .223 SBR?" Then, I'd walk into the TOC and see a bunch of guys with beards and hockey helmets. "Of course. SEALS."
That was a Daniel defense MK18 you saw, not this PSA 😂
@@Glock7eventeen I don't think so. I just did a quick google search. It was a full 18-19 years ago, but I remember it looking a lot more like the Colt LE6933 than the MK18.
@@Glock7eventeen The more I think about it, the rifle featured here is dead-on. These SEALS' rifles had the snub-barrel even shorter than the Colt SBR. That's what made it so remarkable. They were conspicuously shorter than our M4s.
@@azimuth361it was mk18 mod 0 or mod 1
Flashbang device
WAKFUK facilitator! 😏
Should they ever prohibit braces then just stick a tennis ball over the end of the buffer tube.
Cane tip. You're welcome.
Then it would be illegal again. You can't put anything on the end "modifying it"
Only if it's government property
@@Eagleeye745who cares lol
@@johnsmith1034 because at that point just put a real stock on it.
Still on a waiting list for my lower receivers for those models, to build from near scratch.
If we actually followed the words in our laws......there wouldn't be an ATF, NFA, or 1986 Ban for that matter!
Shall Not is a Direct Order. A military order, which means it Will be executed as if God himself is telling you.
My ex-military here...please feel free to chim in on direct orders.
Since the 2nd Ammendment addresses the people and the militia the Shall Not becomes a Direct Order. The people essentially are the militia! It was suppose to be an equal balance of force...how else can you stop Tyranny domestically or foreign if you don't have equal force options?
"This pistol" "this brace is legal" (proceeds to shoulder it 😂) brother that did not help the fight with the ATF
You can "shoulder" a brace like you can use a MiniCooper to move lumber (poke it out the window, hatch up).
Doesn't mean it was designed for it, you did not redesign or alter the intended use, etc.
ATF is a subsidiary of BLM.
@fpsgames8188 very true 🤣🤣💯
Santa's got a gun... sung to a particular Aerosmith tune was the first thing that popped into my head when this short started.
I got one with no handle and fde furniture for the same price, had it out two weekends ago and out about 200 or so down range. No malfunctions, no complaints
Love that style when I get where am going I am trying change my riffle out for this n get a darn 308 at 10 just seems more practical to me
If you have money in ur pocket be careful on psa
They will put in the poor house, especially with their ammo deals
FACTS!! (But it's the good poor!) 😂
I made the mistake of adding up the cost of all of my PSA purchases over the last couple of years. Not good😂I got a little carried away
Yeah same I don't want to know how much PSA money I have sent
Looks so mini I like it
Back in the 80s as an AF K9 handler we carried a GAU-5 that looked remarkably similar to that.
Thank you for your service God Bless
I like how compact it is. Reminds me of the CAR 15 but not with all the flash and hiccups.
I just finished my PSA build. Got an 80& lower and the rest of the parts for less than $500.
I love this - and would keep it stock, however. How easy would it be to replace the hand guard with 20mm picatinny rail? Easy swap out or requires gunsmithing?
Have the same pistol bought it for 499 last year great gun to take out on the range and have some fun with
Im using a psa upper with a bushmaster lower and it is absolutely my most reliable rifle at $670. Ive modified it a little bit but i dont have to fight with it or push the mag upward to make it function like in my ar10
PSA upper or kit sales with a FN CHF Cl barrel are amazing quality, you may have to toque some parts and true the upper, the stock BGCs and bolts are grest as in they sre cjrome lined inside and are up to spec just chabge the extractor spring (allway best to inspect) but apart from fully chromes BGCs and bolts, nitride or any other coating.... Sure they may look good and be faster to clean on the oitside but most dont oerform well conosred to s milspec standard phosphate BCG with the inside chromed.
Carried the real deal for years....
Have Colt semi version still. Have brace just like that that forgot I had.....
There goes the Blade.
Looks like the perfect size to go through room to room
My Bushmaster was $1200 15 years ago. But it was perfect right out of the box and still is...
It's so weird that AKs are the single most mass produced rifle in the world and are known for being cheap and easy to use... but in America they're hipster guns for people who have a few grand to blow who don't want the same AR that everyone else has.
I'm glad we live in a day and age where you can get an AR for the same price as what you could get an AK for 20 years ago. It makes it easier for us to share ammo and parts with each other 😂
My PSA has run flawlessly. Has a FN barrel and no frills. Pokes holes just fine.
I bought same one very nice for sure PSA makes very dependable weapons
Great deal on PSA right now.
I bought a dagger and the firing pin snapped in half after 150 rnds and some dry firing. Not the tip but the center of the pin. You get what you paid for.
THATS SEXY.... reminds me of the old commandos colt had
Should definitely do end of watch!
I used to dislike the amount of velocity you lose from a pistol, but once you factor in how low the recoil is, how flat it shoots and how light the ammo is, it's kind of unmatched.
Love my PSA ARs and they have great prices on other guns as well!
You're right about AKs. My Zasty cost me a grand 😭
The look on your face at the end...priceless.
Got mine! Changed the hand guard for bolt on quad rail and painted it Multicam. I really like it.
PSA is a perfect gun to build on. Love that pistol❤
His smile at the end says it all.👍🏼😁
Mac please do a durability test on this pistol please! Maybe comparing it to a AR selling for $1500 or more.
Del-Ton makes some nice budget ARs as well
The best budget company I've found is from midstate armory. I would choose them over PSA any day of the week.
Psa Lower Franklin armory trigger bootleg armory bcg 10 1/2 nitrite key lock upper with a Romeo red dot and magpie furniture.....I've always been a pistol and shotgun guy.....but after this build I did...yeah imma build a couple more just to do it lol 223 and 5.56
PSA is a nice little boom stick. So is M&P. Great budget AR’s.