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Are Palmetto State Armory AR-15s decent? (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 days ago by Vingst@hexbear.net to c/guns@hexbear.net

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The general word on PSA is they can make decent guns but they have poor quality control. Basically you do the QC for them and send them back the lemons for them to fix. What do you all think? The complete uppers look like a good deal.

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[–] no_pretext@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

I think you make some good points with regard to saving money and incremental improvements, however these days if I'm going to recommend a practical rifle I think the consistency and simplicity offered by a pre built gun outweigh the potential savings of a hundred bucks or so or the inclusion of an improved milspec trigger for a new shooter.

My match experience has taught me that skills outweigh gear once you have an optic. Maybe as I age fudd tendencies are manifesting, but I feel that it is more important to develop the shooter and system as a whole rather than the weapon itself, in the current market and standard of production we have today.

An AR15 with M193/M855 is most effective at applying a high volume of accurate fire out to ~250 yards (which has been recognized as a decisive factor in infantry combat since the first imperialist world war) and it doesn't need much other than a durable optic, the right ammo, maybe a light, and 8 magazines to do that.