My best Sub-$1,000 AR-15.

[Hail Caesar]

It is a home brewed rifle. The following is the what and how much.

It started off with looking for a barrel. Samuse from this site PM'ed me with a offer for a very,very slightly used (200'ish rounds) 14.5 LW Middy barrel from Noveske. The barrel, pinned Vortex flash hider, FSB, gas tube, Magpul Moe guards, and nut were purchased for $230 shipped. (Thank you very much Sam)
The barrel group came off a factory Noveske Skinny Moe. I still haven't gotten around to stripping the paint off the lower Moe guard.

I had an upper and lower, but decided (what the heck) and got a Noveske matched upper and lower. $285.

I had a take off CTR stock that I had bought for $45 bucks.
A takeoff Ergo for $10.
A Colt BCG and FCG I bought for $125 unused.
A barely usedTLR-1 for $65.
A barely used Aimpoint H-1 with ADM mount....$375.

The following I just ordered from Brownell's;

A DSA tube and Magpul BUIS for $18 and $44.
BCM Gunfighter Medium for $41.
Moe trigger guard..$7
Moe rail...$5

Ambi Safety I had laying around and forgot when/where/how much.
Same with Forward Assist..but they run $10.
Other parts I have laying around in bins.

So for a total with out the light and Aimpoint is $820. (Hopefully I added it up right).
If I would have just used an regular upper and lower I could have easily knocked off $130 for a total of $690.

With the rifle, light, and Aimpoint........ $1260!

I guess the moral of the story is .....if you search around and buy RIGHT you can put together one hell of a rifle.

Carry around cash...and make offers on quality gear.

[NAMVET72]

Very Nice Alan, what is your Next Project...............

[Hail Caesar]

Hell....I don't know???? lol

I guess I will think of something.

[jmlutz]

You did good Alan, I'm laughing aloud about your screen name on your scope riser You did great on the parts deal, that should be a fine AR Mike

[Hail Caesar]

Originally Posted by jmlutz

You did good Alan, I'm laughing aloud about your screen name on your scope riser You did great on the parts deal, that should be fine AR Mike

Thanks partner. My wife taught me how to put my "name" on it.

SO far it is a GREAT rifle. Light as a wand and functions great.

Alan

[Neener Neener]

That's a pretty good build. Quite a steal on the Noveske barrel, too! Why couldn't I find an H-1 for that price when I was looking for optics?

[Eaglestroker]

That's a really nice build. I've had a stripped lower for a few months now and can't decide what I want to do with it. So many options and so little time/money!

[Hail Caesar]

Originally Posted by Neener Neener

That's a pretty good build. Quite a steal on the Noveske barrel, too! Why couldn't I find an H-1 for that price when I was looking for optics?

I look around A LOT. Eventually a blind squirrel finds a nut.

Originally Posted by Eaglestroker

That's a really nice build. I've had a stripped lower for a few months now and can't decide what I want to do with it. So many options and so little time/money!

There are a abundance of choices today.