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Actually, I like the idea of giving her one of your & then replacing it.

I'd be fine with building a "low cost" rifle, as "low cost" doesn't have to mean either bad or junk...................how fine of accuracy you want mostly depends on the barrel & how much you want to spend there.

But I've gotten top notch SS barrels more for as low as $150 one sale at the right time & they shoot better than good.

Good triggers are plentiful today & so are good quality BCG's at very reasonable prices.

But if I wasn't going to build it, for sure I'd buy something from PSA at the highest price point that you want to spend. Pull the handguard, confirm the torque on the barrel nut & rock on.

Regardless of some here singing the praises & magnificence of BCA & even Radical, I have no intent of ever owning one of those............ever. They fall well below my threshold for a gun I would want to depend on.

We have 3 of the 14.7" PSA pinned & welded uppers with their premium FN barrels & upgraded handguards that we added BCG's to, & they are stone cold reliable, gassed well & more than accurate enough for any intended purpose with a red dot sight.

And they have a configuration in both uppers & lowers to fit any budget.

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According to the gunsmith in the video, it would have kept running with new gas rings.

I was impressed.

A 450 dollar rifle with 2000 rounds of ammo (1000 to train with and 1000 for bad times) is not a bad way to go

Regardless of some here singing the praises & magnificence of BCA & even Radical, I have no intent of ever owning one of those............ever. They fall well below my threshold for a gun I would want to depend on.

My BC 20” is a range toy and maybe varminter, but so far, so good and I don’t see any reason to think it’ll be less reliable than others in its price range. The side-charger design is simpler than a rear-charger, which along with being built in-house should result in some savings. Makes running a larger scope easier as well.

Regardless, partly due to curiosity and definitely for portability and handling, I have a 16” Adams P2 upper on order, purchased at just over half-price. Nothing cheap about it, and it will share the PSA SSA-E lower the BC uses. Both Mrgunsandgear and Honest Outlaw give the P2 a thumbs up. I paid $500, but now the sale price is $600. Should be here within a couple weeks.