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Either way...

Building a lower (sooner or later) is good for the soul... IMHO

Anything but 5.56......

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I am guessing what he is saying is that ARs in a huge list of OTHER calibers is where the fun really is. Actually I agree with that.

In my world, I would trade any AR I have (in .223/5.56) for an AK... or a PSA KS47.

5.56/223 is an obnoxious noisy piss ant of a round.

DO NOT build an AR in 7.62 x 39... you will always contend with feed drama (EVEN with the best mags)... get a PSA KS47 instead.

Regardless... jump right in on your build of an AR-15. Don't let other complicate that.

It depends on what kind of deals you can find. Most complete lowers will have mil-spec triggers. To me, that’s fine for pistol builds and such. If you want a really nice trigger, you might just do the build yourself. There are some parts kits that don’t have a trigger included if you want to source a different one.

Aero was selling completed lowers for around $200-220. I have a BCM blem complete lower that cost me $329. They may be more now.

Stripped lower can be very fun...

PSA

My mechanic just got one of these...

One I built for strafing Yotes. D Tech bench rest upper...