Originally Posted by Buehler445 (Post 15293427)

FWIW there are some 500-650 AR-15s again. Palmetto has standard ARs for 550. Other places, like Classic Firearms have ARs with rails and some basic accessories for the 600 range.

They’re not Daniel Defense but they’re ARs for not a ton of money.

Maybe things are mellowing. Or if you’re wanting one...

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 15293597)

Depends on what happens tomorrow. If things go bad, I fear the following days/weeks/months could make the Sandy Hook scare look like a buyer's market.

Originally Posted by R Clark (Post 15293587)

thanks for the info, so do you have a ballpark idea on what they run during normal time’s not the inflated prices we got going on now

Originally Posted by Megatron96 (Post 15293605)

Last time I checked on a LMT (that's the gun I've been wanting for awhile now) they were about $2000+, IIRC, about 2 years ago. DD's will be about the same. That's brand new. You might be able to find a used one or "new/old stock" for maybe $1600-$1800?

Never saw either a DD or a LMT under $1500. But I don't check on them constantly; just around my birthday or X-Mas.

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 15293597)

Depends on what happens tomorrow. If things go bad, I fear the following days/weeks/months could make the Sandy Hook scare look like a buyer's market.

Originally Posted by R Clark (Post 15293625)

Damn I’ll half to stash a lot more cash than I realized for one, I’ve got a dpms that I’ve never shot I read somewhere that it was on the lower end? Not the quality that your talking with the lmp or dd.

Originally Posted by loce1959 (Post 15293717)

Cost almost 400 dollars for 1000 small rifle and 1000 small handgun.

Originally Posted by Megatron96 (Post 15293690)

DPMS isn't a bad manufacturer. They're mass production guns, and within that 'niche' they are decent weapons. They just aren't built to the military specs of something like a DD or LMT. DPMS is kind of "entry-level," so to speak. Doesn't mean bad though. Just not as beefy, and the fit-and-finish isn't nearly on the same level.

But if you really want one, LMT, DD, Wilson Combat, etc., are all great weapons. And they'll last several lifetimes.

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 15294008)

My first AR was a DMPS. Had it for 10 years now, never had any problems with it. It's now part of two different rifles; I have the lower on my scoped rifle, and the upper and original barrel on the red dot rifle. It was easier to switch the lowers than remount the peripheral hardware.

Originally Posted by Bwana (Post 15293984)

Yeah the gun I was ranting about in the above posts is a DPMS that I just had rebored. It is a shooting SOB right now, but now impressed how it came out of the factory.

Between you, me and the fence post, if my life was on the line and the thing I needed to kill was 250 yards or less, I would be reaching for one of my AK's anyway. Those things never jam.

Originally Posted by Megatron96 (Post 15294036)

Well, hell, now we have to shoot the fencepost just to be sure.:p

Originally Posted by Bwana (Post 15294035)

Yeah my gunsmith loves them. It's just luck of the draw that I got one with issues, that had to be taken care of.

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 15294042)

One of the reasons I got the DPMS in the first place is because a gunsmith told me it was a favorite of local cops.

There's always going to be a few bad apples, though. Glad you finally got it fixed.