Kingsoverqueens

That I get. But some of the rollmarks are pretty hokey looking. Anderson seriously has Parlay and Plunder on their Jolly Roger lower. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I mean, it would be nice for National Pirate day at the range. Who makes a plain non-stamped lower? You know, for those who prefer to let their shooting say it all. :cool:

I sent Steve a PM and am waiting to hear back. Should I get the Jolly Roger rollmark? lolz What lowers are all the cool kids shooting these days?

OK, we will do that. Thanks. In the meantime I'm buying a stripped lower. Its kinda like when I built/renovated my house. Months of planning and talk didn't seem real until I a took a sawzall and took down the first wall. "Ok hun...no turning back."

I'm going to need it for the next match. lol Between you, NYMEts and High Exposure, we're gonna git' r' dun.

Aaaaaaand ya both lost me. I just spend some time looking at stripped lower units. Anderson makes a jolly roger one that reads parlay and plunder for fire and safe. Seems kinda goofy, no. The spider (rollstamp...rollmark?) on the spikes lower looks pretty cool. Plain is nice too. Oy. Back to overwhelming.

Valid point and you are probably right.

This gun is going to be used at local 3 gun matches. No more than 200 yards with the majority of usage close quarters.

I'm 47. I started watching my diet and doing 30 minutes of eliptical/cardio exercise every other day back in January. I'm down 45 pounds from 263 and feel great. But as good as I feel, I'm shot the day after an event. Everything aches. I've never been flexible. Ever. Getting old sucks.

Vlad's explanation makes sense. That's the kind of info that's very helpful. The process of understating what each part does, and why it does it, and then how that relates the performance of the firearm, is part of what's overwhelming, to me anyway. Is there a benefit to not having a free float?

Why is freefloat a must?

I need something light, so building is preferable. Something light AND less expensive than something off the rack is more preferable. I think building is going to give me that result. I'm going to use it for 3 gun events and occasional lead down range but that's about it.

Ahh. Yes, that does suck.

That IS helpful. Thanks. High Exposure...I can't believe that's the same gun. lol

Hamilton? Your profile shows Shrewsbury. I thought we were neighbors.

Thanks. So one or two basic questions. I'm going to need a lower, and an upper, and sights/optics. Right? I can buy a completely stripped lower and add my own trigger, butt stock and such. Or I can buy the entire unit as one? The upper comes with the barrel and the hand guard?

Thanks guys. I appreciate all of the replies. That form that NYMets fan provided is interesting. I'm going to print it and give an attempt at filling it out. It seems to walk you through the basic process.

Considering my first AR. Building is obviously and option, but I'm a noob. I don't understand the vernacular. All you guys talk in acronyms. As an example, I figured out what a BSG is, but still don't fully appreciate what it does, and the why and how of what it does affecting the performance of the firearm. I've read some of the threads including the AR for Noobs stickied at the top. I'm really torn with just buying a colt or M&P 15 off the rack and calling it a day. I'm OK if you point and laugh. : )

I don't think you'll find another group who all root for each other to succeed like they do in these sports. I've never seen it anyway.

Steel on Sunday. Lets get you that special use badge.

Big red pickup truck with an AR decal that read "unabashedly American" on the front windshield. Middletown Friday Night.

I forgot about this. Crap. Had a full plate today, but this would have been fun. i did get to go clamming on the Navesink..first time. It was fun. And the clams, well, they are plentiful.

There were plenty of republicans who voted for the NY Safe Act.

It's a fine match for a new shooter. 6 stages, 5 of which might average 20 or 25 rounds. Mine has 27. Plus the classifier. Plus misses. 150 to 200 should be plenty. Come early, help build stages. You will learn a lot. Vlad does the new shooter briefing at 9:30 I think.

A couple of years ago they expanded the seating area into what was the grassy "general admission/lawn seat" area. So on a rainy day you've got a seat but it's open to the sky. The true lawn seat area is on a much steeper slope of that hill. Not very much fun I've heard.

$75 bucks in my case, 10 minute fix. I could have bought the "repair kit" with the transistors and fuses, but not being sure which ones needed to be replaced, it was worth the extra coin to swap out the entire part. I know only enough about this stuff to make me dangerous. And while 75 is more than 11, or the 26 they wanted for the repair kit, I still managed to repair my TV, saving me the couple of hundred that just about everyone else would have spent just buying a new TV. I also repaired my dryer myself (idler pulley and belt) for $35. Google, youtube, and in this case the local store. It's nice that some stuff can still be repaired instead of trashed for new stuff.