I've been reading a lot of good things about windham and I'm considering this upper from them to finish my build.  For $600 I'm sure many of you could piece together something much better, but I know for some the idea of buidling, torquing, and correctly headspacing an upper might seem dangerous or unreliable (plus no warranty).

 

It comes NJ-compliant right out of the box with a shaved bayo lug and a modified A2 bird-cage (extra slots cuts out on the bottom) that's listed as a compensator for NJ.  For $600 it's pretty pricey for a basic carbine length 5.56 upper but from what I hear windham's customer service is on par with Springfield Armory.  Windham also installs any component you order from them for FREE.

 

Within the $600 range I'm looking at this and the spikes tactical mid-length that'll require some shaving, pinning, and welding.

 

What do you guys think? 

 

http://www.windhamweaponry.com/shopexd.asp?id=193

 

On the down-side, the windham upper comes with an AR15 style BCG and I'm not sure what components are considered Mil-spec..

Check out PSA armory. They have some great deals

stop...just stop.....you cold build a far superior upper for that money and equal to better for less

 

consider that

lol hmmmmmmm 

 

I was under the impression that PSA didn't ship uppers to NJ anymore? 

I have a windham AR. Great gun. Not one issue with it at all. The birdcage doesn't have extra slots on the bottom, it's considered a muzzle break cause it's a closed end. Same size hole as the bullet. All around it is basically mil-spec, but the buffer tube is commercial.

 

I would buy one again, thinking about buying their AR-10 they just came out with.

Www.cbarms.com has a SabreDefense upper with BCG for $539... They have others for $399 without the BCG but include decent free float handguards instead of those throw away M4 ones everyone spends another $100 to replace... To you can add the BCG for $125 + the $$399 =$525 and you are done...

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Worth the money.

Www.cbarms.com has a SabreDefense upper with BCG for $539... They have others for $399 without the BCG but include decent free float handguards instead of those throw away M4 ones everyone spends another $100 to replace... To you can add the BCG for $125 + the $$399 =$525 and you are done...

from their site

 

http://cbarms.com/asu057.html

 

not bad really but would like to know more on the barrel or rather whose blanks they are using and who does the cutting

The stainless steel Barrels are RED-X.... I think the Sabre Defense is different.. ( better quality)

http://www.gandrtactical.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=16-LW-MID

 

Couple dollars in compliance and far better setup.

Thanks for the input guys.  

 

Looks like the BCM middy is the way to go.  

http://www.gandrtactical.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=16-LW-MID

 

Couple dollars in compliance and far better setup.

when you add in the cost of the compliance, handguards etc, you will be over his $600 target but otherwise I agree that BCM makes damn fine products

I like that BCM deal as well... Just add a Diamondhead drop-in rail...

Yeah...but its soo choice.

I'm really liking the cold hammer forged version of the bcm middy.  

im gonna need to get a matching BCM lower now. 

Just found mine in Florida. GandR has em. $380 complete minus stock.