[SaaM]

Hello everyone. My name is Robb and I'm a gun nut. Former Marine, so I know how to pull the trigger on a rifle and make it go boom (while hitting what I'm aiming at), however, I've been primarily a hand gun kind of guy for many years.

I've got the shotgun for home defense and a nice Mosin Nagant M44 for scaring the dead, but with the prospect of McHillBama taking office next year, I've decided to move up my purchase of an EBR. I'm not a .223 fan, so I've decided to go with the 6.8SPC.

However, I have no experience in purchasing an AR. Sure, I could field strip it and get them clean and shiny, but purchasing one is a little more tricky.

I've been sold on the Ko-Tonics upper. I'm just looking at the 16" Grunt model. Add a muzzle break, the bolt carrier group, and a magazine and that seems to be everything I can get from them right now (no lowers are available).

So, what else do I need? Again, I'm not familiar with some of the terms. I think I need a butt-stock (don't want nuthin' fancy), lower receiver, grip, aaaaaaaaand.... that's where I'm not sure what else to grab.

I'm trying to keep the total rifle cost under a grand because I'm also going to need to get optics and reloading gear. If anyone has any good places I should be looking at or any discounts they know I could get, I'd appreciate it.

-R

 

[SaaM]

Tim, yup. I reload 10mm & .357Magnum right now so there's going to be a little switch to go over to rifle. I've never concerned myself with trimming a case, but I'm going to have to start.

I'm buying 100 rounds from SSA. This will give me a good feel as to what I should expect from my reloads and then I get to keep the brass. I'll be in the reloaders forum shortly.

As for the trigger, that's a future upgrade. I'm at my max right now so I decided to go the extra mile with the Ko-Tonics and worry about the other things later. This is primarily a self defense weapon (we have hurricanes here in Florida. Looting is common afterwards if the damage is bad) so .0025" accuracy at 700 yards isn't important. I want to simply make sure I can hit a paper plate at 100 offhand.

Glad to be on board!