Opinion of PSA products?

[London]

They're ARs are cheap for a reason. The products are made as quickly as possible by high school students and there is no QC whatsoever. Nearly every mfg error possible has been documented with them, and their premium lines cost as much as BCM, Colt, and SOLGW last time I looked.


From a budgetary standpoint, it makes more sense to pay 2X as much to get something that's more than 2X as good. The only exception is re-selling during panics, when it's easy to make 2x or 3x back what you paid. I really don't think there will be anymore panics unless something catastrophic happens to the country. Politically, that movement is nearly dead.

Their H&R retro line is a separate conversation. I hope they don't screw those up.

They can often be a good place to buy accessories and ammo for cheap. Their AAC 75gr looks very good for the price. I'd live to see some velocity and gel tests. Hopefully it's not as overpressured as their early 55gr which grouped at 4MOA and frequently blew out primers.

They own Toolcraft now, and for ehat they charge for BCGs you can get a superior Microbest for the same or less money for AR15discounts.

 

[zackmars]

Being sent to Nazis to kill Russians

In that case, good. The less Russians there are to fund and organize American 5th columnists, the better. Shame we couldn't have done this in the 30's though.

 

[London]

My PSA AR's will run any ammo that I stick in them...except one. I built a retro 20 inch AR and it refuses to run steel case ammo. I didn't have a lot of it and I shot it in my other rifles.

With an H&R upper?

Not running steel case can actually be a good thing. Means the gun is tuned to shoot brass very softly. Nice conservative gas port size.

 

[John Sam Rayburn]

I really don't think there will be anymore panics unless something catastrophic happens to the country.

Oh ye of little faith.

When Fox News goes 24/7 with Gavin Newsom as the next boogeyman in a few months, price support will flow unto us like mana from heaven.

Gavin Newsom 'wants to run for president' in 2024, Democratic strategist says

California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom “wants to run for president in 2024" and traveling with President Biden recently is to garner support for himself, one Democratic pollster concludes.

www.foxnews.com

Good PSA analysis above. Thank you.

 

[dpetrlak]

Watch for Sales. If you are building and you believe all the "Quality Issues" posts....
The vast majority is a little casting residue here or there. (My take down pin won't go in, my something doesn't fit smoothly, etc.) But what an awesome opportunity to look at the installation of each part as it gets installed. That's how you learn.
And while there are many that just like buying upper name brand stuff. In reality the vast majority of accuracy for the vast majority of AR shots, is going to the barrel.
Now Maybe out to targets that you can't actually see, the precise alignment of the upper with the barrel is important, But if that bolt locks up into the "barrel" and stays locked for the appropriate amount of time, all those other parts are about reliability and operability in tough conditions.
By the time YOU experience those, you'll be a build or 2 down the road.
Build it, tune it, refine it, enjoy shooting it, and learn about it while making those changes.

 

[uilim]

Well my carry pistol is a PSA Rock 5.7 and it works great.

 

[ESinclair]

I've got a collection of PSA products. I've been happy with everything so far. I did get an M4 butt stock missing the roll pin in the nut on the adjustment lever. I asked them what size it was and they sent me an entirely new butt stock. That's pretty decent service.

 

[TheMailMan]

They're ARs are cheap for a reason. The products are made as quickly as possible by high school students and there is no QC whatsoever. Nearly every mfg error possible has been documented with them, and their premium lines cost as much as BCM, Colt, and SOLGW last time I looked.


From a budgetary standpoint, it makes more sense to pay 2X as much to get something that's more than 2X as good. The only exception is re-selling during panics, when it's easy to make 2x or 3x back what you paid. I really don't think there will be anymore panics unless something catastrophic happens to the country. Politically, that movement is nearly dead.

Their H&R retro line is a separate conversation. I hope they don't screw those up.

They can often be a good place to buy accessories and ammo for cheap. Their AAC 75gr looks very good for the price. I'd live to see some velocity and gel tests. Hopefully it's not as overpressured as their early 55gr which grouped at 4MOA and frequently blew out primers.

They own Toolcraft now, and for ehat they charge for BCGs you can get a superior Microbest for the same or less money for AR15discounts.

Their, not they are

 

[TheMailMan]

I just assembled my first full sized Dagger. I might just replace all my compact frames with full sized frames.

 

[brashears9567]

Their, not they are

You forgot to use a period.


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[London]

Their, not they are

Not sure how that happened, but I strongly suspect it was alcohol related.

 

[majormadmax]

Never got into ARs so I can't comment on that. (I did shoot an AR10 once)

I'm new to ARs (been an AK guy for years). Have two PSA ARs now. Both are great rifles! I don't need a $4K AR to be cool!

 

[jakeintexas]

I’ve several builds which use their uppers and BCG. At least one uses their NiB FCG. Decent quality at a good price.

 

[uilim]

My 3rd slide. So they are a lot of fun.

 

[Darqhelmet]

They have stuff that I’m interested in but I have other guns higher up on the list that I want first.

 

[Armybrat]

Lots of AR snobs on the M4carbine board look down their long noses at PSA.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Lots of AR snobs on the M4carbine board look down their long noses at PSA.

Those same idiots also believe Glock is the only game yet it's a $500 gun all day long.

 

[Brady]

I haven't gotten much from PSA, I guess because early on I was warned against them.... Thinking I'll have to take another look, now.....
I HAVE used quite a few parts from another company that has about the same kinda rep as PSA.... Bear Creek Arsenal is around the same price point, and I've used multiple uppers, lowers, BCGs, and barrels in builds, and have yet to have an unresolved issue.... In fact, the ONLY issue I can think of was a bad firing pin and too weak spring for an AR47 build in one of their Gen 1 7.62x39 uppers..... Contacted BCA and they remedied the problem immediately and even had the new parts overnighted to me on their dime.... Their customer service is unparalleled.....

 

[Brady]

My latest build, a PCC in 9mm (from an 80% lower) uses one of their (BCA) left side charging stripped uppers, and I couldn't be happier with the performance of it!

 

[London]

Oh ye of little faith.

When Fox News goes 24/7 with Gavin Newsom as the next boogeyman in a few months, price support will flow unto us like mana from heaven.

Gavin Newsom 'wants to run for president' in 2024, Democratic strategist says

California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom “wants to run for president in 2024" and traveling with President Biden recently is to garner support for himself, one Democratic pollster concludes.

www.foxnews.com

Good PSA analysis above. Thank you.

I'm not sure. The last few AWB threats haven't moved sales much. 15 years ago i yoy told people you owned an AR-15, they' think you were a militia nut. Now their so common only the most sheltered eccentrics reach the same conclusion.

It seems like everyone who was on the ence now has an AR, as well as several who were against them.