Posted on 07/06/2026 7:38:18 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Celebrate America 250 and Firearm Freedom month by building a modern-day musket and America’s Rifle, which is in common use.
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Brownells , the parts suppliers to shooters, professional gunsmiths, hobbyists, military/law enforcement armorers, hunters, and gun tinkerers for over 75 years, recently produced a short video entitled: Why You Should Build An AR15.
They listed out a number of very good reasons why you should roll up your sleeves, and get yourself a lower receiver and parts kit, and build what Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor termed as “commonly available” and as Supreme Court Justice Kagan referred to as “the most popular rifle in the country”.
The video had a number of very good reasons you will want to endeavor to build one of these fine instruments of freedom, but we have our own list in no particular order (sure, Dave, whatever you say).
1. America's Rifle: It’s like the proverbial Barbie doll for adults.
The AR-15 is modular in construction, giving you many options for its final configuration. In most cases, if you so choose, you can just build the lower receiver portion, and then opt for retail parts for the upper receiver.
2. There are plenty of resources on how to build an AR.
Certain video sites are retentive of what they will show you, but there are plenty of resources to help you along the way.
3. You get to know the rifle, inside and out.
There is something about selecting all the modular parts for your build and assembling them together that gives you an intimate knowledge of the firearm, far above that of just buying a completed rifle off the shelf.
4. If you want, you can build it from the ground up.
Meaning that it is possible to produce a lower
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Buy one or build one? I have only built mine.
I put a bump stock on my AR. My backyard is a rifle range due to its size. Sometimes I mix tracers in with the ammo just for old times’ sake.
“IF” I had one, it would be an Armalite with an extendable stock.
My American Rifle Will
Not Identify as a “Barbie Doll” .
In before the boating accident jokes. 😆
There is no restriction of the inalienable right to keep and bear arms based on whether it is in "common use" or not.
That said, one can buy a stripped lower AR polymer receiver for as little as $40 (or aluminum around $60). Since the ATF considers the lower receiver as the firearm, you can bump up the AR buying numbers without breaking the bank, nor going through the time and effort for full build-outs.
I blame Eugene Stoner.
My version of “build” is to pick and install all the lower components, then put on a complete upper.
Have a 9mm carbine that I couldn’t get to work properly with a universal lower and mag block. Switched to a dedicated 9mm lower, and now it works like a charm. Everyone likes shooting it.
Also have a sweetheart build with an AIM 16” CHF .223/5.56 BRAVO 13 upper, Geissele trigger, Leupold scope, and other parts that I like. May not be top shelf to some AR snobs, but it’s accurate and always functioned perfectly.
Funny you should mention that.
I was machining a lower out of billet aluminum when we started taking on water...
Really, a Lego rifle is the correct toy analogy. Or a Mattel rifle if you're of a certain age.
Americas rifle.
Get one today.
L
Built 4 complete in .223 and .308. Blueprinted upper receiver and bedded barrels.
Another .223 needs a lower, I just swap the upper around.
Yeah, in a real world for grown-ups you would be right. Unfortunately, we don't live in that world.
"Common use" protects what we've got, but stifles future innovation. At least it's better than the emotion-driven arguments coming from the left, which, of course, are just cover for a Marxist dystopia.
I’m partial to AR-10 variants, M1As, and FN-LARs.
Mattel may Fit. They are Fun to shoot.
You can spend Alot of Money on them.
Modifications are easy.
Right Now seems Complete Rifles are
Very Cheap from Good Manufacturers,
ammo Is available and Priced lower than we’ve seen in Years.
yours:
My American Rifle Will
Not Identify as a “Barbie Doll” .
mine:
then your American Rifle won’t get any jobs, promotions, scholarships, fellowships, or research grants.
Believe it or not Mattel never did build a real rifle or parts.
What they did build was non-operational rifles for JROTC. Millions of them. We had really old ones when I was in school, which is not that long ago.
An AR10 will rip right through almost any body armor.
It’s an impressive rifle.
Bkmk
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