OKshooters is a really great forum.
The community is welcoming and helpful and I'm super glad I moved here and found this forum.
One thing I see on many (and this) forum are "buy once, cry once" or "thats what you get for buying amazon!" type comments.
Especially about optics.....does anyone really think a guy buying an AR scope on wish doesnt know that buying a $600 Vortex is better?
So here's what I'd like to do....
Lets all be helpful and tell us all your personal recommendations at once.
Lets make a Budget vs Dream build thread with all the combined knowledge of the community.
The problem with shopping online is that any search pops up all the *biggest retailers* not all the best stuff.
The points of all this being:
1) There are a ton of small manufacturers and designers in the country that never get known except by word of mouth, so lets support any good products from small shops and makers
.
2) If the community buys into this thread, it will make a WAY better resource than the "top ten red dots under $100 in 2021" articles that are barfed by every gun mag across the internet all the time.
3) When you search, you see a huge gap in products between "chinese airsoft scope" and "Leupold VX-5HD". Most people building a rifle or kitting a pistol wont buy the best, they will buy the best *they can afford*. Should I spend the extra for a premium AR lower if I'm making an $800 build? Should I get a timney trigger? Aren't all red dots basically the same? We can fill in the gaps with our experience and we can tell each other about what we've found in the "bang for your buck" categories so that we can build the best guns on the budgets we have.
So for the budget build, try to keep your total below $1000 (including accessories and mags)
For local or small manufacturers, please post a website. I'd love to generate a huge amount of traffic for the little guys.
I'll post the first comment with mine so that I'm setting a good example.
Thank you all in advance
TheCoolShi7Designer
The community is welcoming and helpful and I'm super glad I moved here and found this forum.
One thing I see on many (and this) forum are "buy once, cry once" or "thats what you get for buying amazon!" type comments.
Especially about optics.....does anyone really think a guy buying an AR scope on wish doesnt know that buying a $600 Vortex is better?
So here's what I'd like to do....
Lets all be helpful and tell us all your personal recommendations at once.
Lets make a Budget vs Dream build thread with all the combined knowledge of the community.
The problem with shopping online is that any search pops up all the *biggest retailers* not all the best stuff.
The points of all this being:
1) There are a ton of small manufacturers and designers in the country that never get known except by word of mouth, so lets support any good products from small shops and makers
.
2) If the community buys into this thread, it will make a WAY better resource than the "top ten red dots under $100 in 2021" articles that are barfed by every gun mag across the internet all the time.
3) When you search, you see a huge gap in products between "chinese airsoft scope" and "Leupold VX-5HD". Most people building a rifle or kitting a pistol wont buy the best, they will buy the best *they can afford*. Should I spend the extra for a premium AR lower if I'm making an $800 build? Should I get a timney trigger? Aren't all red dots basically the same? We can fill in the gaps with our experience and we can tell each other about what we've found in the "bang for your buck" categories so that we can build the best guns on the budgets we have.
So for the budget build, try to keep your total below $1000 (including accessories and mags)
For local or small manufacturers, please post a website. I'd love to generate a huge amount of traffic for the little guys.
I'll post the first comment with mine so that I'm setting a good example.
Thank you all in advance
TheCoolShi7Designer