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If you don't want to build one yourself, and want a nice AR goto http://www.talonarms.com

They're here in Houston and are extremely knowledgeable, have excellent customer service and carry quality stuff. Call them and talk to Rob. He built me a full custom rifle from the ground up for around ($2200). I had very specific things I wanted hence the price. You can also go in the other direction and get something really basic. Most of the times, that's the way to go. Keep it simple and you get something really nice like Tactical Texan mentioned for under $1000 for sure. Rob recently built me a 9mm conversion. The lower is a CMMG (with the trigger group and 9mm hammer) with my existing stock for about $185. The upper is a Rock River Arms with the required accessories (magwell adapter) to run 9mm's for about $700-ish. You prolly can save yourself a little bit of money if you build it yourself, but with the competition, selection and pricing out there, there are deals to be had.

Good luck!

Rug

ps. You're going to spend well over $1200+on an M1A or an HK clone like the PTR-91. It just depends on what you want to use it for. I've got a Springfield M1A Scout and I love it to death, I just don't shoot it much as .308 ammo isn't cheap. My AR(s) get alot more use. If you're in Houston, go by Collector's Firearms. They're waaaay high on pricing but you can at least go in there an actually look at M1A's and PTR-91's. I would recommend buying elsewhere though.

Will we get in trouble if we start posting AR pics since this is a handgun forum? If someone posts some pics first, I'll follow their lead...

-Rug

stevie_d_64 wrote:

Tactical_Texan_CHL wrote:Just curious. How many other AR guys do we have in here?

One...

I'm not going to go out on a limb here past what I know fer sure...

Two...

I've been there a couple of times in the past year and its an OK store. There were some deals to be had. The thing I remember most were the Strider knives, Maxpedition gear and the hardshell storm cases. I think they frequent our area gun shows as well. Nice place to check stuff out in person and then buy somewhere online where you can save a little bit of money.

-Rug