Palmetto State Armory AR’s - I’m impressed

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Replace the gas block on a Front Sight Base model?

Oops! Didn’t notice it was an FSB model.

[Hammer_Man]

I worked the counter at a local gun store for a few months, and where I live there are a lot of “working men” who pay their bills and raise a family, but aren’t wealthy by any means. I tried to sell these guys on the CR6920, but most of them walked out the door with a Ruger, or Smith & Wesson, or RRA, a PSA, or (gasp) an Anderson. If there was a little left over maybe they’d grab a Holosun red dot sight and a couple boxes of ammo. Most of them simply couldn’t justify the $1,200.00 asking price on the Colt. The point I’m trying to make, is that PSA (and other budget brands) is putting defensive tools in the hands of more honest working men because of their pricing, and I’m all for it. The more people we welcome into the 2A community the better.

Edit: Merry Christmas by the way

[flenna]

I worked the counter at a local gun store for a few months, and where I live there are a lot of “working men” who pay their bills and raise a family, but aren’t wealthy by any means. I tried to sell these guys on the CR6920, but most of them walked out the door with a Ruger, or Smith & Wesson, or RRA, a PSA, or (gasp) an Anderson. If there was a little left over maybe they’d grab a Holosun red dot sight and a couple boxes of ammo. Most of them simply couldn’t justify the $1,200.00 asking price on the Colt. The point I’m trying to make, is that PSA (and other budget brands) is putting defensive tools in the hands of more honest working men because of their pricing, and I’m all for it. The more people we welcome into the 2A community the better.

Edit: Merry Christmas by the way

PSA has probably done more to make the AR “common usage” than any other single company. I don’t begrudge anyone buying a rifle that is within their budget.

[SteyrAUG]

I worked the counter at a local gun store for a few months, and where I live there are a lot of “working men” who pay their bills and raise a family, but aren’t wealthy by any means. I tried to sell these guys on the CR6920, but most of them walked out the door with a Ruger, or Smith & Wesson, or RRA, a PSA, or (gasp) an Anderson. If there was a little left over maybe they’d grab a Holosun red dot sight and a couple boxes of ammo. Most of them simply couldn’t justify the $1,200.00 asking price on the Colt. The point I’m trying to make, is that PSA (and other budget brands) is putting defensive tools in the hands of more honest working men because of their pricing, and I’m all for it. The more people we welcome into the 2A community the better.

Edit: Merry Christmas by the way

You do understand 99% of the concern is that those good people might one day need to depend on that budget brand and it could fail them. Those new shooters also won't understand (in most cases) how to correct common CQ issues.

[SteveL]

You do understand 99% of the concern is that those good people might one day need to depend on that budget brand and it could fail them. Those new shooters also won't understand (in most cases) how to correct common CQ issues.

This wasn't directed at me, but I also used to work a gun counter and frequently ran into the same issue. Sometimes, no matter how much you try to educate a customer and convince them to buy a Colt, SOLGW, BCM, etc., they're simply unwilling or unable to spend the extra money. Often they would accuse me of trying to upsell them because they thought I worked on commission, which I didn't.

On a side note, a good friend of mine who is very well versed in AR's and how to make them run, bought a PSA as an experiment a year or two ago. He ran it exclusively in classes and matches and shot 1000's of rounds through it without malfunction. I know, data point of one, but still. The point is that often these guns run more reliably than we like to give them credit for and their biggest real world issue is that they're overgassed.

[Uncas47]

There is a standard for a reason, some things may exceed, some things may equal, some things may not. When you avoid a known accepted standard for monetary concerns or whatever, you pay your money and take your chances. Best of luck.

[ViniVidivici]

Meh, they put out some bad apples, but if you're your own gunsmith, and able to check things out thoroughly, and then prove your gear works in extensive live-fire and training, you're GTG.

I think there probably ARE better options for folks who don't know how to work in things. All our PSA stuff does what we need.

Posting because I forgot to add we have one of their EPT triggers in one of the guns, and it's damn nice for a single stage. It's every bit as good feeling as BCM PNT or ALG ACT, from my own subjective feel. I believe they're made by Schmidt.

[AndyLate]

Meh, they put out some bad apples, but if you're your own gunsmith, and able to check things out thoroughly, and then prove your gear works in extensive live-fire and training, you're GTG.

I think there probably ARE better options for folks who don't know how to work in things. All our PSA stuff does what we need.

Posting because I forgot to add we have one of their EPT triggers in one of the guns, and it's damn nice for a single stage. It's every bit as good feeling as BCM PNT or ALG ACT, from my own subjective feel. I believe they're made by Schmidt.

My smoothest "polished and plated milspec" trigger is a PSA. I have a few of the PSA enhanced triggers and they are not all as smooth, but are OK.

Andy

[ViniVidivici]

Yeah, I had one of the basic PSA triggers in another gun for a while, and though function was fine, it was gritty and creepy as hell. It lives in the spare parts container now.

[Uncas47]

Meh, they put out some bad apples, but if you're your own gunsmith, and able to check things out thoroughly, and then prove your gear works in extensive live-fire and training, you're GTG.

I think there probably ARE better options for folks who don't know how to work in things. All our PSA stuff does what we need.

Posting because I forgot to add we have one of their EPT triggers in one of the guns, and it's damn nice for a single stage. It's every bit as good feeling as BCM PNT or ALG ACT, from my own subjective feel. I believe they're made by Schmidt.

True, but the standard does not exist for ' you're your own gunsmith". It's for "rack grade " issued weapons that you don't get do anything but qualify with.

Not meant to be an argument my friend, just a discussion. Merry Christmas to you and yours!!