looking to purchase a 16" md-length upper from DSA. looking for opinions on them as i know no one who has anything DSA. how is their shipping, customer sevrice, etc.
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In short, DSA’s AR15 offerings blow.
Much better options out there.
I purchased a lower from them ~ a year ago. Worked out for me well, shipped to my FFL on time. All has been good. I need to replace the receiver extension, should have been mil spec, but not. Actually it is not the popular commercial demension either. In between (???). Made it tough when I wanted to replace the stock.
Search once.
Buy once.
Cry once.
Love my DSA stainless para-FAL. Companies often fall short when they try to be all things to all people. DSA should stick to their core expertise.
It’s been said, many better options out there!
+1 on this, one of my friends bought a DSA nitrated upper and that thing had the roughest bore i’ve seen in a long time.
Do yourself a favor and pass
DSA makes great FALs.
The discontinued nitride-treated barreled uppers were fine, in my experience (I still own one), but nothing special.
I have a DSA 300BLK with the stainless barrel, so far so good, again nothing really impresses me either good or bad.
I believe DSA has gone to unlined chrome-moly barrels which is something I (and most others here) would avoid. In short, as already said above, there are better options in the AR world.
Now to answer your specific questions - I have dealt with DSA a fair bit as the owner of several of their FALs, one of which was recalled, and having ordered various parts and accessories from them. Their website generally sucks (1998 called, etc.), and online ordering does not work well. However, if you call them up they are friendly and helpful, though you might get put on hold for a couple minutes as they steer you to the correct person. If you have any issues with their product, their service has (for me) been great - they pay shipping both ways to fix it and generally provide a high level of service. Again, use the phone. I think emails to DSA go into the 8th circle of hell or something about half the time, but on the phone they are great.
obviously im on a budget. i have also been intrigued with r guns upper. surprisingly cheaper then the DSA. slow on shipping but i understand that they are a small company.
You might want to do some quick research on R Guns as well, I don’t think you’ll choose to proceed on that path.
Palmetto State Armory has cheap deals on uppers all the time - right in the same price range as DSA and R Guns - and I would choose a PSA offering far ahead of the other two in the budget upper race.
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I second the PSA nomination. There is absolutely no reason to buy an inferior gun when, for the same price or less, you can have the quality of PSA.
What exactly is your budget?
ruffly $500 or so.
i would also point you in the way of psa for that budget!you can always just save for a wile longer and get something nicer like a bcm or colt.just saying!good luck!
IF you were an “athlete” would you buy your shoes at K-Mart?
So IF you’re an “AR enthusiast” why would you buy your parts from DSA or R-GUNS?(non mil-spec poop)
$ave your dough and buy from a “real” weapons manufacture that makes quality "mil-spec"components that will “perform” and “last” as intended!
Colt
LMT
BCM
go the the industry section at ar15.com. no bs - thier shipping times from the time you place your order is 3 - 5 months for AR uppers. go with psa unless you arent planning on shooting till next spring.
That is a very small budget for a complete gun.
A quality complete upper costs over $500.
You can get a barreled upper for $299 at Palmetto State Armory right now.
That’s a start.
You get what you pay for.
It is better to save your money and buy used than buy new junk.
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