Quote Originally Posted by Sawin View Post
I looked at those a month or two back, but I went with this one instead. http://palmettostatearmory.com/index...ght-upper.html

Granted my efforts were to build a mid length lightweight rig on the cheap. Mine's mated with the cheapest lower around, a new frontier polymer lw-15. I put my oem trigger group in it from another build, swapped out the base plate for one with a sling adapter, added a tactical latch, and I was done. It's surprisingly solid and has 50 flawless/function check rounds through it. I'll be putting a thousand rounds through it in October (if not sooner) and I'll report back.

This. With web searching and or realize you can do an upper from used parts more cost effective, you can save money for mags and ammo.
Unless the bbl had 8-10K down the pipe you'll be hard pressed to get a crappy bbl.
I know a few members who have done complete, very cost effective rifles from used only items.